After a couple of days worth of teasing, the HTC Arrive -- aka the HTC 7 Pro -- has, erm, arrived on Sprint! It'll officially go on sale March 20 for $199.99 (after two-year contract and $100 rebate). And that's not a bad price for the tilting, sliding phone. And best of all, it'll have the cut-and-paste update on board when you pull it out of the box. Can't beat that.
Other features of note:
- 3.6-inch touchscreen at 480x800
- 1GHz Snapdragon processor
- 16GB of internal memory
- 1500mAh battery
- 5MP camera with flash and 720p recording
- Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
- Wifi b/g/n
- And all the usual Sprint customizations and WP7 features.
Full specs and the presser are after the break, and there's more at Sprint. Who's gonna pick this one up?
Glance-and-go when it matters most
The HTC Arrive™ smartphone is the first device from Sprint based on Windows Phone 7. It offers an innovative design with a sliding full QWERTY keyboard and tilt-up display and provides an incredible experience leveraging well-known Microsoft services, like Microsoft Mobile Office, Zune and Xbox LIVE.
Windows Phone 7 features Hubs for quick and easy access to the user’s most valuable content, including People, Pictures, Games, Music & Video, Office and Marketplace. Additionally, the Start screen is customizable with Live Tiles that come to life with real-time updates. Depending on the app, the Live Tiles might show pending messages and appointments, news and weather, or game and friend status – all continuously refreshed by the Web.
PRODUCTIVITY
- Windows Phone 7 with a unique Start screen and Live Tiles allowing quick viewing of everything from pending messages and upcoming appointments to game notifications
- Integrates with many popular Microsoft consumer services, such as Xbox LIVE, Windows Live,
- Bing™ and Zune
- Full HTML Web browser with Bing Search
- Office Hub gives you read/edit access to popular Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel
- and PowerPoint), plus Sharepoint for collaboration on the go and OneNote
- Corporate email (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®), personal (POP & IMAP) email and text messaging
- Windows Phone Marketplace offers a single view to showcase apps, games, music and premium
- Xbox LIVE games
- Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g/n)
ENTERTAINMENT
- 5MP camera with flash, autofocus and digital zoom and
- 720p HD camcorder
- SRS WOW HD surround sound
- Media player with 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
- Sprint Zone™ one-stop wireless account access, phone tips, news and more
- Sprint TV and Movies® and NASCAR Sprint Cup MobileSM
- Stereo Bluetooth® 2.1 (+ EDR)
- Voice and text prompts in both English and Spanish
SPECIFICATIONS
- Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon Processor
- Dimensions 4.63 inches (117.6 mm) x 2.32 inches (58.9 mm) x 0.61 inches (15.5 mm)
- Weight: 6.5 ounces (184.27 grams)
- Main Display: 3.6-inch (91.4 mm), 800 x 480 WVGA capacitive touchscreen with multitouch
- Internal Memory: 16GB
- Battery: Standard 1500 mAh Lithium-ion
- Talk Time: up to 6 hours
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