HTC First: The Facebook SmartPhone

Already taking a stab at the so-called “Facebook phone” in devices like the HTC ChaCha and Salsa, which merely employed dedicated Facebook buttons for quick access to certain functions of the app, veteran smartphone maker HTC is once again taking helm in delivering the next Facebook phone. This time, however, Facebook as a company in itself is taking a more profound leadership with this latest venture, seeing that there’s an overhaul with the actual Facebook experience. 

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DIMENSIONS:

Always known to deliver the goods when it comes to design, we have to hand it to HTC yet again for concocting a very minimalist and compact design with the HTC First. No, it’s not as stylish as the HTC One, but regardless of that, we appreciate it for its sturdy construction and pancaked look.

126 mm (4.96 in)H

65 mm (2.56 in)W

 8.9 mm (0.35 in)D

Weight 

123.9 g (4.34 oz)

BATTERY

Non-removable Li-Po 2000 mAh battery

Stand-by- Up to 432 h
Talk time- Up to 14 h 20 min

DISPLAY:

Wrapping our heads around the fact that the HTC First is sporting a fine looking 4.3-inch 720 x 1280 S-LCD 3 display, we’re humbled most that it contributes to a very pocket-friendly handset. Indeed, it’s not as captivating or jaw dropping as other recent displays, but it’s effective enough for our eyes to handle at a pixel density of 341 ppi.

Type-

Super LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors,

720 x 1280 pixels,

4.3 inches (~342 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Facebook Home UI

MEMORY:

There is a setback in the HTC first of not having a external memory support but still it has a 16 GB of internal memory.

Card slot No

Internal 16 GB, 

1 GB RAM LPDDR2

CAMERA:

On the back side, we continue to see the consistency with the HTC First’s flat design, as the f2.0 lens of the 5-megapixel auto-focus camera and LED flash are flush with the surrounding area. Just like many things nowadays, it features the predictable 1080p video recording.

Rear Camera-

5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, 

autofocus, LED flash

Features- 

Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps

Front Camera-

1.6 MP, Video at 720p

OS:

Here HTC first is packed with a powerful 1.4 GHz Dual Core processor of Krait with an andorid v4.1 Jelly Bean version it is also packed with the a graphics processor of Adreno 305. 

Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

CPU-

Dual-core 1.4 GHz Krait
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400GPU-

Adreno 305

CONNECTIVITY:

2G Network 

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network 

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - for AT&T
4G Network

 LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100
SIM Micro-SIM

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band,Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
NFC Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0

OTHER:

Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, Browser HTML5, Radio TBD, GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS

SOUND-

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

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