HTC Radar, Titan with Windows Phone: size matters - tweakers.net

How big can a smartphone, and how small a tablet? This question arises more and more manufacturers are now the boundaries between smartphones and tablets actively exploring. Until recently, it was simple: a device with 7 “screen is a tablet, a device with a 4.3″ screen may still be called a smartphone

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When Dell released the first Streak from last year. Given the naming of products which followed – smartphones were ‘Venue’ to be called, and tablets ‘Streak’ – saw Dell device with its 5 “screen as a tablet, although it has all the characteristics of a phone Samsung did then. even further with the Galaxy Note. works as The Note smartphone, running a version of Android smartphone and can call. With its 5.3 “screen, however, he is very big.

Now there’s the HTC Titan. HTC has made things a bit more subtle addressed: the screen size of the device is 4.7 “, and because the edges of the screen are made thinner, the device would not be ridiculous much larger than its predecessors

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With the Titan and the smaller HTC Radar also corroborates the first two Dutch Windows Phones on the market. The first Windows Phone smartphones are landed here almost a year already for sale, but with limitations: the menu language was not Dutch, keyboard knew no Dutch words, and services as download store Marketplace and gaming service Xbox Live not working with Dutch Live Accounts .

HTC will especially try to bring. Radar to the man The company has signed deals with all the major retailers and will be a major marketing campaign to try to bring to the attention of the unit. HTC Radar sees as the main device, because it still is afraid that the Titan will be.

too large for many people

Incidentally HTC will soon get competition from Nokia, which will release yet. before the end of this year Windows Phone handsets for the Dutch market Although the market share of Nokia has shrunk considerably, the manufacturer still has the best known and most trusted name in the telecom market. However, HTC says more advantages than disadvantages to expect from the big competitor: Windows Phone comes as more attention, think HTC. “We can not pull Windows Phone cart on our own,” said HTC Benelux director Mark Moons.

Tweakers.net took not only the radar, but also and especially the Titan under the microscope. With a 4.7 “screen, improved camera and faster processor, the Titan on paper the better performance. We investigate how the device is put together, how it behaves in practice, and of course we check that huge thing still fits in your pocket.