HTC's Hero swims with the fishes…

By on Aug 20, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Opinions August 20, 2009

We love our HTC Hero around these parts… And what would a hot-selling handset be nowadays without 14 different color combinations? Unfortunately for HTC, they seem to have their color codes mixed up. Since we can confidently say a pink handset would appeal mostly to women buyers, this salmon-colored Hero makes no sense.

Powder baby pink and we know of a bunch of women who’d want one. Burnt salmon? No way.

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  • grrr

    pink bubblegum under my shoe

  • NeatoMosquito

    Looks like the pink curve and pearl from Blackberry….

  • NeatoMosquito

    Looks like the pink curve and pearl from Blackberry…. ( the color )

  • http://www.favbrowser.com Vygantas

    So they cover ugly look of it with back cover?

  • Thebo

    HTC Pink Taco Excellent!

  • http://blackberrybaby! warhed

    That’s what skins are for!!! Keep it simple HTC, one color! If ppl want different color buy your freaken zebra or tiger stripe skin!

  • 3 Phones Jugglin

    SPRINT….Please make sure you have a Black and a White Version BEFORE you add a Pink one…

    I see them havin a Pink Hero in time for a “Valentines Promotion”

  • celz

    the only htc phone in sprints now is the snap.. the girl said they had to clear inventory for new unannounced phones

  • The Truth

    This phone looks great, a lot of progress between the G1 and the Hero in terms of Android development.

    I think that color is more mauve than salmon. Either way, that color won’t end up in my pocket.

  • jk

    With the October release, will it be a 3G or 4G phone?

  • Jerry

    3G … 4G is not coming for another year or so…

  • helixtimestwo

    oh Sprint please PLEASE let me activate this on my SERO plan..!!

  • Sonya

    @ helixtimestwo

    Any cool new phone will not be allowed on a SERO plan. I believe the Hero falls in that category.

  • jk

    Jerry, my area will be 4G within 4 months.

  • helixtimestwo

    Dammit! How about SERO on the TP2 then..?

  • StevenGlansburg

    Sprint is going to have a hard time getting more than a couple companies to make wimax phones when they are the only carrier using it in this part of the world.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Dayton North America

  • Ryan M

    BGR. Love you guys. But you dont know a bunch of women.

  • NL

    “On Aug 20, 2009 @ 4:40 pm, celz Said:
    the only htc phone in sprints now is the snap.. the girl said they had to clear inventory for new unannounced phones”

    Sprint has never bothered to do that and “the girl” is clueless.

    If you know how the handset business works, Sprint has already contracted a price at which they will buy the new phone in the first big lot. The value of the handset just declines like all consumer electronics, and to holding them inventory (or having a purchase agreement for a very large lot at a given price) is something you don’t want to do.

    Also sprint is in a highly competative business of selling contract plans, the phone sales are just a no profit headache. NOt having the latest phones as fast as possible damages your real profit — sales of service contracts. Existing customers moving toward contract terminus are at risk of leaving and capture of new customers is harmed.

    Phones are brought to market as soon as possible, the only real lag is caused by testing problems, or as with Pre, manufacturer considerations.

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