The purpose of this thread, is to hear members thoughts & opinions on how the HTC Rezound stacks up amongst a suggested list of attributes:
Aesthetics
Screen
Hardware
Phone - including bluetooth & speakerphone usage
Overall User Interface (including HTC Sense)
Widgets
Signal quality (Compared to other devices)
GPS
Social Networking
Email/Calendar
Battery Life
Performance
Media (music, movies, DLNA)
Keyboard's
Camera (both still & video)
How the Rezound compares to your previous smartphone (if applicable)
Disappointments (if any)
Feel free to provide as little or as much detail as possible, while trying to make it as useful as possible. Hopefully this will help others who are considering the Rezound, but would like to hear some user feedback first. Also, please do not review the Rezound prior to having one
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Aesthetics - nice enough, a little thick, a little heavy, like the grippy back
Screen - beautiful, daylight readability only OK
Hardware - very fast, Google Earth very responsive
Phone - no BT to test, speakerphone was just fine
Overall User Interface (including HTC Sense) - snappy, needs a little tweaking to reduce clutter, unfortunate Verizon crap built-in - Camera/Gallery/More/second menu item is V CAST VIDEOS!!! Totally uncalled for.
Widgets - I like the new message count right next to the icon, missed that in Blur
Signal quality (Compared to other devices) - average, same as my Droid X
GPS - no problem getting a lock
Social Networking - fine, I don't use the Sense gizmos though so I can't address that
Email/Calendar - works as expected, no big difference between Sense and Droid X
Battery Life - OK after first 6 hours
Performance - Fast everywhere, no crashes after 6 hours
Media (music, movies, DLNA) - same old music player, movies/DLNA untested
Keyboards - just fine
Camera (both still & video) - stills are noisy and lack detail under all lighting conditions, worse camera than Droid X and Incredible, video stutters a bit and otherwise mirrors the poor quality of the stills, I miss my dedicated shutter release button badly [Only registered users can view links. ]
How the Rezound compares to your previous smartphone (if applicable) - bulkier than Droid X, way faster, 4G is great, camera sucks
Disappointments (if any) - camera is may be a deal breaker, probably may be returning this thing and getting the Galaxy Nexus, tested the Razr in-store...its camera was equally bad basically the same.
Camera takes excellent macro photos, quick comparisons to my Incredible and Droid X indicate that the Rezound camera is a bit better. I really need to post some side-by-side tests.
Last edited by kenc3dan; 11-15-2011 at 06:48 PM.
Reason: Revised opinion of camera
I have had the Rezound since Saturday coming from the DX and I love the camera with this phone so much better. With the DX low light pic’s sucked and I have taken pic’s in every type of light with the Rezound and the quality is like night and day to me
Can any of you confirm that it uses microUSB, the demo unit that was in the Verizon store today looked like something different.
Yep, all my Dinc and BB chargers and computer cables work fine. The output is a little different to accommodate HDMI Out. Haven't fooled with that yet.
I have had the Rezound since Saturday coming from the DX and I love the camera with this phone so much better. With the DX low light pic’s sucked and I have taken pic’s in every type of light with the Rezound and the quality is like night and day to me
I'm happy no now that,Im getting my rezound tomorrow and I'm coming from a DX as well, and I hate the picture quailty.
IMO... if you're obsessed with having a good camera, carry one with you. A camera on a cell phone should not be a deal breaker. If so, try another camera app instead like Camera ZOOM, made a huge difference on my old Bionic.
Anyway, I went to the local VZW store and played with the Rezound... fell in love with it. The screen in itself is fantastic, no pixelation and beautiful NATURAL colors, not cartoonish and vivid like the AMOLED screens. It's very fast, great 4G speeds, call quality was better than the RAZR they had in the store... big winner for me and as soon as I get $649 together I will be going up and buying one.
The RAZR is a failure, the screen is vivid, yet very pixelated because they still use a Pentile-matrix AMOLED screen. Call quality was better on the Rezound which was the most surprising feature believe it or not. No, it's not a Droid-branded device, but I will take something that kicks ass over something with just a Droid name to it. Android is Android.
You know... I've got the Bionic... Had the DX before it. I've always been fans of Moto and HTC... I was thinking about bailing ship from moto to the Gnex... But I'm going to keep a close eye on the reviews for this phone. Hardware wise it one ups the Gnex.... I'm just wondering what HTC will do with ICS when the phone gets it.
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