HTC Flyer With Android Gingerbread 2.3 and 1.5 GHz Processor The Review
As if not to be outdone, HTC finally joined his first android release tablets are HTC Flyer. Supported by the Android OS Gingerbread and support high hardware specification became one of serious consequence to the HTC in tablet enliven competition in world markets. These tablets are sold at prices around 850 USD.
Specifications:
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
- Capacitive 7-inch LCD screen, 600 x 1024 pixels, 16 million colors
- Single Core 1.5 GHz processor
- Gingerbread Android OS 2.3.3
- HTC Sense UI
- 1GB RAM Memory
- 32GB Internal Memory
- Dolby Surround SRS Mobile
- 5 MP camera
- 4000mAh Li-Ion Battery
Design and Body
HTC Flyer body made of aluminum material body glance looks similar to the body iPad. The design is quite luxurious with a dominant color and a little silver and white color combination. With a screen size of 7 'HTC Flyer relatively lightweight, weighing only 420.8 grams. HTC Flyer is more directed to the use of landscape position.
Display and Interface
As in other HTC Android smartphone, the HTC Flyer also been using the HTC Sense UI. This design by our very good and very easy for us in its use. HTC Sense on the front page there are 8 pages that you can customize with a variety of shortcuts and widgets available. There are many interesting features on the HTC Sense UI that will help us. Scribe Pen Stylus usage or an added value of the HTC Flyer especially for those of you who always move out, every touch of the Scribe Pen will take a picture (screen capture), which you can doodle whatever you like. One of the advantages that are not owned by its competitors.
Some of the advantages of HTC Sense UI:
- When the screen is locked, you can easily get into the applications you want. How, by dragging and put the application icon you want to be on the homescreen to the bottom of the screen where there is a circle and point to the circle, and voila application will open.
- Homescreen on the HTC Flyer displayed in 3D, where if you are to lead to the very end of the screen, then going back to the first screen, keep spinning.
- The use of Scribe Pen is a multi function, can be used as pen, markers, highlighters and more. The use of color can also be replaced.
- Tap the menu button, home and back will come with screen rotation.
- A separate full QWERTY keyboard for ease of typing on this tablet.
Camera and Camcorder
HTC Flyer is equipped with two cameras. The main resolution 5 MP camera with a maximum size of 2592x1944 pixels and autofocus features. While the second camera in front of only 1.3 MP resolution. The images generated by the main camera is quite bright and clear, but the images when zooming in too sharp not remember the screen is wide enough so the results are less than the maximum, but we thought HTC Flyer's camera better than any other tablet.
Flyer camcorder can record video at up to HD 720p or equivalent. The result is quite bright and clear, and sound captured by the mic on the Flyer is great, his voice loud, clear and quite clear. Output produced in the form of 3gp.
Browser
The browser on the tablet android Flyer as other HTML formatting. With 7-inch touch-screen support will maximize the moments of your browsing. Equipped with standard features such as Flash Player android browser, Javascript, Multi Tab, and others. In a similar arrangement with any other android browser.
In terms of performance, the browser on the Flyer worked very responsive and fast thanks to support 1.5 GHz processor all running smoothly. HTC Flyer in a browser capable of opening up to 6 pages simultaneously.
Benchmarking
- Quadrant Standard: 1721 points
- Antutu Test: 2730 points
- Neocore Test: 50.9 points
- Linpack test: 55.74 MFLOPS / 1.5 sec
- Multitouch: 6 Touch of concurrent
Battery Life
HTC Flyer uses Li-Ion battery with 4000mAh capacity. Battery consumption on the HTC Flyer probably feels a little wasteful because it is caused by a 1.5 GHz processor speed. With the intense use is likely to last only about 20-24h
Conclusion
In the performance of the HTC Flyer is no doubt, the speed and smoothness that is supported by HTC Senses latest UI is very responsive. Support 1.5 GHz processor capable of devouring make Flyer heavy applications and games smoothly and without hindrance. Multimedia features is quite complete and with support for Dolby Mobile SRS Surround speaker makes HTC Flyer superior in sound quality compared with other Android Tablet. Unfortunately the prices are about 850 USD is too much and the battery consumption is quite large due to the speed of processor to 1.5 GHz. Plus:
- High specification
- High Performance
- HTC Sense UI
- Scribe Pen greatly assist the work
- SRS Surround Speaker Dolby Mobile
- Lightweight and elegant designs
Minus:
- Over Price
- Battery consumption is voracious