HTC Salsa

HTC Salsa:
Review

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
		HSDPA 850 / 2100
	Announced	2011, February
	Status	Available. Released 2011, June

SIZE	Dimensions	109.1 x 58.9 x 12.3 mm
	Weight	120 g

DISPLAY	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	320 x 480 pixels, 3.4 inches (~170 ppi pixel density)
		- Gorilla Glass display - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - HTC Sense UI - Multi-touch input method

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB

DATA	GPRS	Up to 114 kbps
	EDGE	Up to 560 kbps
	3G	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, face detection
	Video	Yes, D1@24fps
	Secondary	Yes, VGA

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
	CPU	800 MHz processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM 7227 chipset
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black, Silver, Lilac
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
		- Facebook dedicated key - SNS integration - Digital compass - Google Search, Maps, Gmail - YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration - MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player - MP4/H.264 player - Organizer - Document viewer - Voice memo - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1520 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 445 h (2G) / Up to 530 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 9 h (2G) / Up to 7 h 50 min (3G)

MISC	SAR US	0.49 W/kg (head)     1.23 W/kg (body)

Price	Range	Taka (19500/-  to 22500/-)

Well this is HTC Salsa at a glance.

The main key features of HTC Salsa:

• Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
• 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 384 Kbps HSUPA
• 3.4" 16M-color capacitive TFT touchscreen of HVGA (320 x 480) resolution, Gorilla glass
• Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread with HTC Sense
• 800 MHz CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset
• 512 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM
• 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging
• D1 video recording @ 30fps
• Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
• GPS with A-GPS
• microSD slot up to 32GB (2GB card included)
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
• Smart dialing, voice dialing
• Front facing camera, video calls
• DivX/XviD video support
• Compact aluminum unibody
• HTC Locations app
• HTCSense.com integration
• HTC Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
• Ultra-fast boot times (if you don’t remove battery)              

Disadvantages of HTC Salsa:

• Below-par screen sunlight legibility
• Camera not the best we’ve seen
• microSD slot under the battery cover, not (quite) hot-swappable
• No HD video recording

Conclusion:

HTC Salsa is a pretty decent smartphone. It feels great it hand and comfortable too.