The HTC Windows Phone 8S on Orange

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;DETLIKE; HTC Windows Phone 8S - why we like it
  • Innovative design - bright, two-tone and sleek.
  • The incredible new Windows 8 operating system, with infinitely customisable and colourful Live Tiles
  • Excellent camera, with a physical shutter button
  • Dual-core processor keeps it responsive and fluid
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The Orange HTC Windows Phone 8S is what you might call the middleweight in the range of the HTC 8 series of mobile phones, which represent the Taiwanese manufacturer's first joint venture alongside Windows. With blistering Beats Audio technology featuring alongside the brand spanking new Windows 8 OS, HTC has really come up trumps here.

You really have to admire the craftsmanship that's gone into the HTC 8S. This sleek two-tone handset weighs in at a titchy 113g. Comprised of polycarbonate materials and cocooned in a matte plastic finish, it sports a rather pretty 4.0" WVGA LCD display with 480x800-pixel resolution protected by Gorilla Glass.

Intelligently designed, the 8S on Orange is a blocky, eye-catching little number with touch-sensitive buttons arranged beneath the screen and a dedicated camera button that gives you instant access to the 5MP camera on board. The lower back of the phone snaps apart, revealing a slot to stow your microSD card, which is where you'll be wanting to store all your MP3s to take advantage of the great sound quality that Beats Audio integration (exclusive to the HTC range) provides.

But let's talk about what you'll find inside. The Orange HTC 8S is filled to the brim with a whole host of entertaining apps and quality features, all of which are accessible through the swanky Windows 8 user interface. Windows Live Tiles intuitively display all the info you need right on your homescreen and you can rearrange them to suit your needs. A fantastic multimedia phone, Windows Phone 8S on 3 is only made better by the inclusion of Xbox Live and the Windows Phone Store. What's more it's all going to swish along smoothly, courtesy of the 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor inside.

If you're after a great performing smartphone that delivers entertainment, great connectivity and style in affordable abundance, the HTC Windows Phone 8S is definitely the one for you.

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Size and Weight
Dimensions 120.5 x 63 x 10.3mm
Weight 113g
Display
Colour depth 16M colours
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels @ 223ppi
Screen size 4.0"
Screen type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass
Touchscreen Yes
Camera
Autofocus Yes
Face detection Yes
Flash Yes
Geo-tagging Yes
Pixel count 5MP
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels
Secondary Camera No
Video Yes
Video calling No
Zoom Yes
Memory and Software
Graphics Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, Adreno 225
Internal memory 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Maximum capacity 32 GB
Memory card slot Yes microSD
Operating system Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Krait
Battery Life
Max. stand-by Unknown
Max. talk time Unknown
Music and Video
FM radio Yes Stereo with Beats Audio sound enhancement
Headphone socket Yes 3.5mm jack
MP3 ringtones Yes
Speakerphone Yes
AAC Yes Eaac+
H.263 Yes
H.264 Yes
M4A No
MP3 Yes
MP4 Yes
WAV Yes
WMA Yes
WMV Yes
Connectivity
3G Yes
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
EDGE Yes
Email Yes
GPRS Yes
GPS Yes with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Instant messaging Yes
MMS Yes
Push email Yes
SMS Yes
TV-out No
USB Yes microUSB
Web browser Yes
Wi-Fi Yes
Works in Europe Yes
Works in the Americas Yes
Works worldwide Yes
Features
Accelerometer Yes
Document viewer Yes
Facebook Yes
Java No
Mapping software Yes
Multi-touch input Yes
Optical trackpad No
Organiser Yes
Predictive text Yes
Proximity sensor Yes
QWERTY keyboard No
Skype Yes
Tethering Yes
Twitter Yes
Voice dial Yes
Voice memo Yes
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Size and Weight
Dimensions 120.5 x 63 x 10.3mm Unknown
Weight 113g Unknown
Display
Colour depth 16M colours Unknown
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels @ 223ppi Unknown
Screen size 4.0" Unknown
Screen type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass Unknown
Touchscreen Yes No
Camera
Autofocus Yes No
Face detection Yes No
Flash Yes No
Geo-tagging Yes No
Pixel count 5MP Unknown
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels Unknown
Secondary Camera No No
Video Yes No
Video calling No No
Zoom Yes No
Memory and Software
Graphics Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, Adreno 225 Unknown
Internal memory 4 GB, 512 MB RAM Unknown
Maximum capacity 32 GB Unknown
Memory card slot Yes microSD No
Operating system Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Unknown
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Krait Unknown
Battery Life
Max. music play Unknown Unknown
Max. stand-by Unknown Unknown
Max. talk time Unknown Unknown
Max. video talk time Unknown Unknown
Music and Video
FM radio Yes Stereo with Beats Audio sound enhancement No
Headphone socket Yes 3.5mm jack No
MP3 ringtones Yes No
Speakerphone Yes No
3GP No No
AAC Yes Eaac+ No
AVI No No
DivX No No
H.263 Yes No
H.264 Yes No
M4A No No
MP3 Yes No
MP4 Yes No
RA No No
RV No No
WAV Yes No
WMA Yes No
WMV Yes No
Other file formats - -
Connectivity
3G Yes No
4G No No
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP, EDR No
EDGE Yes No
Email Yes No
EMS No No
GPRS Yes No
GPS Yes with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
HSCSD No No
Infrared No No
Instant messaging Yes No
MMS Yes No
Push email Yes No
RSS No No
SMS Yes No
TV-out No No
UMA No No
USB Yes microUSB No
Web browser Yes No
Wi-Fi Yes No
Wi-Fi Security No No
Works in Europe Yes No
Works in the Americas Yes No
Works worldwide Yes No
Micro SIM only No No
Features
Accelerometer Yes No
Ambient light sensor No No
Digital compass No No
Document viewer Yes No
Facebook Yes No
Flash player No No
FM transmitter No No
Gesture control No No
Handwriting recognition No No
Haptic feedback No No
Java No No
Mapping software Yes No
Multi-touch input Yes No
Near Field Communications No No
Noise cancellation No No
Optical trackpad No No
Organiser Yes No
Predictive text Yes No
Proximity sensor Yes No
QWERTY keyboard No No
Skype Yes No
Tethering Yes No
Twitter Yes No
Voice command No No
Voice dial Yes No
Voice memo Yes No
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