Wednesday, August 9, 2006
HTC vs. The World
Posted by Rocco Augusto in "THOUGHT" @ 08:33 PM
Why would the release of the first UMTS Windows Mobile Smartphone be marked with cries of agony instead of songs of joy? Well it wouldn't, as long as you live in Europe or Asia. Unfortunately for all of those on the left side of the pond, a recent blooper on behalf of HTC could leave many new MTeoR owners in tears.
If you look at the circled areas of this image you can clearly see that HTC states that their new handset contains Tri-Band UMTS/Quad-Band EDGE and a jog wheel. This does not however appear to be the case at all. If you look closely to some of the photos Arne Hess recently took over at the::unwired you can clearly see that this device does not contain a jog wheel. Instead it contains a rocker type of dial which on any given day would not have upset me at all. However, the disappointment does not stop there. Closer inspection of the device's packaging (see image below) also uncovers that this handset only has the 2100 MHz UMTS band and is Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900). So if this is a Quad-Band device, where is 850MHz frequency?. That is a huge difference! While this device has not been released here in the North America, there are plenty of places online that will import it, which in turn means we will have people spending $400USD or more on a phone that has been falsely marketed. Do I think HTC did this on purpose? Not at all! I can say though that this is without a doubt a huge typo on their part and since these fliers have been out for a while I am highly disappointed that no one who works for HTC has picked up on this sooner. :(
If you look at the circled areas of this image you can clearly see that HTC states that their new handset contains Tri-Band UMTS/Quad-Band EDGE and a jog wheel. This does not however appear to be the case at all. If you look closely to some of the photos Arne Hess recently took over at the::unwired you can clearly see that this device does not contain a jog wheel. Instead it contains a rocker type of dial which on any given day would not have upset me at all. However, the disappointment does not stop there. Closer inspection of the device's packaging (see image below) also uncovers that this handset only has the 2100 MHz UMTS band and is Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900). So if this is a Quad-Band device, where is 850MHz frequency?. That is a huge difference! While this device has not been released here in the North America, there are plenty of places online that will import it, which in turn means we will have people spending $400USD or more on a phone that has been falsely marketed. Do I think HTC did this on purpose? Not at all! I can say though that this is without a doubt a huge typo on their part and since these fliers have been out for a while I am highly disappointed that no one who works for HTC has picked up on this sooner. :(
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