HTC Wildfire S – The Anticipated Budget Level Entry by Q1 2011


March 2nd, 2011 • Related • Filed Under

Budget oriented handsets have always been incredibly popular more so when they are featured packed. Sadly, major manufacturers such as Nokia, Samsung and HTC haven’t really got a foot hold into this lucrative budget segment with an Android offering. However, HTC have finally sorted issues by breaking the jinx of producing Android handsets meant just for the upper segment. The newly unveiled HTC Wildfire S undoubtedly looks featured packed but most crucial HTC have hinted towards pricing this dazzling handset well within the lower mid segment space. According to some sections, the device will be stocked by Three UK and they will release the phone during May.

Weighing in at an incredible 105 grams, the Wildfire S is incredibly versatile on features. The handset might look small from the outset measuring at a measly 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm, but it still boats a rather large 3.2 inch capacitive touch screen display. The display also brings forth an Accelerometer, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, HTC Sense v3.0 UI and complete Touch-sensitive controls. Powered by the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, the Wildfire S unquestionably makes a really good choice especially if HTC keep their promise of making it affordable.

Brining in the latest Android certainly makes the Wildfire S drool worthy as you now get whole host of features integrated such as SNS integration, integrated Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk and Picasa, Instant Messaging, Push Email, Document viewer, Voice memo, personal organizer and Predictive text input.

However, unlike most other Android based HTC handsets, the Wildfire S certainly won’t multitask as it comes powered by a rather weak 600 MHz processor. Nevertheless, most apps and games will run just perfectly over the handset as the OS has been tweaked to make the best use of whatever resources available.

Connectivity wise the Wildfire S is full proof as it boasts of GPRS, EDGE, 3G, WLAN, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, EDR and micro USB 2.0. To make things complete, HTC have also included a nifty 5 MP Autofocus camera with dedicated LED flash support. Geo-tagging is the only additional support provided over the optic. Sadly, HTC has excluded a secondary camera that would have certainly made the new Wildfire even more lucrative especially considering the handsets excellent 3G capabilities.