HTC Wildfire S Review
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Review: May 2011 |
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Last updated Sep 2012.
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In a nutshell: The upgrade to
the hugely-popular Wildfire,
the Wildfire S is a budget Android smartphone with a premium
metallic body, an uprated touchscreen display, 5 megapixel camera,
Android Gingerbread, GPS with Google Maps and access to over
100,000 apps from the Android Market. It compromises on processor
speed, memory and battery power, but it's still one of the best
of the lower-priced Android phones.
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The HTC Wildfire was our favourite budget Android
smartphone when it was released back in May 2010. But it was clearly time for
an upgrade, and we're pleased to welcome the HTC Wildfire S into the Android
stable. The original Wildfire gave a lot for your money, but where it fell down
was in the low screen resolution, sluggish processor, underpowered battery and
restricted memory. We're pleased to report that HTC have worked on all of these
issues with the release of the Wildfire S, although they haven't completely
solved them.
The Wildfire S has a sleeker design than the original Wildfire, with 4 virtual
buttons below the screen and no physical buttons. This has allowed it to be
smaller and lighter than the original Wildfire, which is no bad thing. With
its metallic body it looks and feels very smart and not like a budget phone
at all. Although not strictly in the "ultraslim" category, with a
thickness of 12.4mm it feels slim and fits well in the hand, making single-handed
operation a possibility if you have a dextrous thumb.
The screen size is the same as the original Wildfire, at 3.2 inches, but the
resolution has been doubled to 320 x 480 pixels and that makes all the difference.
Web pages are sharper, images and videos are more detailed and apps run better.
The user interface is improved too. The Android operating system has been updated
to the latest version 2.3 (Gingerbread) and the terribly refined latest release
of the HTC Sense user interface is the icing on the cake.
The camera is unchanged compared with the Wildfire. But at 5 megapixels with
autofocus and flash plus video recording in 3GP format it holds its own against
the competition.
Media is well catered for, with excellent music/media playback and a built-in
FM radio too. Audio quality via the 3.5mm headphone jack or wireless Bluetooth
headset is good. The 2GB memory card included in the sales package has room
for hundreds of MP3 tracks.
Web browsing on the Wildfire S is a pretty good experience, with the higher
resolution screen making a big difference. The Wildfire S is equipped with HSPA
3G, enabling download speeds of up to 7.2Mbps, and it's Wi-Fi enabled too, so
data access is very fast. The responsive capacitive touchscreen with pinch-to-zoom
combined with the fast and well-designed Android web browser makes the experience
pleasurable. Facebook and Twitter are here of course, and HTC Sense integrates
them nicely with your contacts.
Assisted GPS works well, with Google Maps making good use of the increased
screen resolution.
The processor speed has been uprated to 600 MHz, which isn't fast compared
with the 1GHz or faster speeds of high-end Android phones, and at times the
phone can appear to freeze or become unresponsive. The problem is most noticeable
when running intensive apps like Google Maps and some games. At these times,
it's necessary to take a deep breath and remember that the Wildfire S costs
less than half as much as a HTC Sensation. The
memory has been upgraded to 512MB RAM and this helps when multitasking or running
those power-hungry apps, but sometimes the phone still needs more memory.
The battery life isn't impressive. The 1230mAh capacity lithium-ion battery
is actually smaller than the battery used in the first Wildfire. That makes
no sense to us, and even HTC's official battery figures show a marked decrease
in battery life for the Wildfire S compared with the Wildfire. Expect to recharge
every day if you use the phone frequently.
The Wildfire S isn't the perfect smartphone. Although it's a step up from the
original Wildfire, there are inevitable compromises here. The display is a huge
improvement on the original, but it's still quite small for an Android phone.
The processor is still underpowered, although it's not noticeable all the time.
The battery life is distinctly on the low side.
We originally awarded the Wildfire S 5 stars. Over a year later, lots more
entry-level and mid-range Android phones have flooded the market, and the Wildfire
S no longer looks so good. It's still a decent phone though, as long as you
understand the compromises that have been made. Other Android phones in the
sub-£100 price range include the HTC Desire
C, Samsung Galaxy Ace and Samsung
Galaxy Y.
Features of the HTC Wildfire S include:
- 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash
- Video recording (3GP format)
- Display: Capacitive touchscreen with pinch-to-zoom capability, 320 x 480
pixels (3.2 inches) with auto-rotate
- GPS receiver with digital compass, Google Maps, HTC Footprints and geo-tagging
- Music player (aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma formats)
- FM radio
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email
- Ringtones: MP3 ringtones
- Internet: GPRS, EDGE, HSPA (7.2 Mbps download, 384 kbps upload)
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate, micro-USB 2.0, Wi-Fi,
3.5mm audio jack
- Memory: 512 MB RAM plus 2GB microSD memory card (up to 32GB)
- Vibration alert
- Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) plus HSPA/WCDMA (900/2100 MHz)
- Size: 101 x 59 x 12.4 mm
- Weight: 105g
- Battery: 1230mAh
- Talktime: 350 - 430 minutes
- Battery standby: 360 - 570 hours
HTC Wildfire S User Reviews
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Average rating from 132 reviews: 
Reviewed by NC from England on 3rd Apr 2013
Had the Wildfire S for almost 2 years now and for the most part it's
pretty good.
I love the size it fits in all my pockets, the camera is excellent probably
better then my compact
The internal memory is awful!! Keeps saying it can't receive texts as
internal storage is low I clear app caches, delete apps I don't need
and it still says it's low even when it has 14MB left! Some apps can
be moved to the SD card but not all of them. It's a 50/50 as to whether
I dismiss the alarm or snooze it, I don't have the option of cancelling
a call only accepting it. Once the messages crashed for a whole day
and a half which I didn't realise until my Uncle said he texted me so
I had to reset my phone to get it to work again. Sometimes even when
not on silent it won't make a noise to let me know I've received a text
message so I read them late. Has loads of un-needed apps pre-installed
that I can't delete for example I have 3 versions of e-mail: Google,
HTC and an Orange one- none of which work!
If you don't have a lot of apps (which I don't)this phone may be all
right but at the moment it's struggling. I've given it 3 stars because
the user experience is much better than my old Samsung Galaxy Apollo
definitely faster but the main problem is that it's old.
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Reviewed by ste from england on 28th Dec 2012
had 15 mths, battery is awful,charging twice a day, keeps freezing,bluetooth
gone off,too quiet with music,couple things ok but dont but one. get
a samsung
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Reviewed by Lilly from England on 26th Dec 2012
I wouldn't recommend this phone, it is slow and when I want to ring
somebody I wait for at least 2-3 mins to dial. Sometimes it will cut
off unexpectedly.
When others try to ring, i pick up and it cuts off. This can waste your
credit or minuets.
I have a passcode lock on my phone when i try to unlock it goes funny
and I will have to wait for 30 seconds and this keeps happening.
I have a gig memory card i put in my phone, the phone doesn't let me
download apps it will say 'not enough memory'. I don't have many pictures
or apps.
I wouldn't say it is the WORST ever, but its not one of the best. My
recent phones has topped this phone.
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Reviewed by Jay Callaghan from Ireland on 24th
Oct 2012
Mine just completely stopped working all of a sudden after a year, lost
touch responsiveness making the phone useless. Also there is barely
any memory and the majority of apps cannot be moved to the memory card.
With that said it's a decent phone when it actually does work properly
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Reviewed by Vicky from england on 21st Oct 2012
WORST PHONE EVER! I have had nothing but problems with it, iv had it
for 5 months and had to send it back 3 times, and it always comes back
with the same problems..
There is such low internal memory that i could not receive texts, if
there were just 15 in the inbox, i was always having to keep contacts
and photos to a absolute minimum to be able to do anything on it before
it would crash, it turns itself off, drops calls..list could go on!
even though i have a sd card in, it wont let me put certain things on
it. I have only downloaded 3 small apps.
I was so dissapointed with this phone, i have it on contract as well,
so i have had to complain to vodafone various times as the phone is
completely unusable.
Luckily i had complained so much to vodafone saying that i do not want
to be stuck with it for a year, so in the end they agreed that they
will send me a new samsung galaxy s2, i hope for a half decent phone
that works!
(do not buy this phone!!)
take note that the majority of reviews are not good!
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Reviewed by Cheryl from England on 15th Oct 2012
Did put a good review on about it, was good to start with BUT now for
some reason its started to freeze constantly, sometimes has a mind of
its own & when I try to put in certain numbers it uses other numbers??
For example press 2 & comes up 5!! Have a memory card but always comes
up memory full, trying to access the internet sometimes impossible as
says I'm not in a wifi area yet I'm at home & never had a problem with
wifi before. Battery awful, have to charge it twice a day, brilliant
camera, DO NOT BUY, would NOT recommend to anyone.
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Reviewed by Cheryl from Nottingham on 12th Oct
2012
Not long had the phone but already love it! Had the explorer for a while
BUT with no flash I started to hate it with a passion, love this phone
though brilliant photos, just got to figure how to transfer photos &
music to memory card, I'll get there though!!!
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Reviewed by i hate the wildfire s from uk on 10th
Oct 2012
this is quite possibly the worst phone ever invented. do NOT buy it.
I will never buy another HTC phone due to the grief this phone has caused
me. It is not a smart phone. It comes with insufficient phone memory
and you cannot move things to an SD card. I have to delete my texts
every week, I cannot have any applications on my phone, keep pictures
and contacts to a minimum, I have deleted many functions which came
on the phone and even with all this there is still 'insufficient memory'
If I wasn't on contract I would smash this phone into pieces.
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Reviewed by lucy from uk on 22nd Sep 2012
Best phone iv had so far still working like new one year down the line
I herd the day after I bought it people said 'HTC phones freeze' but
mine has never froze
It can take time to load from being turned off but is amazing afterwards
.... X :)
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Reviewed by George Goring from UK on 19th Sep
2012
I don't normally write reviews but am so annoyed with this phone I want
to warn others off. The worst thing is the lock screen. When a call
comes in, it is virtually impossible to answer as by trying to unlock,
it rejects the call, even if you aim for the 'accept' button. Also,
the screen icons have become very unresponsive. Probably best to save
up for a proper smart phone.
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Reviewed by Hasan from Khan on 28th Aug 2012
This phone is the best phone I have ever had!
If you are a moderate user, like just use 1 app at a time, this phone
is for you! All the reviews I saw down below, are 20% right! You should
get this if you want to start your life with a smartphone even with
Android (2.3.5 GingerBread)! 5MP is very nice! Video appears pretty
smooth, pictures are nice, multi gestures work well!
I must say, GET THIS PHONE ASAP! BEFORE IT DISCONTINUES!
hTC Wildfire S, FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Enjoy
Cheers!
((((((BUY IT))))))
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Reviewed by Kris from UK on 24th Aug 2012
I got this phone on contract about eight months ago and before i got
this phone, I usually had samsungs.
This phone is possibly the best phone I've ever had, I love it! The
touch screen is quite sensitive so I don't have to press hard to use
it which I love.
The only had thing is the memory as it's constantly low, but other than
that, I think it's a fabulous phone!
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Reviewed by Lucy from UK on 7th Aug 2012
Possibly the worst phone I've ever had.
The internal memory is low all of the time, and I have to delete a lot
of things constantly. I don't have much on my phone, and honestly; the
touch screen on it is rubbish. The battery life is appalling, I'm charging
it every day because it's dead after not even 3 hours of using it. To
lock my phone, I have to press the top of the phone so hard, it hurts!
The speaker is becoming inaudible, and I can't do much on it at all.
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Reviewed by Deb from UK on 6th Aug 2012
Hate it - internal memory low all the time, and force closes. I don't
have much on it and what I do is on the SD card so only the pre programmed
stuff is still on the phone. Don't buy this phone, mine is so close
to going in the bin.
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Reply by Mark from UK on 30th Aug
2012
Don't buy it. At first it's fine, but wait a few months and you'll see
what I mean! biggest problem, and it's a bloomin' big one, is the screen
sensitivity goes awful. I have trawled the internet for a solution to
this, and cannot find one, anywhere. I suspect the phone is fundamentally
flawed. I have about ten months left on my contract, and for the moment
have reverted to an old non-smart phone. Because the wildfire is now
virtually unusable. Never will I buy an htc phone again.....unless htc
acknowledge they have a major problem with the wildfire screen, and
do something positive about it.
Reviewed by anon from UK on 30th Jul 2012
Has to be the worst phone I've ever had. It turns off by itself, has
no memory at all even though I have barely any pictures, no videos,
no music or additional applications. And I'm stuck with it for another
year, no idea how I'll cope.
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Reviewed by Nade from UK on 28th Jun 2012
This is my second Android smartphone and I love it. The camera is good
(not the best but good enough), it is pretty fast and is very simple
to use. The touch screen is very responsive the touch buttons aren't
as responsive as the screen but still work. My other android phone I
constantly had to turn off and on again due to freezing, this phone
has frozen once in almost a year! I also like the restart option (used
for when storage is playing up).
The only bad points are the storage space as the phone is constantly
telling me I can't download apps as there is insufficient storage even
though I just deleted items! When this happens it won't let me view
photos on the gallery so I downloaded a different photo viewer and it
doesn't like me looking at my music. All in all I would buy another
HTC phone again wish I had brought one sooner!
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Reviewed by Zee don from India on 24th Jun 2012
Awesome mobile !!!!!!!!!!!!! It was in salt water on a beach but it
still works must buy phone price under 100 euro
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Reviewed by Toby from UK on 17th Jun 2012
For those of you with storage issues, consider the following:
Go to settings, about phone, software update, check now.
I went from 10MB space to 60MB.
Overall, awesome phone, good touch screen, great camera. Not the nippiest
or biggest of the Droids but it does pack a hell of a punch (im even
typing this on my phone) and quite glad I bought it. Some performance
issues though, hence 4 stars.
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Reviewed by Diane from england on 13th Jun 2012
A great little phone does exactly.what you want a phone to do,only one
thing spoils it, and that is the memory it won't use the memory card,when
getting apps from the store it will say memory full so you.have to delete
things and you can't work out how to put things onto m card, so this
is the only annoying thing.......
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Reviewed by Nicola from England on 13th Jun 2012
I totally disagree with your rating.
I have no problem with the basic functionality of this phone, but I
have had "Insufficient Storage" issues on this phone since the first
week! Neither Orange, not HTC were able to resolve them. I have done
3 factory resets in the last 12 months. I have to say I thought my problems
with the HTC Hero were a one-off, but I will never buy an HTC phone
again and I will (and have) actively discourage friends and relatives
from getting one.
What's the point of having access to the apps on Marketplace if you
can't actually use them because you have to delete them to be able to
receive messages or view photos etc.
Useless!
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Reviewed by gregory from uk on 12th Jun 2012
Have had one from Orange for 9 months. No flash so no iplayer capability.
Poor signal response, so often no phone capability. Touch screen often
not responsive on start up, causing irritating delay. Bluetooth soon
packed up, Orange absolutely no help sorting out problems. So stuck
with very expensive phone on which I can ocassionally send texts. It's
barely a phone.
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Reply by Ally from England on 16th
Jun 2012
My daughter had a Wildfire S. Had a number of issues. The solution was
to contact the CEO of Orange and the Executive office. Within a week,
I had a reply to my query and my contract is being cancelled.
Reviewed by B A C from UK on 9th Jun 2012
THIS PHONE HAS PROBLEM WITH MEMMORY AND ALSO SCREEN KEEP JAM SOME TIME,AND
BATTERY LIFE IS NOT GOOD,I CANT COMPOSE MESSAGE AT ALL BEFORE IT WAS
OK,I BOUGHT THIS PHONE LAST DECEMBER 2011
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Reviewed by Penny Clements from England UK on
5th Jun 2012
I really love this phone! I did read negative reviews and was almost
put off. I went ahead and got the phone as it did everything I wanted.
I went into the settings and altered all the usual things that use the
battery, eg I do not want my email checked every 20 minutes nor do I
want fb refreshed every ten minutes etc, etc.
I have however decided to get an upgraded battery as I found myself
using the phone more than I expected because I just loved playing with
it!
It's not a top of the range smart phone but it does what I need - Email,
fb, twitter, phone calls, texts and the occasional google look up and
of course the camera is very useful.
Therefore if you want a phone for the same reasons then I would definitely
recommend it. Is also small, cute and sexy!
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Reviewed by gabby tookay from england on 30th
May 2012
Pretty useless phone to be honest and id much rather have a blackberey,which
this phonw substituted for when my ols phone broke. As u can see theres
sprlling mistakes with rhe typing, but rhats the touchscreen and buttons
whixh im not gonna coreecr cos it takes forever. Dont get one!
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Reply by chris from isle of man on
24th Aug 2012
So, you`re giving the phone a bad review because you`re too lazy to
correct your spelling mistakes? Hardly a conclusive or imformative review,
is it? Had this phone since xmas, had a few problems with it that have
already been mentioned, low memory etc and also had an SD card issue
which was cured simply with a new SD card( the phone is fussy about
the type used, it doesn`t like TDK SD memory cards) but apart from that
it does everything I need it to do. Give it 3.5 stars out of 5
Reviewed by mirage from uk on 28th May 2012
Its a bit like marmite love it or hate it.
for the price its a bargin when it works and most of the time it does
just that. Most phones on the market have faults some minor some major
the wildfire does indeed have some minor faults but then can be overcome.It's
a phone not a laptop/pc
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Reviewed by Dave from England on 28th May 2012
Great phone for the price. Looks sytlish and does the job as a basic
smartphone altough definately not in the same leagure as an iphone.
Battery life not great and really needs to be charged every night. Nice
options to setup contacts as photo icons so easy to call straight from
home screen - even the kids can use it. Touch screen very responsive
when you get the hang of it. Can be easy to call people by mistake so
I installed call confrim app and that has solved the problem.
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Reviewed by Dani the redpanda from Err…space? on
23rd May 2012
This phone is good, except it has very poor battery life(wich u can
make longer if u get a good battery on amazon 4 a tenner. A software
update can fix its internal memory issues, and its stylish so good for
showing off to your friends.
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Reviewed by dee from england on 23rd May 2012
this so called smart phone is rubbish, daily problems are plentiful
and you only have to go look at the reveiws in the ap market to see
that there are many unhappy customers, I can only store 14 picrures,
only have 2 apps downloaded and am forever struggling with Facebook
and the internet. The Google map does not load correctly ... I could
go on forever ...do not fall for this phone...Go buy an I phone insted
...I wish I had
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Reviewed by Chloe from Uk on 20th May 2012
I love it!
I got this phone on my b-day, and it had been great. And I recently
downloaded cut the rope and it works fluently and quickly on it. I would
recommend it to anyone who's looking for a great android phone for £150-£200.
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Reviewed by William from gb on 15th May 2012
bought this phone have had to send to htc 5 times.
absolutely appalling finally got my money back and bought a blackberry
best decision ever!!!!!!!!
Also apart from it breaking down so many times with firmware errors.the
worst thing about the phone is the battery life.
Shocking! lasts at the most one day.
DON'T BUY!
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Reviewed by Brent from uk on 13th May 2012
I love this phone for me it's perfect in price and use it's the best
mobile I have had yet.
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Reviewed by alspals from england on 8th May 2012
I am really not a fan of this phone at all. I bought it in October to
replace a broken HTC desire that I had no insurance for. It's nothing
like as good as the desire but for the price it's not surprising. When
I first got it it was completely unresponsive touch screen wise but
an update sorted that. however, I still don't like the phone much. It's
not slick, it's not a good looking phone, it really is a basic, cheap
smartphone. Which is all well and good, it is what it is, but don't
think you will be fooling anyone (or yourself) that it's a top of the
range one, it doesn't compare! but if you're not interested in that
and do just want a basic smartphone then it's a good option, I like
my phones a bit more exciting than this, but you get what you pay for
so it's more bad in my opinion than bad full stop, if you see what I
mean!
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Reviewed by ytytyt from ENGLAND on 2nd May 2012
"EXCELLENT!"
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Reviewed by tina from uk on 27th Apr 2012
I am very disappointed in this phone although it has some nice features
it is very unreliable as it tends to freeze just when you need it most
volume is rubbish as is battery life I was talked into buying this phone
by salesman but cant wait for contract to end
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Reviewed by linda hughes from england on 23rd
Apr 2012
I have a wildfire s phones not bad but the keyboard is awful it does
not predict yor txts and its slow x battery lasts very short time and
does not have good memory
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Reviewed by kim from uk on 17th Apr 2012
When my husband first got me the Wildfire s 3 months ago it was fantastic!!
i couldnt fault it. However 3 months down the line ive had to ring up
to reset the phone to its original settings, the battery life wasnt
great from the start but i was playing with the phone a lot when i got
it as u would expect. However i dont use it as much now n im having
to charge the phone TWICE a day. Whenever i try to go on facebook it
takes a long time to load up, it freezes n tells me to either wait or
report the problem to facebook. To get it to work i have to press report
n then it doesnt always work n i dont think the problem is with facebook.
Whenever i turn my phone off then on again i have to reset the date
n time even tho its on automatic! And FINALLY my battery died AGAIN
n wen i went to turn it on wen it was plugged in charging, it wouldnt
turn on!! Dont get me wrong i love the phone hense the fact im a little
peed off with the problems!!!
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Reviewed by Lynne from UK on 13th Apr 2012
This is my 2nd HTC phone and i'm going to try another brand next time.
The memory is taken up with so much useless rubbish that never gets
used, some of it is even duplicated. There is no option to remove them.
Another problem is that i've had the phone around 6 months and i've
had to perform a factory reset 3 times now to resolve various issues.
Should also add that the battery life is very poor.
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Reply by mark f curtis from Wales Uk. on
18th Apr 2012
Totally agree, apps installed which are never used, unable to remove.
Battery pathetic, and a larger memory would be a great help. Be looking
at a new model myself, when contract is up. Shame got a lot of potential,
just not up to it.
Reply by Chloe from Uk on 20th May
2012
I agree with the battery life, bur You can delete apps. Go on the play
store, look for the app you want to remove, click on it and when it
loads, there is a button that says uninstall. Or go onto settings, go
to applications, click on manage applications, find the app u want to
delete, click on it and press uninstall.
Reviewed by Jessica from Untied Kingdom on 11th
Apr 2012
I was amazed with this phone...AT FIRST..when I first got it, I loved
it, I could download apps, look at YouTube, go on the internet ect.
But 3 months after I had it, things got bad...very bad. The battery
began to not last even minutes, I now cannot download any apps because
my memory is ''too full'' when it isn't because it's only 1gb of memory
and I got a different card of 4bg but it still said no memory. Not only
that, I cannot go onto the internet anymore and it is now VERRRRYYYY
slow. And it's quite difficult to text as the sceen is too small. Not
impressed. There is also tones of other reviews on this phone that is
bad and I suggest you listen to them. You even have to remove data on
apps and other things just so you can send and receive texts. DO NOT
GET THIS PHONE!! IT'S A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!
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Reviewed by Nikos from greece on 9th Apr 2012
I use this phone for both business and leisure. With 16 sd class a .
Very nice phone. I use a lot viber, team viewer, g gps,mail, hotmail,
my business mail, angry birds, music downloads ect. I also have 7 movies
in sd and 890 songs. I love this phone and althoug i own ipad 1 &2 and
iphone 4s, the small htc is my choice. 4,5 because it s the best pocket
sized phone.
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Reviewed by Timbo from UK on 13th Mar 2012
Having lived with the original Wildfire for a year I thought I'd treat
myself and upgrade to a Wildfire S. First thing I noticed was how much
better the screen is, and the newer version of Android and HTC Sense
are other plus points. On the minus side, the battery life isn't good
but that was easily solved by buying a high capacity 'gold' battery
on ebay for about a tenner. I miss the little trackpad from the original
Wildfire as it was also the camera shutter button, on the Wildfire S
you have to use the on-screen virtual shutter button - definitely not
an improvement. Strangely, the reception I get from the FM radio isn't
as good as my old Wildfire either. Overall though, I reckon it's worth
the upgrade for the better screen alone.
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Reply by Brian from UK on 27th Apr
2012
This gold battery what is it called ?what size perhaps you could give
me the link. How much longer does the battery last. Regards Brian
Reviewed by Greg from UK on 11th Mar 2012
I had this phone for 3 days....Be warned if you like making calls or
sending texts and have bloke sized fingers don't buy this phone. I would
say it's a kids phone who like playing on the internet, if you want
a phone to use as a phone this will drive you nuts. Battery life is
less than a day without using the wi-fi, finding people in your phone
book is a drama even answering calls is not simple....worst 3 days of
my life, - so far
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Reviewed by Chris W from UK on 8th Mar 2012
I was so impressed by the HTC Wildfire that I thought I would upgrade
to a Wildfire S.Nothing wrong with that except that I bought it from
the Orange Shop.The phone has only 512Mb of internal memory but sufficient
for most.Problem is that the Orange branded Wildfire S is chock full
of useless Orange Bloatware Apps that you cannot uninstall without rooting
the phone,something most people do not know how to do and which can
easily brick your phone if done wrongly.Who wants Orange Mail you have
to pay for when there is Gmail,Hotmail etc - who wants Orange Maps you
have to pay for when there are Google maps and so on..With a minimum
of apps from The Market only some of which can be run from a microSD
card,your phone is soon down to 20Mb of internal memory & HTC Sense
stops working.HTC Wildfire S is a great phone but Orange just kill it
for £30 off the SIM-free price.Buy your phone SIM-free if you can but
certainly not from Orange.
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Reviewed by Lud from Mexico on 26th Feb 2012
I love the phone, fits great in my hand and the sound is better than
others phones in the past. It gives me what I need when I need it, speed
and accuracy.. Photos & videos are crystal clear including movement
shots. Just superb..
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Reviewed by NCR from UK on 20th Feb 2012
I reviewed this phone back in August 2011 when I'd had it for 2 weeks.
6 months on I'm upping my review from 4 stars to 4.5. My issue previously
was the battery, however it seems to have bedded in and I now regularly
have 40 to 50% left when I stick it on charge in the evening so much
better. The other issue with this phone was internal memory. It didn't
matter that I had a 16gb sd card, there are so many apps and bits of
software that have to be on the phone memory that things like friendstream,
and built in twitter/facebook apps wouldn't work "This application needs
more than 20mb memory to operate" so you'd have to clear the cache,
wipe the data from internet (losing your bookmarks) and facebook (logging
you out and removing your contact sync) just to get 20mb of space so
stuff would work. HOWEVER, yesterday my phone informed me there was
an Android update available 2.3.5. Once completed the free space on
internal memory leaped from 20ish mb to 55mb!! With this update you
get the same lockscreen as other top end HTC's with the handy shortcuts.
It has also sped up loads, is much smoother and an all around more pleasing
experience. Still not quite 5 stars but possibly the best mid range
Android phone out there, it does everything I need and more. 4.5 stars.
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Reply by Chris W from UK on 9th Mar
2012
I am so glad that I read this - I also downloaded the update to Android
Gingerbread 2.3.5 and it does indeed significantly change & improve
the phone firstly by immediately upping the free internal memory from
about 20Mb to over 50mb.The lock screen does change to the pull-up ring.
The phone is now running Android 2.3.5 HTC Sense version 2.1 and the
software (HTC) is 2.14.61.1 All else of my set up of the phone remained
unchanged including all the neat little HTC widgets that I use that
really make the Wildfire S such a big improvement on the Wildfire all
amplified by the so much better screen fo the later model. All that
could improve the Wildfire S now is to give it 1Gb of internal memory.
Reviewed by jason Gates from England on 14th Feb
2012
Brilliant phone had a blackberry curve this is a step up from that with
the high resolution screen and amazing camera. High speed touch screen
with auto turn $or easier typing. All together a really good phone!
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Reviewed by lauren from uk on 11th Feb 2012
i love this phone so much its the best in the world !!!!!
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Reviewed by Sean from Uk on 11th Feb 2012
Simply put amazing.
I originally had an iPhone 3s don't get me wrong a great phone.
However the wildfire s is a top draw phone , there is so much to like.loads
of hidden features excellent camera great apps superb speed.
Just love this phone very easy to use instinctive in so many ways.
Well done htc
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Reviewed by Claire from England on 8th Feb 2012
Oh goodness, where do I start? All I can say is... listen to the bad
reviews. The people who have written nice things I can only imagine
don't use the phone a lot or just make calls and texts. I have 3 friends
who all bought the Wildfire S at the same time and we are all in abject
misery about the nonsense we've had to put up with. I have a 24 month
contract and I'm only 9 months in. I think it will kill me to have this
phone any longer. It's slippery, unsensitive, unresponsive, impossible
to cancel a call, makes rash decisions on your behalf, has a ridiculous
dictionary which insists on suggesting the most obsolete words and the
headphones broke on the first use. The worst thing is it has no internal
memory so you have to plumb the applications every single day to delete
data to try to win back a bit of memory to be able to open your texts
or photos. The computer software doesnt work so I've never been able
to connect it to the internet to back up online. All you ever get told
from HTC is that you need to move apps to the SD card- yeah...I would
if you could. Only a very few things will move, everything else is welded
to the phone memory. I have deleted EVERYTHING, even things you actually
really need on there just to free up some space. It really will make
you miserable. Just get one of those proper phones, you know what I
mean...
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Reply by NCR from UK on 23rd Feb 2012
The update to 2.3.5 will help you with this issue. Go into 'about phone'
from settings menue and select software updates.
Reviewed by Saurabh from India on 1st Feb 2012
I got this phone a week back and am satisfied with the performance in
comparison to the blackberry that I owned before. The Delay clock was
a big question in the face of the RIM and this Phone does not disappoint
me the same way.
Having said that, There are certain things apart from the +ves mentioned
above that I have had some look on and are certainly not pleasant. Two
things that came in my notice when i bought the phone and within a week's
time were - the widget on the mainscreen crashes intermittently(I am
not sure if this is a bug or a application crisis) and the other was
the contact auto syncing that is happening as and when it likes(on its
own whim)... The bloatin contact storage and Application Update internal
sizes increments have been adding to the already compromised internal
memory of the Phone and as such begins the trouble of the lag and the
constant dialog "Free some memory upto 20mb" - hopefully ICS should
be able to take care of it and tehre should be some liberties in the
upcoming upgrades to relieve off the internal softwares like plurk and
others which are not needed and SD Clarity in terms of storing Applications.
Overall its much better than the previous HTC Handsets and way too good
in terms of performance. a 4 from me .... :)
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Reviewed by tech dude from planet earth on 31st
Jan 2012
A good all round phone. Easy to use and reliable. The phone part can
send and receive calls just a you would expect and it has a loudspeaker
option as well. The overall software is excellent, when I bought mine
there was an update available and I got a load of new software for free.
The camera is good, 5MP, and the screen resolution is perfectly adequate.
The wi-fi is quick, 8Mbps, and there's 3g as well. It's not the biggest,
fastest or best phone on the market but every aspect of the phone gets
a solid 4 stars. There are no bad points at all, but if you really want
to complain then the battery is the only thing that springs to mind
- 1200mAh is not great, so I bought a 1500mAh
replacement from HTC for about £9.00 (via Amazon).
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Reviewed by Kirsty from UK on 29th Jan 2012
I have had this phone for about three months, I have had no problems
so far and I think its great. I does almost everything you can think
of. It's easy to use, looks great and the touch screen is usually very
good. There are many ways to personalise this phone and its very compact.
It's an android phone so many games and apps are available for free.
The only thing I think could be better is the battery life as I have
to charge mine everyday, although it depends on how much you use it
as to how often it needs charging. This isn't really a big problem though
and I think you can buy/download apps to save your battery. Lots of
accesories like cases are also available on various websites and the
phone comes in multiple colours.
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Reply by Jo from UK on 1st Feb 2012
Hi Kirsty I've only had my phone for a few days. I cannot work out how
to attach a photo ID to contacts - can you help me? Jo
Reviewed by Diane from UK on 23rd Jan 2012
Had this phone 4 months. When it's working it's great I can't fault
it. But it keeps freezing or suddenly going to whatever screen it wants
to. Will ring people too and there's nothing to stop it. Not sure if
it's just mine that does it or if it's a common fault.
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Reviewed by Steve from England on 23rd Jan 2012
Just a small point. I see a lot of people complaining of low battery
power on the Wildfire S. This can be easily fixed as a larger capacity
battery can be bought from Amazon for around £12. With that installed
it's a great little phone.
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Reviewed by ashleigh from united kingdom on 20th
Jan 2012
i have an htc and im not recieving texts messages until few hours after
they have been sent iv tried shutting the fone down and turning it on
and off but doesnt seem to have worked does anyone else have or had
this problem and how do i fix it!!
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Reply by eastisbest from uk on 10th
Jun 2012
more likely to be your network than the phone
Reviewed by zoe from england on 17th Jan 2012
I think the wildfire s is great its small lightweight and is quite tough
i love the android market because you can download free apps wallpapers
and games the camera is pretty good considering the phone is really
small it comes with a 2gb memory card. Overall i really love this phone
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Reviewed by Bob from UK on 15th Jan 2012
Had my Wildfire since July 11 and its a fantastic device getting the
balance between phone and computer. I get 2 days on a charge, so work
out what eats your battery life and switch it off if not needed e.g.
WiFi. My main uses are: Work Phone - reception good works like any over
phone I have ever had. Screen sensitivity takes a bit of getting use
to then its great. Music - sounds as good as my MP3 and very easy to
load music from PC interface. Very customisable I have loaded about
20 different apps and they all work fine. Video is nothing to shout
about. Battery life - can be limited and very heavy use will only get
a full day. Small and compact and fits in my pocket easy. Very good
value for money and anybody considering a start with smart phones should
consider this before spending a lot of money on something they will
hardly use.
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Reviewed by Kaitlin. from England on 12th Jan
2012
So yeah, the phone looks all fantastic and smart. Just wait until you
get it. Everything crashes and you have to use Application Manager to
clear the data from your apps just to send or recieve a text.
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Reviewed by mab from uk on 11th Jan 2012
only had this phones for 1 month but good overall phone. it needs more
internal memory as it is used up by apps not on phone. sometimes freezes
but then it is a cheap android.stylish and has a good camera picture.
HTC needs to put better battery in as i use it lots and have to charge
every night.overall i would
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Reviewed by Syed from England on 10th Jan 2012
Warning - Do not buy!! The customer service is just as bad as the phone
itself. I brought this phone brand new in October 2011. First month
it was fine. On the 2nd month - i was unable to download any apps as
the internal memory was full. I moved everything on the memeory card
- but it still said that the internal memeory was full. So when you
move the apps to the memory card - it still uses up a bit of the phone
memory. The second issue is that i brought a 8gb memory card - but the
phone does not support it. I tired re-formatting the memory card, and
even moving the setting from the current one to the new one - doesnt
work. The next MAJOR issue is that the phone sometimes is irresponsive.
When you press the screen nothing works. I need to keypad lock then
unlock to make it work. Other times it automatically presses buttons
such as goin on the internet and making calls! very annoying. I rang
HTC everyday for a week trying to ask them to send me a replacement
as it been under 3 months since problems started. They asked me to send
it to them for repairs. I sent the phone and received it back damaged.
There is a deep scratch. The problems were still there. When i contacted
them - they do not still give me a replacement! They keep saying the
will repair it! i have the latest software on the phone and apart from
the scratch HTC damaged during repairs - the phone looks in excellent
condition - so what is casuing this problem and why do they not give
me a replacement. I have no trust in them now and i am taking my time
to write this review to warn you! Please be warned if you intend to
purchase this!!!
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Reviewed by Emily from England on 10th Jan 2012
After getting the phone in June I was really impressed, I had no problems
with it. It was easy to use, the camera quality for a phone was amazing
and the touch screen was really nice. And even though the battery life
wasnt great, you kind of already expect to be charging your phone daily.
Its only recently that I've started to have problems; ~ The screen freezes
making it impossible to use, you basically have to wait for it to stop
playing up ~ It randomly vibrates, I have watched the phone go from
being on full volume to vibrate and then continuously vibrate without
me touching a thing And then recently its just stopped working all together.
After experiencing a few problems with it last week I thought resetting
the phone might help, so after pressing that it brought me onto the
reboot screen. With the four options and you have to use the sound up
or down thing to move up and down, and then the power button to choose
one. Sounds simple, except I could not get it off that page, no matter
how hard i pressed down on the power button it would not go. I tried
taking the battery out the back and turning it on again but i was stuck
with the same screen, but obviously the power button was working as
it was turning the phone back on. Eventually however it did manage to
work itself, I dont know how as it was in my bag when it did it. Very
strange. And the only reason I mention this is because it has done it
once again! Its highly annoying I am off to go see someone tomorrow
about it and see what the verdict is. I should add that the phone has
had a lot of wear and te ar in the past months, with a little water
damage. So the moral of the story, if you look after this phone, it
can be a very nice HTC :), if you don't.. like me you will suffer :/
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Reviewed by anthony from philippines on 8th Jan
2012
great phone, for those who needs more memory for their gadgets, buy
a PC instead.
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Reviewed by aint gonna tell ya from uk on 6th
Jan 2012
This is the worlds worst android phone. On market i try downloading
somma and It says insufficient storage . I have 8 mb and i try downloading
task killer(under 1mb) and it still says I don't got enough memory .
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Reviewed by Franks from Uk on 5th Jan 2012
Do not buy this phone! The touchscreen is impossible to use, the battery
life is rubbish and the camera is difficult to take pictures with. I
had always had nokias before and was very happy to upgrade to another
but the salesman talked me into this phone, wish he hadn't! Also my
chargers broken and you have to wriggle it around for ages before it
will charge. All in all I've had it for about 5 months now and it hasn't
grown on me at all. still got another year and a half to go fml.
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Reviewed by John from India on 5th Jan 2012
Superb mobile so far no problem but low battery capacity....
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Reviewed by courtney from UK on 30th Dec 2011
i was thinking of buying a blackberry or iphone 4. looked at their prices
and found HTC was the cheapest android phone. sister and brother both
have smartphones and said that they cost too much when you are on contract.
they changed over to HTC and we all love it! the service is great and
the cost is way cheaper!! all the features are really good including
the android market! best phone i have ever had! i will continue using
HTC!
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Reviewed by Higgins from England on 29th Dec 2011
This is the worst mobile I have ever had and the first non-Nokia unit
I have owned and I will be going back to Nokia! I detest this phone
with a passion - it has a useless battery life; poor phone reception;
has a fiddly and temperamental touch screen and is generally horrible
to use. I upgraded to this primarily to access emails on the move .
. . and I wish I hadn't! I haven't used it in the way I anticipated
partly due to the way it operates. I would not recommend this unit to
anyone and cannot believe it is rated as highly as is. As a phone this
is a joke.
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Reviewed by Hannah from Wales on 28th Dec 2011
I've had this phone for around 4 months. I'm in love with it, to say
the least. It works so well, it's a lovely size to hold, and stores
everything i want it to and more! The battery life is fine, unless you
are on your phone 24/7, in that case...it's not so great. I don't have
any faults with this phone. HTC, have done well, yet again! I'm very
happy with this phone, and in future when a new phone is needed, HTC
is definitely the brand i will be going for.
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Reviewed by Alan from england on 28th Dec 2011
Had it six months wish I spent a bit more as the available memory is
shocking, just got 2.3.5 and now its even worse, the rest if the phone
is great its just disabled by having a small memory, bit like a ferrari
with a tiny engine!
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Reviewed by Robert from South Africa on 26th Dec
2011
This is just an outstanding phone. Got it a week ago, switched it on
and got the Gingerbread 2.3.5 update right away. Configured my Hotmail
and Gmail with Exchange Active Sync, so now I have push email in my
HTC mail app and it works 100%. Downloaded Angry Birds Rio, copied some
music, photos, watched some YouTube, new Facebook app - I just cannot
believe it that I'm getting all this for so cheap. Oh, and I replaced
the stock keyboard with the Gingerbread keyboard by Steven Lin (search
for it on the Android Market) and this little phone is just the best
thing ever. But the best thing about this phone is the call quality.
Voice calls are absolutely crystal clear, definitely beats my old Desire
HD hands down. Just don't expect this phone to perform like a superphone,
and if you can do that, you'll have a fantastic phone. Enjoy!
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Reviewed by Natalie from England on 22nd Dec 2011
Worst phone i've ever wasted £140 on. decided be a nice change from
a 2nd hand BB i got given (because blackberries are just as worse) worked
fine first few weeks, now wont send texts or call unless i reset phone.
finding myself taking out battery about ten times a day. i've actually
gave up on contacting people. this phone is the only phone i know, which
doesn't actually work as a phone. the only thing that works is the music
player or the camera. and if i wanted that i'd have bought an ipod touch.
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Reviewed by janine marie from england on 22nd
Dec 2011
I did love my phone but battery dosent last long thinkin off gettin
samsung galaxy pro but cn u customise it to my taste like the htc wildfire
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Reviewed by James from England on 20th Dec 2011
Some people say it has a bad battery, or that the touch screen is sluggish
blah blah blah... but this phone realy isn't to blame. you see, if it
is faulty, you can tell by looking at reviews online, so you can send
it back and get a better one free. mine was a-okay aand i loved it,
battery was fine, didnt have to charge it for about a month or 2, the
screen is fine, responds like anyother phone, what you have to realise
is that if you think it has to be like any other phone that costs like
500 quid, it wont be as fast, it wont be as fast as using a computer,
its just a cheap smart phone, so when you tap it, you need to know how
long it takes to load, not compare it and end up mauling your phone
and destroying it, it obviously wont work as well after you do that,
thats what stupid people do. In conclusion: dont listen to anyone else,
its a great phone, but dont have high expectations, its a 150-200 pound
phone, it will do as it is told untilk you complain and you start destroying
it with your furious "taps"...
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Reply by annoyed from england on 23rd
May 2012
Excuse me but I have not mauled my phone nor am I a tech idiot, sometimes
things just don't do as they say in the tin. From day one I had problems
such as the phone cutting calls off because the heat from head interfered
with touch screen meaning all calls had to be on loud speaker. I'm glad
you don't have probs but please don't undermine those who do.
Reviewed by lara from england on 20th Dec 2011
have had this phone for 5 months droped it down the toilet in the bath
x2 and it still works as well
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Reviewed by Alec from UK on 19th Dec 2011
Disappointed,battery life very poor,two days at best without using any
apps at all,either freezes up or just shuts down of its own accord,no
question,worst fone I've had-sim card spends more time in my old Nokia
E7(which by comparison is bullet proof)
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Reviewed by Zerosen from USA on 19th Dec 2011
Put it this way. For the price im paying a month for it 30dollars...you
cant beat it. 30 dollars a month for unlimited internet, unlimited text
and 500+ calling minutes its great! At first I was unsure when buying
it because most budget "smartphones" are junky. But when I got home
and started working with it...I found it quite awesome! My signal is
good everywhere in my area, even when it drops down to 1 bar at times
briefly its still running fast and my calls get through clear. The battery
life is what I expected, its not the best in the world but its not bad
either. But I always charge my phone so I never worry about running
out of battery. I paid 1hundred and 40 dollars for the phone its self.
Which isnt too bad for all the stuff this little phone can do. Finally,
if you are upgrading from a phone that is older or lower quality you
WILL be pleased with this phone. But if you are downgrading from a high
end smart phone you will make a few compromises But for the price haha
you cant beat 30 dollars a month for all this good stuff! So I recommend
it!
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Reviewed by Yash from India on 18th Dec 2011
It is a good phone but the processor is weej
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Reviewed by hossein from iran on 16th Dec 2011
beautiful ... more than any : it's HTC is better. than samsung but not
iphone. nokia is out (andorid !! ). sony erricson walkman can compare
with this phone but htc is better ( its my opinion )
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Reviewed by Blanka from Netherlands on 15th Dec
2011
The Wildfire S is a nice piece of hardware for the money. Camera is
slow but capable, case is solid, screen is ok with good touch input,
but hardware without software is nothing. That is exactly what is wrong
with this phone: Android with HTC Sense. It is just ridiculous. The
major function of a phone: does not work. The easiest way to call or
text people on the Wildfire S is by removing both the call and text
apps, and replace them with the contacts app. Otherwise selection of
your target is really cumbersome. You have all contacts covered by the
number keypad, and clicking in the back makes unwanted phonecalls. When
you finally have someone on the line, it is impossible to end the call.
On an iPhone: just hit the power button: end call. On a Wildfire: shake
the machine or hit the powerbutton to wake it up. Then try really hard
to hit the "end call" on screen button. The picture and movie apps are
horrible too. If you try to adjust the settings of the picture/movie
(over or under expose), the system just hangs. No response, no ability
to change it. The four buttons under the touch screen are horribly placed
and have bad response. You really miss some physical keys. Then the
crap of adding a Google account. What you want is add one, and use the
market. But Android means you add Calender, Mail and lots more syncing,
not asked for. An iTunes account is just for shopping, here all is tied
together, to one cumbersome mess.
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Reviewed by Nicki from uk on 14th Dec 2011
Only had this phone 2 days after loads of excellent reviews about it
and its a pretty good phone, takes some getting used to though with
texting, no moas about it, apart from the batery, but that i can live
with =) best phone yet next phone is the htc desire =)
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Reviewed by Lewis brooker from United kingdom on
13th Dec 2011
The htc wildfire s has no problems I have had mine 4 six months and
is a cheap good quality phone I have readied Reviews on this phone I
think it's just little children not looking after it iv had no problems
So I erg u to buy it also has no issues with keypad touch screen freezing
the only thing is battery power lenth I suggest getting the more longerlasting
battery I've got it and my battery last 5 to 6 days
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Reviewed by Maggie from UK on 9th Dec 2011
I was slightly sceptical about all the raving reviews on this phone
but decided to opt for it when operator offered it at upgrade and I
have to say I'm glad I did, I've head people complain about everything
from battery life to signal but have to say I've experienced neither
(other than the regular quick batter EVERYONE has when they first get
a new phone and play with it lots!) Those who say it's unresponsive
may want to remember the screen must have actual fingertip or similar
"capacative" contact to respond. I've been using this for 3 weeks now
and have had to charge it five times in total (including original first
charge, which was only four hours!), considering I've used it for internet
during this time (at least every other day) that's not too bad (I honestly
couldn't comment on how many "hours" life this equates to) highly recommended
to others who are trying to decide. My only downside to this phone is
that it seems slow to connect to the internet when you select the mobile
network option but that can be forgiven as once you're on it rarely
slows.
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Reviewed by brian from uk on 9th Dec 2011
Have been using this phone for a few weeks, after reading some of the
other reviews I was expecting there to be problems with a number of
things eg battery and signal etc. But I so far have been very pleased
with it, have been using email and web quite a bit and a few calls and
have been getting a good couple of days out of it no problems, no issues
with signal either, also have found the speed of the operating system
pretty good with things loading up fine. Compared to some of the higher
end HTC's and Samsung's there is obviously a big difference in many
areas such as camera, processor, screen size etc but all in all it is
a good little phone for the price.
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Reviewed by Ruth from GB on 5th Dec 2011
Im on my 3rd Wildfire S in 6 months, touchscreen keeps going faulty.
First 2 were identical with left hand side not working after about 6-8
weeks, this one its whole bottom half of the screen after 5 weeks. I
would mind if I was constantly on the thing but it spends more time
in my bag or pocket than anything else. They are a brilliant little
phone and features are great but unless its just purely my bad luck
the hardware just isnt up to it. Its going back again I might add, time
to try something else!!!!
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Reviewed by mahogany from united states of america on
4th Dec 2011
I love this phone it is way better thsn the wildfire
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Reviewed by Pavan from India on 2nd Dec 2011
Excellent mobile but front cam is no in tis mobile
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Reviewed by Alster from UK on 27th Nov 2011
Hate this phone. Had the desire which was great but due to some issues
I had to buy a new phone and chose this. Touch screen is completely
unresponsive, doesn't want to know and doesn't recognise being touched
or tapped until it will suddenly catch up and start doing all kinds
of random things while it registers every single touch it has had in
the minute or so you have been waiting for it to respond. So I had the
bright idea of just pressing it once and waiting to see what happened....nothing!!!
It has really poor signal as well, I am on o2 and have never had issues
with signal before but it often loses signal. It also freezes a lot
which drives me insane. Oh and it doesn't always let me know I have
a message, won't beep and will get no icon in the top corner and no
number on the messaging button but when I look I have them...this happened
once when I had 6 messages from 6y different people, how it didn't pick
up the fact I had received anything I haven't a clue. Absolutely despise
this phone, have had it less than a month and even though it set me
back 150 quid I am looking for another one. If you have never had a
phone before you may be ok with it as you won't expect anything else,
but if you have, avoid avoid avoid. As a side note, I actually found
the battery to be quite good, I mean it's poor in general but my desire
would die within a matter of hours, this can at least last a day, the
power saver makes a big difference
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Reviewed by am from england on 27th Nov 2011
no it isnt as good as an iphone.!..... no the battery life isnt great.!....
no the memory isnt very big (so buy a new card.!!!)..... i paid £100
BRAND NEW for mine, and for that price what you get and what it does
is fantastic. people moaning about game use on it...... go buy an X-Box,
people complaining camera isnt too good.... then go buy a "Camera"....
people wanting to listen to music.... go buy an mp3 player.!!..... i
think people forget it is a "Phone" and everything else is an extra,
so if ur not happy with it, go and spend £500 on iphone or something
similar.
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Reviewed by Chloe from England on 22nd Nov 2011
Well i got my htc wildfire s about 5mths ago as an early birthday/christmas
present. I think it looks good but the materials used to make it are
a bit flimsy. It has a good 5mp camera which I use quite often. Me being
almost 13, it's not just about texting and calling as with alot of others,
there are some things which it needs to have like, apps, facebook and
internet, all of which it has. I like how much you can actually personalise
it like scenes and everything else. Only things I have against it is
that it chips quite easily but the screen is still completely intact,
the battery life doesn't last very long and sometimes when i'm on facebook,
it just goes back to my normal screen with like my wallpaper on. Overall,
I give this phone a very good 8/10, well worth buying. xx
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Reviewed by JC from England on 18th Nov 2011
I have used and owned many Android phones AND iPhones and this little
beauty competes very well against them all. Yes you can buy faster phones
- yes you can buy flashier phones - yes you can buy more advanced phones
BUT remember that the HTC Wildfire S costs a fraction of any of these.
This is a lovely looking and very comfortable phone in the hand - it
works VERY well and carries out all its functions very well. No crashes
- great design - works very well AND does not cost "the earth" - what
more can anyone ask?
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Reviewed by Chris from UK on 15th Nov 2011
Had my Wildfire S for a few days now and i'm very happy with it. I find
the screen and buttons very responsive, web browsing is fine either
on the go or on my home wi-fi, the HTC Sense user interface makes sync
with my PC easy also. I wasn't surprised that it does struggle a bit
when running mem heavy apps like games, but I find if you put it into
flight mode first, that shuts down most other features to free up memory
and processor power. It's never going to compete with a high end smartphone,
but I don't need it to. For a budget phone I can't fault it bar the
battery. It is true that if you use it a lot, especially apps you will
be charging it each day.
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Reviewed by IAN from UK on 13th Nov 2011
TOUCH SCREEN BUTTONS HAVE TO BE PRESSED, TAPPED, CAJOLED, RUBBED SEVERAL
TIMES BEFORE WORKING. WISH I HAD NEVER SEEN THIS PHONE. THANKS TO 3
I AM STUCK WITH THIS USELESS PHONE FOR 2 YEARS. THEY DONT WANT TO KNOW
AS I USED IT. WELL I HAD TO USE IT TO DISCOVER THE TOUCHSCREEN BUTTONS
ARE RIDICULOUSLY SLUGGISH.
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Reviewed by LEE from GB on 10th Nov 2011
The worst phone I have had. Low processor and memory capacity means
it crashes... A LOT! It's always asking me to clear memory, even though
I save everything to the SD card. Screen becomes very unresponsive when
memory gets full. GPS is constantly out. Phone calls unreliable. Keyboard
is not user friendly. Auto tilt takes about 3-4 seconds to respond.
User interface is cheap looking and not easy to find icons, etc. Not
a 21st century phone! Do not bother is my strong advice!
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Reviewed by mark from uk on 8th Nov 2011
its really easy to download from your pc to the phone when you connect
your usb cable it asks you what you want to do on the phone just click
USE AS HARD DRIVE then go onto my computer on your pc where your phone
will now be visible open it up and just drag and drop your music,photos
and stuff it really is simple
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Reviewed by suep from uk on 6th Nov 2011
very very disappointed have been trying to download music from comp
to phone it just wont let me AGH!
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Reviewed by sandra coffey from uk on 6th Nov 2011
love my wildfire s- but also agree with others that the battery life
is rubbish!-have to charge it every day! but having probs transferring
music etc from pc to my phone-anybody any suggestions?
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Reviewed by Osama Laden from UK on 4th Nov 2011
Very good phone, but one major flaw is the battery life. I was bit sceptical
about HTC and was recommended by a friend to try. I must say this phone
does exactly what I need for, browsings, email, texting and apps.
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Reviewed by Will Juniper from England on 4th Nov
2011
Rubbish, Constantly freezes won't load properly, has a few good things
but overall i thhink pretty poor
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Reviewed by rob from england on 4th Nov 2011
good small phone not had any probs. one design flaw, the small amount
of on board memory fills up very quick with apps,some cant be moved
to memory card, and therfore need to be deleted to make space, this
problem doesnt occur on phones such as galaxy s2 or iphone. i was going
to get sensation xe but will now get galaxy because of this.
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Reviewed by Sue from UK on 3rd Nov 2011
I got this purely on the write up on here and the reviews, even though
my sons told me not to!!! On the whole am pleased with the size and
the screen, it's easy to use and if it's your first smartphone then
go for it - but am very disappointed because even when I try and update
it keeps telling me I've not enough storage - it's not as if i've got
many apps on there either and only 3 little games!! I will listen to
my sons in future!!!
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Reviewed by James from UK on 2nd Nov 2011
I love it. Got it because needed to run some work related apps, it's
relatively small size and the fact I could upgrade from my old phone
free. It's pleased me in every respect and made my life easier while
out and about. Only one criticism, the battery life isn't too hot but
then I'm often streaming data with the screen on which eats power...
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