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A lot can be said about the HTC TITAN (yes, technically all caps), but most of all, it commands awe. With a 4.7" Super LCD screen, remarkably thin metal body that's cool to the touch and a blazing 1.5 GHz CPU on board, the Titan in our opinion is the stand-out-phone for WP7 right now. It's the one phone that's truly wow-worthy and just as importantly, available nearly world-wide.
The Nokia Lumia 800 is a close second, but with a 1.3MP front-facing camera, gyroscope and even slightly better rear 8MP camera, we think the Titan just edges it out. Plus that massive screen makes this a web-browsing juggernaut.
Because of that, we think Android users (and that Lloyd guy) may act a bit like the man-apes in 2001: A Space Odyssey if they saw the Titan--a modern day Monolith/TMA-0 for unknowing eyes. Perhaps the Titan too will spurn them on to better, greater things? ;-)
See our review of the AT&T HTC TITAN right here.
Comments
the nokia lumia 800 is a MID RANGE DEVICE not HIGH END
Not sure what this has to do really with anything. So one cannot compare the Titan to the Lumia 800 in terms of quality? C'mon...
Our app developer just decided between the Titan and Lumia 800, going with the latter. Arbitrary distinctions like "mid-range" and "high end" are your divsions, not everyone elses.
well you can compare the devices but like i said it is midrange and that is the reason why it does not have some of those special features like ffc gyroscope. Yes you can compare them in quality and camera but the 800 is targeted to a different audience than the htc titan
The lack of FFC shouldn't make it mid-range. The Omnia W/Focus Flash goes for $49 on contract here. It has a Front-facing camera and it's clearly a mid-range phone (compared to Focus S).
I dunno--8MP camera, 1.4GHz CPU, 16GB of storage--that's what the Focus S and Titan have on board.
Mid-range specs seem to be 1GHz, 8GB and 5MP camera ala Radar and Flash.
So I still disagree.
hahaha
HTC Titan are for people who loves big screen while Nokia Lumnia 800 for those who wants better camera.
In my case...
The Titan looks great, I can understand why people want it, but it's just too big for me -- practically a tablet in my hands. The HD7 (which I currently have) is the largest phone I want to carry. I could see, though, trading in my HD7 for the smaller 800 and its crisp AMOLED screen.
The shocker here is the Lumia 800 doesn't have a better camera, in fact it is slightly worse (more noise).
Does anyone know why the Titan is getting so much press and praise? I don't and haven't see as much for the Samsung Focus S. I don't see the appeal of such a large screen. Does anyone know why the Samsung Focus S conspiracy/hype died down so quickly after they released it. I'm feeling kinda sorry for the other top tier windows phones.
The Focus S isn't bad by any means but the dim screen (auto-brightness) issue is pretty annoying and keeps me from using as a daily device. George is in the same boat.
In a lot of ways, the Focus S performs the same as the Titan but the Titan just feels really good in the hands: metal body, glass screen.
Being they're the same price, I'd go for the Titan any day. The Focus S is just--well there's nothing really wow-worthy about it. It's solid, just not outstanding.
I own the Focus S and Ive held the Titan, while the Titan is nice, to even hint that its screen can compare with the Focus S is laughable to me. I don't and never have used auto bright on this or the orignal Focus I owned before this phone, minus that and the screen on the Focus S is richer and more vibrant than any phone screen Ive ever seen. Holding the 2 phones close to each other makes the Titan look washed out in comparison. I love the size and the shell of the Titan but for overall screen look and feel Id put my S against any phone on any OS.
When I heard about the Focus S, I thought this phone was going to be the a galaxy s2 version for windows phone which was wildly sucessful for Andriod. But I'm shocked by samsung not pushing their top tier windows phone product. I agree with pwachleman that the Focus S screen is far superior than the Titans. I want to remind everyone the Auto-Dim issue is a software issue not a hardware issue if comparing hardware and not software. If you can't tell I also have a Samsung Focus S, I migrated from and old iPhone 3G which has now been retired. Before that I was using and old non-touchscreen HTC windows mobile phone. I bought this phone and switched to windows phone 7 because first andriod has become to complicated just for smartphone use, and second samsung was making a device that equaled the galaxy s2 for windows phone 7. To say it "isn't bad" "nothing really wow" isn't what I was expecting to hear about the hardware but I am not shocked to hear it for any windows phone which is catching back up with their compeitition (Apple/Google). If "wow" is a 4.7" screen then HTC is all about "wow" these days. I guess "wow" does sell more phone but I thought windows phone is more about its users. Why is Samsung not pushing advertisements/commericals about the Focus S and more for Galaxy s2 and focus Flash to "wow" cosumers. I can't tell if Samsung is trying confuse consumers looking to buy a quality top tier windows phone from them or downplaying the Focus S.
I've always wanted to say this.... Mr. Rubino is smitten by the TITAN. ;) hehehe... To state the fact, who isn't?
lol, indeed I am, indeed I am
I've been an HTC customer since my Touch Diamond with Windows Mobile, and then buying an HD2, which I still have, but now flashed with Windows Phone Mango. However the Titan is too big for a phone, for me. 4.3" is the largest screen size I would want in a phone. That means HTC dont have a phone that attracts me so, come upgrade time in January, when Im hoping to buy my first proper Windows Phone, I will have to go for another manufacturer for the first time in half a decade.
Of the current crop of Windows Phones, the only device that wow's me is the Lumia 800, despite its smaller screen size, the lack of 1 or 2 functions, and the initial battery problems reported (something I did not expect from Nokia. I expected Nokia to match the iPhone for battery life but they have not. My HD2 WP7.5 gets better battery life than some of the users on the Nokia forum are reporting.). Its such a beautiful thing though, I am probably willing to settle for that if the battery fixes come through from Nokia next year. The Samsungs just seem cheap when holding them so thats no good. Maybe wait for the Lumia 900 for full feature set.
But the Titan - for me, too big.
Regards