HTC Desire Z - user opinions and reviews
- kitty
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Anonymous, 30 Jan 2011I have spent 9 hrs looking for equaliser apps for android and cannot post my findingsyah, me too. i can't seem to find any equalizer apps... boohoo...
- Anonymous
- t}xP
ans, 31 Jan 2011hi i am using this phone for last couple of weeks only on problem i am facing is the batter... moreits not the problem with ur battery..... its the apps thatz running on ur phone reduce ur battery life....so use the software called KILL APPS that will help u to save the battery life......i want to know about the overall performance can u help me out??????????
- brynn
- nGEX
Stuntman, 31 Jan 2011I'm from Canada. I find our internet speeds to be pretty good. I rarely every have issues wh... moreRight thats it we are all off to Canada.haha..
- Stuntman
- NGfv
brynn, 31 Jan 2011Yes i agree its only if something really interferes with what your doing things cause trouble.... moreI'm from Canada. I find our internet speeds to be pretty good. I rarely every have issues while looking at videos either on WiFi or my carrier. I'm not sure exactly the speed rating, but it's good enough that I don't care enough to find out.
- Ella
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brynn, 31 Jan 2011Yes i agree its only if something really interferes with what your doing things cause trouble.... moreAfter my last input i find out my sister has had one for 2 weeks.She said it sthe best fone shes ever had.On that basis i am getting one for defo.I have desire so know the way it works.I have wanted qwerty since got desire ,cannot get accurate with touch screen typing.
I want it now but have to sell desire first.
- brynn
- nGEX
Stuntman, 31 Jan 2011The test I did was by no means scientific. I heard of these issues and have noticed the signa... moreYes i agree its only if something really interferes with what your doing things cause trouble.
I dont know what part of the world you live ,i am uk,but web speeb needs to increase massivly.Things get bad here on landline broadband and the mobile networks.Often i have to switch to 3g to get a web signal or vice versa ..Also here in uk we have bbc news live on your laptop but often i cannot even play that fluently due to poor speeds..I have an 8Mb/s connection "haha" more like 1Mb/s maximum.:-(
- ans
- uwTx
hi
i am using this phone for last couple of weeks only on problem i am facing is the battery. my battery goes down by the evening. i never hear music or movies.is it a problem of the battery???
any one can help me???????
otherwise the phone is superb.....
- Stuntman
- NGfv
brynn, 31 Jan 2011Remember when Apple were lying about their signal strength well i can still send an SMS with n... moreThe test I did was by no means scientific. I heard of these issues and have noticed the signal indicator drop in that one room before. I didn't do any real measurable or repeated tests on speed. I just noticed it loaded in a reasonable amount of time. Just from my personal experience, any signal drop did not adversly affect me in my environment.
- brynn
- nGEX
Stuntman, 31 Jan 2011I did a test where I cover the side of my phone that causes my WiFi signal indicator to drop t... moreRemember when Apple were lying about their signal strength well i can still send an SMS with no signal to 1 bar on my E75..What i am saying is its like battery meters they are not accurate..Its very hard to really test whats going on in real time without expensive equipment.So these indicators are just that an indicator and only when it says no signal is it accurate that the signal is gone.
My laptop on my bed says FAIR signal strength on WI-FI yet i move off the bed and get full strength.I think its the bed springs causing signal drop,BUT,in each case i can still browse the web it has no real cause for concern.
The problem is some people go out of their way to cause signal drop whereas in reality we would not do such things.The only adverse effect of signal drop is a shorter battery life or a speed drop.
- Stuntman
- 4A$d
Everlyn , 30 Jan 2011i wanted to buy this phone, had checked out from the shope but still hesitate whether is good ... moreI did a test where I cover the side of my phone that causes my WiFi signal indicator to drop to just the dot with no arcs. I had to go to a corner of my house for this to happen. Even so, I am still able to surf the net. I went to various pages on this site and it still loads. I did not notice any significant drop in speed either. This would indicate that although signal strength is lower, it is still able to connect.
- Stuntman
- 4A$d
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2011the reviewers at gsmarena has not lived with a side sliding keyboard fone for month after mont... moreHow you like the tension of the spring in the hinge mechanism tends to be more personal preference than practicality. I have used both the Desire Z and N97. I prefer the tighter spring of the N97 for the feel. However, I have never had any problems with the Desire Z's hinge after using it for almost 3 months. Most of the criticism I have seen regarding the DZ's hinge are not things you would really encounter in practice.
- Stuntman
- 4A$d
Everlyn , 30 Jan 2011i wanted to buy this phone, had checked out from the shope but still hesitate whether is good ... moreWhen holding the phone with the keyboard open, covering the left side of the keyboard will result in the WiFi signal strength to possibly drop a couple of bars. I only notice this when I am in a part of my house far from my router. Even though I lose bars on the indicator, I have never had issues with connectivity to the internet. I have not experienced losing the signal completely.
- brynn
- nGEX
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2011the reviewers at gsmarena has not lived with a side sliding keyboard fone for month after mont... moreA fantastic comment and often these techgroups have the fone in for review for a few days put it thru its paces and thats it,up goes the comment..The big,big other item to highlight "gsm arena too" is that fones get updated and its rare for gsm arena to go back and retry a smartfone after a big update.
So for example someone comes on here looks at the review,, they make an opinion not knowing that in the past 2 -36months its been upgraded numerous times.This should also be taken into account never mind all the super modding and custom ROMS that are available.
- Anonymous
- SgvH
Stop voting the Z down its a fantastic bit of kit.It is packed to the hilt with tech .
- Jorge
- Sknm
Everlyn , 30 Jan 2011i wanted to buy this phone, had checked out from the shope but still hesitate whether is good ... moreI confirm that wifi reception is affected when holding horizontally the phone with left hand covering (completely) the top of the phone. This is the usual position when typing with the keyboard extended. I experience a change from -85dbm (almost all bars) to -89dbm (1 or 2 bars). When near the wifi hotspot, it does not matter. When then wifi signal is poor, it may be an issue.
The effect depends on how much you are covering. Nevertheless, my impression is that every phone has a position where the reception is affected. You can try to hold your current smartphone in different positions and verify this.
3G reception does not seem to be affected.
- brynn
- nGEX
I want to talk about screens and what people mean by them.
A good screen is one that in sunlight its readable to answer tweets or reply to email,it does not mean you can watch a video and see all glorious vivid colours.
The next screen is what some describe as passable meaning if you cup your hand round screen you should be able to read it.
Then there is the worst screen ie moto x720 which i had for 4 dats before sending it back..These screens are more use as a mirror than a screen and completly useless.
Its now 2011 and there is no excuse for this poor quality even if a fones cheap..Whats the use of having a mobile used for outdoors when it does not fullfill its purpose??? I mean do they test these mobiles in the CEO"S office and pass the quality..
I use my smartfone outdoors mainly and i expect therefore good screen,earpiece quality,battery,reception and microphone components.Yes i may use my mobile at home sometimes but mainly i use home fone and laptop.These work for what they are built for so i expect my mobile to work outdoors for whats its supposed to do and be a mobile phone.
Talking of quality HTC are bad i know with crud mikes,speakers and cameras but there is not many qwerty smartfones about.There is n97 and s/e vivaz pro but they are slow and bad.Plus the E7 has no card slot no autofocus so only high specification option is desire z.
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