AT&T HTC HD7S Windows Phone hands-on!

CTIA

We just whizzed by HTC’s booth at CTIA in Orlando to check out the HD7S, AT&T’s latest Windows Phone 7 monster. The HD7S rocks a large, beautiful 4.3-inch display that looked amazing, even under the blinding lights of the show floor. If you’ve handled a 4.3-inch HTC handset before, you know exactly what to expect from the HD7S. We couldn’t fully experience the device — from a feel-in-the-hand perspective — as it was bolted down to its charger with bulky, security hardware . If we had to pick up a Windows Phone 7 device on AT&T, it’d no doubt be the HD7S. Its large display easily fit most of the content on our homepage, and it was a breeze to read text even when fully zoomed out. The keyboard was large and lends itself to ripping off massive quantities of text messages and emails. We even tried the copy/paste feature, which is enabled on the HTC HD7S thanks to the NoDo update. It worked well, although we think Microsoft could have made the interface just a bit more intuitive — but that’s not the HD7S’ fault. Just like the EVO 4G and the T-Mobile HD7, the HD7S sports a metal kickstand, which means you can prop the device up on your desk for watching movies in landscape mode. As with most Windows Phone 7 devices we’ve used, the interface was snappy, and that’s likely due to the 1GHz processor under the hood. We’re definitely looking forward to spending more time with the HD7S when we get a review unit. In the meantime, hit gallery to have a look for yourself.

23 Comments
  • Calvin Williams

    That homescreen gets boring really fast.

    • Anonymous

      i agree, all the blue makes it look dull… and the empty side bar just skews everything and makes it look unsymmetrical.. i guess WP12 will be the winner

    • Anonymous

      You can say that about any home screen. iOS is very boring, Android is boring, most Android skins a boring an ugly (Except Sense). What doesn’t get boring after a while?

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000722296108 Herman Guerra

        Everything gets boring after a while, while WP7 has a flat out boring first impression.

      • Matthew

        Have you actually used it?

      • Nory82688sn

        I’ve used my buddies HTC hd7 and yes it is very boring ,and very limited in what it can do. I mean it is definitely an upgrade from the old windows phones, just not enough yet to make me want to drop my android lol

    • http://twitter.com/cadiente Ivan C.

      Compared to what? I’ve found it to be more refreshing than the old Palm OS turned iOS turned Android homescreen. I should know, I went from a Nexus One to a Samsung Focus.

    • Rich

      What about the Iphone? Looking at nothing but apps would get boring too. Still fanboys all over enjoy it year after year update after update.

  • Anonymous

    They need to up the specs on these phones.

  • Anonymous

    nice tiles. looks like my bathroom

    • Anonymous

      where’s the toilet?

    • Matthew

      sick bathroom bro.

  • Anonymous

    DID they Fix the FONT capitalization Throughout THE os Yet? Or DO they Need Nokia TO do That For them?

  • Anonymous

    (in butthead voice) uh huh huh, you said whizzed

  • Rich

    No MicroSD support no go!

  • Dino Yoshi12

    haters gonna hate

  • serpentor

    With a kb that huge, why not just make it 5 rows instead of having a jumbo spacebar?

  • serpentor

    Todd, maybe try taking gadget photos with all your digits showing. Hold it like normal.

    But if you really don’t have any, forget I said anything.

  • Petey

    I tried this phone out, and wasn’t impress. Boring OS… Nice hardware, but suck ass OS…

    • Pinktacoyum

      It sucks way way way way less then you. Better yet the os doesn’t suck. You suck.

      • Petey

        dont try be a smart ass cus you’re making yourself look like a fool.

        I was just stating my opinion.

  • Anonymous

    All I can say is,
    TILES, TILES, DAMN THOSE TILES!!

    Will never buy Microsh¡t again [dangle preposition]…

    • Anonymous

      Just wanted to say, I fricken love the home screen. Install some apps, change the color and it looks great. I have the HD2 and can dualboot between WP7 and Android 2.3, and I use WP much more.

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