HTC Hero

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2009, June
Status Available. Released 2009, July
SIZE Dimensions 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm
Weight 135 g
DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
- Sense UI
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Trackball
SOUND Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
MEMORY Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 288 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), buy memory
DATA GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, miniUSB
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus
Features Touch focus (via software update)
Video Yes, CIF@15fps
Secondary No
FEATURES OS Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake)
CPU Qualcomm MSM 7200A 528 MHz processor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Brown, White (teflon coating), Graphite, Black, Pink
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
- Digital compass
- Dedicated search key
- Scenes quick profile switcher
- MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player
- Voice memo
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1350 mAh
Stand-by Up to 440 h (2G) / Up to 750 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)

HTC Hero is our first phone to embody HTC Sense - an intuitive, seamless experience built upon three fundamental principles - make it mine, stay close, and discover the unexpected.

With Scenes, a new profile feature, HTC Hero becomes multiple phones in one. Create and switch between Scenes that reflect different moments in your life. Your Hero becomes a weekend phone that helps you relax with your choice of tunes, catch up with your favorite friends and capture some memories with HTC Footprints. And when you go on a trip, your phone becomes your personal guide and gives you instant access to local time, weather and maps.

Many of the most memorable moments in your life are experienced, not explained. Even basic functions like the dialer will pleasantly surprise you on the HTC Hero. You can find a person by dialing their phone number or simply by dialing the first few letters of their name.

Search just about anything, anywhere on your HTC Hero. The dedicated Search button combs through tweets in Twitter, locates people in your contact list, finds emails in your inbox, searches through appointments in the calendar and very nearly finds needles in haystacks.