HTC S630 Cavalier with WM6 Standard
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Introduction
The HTC S630 Cavalier is largely considered to be the successor to the HTC Excalibur (S620), bringing such improvements as faster processor, 3.5G radio, better camera, new form factor, dynamic light detection, the list goes on. When reviewing this device, we also decided to run some comparisons between the Cavalier and the Excalibur, given they are in the same family of devices. Therefore, the following review takes a close look at the Cavalier, plus compares some aspects of this device with the Excalibur. How does it fare? Is it a worthy replacement? Read on as this unit is put to the test!
Review Date: August 1, 2007
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| Here's the device in the flesh. Note the new footprint. | Default homescreen: only real difference here is that the JOGGR icon is enabled. |
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| The settings menu. Relatively normal; except Clear Storage (Hard Reset) is located here, not in a folder. | The Comm Manager is slightly different to that of the Excalibur, it's always green too, regardless of theme chosen! |
Overall Impression
This is an impressive piece of hardware. The lightening fast processor and high speed network access will mow through just about anything you can throw at it. The issues regarding the erroneous key mapping is unfortunate, almost an oversight. I sincerely hope this is addressed sooner rather than later, as with the battery door problem. These two issues aside, this phone is in a league of its own. It's difficult to truly quantify the shear speed of this device, in terms of both processor and network. This configuration ensures capability for years to come, and although the battery did suffer, I am certain longer range batteries will become available in due course.
GPS would have been nice, rounding out the capability of this unit. Stand-alone Bluetooth units have dropped in price in recent months so the capability can be added for an extra $30-40, however, it would have been great to have seen this included.
Overall though, if you need fast data driven by a fast processor (all in a slim package), I would give this a look. If you're more inclined to choose battery life over processor, and don't mind the slower data speeds of the HTC Excalibur, it's still a close 2nd.
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