HTC Leo = The first decent HTC phone in a long time

[8525Smart]

Disagree with me, if you want, but for a very long time, I found myself with a lack of enthusiasm for HTC's various phones. In-between all the various 'meh' releases, there were some nice phones, but they were always nice for only a few reasons. For example, the Touch HD was nice because it had a large display and supposedly better speakers. The Tough Pro 2 is nice because it's a Touch HD with a keyboard. The HTC Dream was nice because it's the first phone to use something other than Symbian/WinMo/OSX.

Now, however, for the first time in a very long time, an HTC phone came out which I can give more than one or two compliments about. This phone is of course the HTC Leo: http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/htc-leo-spotted-in-the-wild-sports-gargantuan-800-x-480-display/

Let me list all of the great things I personally see about the phone:
1) 4.3in WVGA display (that surpasses even the Toshiba TG01)
2) 1Ghz Snapdragon processor; I don't think much of Qualcomm, but an upgrade is an upgrade
3) 320MB RAM
4) Dual LED flash on 8MP camera

My God, those specs are simply awesome, and best of all, it uses my favorite OS: WinMo. More importantly, the specs is perhaps good enough to facilitate an upgrade to WinMo 7 later (at least I dearly hope so). The only thing that could make this phone better is a QWERTY version and a release date not too far off.

 

[lamborg]

Super specs...

 

[michd43]

The Leo May NOT Have a Capacitive Screen After All - http://pocketnow.com/rumor/the-leo-may-not-have-a-capacitive-screen-after-all

 

[mr_Ray]

Resistive or capacitive, not a big deal to me personally. Capacitive is a little better, but resistive is more flexible (gloves & stylus).

That aside, 100% this is the first phone since my Touch Pro to really get me excited, and the first ever non-keyboard WM phone I'll buy. Nice to see an actual device just to prove the doubters wrong (seriously, how the ignored the evidence I don't know). Now we just need to get people to stop referring to it as "Touch Pro 3". It's NOT! Also, for those who haven't noticed, THIS IS NOT A RELEASE DEVICE! You really think HTC will release it as-is with the filler "lorem ipsum" text on the back? Sheesh...

Pretty obvious this device's main job is as a tesbed for WM7, the specs of this and WM7 are almost 100% aligned. HTC might not release the upgrade come the time, but the good folk here cetainly will.

 

[8525Smart]

The Leo May NOT Have a Capacitive Screen After All - http://pocketnow.com/rumor/the-leo-may-not-have-a-capacitive-screen-after-all

Well, to be honest, I didn't even know the Leo was supposed to have a capacitive screen to begin with. Besides, I really do prefer a resistive screen. The screen is good enough as it is; perhaps it could be a bit better if it were AMOLED, but otherwise, meh.

 

[Aqrab]

WOW its a Godzilla
very big device because of the screen

but really killer phone
with the 1024mhz cpu , thats really fast

but its not for me
i like a smaller device

3.6 screen is good for me , touch pro 2 is good but it has a turtle CPU and have a screen gap

im very confused now

i think ill go for samsung omnia 2 or omnia pro

 

[skuliaxe]

Does it fit in a regular pocket? Is it still a PocketPC

 

[Gadgety]

The Leo May NOT Have a Capacitive Screen After All - http://pocketnow.com/rumor/the-leo-may-not-have-a-capacitive-screen-after-all

Although you may be disappointed, to me a resistive screen makes me WANT it. I prefer a resistive screen because it can run software that would be untenable on a capacitive screen. So thank you for the good news!

 

[8525Smart]

but really killer phone
with the 1024mhz cpu , thats really fast

Unlikely, I don't think the CPU is 1024Mhz. More likely than not, it's probably 990-995Mhz and they round it up.

3.6 screen is good for me , touch pro 2 is good but it has a turtle CPU and have a screen gap

Yes, I don't mind any device so long as it has at least a 3.5in screen. As someone who has been a former user of the HTC Hermes and a current user of the HTC Raphael, I tend to get sick using devices with small screens, and low res.

However, I don't doubt you for thinking of the Omnia II or B7610. I myself was actually planning on buying the B7610.

Does it fit in a regular pocket? Is it still a PocketPC

My friend, you are speaking to someone who use to pocket devices like the HP Jornada 548, Palm TX, Ti-85 calculator, and many, many other similar objects. The HTC Leo will not be a problem.

 

[Aqrab]

htc leo is a multi touch screen device
see this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=026KGhk29Io

 

[hagba]

http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=7764

may be you should check this up..

 

[scote]

Isn't multi touch a requirement or goal of wm7?
In any case LEO is attractive to me due to the large screen, my eyes arent as good as they used to be and snapdragon should make it zippy

 

[11sec_lx]

Is it safe to assume that there is no release date or even any info on what carrier(s) may get it? Sorry for the newbie type question.

 

[skr_xd]

Is it safe to assume that there is no release date or even any info on what carrier(s) may get it? Sorry for the newbie type question.

You are right.
Till now, Its not 100% clear about anything about Leo.
Even the complete ACTUAL specifications. Like video call support, Camera resolution, keyboard support, etc.

 

[Zzim]

Way too big for a phone the TP2 is pushing it a bit and this size crosses the line for alot of people.

 

[11sec_lx]

Thanks skr_xd!

 

[lude219]

Way too big for a phone the TP2 is pushing it a bit and this size crosses the line for alot of people.

So a fraction of a millimeter more in size is considered crossing the line now? Maybe if you balls weren't in a vice grip from wearing those skinny jeans, you may find that they will fit in a pants/shirt pocket just fine.

Crossing the line would be the same group of people who ***** about every slim phones for not having a QWERTY keyboard or running on androids.

Please dont soil this masterpiece of a beast with your trite.

 

[PoisonWolf]

So a fraction of a millimeter more in size is considered crossing the line now? Maybe if you balls weren't in a vice grip from wearing those skinny jeans, you may find that they will fit in a pants/shirt pocket just fine.

Crossing the line would be the same group of people who ***** about every slim phones for not having a QWERTY keyboard or running on androids.

Please dont soil this masterpiece of a beast with your trite.

Hey Lude,

Why don't you put on some lube and calm your cojones? He had an opinion, and that was it.

This phone is simply just way too big, I'd have to agree. The specs are beastly on this thing, and I personally think even 3.8" on the Touch HD was the ideally perfect size. I have no idea why they'd even want a 4.3".

And personally, unless if this thing is packing a 1850 mAH battery on it, I wouldn't even bother with the phone. 4.3" and a 1Ghz processor + 3G or 4G or what have you. You do the math on how fast before this thing dies in your hand midway through the day. This is assuming that they're using the same old type of LCD-displays that are present in the TouchHD and not some new revolutionary giga-low-powered-screen.

It looks very good on paper, but I'm fairly confident that this phone is going to only attend to a market that is only a fraction of what the TouchHD is focused on now.

Cheers.

 

[Limlin]

It looks nice. And is it the HTC Touch Pro 3? HTC Leo runs on a 1GHz Snapdragon processor?

 

[8525Smart]

It looks nice. And is it the HTC Touch Pro 3? HTC Leo runs on a 1GHz Snapdragon processor?

Yes, the Leo uses the Snapdragon processor, but it is not the Touch Pro 3. As far as I know, HTC's Touch Pro line are all supposed to be QWERTY.