S730 now in stock at Expansys (Mobile Planet), Anyone got theirs yet, and willing to do a comparison with S710? |
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 Dec 3 2007, 16:27
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Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 409 Joined: 25th August 2004 Member No.: 54,173  |
Reviews are out there on the Pre-Production units, but if anyone has received their Production unit already, can they please spare a few minutes to provide the answer that all S710/E650 owners are dying to know:-
- GPS - Does it work? Is it enabled? - Speed: How quick is it? Screen rotation, boot up time, Applications etc - Size/Weight: Does it feel heavy (perhaps a comparison to the S710) - Sliding mechanism/movement - Call/Sound quality - Overall 1st impressions Many thanks in advance This post has been edited by paholman: Dec 4 2007, 10:07 -------------------- |
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Dec 5 2007, 03:12
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 43 Joined: 23rd April 2007 Member No.: 249,489 Device(s): HTC S730 !!! |
I can only comment on the speed at the moment, but can confirm that it is an extremely FAST phone with regards to starting/using apps..no discernable lag so far.
 From pressing the power button to when the HTC home screen appears takes approx 40 seconds which I suppose is about what I expected.  The phone feels very solid and has the feel of a quality handset and I really like the sliding qwerty feel...it is very definite. The picture changes almost instantly to landscape and then back to normal when the keyboard is closed. |
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Dec 5 2007, 08:17
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 TigerNet  Group: Posters Posts: 1,149 Joined: 6th February 2004 From: London, UK Member No.: 31,366 Device(s): HTC Shift & Touch Diamond |
...mine arrived yesterday!!! Yay...back on windows mobile again!!!
Cheers Nick -------------------- TigerNet
London's Premier Dive School www.londonschoolofdiving.co.uk TigerSurfer TigerActive TigerNetwork nick@lsdscuba.com |
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Dec 5 2007, 11:03
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 11 Joined: 15th September 2006 Member No.: 206,243 Device(s): C500/C600 |
Mine today, just charging....hope GPS can be frigged to work
 anyone tried yet? |
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Dec 5 2007, 12:48
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 Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 208 Joined: 6th December 2002 From: Marylebone, London Member No.: 787 Device(s): HTC Vox |
GPS does not work, or at least, nobody has gotten it to work, there have been a few threads floating around about how there is no internal antenna to find GPS sat's.
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Dec 5 2007, 21:59
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 409 Joined: 25th August 2004 Member No.: 54,173 |
QUOTE(dearsina @ Dec 5 2007, 12:48)  GPS does not work, or at least, nobody has gotten it to work, there have been a few threads floating around about how there is no internal antenna to find GPS sat's. Some have claimed to connect to only 2 satellites. Just a shot in the dark, and I am clutching at straws here, but my N95 needs to have the keypad slid out in order to have the best GPS reception due to the location of the GPS chip. I'm just wondering if the S730 GPS works if you slide the keyboard out. Is anyone willing to test this? This post has been edited by paholman: Dec 5 2007, 22:00 -------------------- |
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Dec 6 2007, 12:49
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just some guy, you know... Group: Posters Posts: 1,628 Joined: 29th November 2002 From: London, New Zealand Member No.: 271 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
My guess is that it's got the chipsets but in the end due to space requirements in the phone they decided to not include an aeriel, so it's gonna be a no go. Luckily I have an external bluetooth GPS so I'll just keep using that when I get one.
QUOTE(paholman @ Dec 5 2007, 21:59) Some have claimed to connect to only 2 satellites. Just a shot in the dark, and I am clutching at straws here, but my N95 needs to have the keypad slid out in order to have the best GPS reception due to the location of the GPS chip. I'm just wondering if the S730 GPS works if you slide the keyboard out. Is anyone willing to test this? -------------------- Like a monkey ready to be shot off into space. Spacemonkey. Ready to sacrifice himself for the greater good.
owned: SPV, E200, C500, C600, Wizard, Hermes smartphone software by me : http://www.surrealservices.co.uk |
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Dec 6 2007, 13:24
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 Addict  Group: Posters Posts: 549 Joined: 13th March 2005 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 116,892 Device(s): SPV E650+2Gb Micro SD |
Has anyone got a production unit and tried the GPS to give us all a definitive answer?
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Dec 6 2007, 21:51
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 Addict Group: Posters Posts: 823 Joined: 26th November 2005 From: Halifax Member No.: 160,210 Device(s): Qtek 8310 with latest Rom |
QUOTE(Looby @ Dec 6 2007, 14:24) Has anyone got a production unit and tried the GPS to give us all a definitive answer? From what I have been told the s730 will not have the GPS enabled due to a contractual agreement with tomtom as tomtom and HTC are now in partnership, and tomtom not supporting non touchscreen devices any more they have ensured that competitors to tomtoms sat nav program will not be readily available for use on HTC phones...at least the kaiser comes with built in GPS and tomtom sat nav. |
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Dec 6 2007, 23:48
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 9 Joined: 18th June 2004 From: Poole Member No.: 46,905 Device(s): S730/Tytn 2/N95/S710 |
Got mine today, not impressed with the feel of the phone, it's quite plasticy, hasn't got the rubbery feel that the S710/E650 had.
Otherwise very fast, keyboard is more tactile than the 710, it's a fraction bigger all round. Not sure about the satnav, don't care really as I've got a Kaiser, N95 and built in satnav in my pick up. |
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Dec 10 2007, 09:17
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 11 Joined: 15th September 2006 Member No.: 206,243 Device(s): C500/C600 |
So I tried the GPS test software and managed to pick up a number of satellites unfortunately not all at the same time.....shame
I like the phone but I feel like the software(s) still needs some tweaking to get it spot on. The keyboard is quick to turn the screen (my first slider) I also find it 100x better/easier for texting as I can type rather than predictive text ruling (expletives are not a problem). I am a bit confused by the WiFi connection method. I have sent an email to HTC about it. Basically when I have no SIM in the phone I can surf over WiFi and it is quite fast and smooth. When I put the SIM in the phone the WiFi connects but the phone seems to ignore it as a connection means. I don't like the way the phone is only half mentioned on the HTC site, in some places it doesn't even exist as a model. I think the camera is good but like all camera phones suffers from low light stutter. I will use it some more and let any oddities and niceties be known as I am a fan of these phones and would like to see them succeed |
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Dec 10 2007, 09:59
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 The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,097 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
QUOTE(conan_troutman @ Dec 6 2007, 21:51) From what I have been told the s730 will not have the GPS enabled due to a contractual agreement with tomtom as tomtom and HTC are now in partnership, and tomtom not supporting non touchscreen devices any more they have ensured that competitors to tomtoms sat nav program will not be readily available for use on HTC phones...at least the kaiser comes with built in GPS and tomtom sat nav. That's rubbish! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Dec 10 2007, 09:59
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,097 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
No offence
 P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Dec 10 2007, 10:18
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 549 Joined: 13th March 2005 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 116,892 Device(s): SPV E650+2Gb Micro SD |
Well you can't blame people for having conspiracy theories nowadays, so what is the real reason GPS has not been enabled on the s730 Paul?
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Dec 10 2007, 11:01
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 11 Joined: 15th September 2006 Member No.: 206,243 Device(s): C500/C600 |
just dropped a 6GB memory card (arrived today) in it and picked it up without a power off
good for adding/removing pics and music
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Dec 10 2007, 11:03
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,097 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
There's no official HTC answer per se of course, but they clearly haven't managed to get it working well enough either in the software or (more likely) the antenna design.
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Dec 10 2007, 11:43
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 Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 45 Joined: 7th June 2007 From: Emmen, Netherlands Member No.: 264,186 Device(s): HTC TyTN, Nokia E51 |
This seems to me as a phone that came out too early. They just wanted to please the crowd that got the 710 but would like more speed from their phone.
Maybe if they just thought it out a bit more gps would have been enabled and would have gotten more customers to this phone I think. |
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Dec 10 2007, 11:49
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 549 Joined: 13th March 2005 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 116,892 Device(s): SPV E650+2Gb Micro SD |
May be, but there are reports of S730 models out there with it operating perfectly
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Dec 10 2007, 11:57
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 11 Joined: 15th September 2006 Member No.: 206,243 Device(s): C500/C600 |
Going for a stroll at lunch time so i'll let you know if I can pick up any more than 2 sats at once
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Dec 10 2007, 11:58
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,097 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
That'd be cool, mine was preprod, and i'm yet to have sight of a final unit, so who knows - it might even work
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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