HTC Evo 3D. First look at HTC Evo 3D: three-dimensional revolution
Background
Mobile 3D-device – is the trend of the market gadgets. The start of production of such devices is actively talking with the summer of 2010, when a number of Japanese companies have promised to show real working prototypes 3D-screens without glasses already in winter 2010/2011 year.
Development of 3D-displays for mobile devices is the company DoCoMo and Sharp.
LG Optimus 3D was presented before his opponent
It is clear that the quality of work will require high performance hardware device. Just at the end of 2010 to market the first commercial 3D-models of smartphones from LG and the announcements of the release of such devices from other vendors, including HTC. Taiwanese smartphone later showed his rivals from South Korea – at CTIA Wireless 2011, but it has already managed to conclude an agreement on sales of its largest mobile operator in the U.S. Sprint. The choice of the market for output of the device due to the fact that this model is “googlephone”, and the operating system from Google is very serious and strong positions in North America.
HTC Evo 3D: a revolutionary in the strict black suit
Appearance
By HTC last time based on the Android OS is very similar to each other. A candy bar with large screen diagonals in a fairly thin shell and touch-button control.
As the name implies, it supports playback of stereo images on a large LCD-matrix with diagonal 4.3 inches. Resolution used here, the screen is a capacitive qHD (960 * 540 pixels) instead of WVGA (800 x 480 pixels), like LG Optimus 3D, which seriously improves the picture quality – the grain becomes smaller, less stretched and the fonts generally look at a screen can be easily voltage.
3D-camera – an essential attribute of the 3D-smartphone
The screen supports the display of 3D video as well as for photo content. You can see a stereo image without special glasses, because its surface is covered with a polarizing layer. In general, the 3D-image quality is quite bearable.
Above the screen is a front camera for video calls. It has a resolution of 1.3 megapixels (VGA against the majority of devices). Beneath the screen are touch-sensitive buttons. Under the battery cover you can find the battery with a capacity of 1730 mAh – it lasts for 2 days of intensive operation.
3D-image by an order of two-dimensional analogue of the more realistic
Software and hardware
Smartphone HTC Evo 3D is running the latest version today from the Google mobile operating system for smartphones and communicators Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread (updated to 2.3.3). It is complemented by a special user’s shell HTC Sense, which is updated to the new version. The shell now supports nine home screens in the form of three-dimensional carousel-style HTC TouchFLO 3D, as well as several new widgets. Note that the shell itself has 3D-menu launcher application.
Notable pre-installed applications can note the presence of the client Blockbuster on Demand – American film distribution service that provides movies on demand. Thus the apparatus can load 3D-movies.
Serial copy HTC Evo 3D for the U.S. market
The smartphone is based on dual-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660 clocked each core at 1.2 GHz. It is also a separate video card Adreno 220. Memory in the device is allocated 1 GB of constant flash memory – 4 GB. It can be expanded using a memory card microSDHC – here supported hard drives up to 32GB.
As the communication interface modules are present at the device Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. The phone can act as a point of Internet access for up to 8 wireless devices. It also features a HDMI-port and DLNA media content for broadcast between other devices in the multimedia environment of the owner.
The design is typical for a smartphone HTC: a minimum of decorative details, maximum usability
HTC Evo 3D in the original was submitted to the U.S. network Sprint, to market services to WiMAX (4G). Nevertheless, HTC has created a GSM-version of this unit for the European market.
In addition to the 3D-screen smartphone and there is a camera that can shoot 3D-pictures and video. It consists of two 5-megapixel sensor with separate lenses arranged on the back of the device closer to the left. Videos in 3D-as recorded in HD-quality picture with a width of 720 pixels, and if the disable 3D – in Full HD-resolution. Photos in 3D obtained in normal resolution and it is qualitatively look at the screen.
3D-heavyweight (in all senses) of the camp LG
Comparison with the LG Optimus 3D
As described above, competition Evo 3D to date can only make LG Optimus 3D. The intrigue of the situation is not only to support the 3D-image both devices, but also very similar characteristics.
Summing up over these devices and in general the prospects for HTC Evo 3D, we say that all is not as straightforward as it seems at first glance. LG Optimus 3D was presented before a competitor and has already gained good positions. It does not have obvious shortcomings, in addition, in contrast to the HTC, LG will provide support for the device brand of TV content, namely the prevalence of weak 3D-content now prevents the promotion of such devices.
