Dec 2, 2011 - 
HTC 
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HTC 2 Comments HTC ChaCha Sim Free Mobile Phone
- Fully intergrated Facebook experience
- Memory card slot
- Touchscreen and QWERTY keypad
- 5 megapixel camera with full LED Flash
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List Price: £194.99
Price: £159.99
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Great Piece Of Kit.,
The Cha Cha replaced a Sony Xperia Mini Pro which I was not at all happy with. I stuck with it for three months and then moved on the to HTC Cha Cha. My main reason for buying this mobile was I needed another mobile with a proper QWERTY keyboard. Compared to the Sony it’s lightning quick, especially when using the Internet on 3G. Battery longevity is not too bad. A full day with average use.
HTC aftermarket service is very good, unlike Sony. You can actually phone them and speak to somebody very quickly.
Camera is pretty good, auto focus is a nice touch, and HTC provide lots of free goodies to load on the phone once you register with them. (There is an HTC app available that turns the camera LED flash into a torch).
Overall, this is a well thought out mobile, easy to use and has all the facilities I need. It is however quite a large phone and if you are looking for a dinky slim mobile this will not suit you. It’s pretty big and fairly heavy. You could say it feels well built. It’s about the same size as a Blackberry.
One thing that is not easy though is removal of the rear case to insert your sim card. It’s pretty tight.
Well worth a five star rating though.
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|behind the ridiculous name is a cracking phone,
Cha Cha? Could they really not think of anything better to call it? Really?
Get the ridiculous name and there is a very impressive phone.
Firstly, the look – the first thing it reminded me of was one of those scientific calculators that I wasnt allowed to take into my GCSE’s many years ago, it has got a certain retro chic about it though but it’s not the most manly of phones.
It’s main selling point is the keyboard, perfect for us of a certain age who cant handle this new fangled touch screen thing, it feels really substantial and makes texting/emailing a wonderfully simple experience – one minor quibble – the spacebar is a touch small.
Reading reviews online it seems that the main criticism is the screen size, sure it’s not the biggest but it’s perfectly adequate with great definition, I certainly wouldnt have wanted a bigger screen at the expense of the keyboard – I suppose it depends on what your priorities are as to which you would prefer. The touch screen is responsive and a pleasure to use.
So, onto internet use – it’s fast and smooth and handles the majority of websites without a problem. Yes sometimes you have to zoom in/out of some pages but that simply isnt an issue to me and if youre after an all singing and dancing internet experience you shouldnt really be looking at a phone that is geared to text/email/social networking.
Talking of social networking, onto the facebook button – if youre a regular poster on fb then its fantastic – letting you post pretty much anything in 1 button press.
Battery life is better than average for an Android smart phone, easilly lasts the day with pretty heavy use. It charges quickly too.
As, at the end of the day, it is actually a phone I’ll mention the call experience – its been perfect since I’ve had the phone, no problems at all with reception or call quality – certainly better than my previous nokia and sony (which the cha cha replaced).
2 minor quibbles. The charger lead gets in the way of the keyboard if you use it when charging and the screen suffers if used in bright light/sun – these are very very minor though and dont stop me giving this 5 stars and my highest recommendation.
Angry Birds works brilliantly too.
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