Hero

Overview

HTC Hero establishes the early HTC Sense Android experience, with a curved chin, trackball, 3.5mm jack and 5MP autofocus camera. This entry follows international GSM hardware.

Period and variants

Hero was announced in London on 24 June 2009, with July introduction documented by HTC’s annual report. Launch-period testing uses Android 1.5 and HTC Sense. A precise first retail day remains unverified.

International GSM Hero has MSM7200A, 288MB RAM, nominal 512MB flash and WCDMA 900/2100MHz. Sprint CDMA hardware is separate. The regional G2 Touch name should not be confused with the later keyboard-equipped G2.

Factory Bluetooth 2.0 supports A2DP, while the stock software lacks Bluetooth file transfer. Launch-period recording is CIF at 15fps, without camera flash. The factory manual specifies SD 2.0 compatibility without establishing a universal card-capacity ceiling.

Sources

• HTC — original international Hero user manual, specifications pp207–208, mirrored by CustomerSaas
• Phandroid — reporting on site at HTC London Hero / Sense announcement, 24 June 2009
• HTC — 2009 annual report: Sense June and Hero July
• GSMArena — actual international Hero review, 6 August 2009
• GSMArena — Hero camera test and Bluetooth limitations
• GSMArena — Hero plastic battery cover, brushed-aluminium screen frame and card slot

Image credit

Marius Røstad/Mobilen.no — HTC Hero.jpeg · CC BY 3.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resize; no further edits.

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