HTC Hero

Be yourself. That's the idea behind the HTC Hero™, a phone that follows your lead. Time to work? Time to play? Time to put down your phone and think? The HTC Hero helps you be you.
  • Set the Scene for every time and place. It's like having a different phone for every different thing you do. 
  • Focus on people, not accounts. Look at all the messages from any one person—their emails, calls, texts, status updates, everything—all in one place. 
  • Keep your friends close. Stay in touch on Facebook®, Google Talk™, and Flickr®—and use HTC Peep™ to keep up with tweets. 
  • Find yourself, no matter where you find yourself. The minute your plane lands, your phone automatically updates the time and weather. 
  • App out your phone. Get one-touch access to thousands of apps on the Android Market™.

Processor:

Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528Mhz 

Operating System:

Android™ platform

Memory:

ROM: 512MB, RAM: 288MB DDR

Display:

  • 3.2-inch 320x480 HVGA resolution
  • Color TFT LCD with LED back light
  • Capacitive touch screen

HSPA/UMTS/EDGE
/GPRS/GSM Function:

  • Internal antenna
  • HSDPA / WCDMA
    • 850/1900 MHz
    • Up to Mbps up-link and 7.2Mbps down-link speeds
  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
    • 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Band frequency, HSPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.

GPS:

Internal GPS antenna

Camera:

5 megapixel camera with auto focus

 

Connectivity:

Bluetooth® 2.0 with enhanced data rate, Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11b/g, HTC ExtUSB™, 3.5mm audio jack

Power:

Rechargeable battery — 1350 mAh

Talk Time:

Up to 250 minutes

Standby Time:

Up to 360 hours

Dimensions and Weight:

(LxWxT) 4.5" x 2.22" x .54"; 4.5 ounces with battery

Stuff.tv
“Gadget of the year 2009… No smartphone floored us in the way the Hero did this year.”
Bonnie Cha, CNET
“…part of the beauty of the Hero is that you can personalize it to your lifestyle.”
John Biggs, Tech Crunch
“The Hero, in this incarnation, is a perfect mix of form and function.”
Stephen Fry
“you have to applaud HTC, they have gone all out to rethink every detail of the user experience … It’s an impressive device, really really impressive”
Walt Mossberg, Wall Street Journal
“I found the HTC Hero to be the best Android phone I’ve tested.”
Esquire
“The HTC Hero has a lot to crow about.”
T3
“the Hero is the sensuous jewel in the Android crown.”
Cool Hunting
“It’s a setup that packages powerful capabilities in a distinct design.”
Fast Company
“HTC Sense… like other HTC-designed interfaces, it’s beautiful.”
Gadgetwise
“Waiting for Flash on a Phone?
You’ll Be Holding Out for a Hero”
Wallpaper
“[HTC Hero] consolidates the company’s claim to be at the forefront of mobile design.”
Wired.co.uk
“In design terms the device could almost be seen as pioneering a new category, a kind of ‘future retro’.”

Product Experience