The success of the HTC Wildfire has spread: last year’s Android smash hit is back with an updated sequel, the HTC Wildfire S. This time round, it’s armed with a superior screen, which will run just about any app, and look perfectly crispy doing so. But that’s not all.
Read on and we’ll break down all the special talents and everything you could possibly need to know about the HTC Wildfire S, with guides, FAQs and insight aplenty.
The basics
The HTC Wildfire is a HTC Sense Android phone refined and condensed: you get the core experience you would on any of HTC’s flagship handsets, trimmed down into a compact and slick handset, with a 3.2-inch multitouch screen. That display’s had a big refresh, and now packs in crispy 320×480 pixels. It’s easy on the eye, app friendly and means you can check out your snaps from the five megapixel camera in much greater detail. HTC hasn’t skimped on the innards either, with all the sensors and connectivity tech you could ask for tucked away inside, from Wi-Fi and zippy HSPA for surfing the web at speed on the go, to a headphone jack for your favourite cans and a proximity sensor, so you’ll never drop a call by putting the phone up against your cheek.
HTC Wildfire S: Clark Kent’s personality in a superman suit
The HTC Wildfire S may be a superhero smartphone, but like Clark Kent, it’s a mild mannered civilian when it needs to be – and you don’t have to do a thing to ensure this, since it’s fully automated.
HTC has crafted an experience that never leaves you looking awkward when carrying the HTC Wildfire S: an intelligent ringer softens as you pull the phone to your ear, and shuts up completely with a simple flip if it’s sounding the alarm on the table; it can ring louder if sitting at the bottom of your bag so there’s no need for bat-like hearing; it’ll even show you friends’ status updates in your contact book, so you’ll know not to ring a mate nursing a hangover. Psychic? Yup, and convenient too.
Android mutated: How the HTC Wildfire S makes Android more human
We love Android to bits, but HTC’s done the unthinkable and improved upon it with its own remix of Gingerbread on the HTC Wildfire S. HTC Sense has been draped across the native Android operating system, and it helps to make the experience that much more human.
Check out our guide for the full fat FAQ on how it does just that: the phone is full of all sorts of tricks and services, from HTC Sync Outlook contact syncing and a unified inbox for all your email accounts if you’re not down with Gmail, to an app recommendation service and a contact book that slaps all your Facebook friends, SIM numbers from your old phone and even Twitter followers into one seamless digital Rolodex.
HTC Wildfire S maps: Leap roaming charges in a single bound!
HTC’s even been so bold as to better Google Maps on its new Android phones, with a killer service called HTC Locations stowing away on the HTC Wildfire S. It takes a different approach to Google, stuffing the maps on board the memory card rather than keeping them in the cloud, so you’ll never be caught out by AWOL 3G on a country stroll, and you can pull them up without fear of hefty tolls abroad too. Check out our guide to the handy service right here, and find out why the HTC Wildfire is the ultimate A-Z, as well as a mobile.
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