HTC Touch Pro: A Really, Really Heavy Handset

When you cram nearly every feature possible into a mobile phone, there's bound to be some sacrifices. And the sacrifice in buying the HTC Touch Pro is sheer weight. Or more specifically, 165 grams/5.8 ounces. That's 50% heavier than Nokia's original N95 handset, and already inching toward record territory.

But on the plus side, the added bulk means a wealth of options such as a combination touch-screen and slide-out keyboard, A-GPS, an accelerometer, localized 3G support (2 versions: 850/1900 mhz and 2100/900), and a 3.2 megapixel camera (autofocus, flash, TV-out) wrapped up in a Windows Mobile 6.1 package.

Battery life and talk time seem to be fairly decent, with the Touch Pro offering up to 8 hours of talk time with the standard 1340 mAh battery before giving up the ghost.

Also of note is the phone's similarity to the Xperia X1 (not yet reviewed here - coming soon), thanks to the fact that HTC serves as ODM for the X1 and many other devices. Unfortunately for Sony Ericsson, product delays and a real lack of any release date mean that HTC will get a jump start into the touch-screen/slide keyboard market. And if the Touch Pro is anything to go by, that's well deserved.

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