Review: HTC Titan, a Windows Phone Microsoft would appreciate

HTC Titan is one of new smartphones from the Taiwanese technology maker on Microsoft’s afresh Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. HTC has announced this 4.7-inch smartphone for European markets. It is expected to be available for pre-order in France, England, Spain and Germany in October. No details of the HTC WP7.5 Mango smartphone’s U.S. release are available at this moment. HTC has also announced the Radar, another phone on WP 7.5 Mango, and many more from the company, and others including Samsung will realize in near future. Microsoft has really started its journey to become a leading player in smartphone market with a set of Android challenging smartphones from prominent manufacturers.

HTC Titan

What is it?

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is a puffed-up upgrade to Windows Phone 7. With its great tile-based home screen, multitasking and many other features, WP7.5 Mango has been creating ripples in the industry. Now, the new Windows operating system is getting better smartphone solutions for Microsoft’s hardware partners like HTC, Samsung and others. We are here reviewing one such latest smartphone from HTC, a leading smartphone maker for Google Android, one of top rivals of Windows Phone.

Key features

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango: As pointed out above, HTC Titan is built for the recent version of Windows Phone Mango. The smartphone, of course, has a benefit to be one of first WP7.5 devices. As well, the new Windows Phone version’s key features are to make HTC Titan a smart product in the stores. According to many specialists, Windows Phone is to rekindle a new battle in global smartphone market. The Microsoft competitor to Apple iOS and Google Android, as per a recent IDC survey, is to reach at the second position by 2015 in global market share with Android in the first position .

Large display: HTC Titan is equipped with a large 4.7-inch WVGA display that has a standard Windows Phone resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. This amazing Super LCD display is larger than the displays of its WP7 Mango predecessor HTC HD7, the upcoming iPhone 4S, and the new BlackBerry Bold 9900. Only Samsung Galaxy S can raise some threat to HTC Titan in display size.

Great design: HTC Titan gains score with an awesome screen and body design. Of course, the device is heavier than its predecessor HTC HD7 and Samsung Galaxy S II with a dimension of 131.5 x 70.7 x 9.9mm and weight of 160 grams. But the gadget looks amazingly great with its design, and certainly suits with its gorgeous WP 7.5 Mango firmware. The curved display of Titan adds into its splendor.

Advanced processing speed: You have a single core Qualcomm 1.5GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM and 8GB on-device memory on HTC Titan. In comparison with the company’s previous Windows Phone smartphone, the innards of Titan are far better. So as to prevent speedy battery draining, WP 7.5 Mango restricts its products with single core processors.

Camera: HTC Titan is with a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, BSI sensor, and 720p HD video capturing capability. The device has a VGA camera for video chatting in the front panel. Many of Android phones and Apple iPhone 4 are with the same camera specifications. However, the new generation phones like Samsung Galaxy S II and iPhone 4S are with 8-megapixel cameras in the rear panel. Even though, HTC Titan's camera feature is not bad enough.

What’s innovative?

HTC Titan is with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. It means this high-end smartphone itself is an innovative product from the otherwise Android phone maker. With its great features, Titan offers huge mileage for the budding Windows Phone platform. Remarkable WP7.5 Mango features such as Metro UI, social Hubs, multitasking, Xbox games, and Microsoft applications make HTC Titan a smart product. A huge number of mobile customers are eagerly waiting for the first Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, which was announced by Microsoft in July this year.

Price and availability

HTC Titan’s price is not officially disclosed. However, rumor mills predict the device will be possibly up with a price tag of £509.95 (approx. $690).

The up side

HTC Titan will be one of first smartphones on Microsoft’s media-frenzied Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Large display, great design, enhanced innards, and 5-megapixel rear camera are some features that will make HTC Titan a notable gadget. Above all, WP7.5 Mango is the attraction point that offers a place for the device in discussions and reviews. Microsoft is in large efforts to turn its Windows Phone a respected operating system platform in the smartphone industry, where the Redmond software giant is still an infant.

The down side

Though the display is broader, its resolution is very low. Actually, 800 x 480 is the resolution that WP7.5 Mango really supports. Heavy size and weight are also the things that give negative scoring for HTC Titan in a long run. Initially, these deficiencies will not be noted, because of the possible WP7.5 Mango mania.

Our experience

The device is not realized. So an account on customer’s experience with HTC Titan cannot be provided.

The bottom-line

Along with HTC Titan, more WP7.5 Mango phones from HTC and other manufactures are to surface out. HTC Titan will have to primarily compete with those phones in the market. Windows Phone 7.5 is indeed a smart operating system. Microsoft is really trying hard to make it a success with incredible products from its hardware partners like HTC, Samsung, Acer, ZTE, Nokia, Fujitsu, and many others.