The new HTC S511 Snap for Sprint is a QWERTY keyboard equipped smartphone that is meant to take on devices like the Samsung Jack that's available on AT&T and the many BlackBerry Curves and Bolds that are on the market. It isn't a device that is going to wow anybody with its specifications, but it knows its place in life, which is heavy messaging duties. We give it a go in this quick hands-on review.
Based on the GSM/UMTS flavor of HTC's Snap, the Sprint Snap lacks the original's trackball controller, offering a traditional d-pad instead. And while the keyboard sports the same offset key arrangement as the original, the keys butt up against each other on their right and left edges, which makes them harder to find and takes some getting used to. We approve of the non-grid layout of the keys, which more closely matches a real keyboard, but the lack of separation can cause some confusion until the user adapts to it. All in all, though, the keyboard is still quite nice, and offers good tactile feedback.
With a weight of 118.6g (4.2oz) and dimensions of 114mm x 63mm x 14mm (4.5in x 2.5in x .6in), the HTC Snap for Sprint is very pocketable and easy to take with you. The combination of gloss and semi-gloss black surfaces on the device is very attractive, and the phone seems solidly built. The 2.4-inch, 320 x 240 pixel display is both crisp and bright, and fits in perfectly on the Snap. It doesn't have the widest viewing angle that we've seen, though. The Snap is a nicely put together smartphone that has no obvious design flaws in its physical construction.
The signal reception qualities of the HTC Snap for Sprint seemed solid in general. In spite of that, remote callers reported that the call audio was pretty bad at times, even though it sounded fine to the Snap user. Generally this was when the phone reported two or fewer bars of signal strength, which was not an uncommon event. The speakerphone was also lacking in our tests. The battery is rated for up to 4 hours of talk time, but Sprint did not provide standby battery life figures.
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