The company announced the HTC Explorer (Pico) in September 2011 and made it available for purchase in October 2011. The company claimed that this device is simply a smarter phone as it will bring the ease of use and also the simplicity in communicating with others. Let’s have a look at below detailed technical specifications of this smartphone.
Design, Dimension and Display
The general design of HTC Explorer is actually a typical slate touchscreen style. This has the dimensions of 102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm and the body-weight of 108 grams. By having this size and heaviness, the smartphone will be definitely more compact and lighter when it is used. The screen measures 3.2 inches TFT capacitive touch-screen with 256.000 colors. The display will be able to show image with the maximum resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. In the matter of graphical appearance, the smartphone has been loaded with the latest HTC Sense 3.5 user interface.
Performance
In terms of overall performance, the HTC Explorer has been backed up with processor of 600 Mhz Cortex A5 (Qualcomm Snapdragon) and 512 MB of RAM. It is rather unfortunate since the latest smartphones available in the market are now equipped with much higher processor. For the main system, the device utilizes the Android operating system 2.3 version which has the codename Gingerbread.
Camera
For the picture taking necessity, the HTC Explore comes along with the main camera of 3.15 MP that will bring the image resolution up to 2048x1536 pixels. This camera is also added with the useful features including geo-tagging and face detection. User will be able to record video by using the video quality of 480p. Unfortunately, there is no front camera for video calling or video conferencing.
Multimedia
To provide the great multimedia system, the device provide the video player which supports for playing the XviD, MP4, H.264, H.263, and WMV formats. The music player is also capable of playing several audio formats such as MP3, eAAC+, WAV, and WMA formats. Moreover, the stereo radio FM with RDS and the standard 3.5 mm audio jack are included. To save the multimedia or many other files, the internal storage of 90 MB is available and it can be expanded with additional microSD card up to 32 GB.
Connectivity
The HTC Explorer runs on quad-band GSM and dual-band HSDPA networks that will deliver the fast data speed up to 14.4 Mbps (HSDPA) and also up to 5.76 Mbps (HSUPA). Amazingly, the HTC Explore facilitates for HTML web browsing and moreover it has been included with Adobe Flash feature. For the wireless connectivity, this has been equipped with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth v.3.0 (A2DP).
Battery
The standard battery of Lithium-ion 1230 mAh has been packed with this handset. This battery pack will provide the stand-by time for up to 485 hours in 2G mode or up to 445 hours in 3G mode. For the talk-time, the battery will last for up to 7 hours and 40 minutes (2G mode) and up to 7 hours and 33 minutes (3G mode).
Final Words
From the overview above, it can be determined that the HTC Explorer has so many advantages like the light-weight and compact design, better user interface, and supports for Adobe Flash for its browser. However, the sad things will be definitely the lack of secondary camera for video calls and it only features the 600 Mhz processor that is considerably inadequate for the current smartphone. [IS]
