HTC Rhyme

HTC Rhyme Specifications

General

• SIM Network Type
  GSM
• Operating Frequency / Network Type
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 MHz
• Touch Screen
  Yes, Capacitive Touch Screen
• Announced
  2011, September
• Status
  Available. Released 2011, October

Dimensions

• Display Type
  S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Dimensions - HxWxD
  119 x 60.8 x 10.9 mm
• Weight
  130 g
• Sensors
  Ambient Light Sensor, G-Sensor, Digital Compass, Proximity Sensor
• Display Size
  480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches

Memory

• Expandable Memory Slot
  Yes, Up to 32GB, 8GB card included
• Memory Card Type
  Yes, Micro SD Card
• Internal Memory
  Yes, Internal Memory : Total Storage : 4GB, Available Storage : 1GB, 768 MB RAM

Camera

• Primary Camera
  5.0 MP
• Secondary Camera
  0.3 MP
• Camera Resolution
  2592 x 1944 Pixels
• Video Recording
  Yes, 720p, Video Recording Formats : MP4, 3GP
• Zoom
  Yes, Digital Zoom
• Other Camera Features
  Geo-tagging

Multimedia

• FM
  Yes, Stereo FM Radio with RDS
• Music player
  Yes, Music Formats : MP3, AAC, AMR, OGG, M4A, MID, WAV, WMA (Windows Media Audio 9), Recording Formats : AMR, M4A, AAC, Audio Streaming, Loud Speaker and 3.5mm Audio Jack
• Loudspeaker
  Yes
• Video Player
  Yes, Video Formats : MP4, 3GP, 3G2, WMV (Windows Media Video 9), AVI (MP4 ASP and MP3), XVID (MP4 ASP and MP3)

Features

• Colors
  Clearwater, Hourglass, Plum
• Chipset
  Qualcomm MSM8255
• OS
  Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)
• Java
  Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
• CPU
  Yes, 1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset
• GPU
  Adreno 205

Connectivity & Internet

• USB
  Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
• GPS
  Yes, with A-GPS support
• 3G
  Yes, HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
• WLAN with
  Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
• Bluetooth
  Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
• Browser
  Yes, HTML
• 3.5 mm Jack
  Yes
• GPRS
  Yes

Battery

• Standby
  Up to 295 hours (2G), 340 hours (3G)
• Talktime
  Up to 620 minutes (2G), 480 minutes (3G)
• Capacity
  Li-ion 1600 mAH

Messaging

• MMS
  Yes
• E-MAIL
  Yes, Supports IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Push Email
• SMS
  Yes, Threaded View

Additional Features

• Phone Book
  Yes
• Received Calls
  Yes
• Missed Calls
  Yes
• Dialed Calls
  Yes

HTC Rhyme Review

HTC Mobiles is well known worldwide for manufacturing devices, which are not only flooded with intelligent features but also manage to score high marks in terms of style and looks. Recently, HTC Mobiles launched its much awaited android Smartphone, called HTC Rhyme in the country. We won’t say that this device by HTC Mobiles is affordable, but if you believe in quality features and chic looks, then price wouldn’t matter to you.

HTC Rhyme is the kind of device, which has almost every feature perfect in its place. The device is said to flawless in terms of each part. Hitting off with the display screen, the phone comes with 3.7 inches of S-LCD capacitive touch screen display that has an impressive resolution. The 3.7 inches of screen is absolutely ideal for screening images and videos. What adds more charm to the display is the HTC Sense UI 3.5 along with fluidic Touch-sensitive controls that provides an awesome mobile experience to the user.

Followed by the display screen, HTC Rhyme has the perfect camera that has the potential to capture high quality images and videos. The phone has an inspiring 5 mega pixels of camera with features like LED flash and autofocus accompanied with a VGA front snapper that will enable the user to make video and capture self portraits with ease and comfort. The Qualcomm Scorpion processor of HTC Rhyme is powerful and runs at the speed of 1 GHz along with GPU of Adreno 205. Android 2.3.4 gingerbread operating system further adds more glory and appeal to the device. The Android OS gives the user full access to the much acclaimed Android market. The phone further has 768 MB of RAM along with 4 GB of inbuilt memory space where users may save their data, such as pictures, videos and music files freely. The device gives the facility to enhance the internal memory space up to 32 GB by the means of microSD card slot. HTC Rhyme doesn’t let down the users in terms of connectivity features as well. The phone has 3G, GPRS/EDGE, A-GPS connectivity along with high speed Wi-Fi. The Bluetooth version 3.0 helps the user to transfer files to other Bluetooth devices with speed. 

With so many exclusive features, HTC Rhyme proves to be the android smartphone, which has the smartness and intelligence to make other smartphones in the market go green with envy.

Multimedia features

To empower the users with wide range of entertainment features during one's leisure time, 

HTC Rhyme is equipped with inbuilt stereo FM Radio with RDS. It also adorns inbuilt MP audio system supported by MP3/AAC+/WAV player audio file formats to listen to songs of one's choice. The phone also supports twin features of entertaining users with MP3 and WAV ringtones that can be assigned to different users to differentiate between the important and normal calls. The MP3 audio tones also attract the users by playing ringtones of different songs that are assigned to different users to meet their personality. However, sometimes such ringtones also create an unavoidable disturbance during any ongoing meeting, seminar, or during discussion on any serious matter.

Pictures and Video quality

HTC Rhyme embellishes a dual camera on rear and front sides to enrich users with features like photography, video recording, and video calling. To enjoy all these features the phone is equipped with rear camera of 5 mega pixels, empowered with features like auto focus, LED Flash, geo tagging with picture resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. The camera also supports best quality of video recording at 720p. Thus, the user can capture pictures and videos without the help of any high-defined digital camera. Besides this, HTC Rhyme also allows the user to enjoy the feature of live chat with others via a secondary camera embedded at the front. As an impact of live video chat, the user enjoys direct face-to-face interaction with other users.

Internet support

As an impact of the increasing use of internet surfing, every user considers net surfing as the easiest port of  connectivity through various networking websites while working. Analyzing this requirement of the user, 

HTC Rhyme is equipped with an inbuilt HTML browser that helps the user to access mails at any given time, anywhere, without any internet modem by just paying necessary operating charges.

Internal and External Memory

Besides the feature of phone calling mobiles manufactured now a days also enhances the user to store huge volume of different data on his mobile, thus bringing the whole world collected on his palm. In short smartphones manufactured now a days are like laptops and computers working on hands of the user. To enhance user to store huge data volume set including unlimited phonebook entries, pictures, videos. Songs, and various other ms-office documents in his mobile 

HTC Rhyme has integrated 4GB internal memory storage that is supported by external memory micro SD Flash card that can be extended upto 32 GB for storing large data set in mobile. Although external memory slot is already equipped with 8GB micro SD flash card. Thus the user can utilize HTC Rhyme as a multi furious device.

Applications and Gaming

Besides necessary applications 

HTC Rhyme adorns wide array of various other useful applications that are quite helpful to the user while operating his mobile. Major applications appended in Rhyme include google search, Maps, Gmail, You Tube, google talk, picasea integration etcthat can be used with help of inbuilt web browser. Organizer is helpful is planning the forth coming engagements according to the dates of the calendar. It also adorns the feature of document viewer that enhances the user to keep various ms-office supporting file saved in mobile. Besides these applications HTC Rhyme also adorns inbuilt games which can be played while the user is traveling on train or sitting leisure. It also enhances the user to download games of his choice from different gaming websites. Additional applications adorned in HTC Rhyme besides these mentioned applications include common applications like SMS, MMS, Email, push mail etc.

Battery Backup

For an undisturbed performance of various activities 

HTC Rhyme is powered by Li-Ion battery of 1600 mAH that results in talk time of 620 minutes for GSM network and 480 minutes for WCDMA network followed by standby time of 295 hours for GSM network and 340 hours for WCDMA network. With a powerful battery back up, the user can enjoy wide array of various activities like video chat and various other applications without any threat of battery discharge.

Connectivity Offered

HTC Rhyme offers a huge fleet of connectivity with various ports and applications. Connectivity with Wi-Fi enables the users to use their mobiles while they operate in Wi-Fi enabled zone and get access to internet. Connectivity with Bluetooth enhances the data transfer to other Bluetooth-enabled devices randomly at same time, similarly connectivity with USB port ensures the connectivity with other devices via connecting port at instant speed. Besides, this connectivity with GPRS enables the user to surf internet and download any content by paying the minimal operating charges whereas connectivity with 3G network ensures fast access to data.

Compare

Whenever any product is launched, it is compared with another product of the same segment existing in market so that the user may get a clear picture about the product. At present, Apple iPhone 4 is the most preferred phone by the user; therefore, it would be justified to compare it with 

HTC Rhyme as both of them carry some or to some extent similar features.

 

Coming toward the screen, both of the phones are touchscreen phones; though, Apple iPhone 4 has a scratch resistant screen. HTC Rhyme has a 3.7-inche capacitive touchscreen whereas Apple iphone 4 has a 3.5-inch, LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen. Apple iPhone 4 carries QWERTY keypad whereas HTC Rhyme has a virtual QWERTY keypad.  Both of them have rear cameras for photography and video recording. HTC Rhyme has a front camera also for video calling whereas Apple iphone 4 supports video calling over Wi-Fi only.  HTC Rhyme is powered by a 1600 mAH battery of  whereas Apple iphone 4 has 1420 mAH battery. Thus, both these phones suffer one or other drawback but both of them meet the requirements of users according to their pocket requirement.