HTC Radar 4G Upgrade Phone Cost For T-Mobile Customer

HTC Radar 4G upgrade phone cost for existing T-mobile individual and part of family account available at $199.99, if you want to add a new contract line to your individual or family account will cost for $199.99. The same cost  like at existing customer upgrade phone or add a new contract line also apply for new T-Mobile customer individual and family account, meanwhile, if you want to buy HTC Radar without contract changes, it’s available with best buy dropped price list at $419.99.

HTC Radar Windows Mango

HTC Radar 4G upgrade phone cost available at amazon wireless page here with white color availability, it’s design with aluminum unibody that powered by the latest Windows Phone 7.5 OS or also known as Windows Mango. Another Radar 4G features are 3.8-inch touchscreen, 3G/4G connectivity, 5-MP camera + HD 720p video record, 8 GB memory + microSD expansion and more complete specs and features is from source page here. This HTC Radar Windows Phone smartphone works on 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies, as well as T-Mobile’s 3G/4G network (1700/2100 MHz; UMTS/HSDPA/HSPA+).

HC Radar 4G review has perfect 5 star rating from 11 customer that was taken from customer page here, and you can read it one from quote below :

HTC Radar 4G review by A. Celen from RI, USA

(Some background: I have had an EVO for more than a year now. I also have an iPad 2 and had spent enough time with an iPhone 4)

:: First things first ::
This phone does not has as many apps as iPhone and it is not as flexible as an Android. However, it is fast, easy to use, simple and elegant which puts it in its own category. So, it is pretty similar to an iPhone in terms of user experience, but instead of “every app for its own” approach that Apple takes, Microsoft goes with “every app is part of the system”. And believe me, it works so well that you can’t believe how Windows Phone 7 (WP7) is not getting the attention it actually deserves.

:: Pros ::
– Timely updates + Good looks + Reliability
All without the ugliness of Blackberry OS. My wife had a Blackberry before and new Blackberry phones are just not on par with others. So, she wanted to get an Android but it was quite impossible to find a good looking one that is smaller than 4″ and even when you find some, they were almost always slow as hell thanks to the crapware (I’m looking at you Nascar!) and skins HTC/Motorola/Samsung loves to put on them. Where as this phone provides a fluid vanilla OS experience with a couple of HTC and T-Mobile specific apps that, by design, cannot get in your way.

– The OS is directly supported by Microsoft, not manufacturer.
This means, like iPhone, she doesn’t have to wait for update to be released by HTC like I do with my EVO.

– It already has most of the popular apps
And they are considerably high quality. This is mostly due to the Microsoft’s involvement with major apps and also because there are no fragmentation issues since WP7 imposes certain hardware specs and the OS is the same regardless of the manufacturer.

– Solid construction and good looks.
With its unibody design, device feels solid in hand and seems like it can take daily physical abuses (dropping, scratching, bending etc.) without a hitch.

– Elegantly beautiful and smooth UI
Whoever designed WP7 interface clearly put a lot of thought into it since it is both modern, simple and easy-to-use. It takes 5 minutes to get a hang of it and my wife hasn’t looked at any manuals or anything to use it. The butter smooth animations, quality on-screen keyboard, responsiveness… you get the same feeling of “smoothness” throughout the whole device. Although, keep in mind that the interface is not as customizable as an Android.

– 2-level dedicated camera button!
I don’t understand how this is not common practice but having a dedicated button is great. It also has the screen-tap option, if you like it the other way, but it’s just disabled by default.

– Bing integration works well
Built-in Bing services allow you to make live translations and product searches from camera snapshots, search local places around you, make voice activated searches, song recognition and possibly more. You want to see reviews of a book? Show it to Bing and it will tell you. You saw a Franch movie poster but don’t know French? Take a picture of it and Bing will recognize the words and translate it for you. You can do the same things on other phones as well but it’s just too easy and simple on this one. No extra apps needed either.

– (Update 12/13) Battery performance is very good.
This phone can make it through 2 full days with low to moderate usage with default settings, and my wife doesn’t even bother to turning Wifi and GPS off. For a long time EVO user like me, this performance is a lot more than good. WP7 also provides some advanced battery saving options but we haven’t tried that yet.

:: Cons ::
– App Market is still small
If you can’t live without hundreds of different apps with tons of alternatives for each of them, look somewhere else because Market is still in its infancy. There are not a lot of options for everything and apps that already exist are still getting used to concepts of the Metro UI. However, the apps that currently exist would satisfy users for most if not all use cases (twitter, facebook, games, whatsapp etc.)

– Camera is good but not as good as an F2.2 should be
Even though it’s better than most and lens being F2.2 (like iPhone 4s or Galaxy Nexus) provides a good low light performance, the quality is not on par with latest Samsung or Apple devices, especially under low light.

– (Update 12/13) Non-expandable memory
Although the 8gb built-in memory should be more than enough for most users, if you want to keep your whole music or movie archive with you, look somewhere else.

:: Wrap up ::
All in all, if you are looking for a solid, beautiful phone that provides a reliable and consistent experience with the most modern interface on the market, you can go with this phone and believe me, you will not regret it.

(Update(12/13): Cleared some things up and added some extra information)

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