HTC Flyer Unboxing

HTC Flyer

The HTC Flyer retail package features a dedicated charger (without it the Flyer can sit for hours on a different charger and hardly fill up the battery), a USB cable and a carrying pouch.

The pouch is made of imitation leather and has a magnetic lock. All the items inside the retail package are white (as the tablet itself), which does seem kind of Apple territory but nowadays is becoming more and more an HTC thing too.

There isn’t a complimentary memory card in the bundle, which isn't such a big deal considering the ample32GB of on-board storage. What we do miss though is a set of headphones. We guess HTC traded those for the carrying pouch, which isn't the best call. After all, the Flyer is the right size for listening to music or watching movies.

HTC Flyer Key features
* Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and tri-band 3G 900/1700/2100 support
* Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) with HTC Sense 2.1 UI
* Single-core ARMv71500MHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 16/32GB of user-available storage
* 7.0" 16M-color LCD capacitive touchscreen of WSVGA (600 x 1024 pixels) resolution
* Accelerometer and proximity sensor
* Flash 10.1 support
* DivX/Xvid support
* Document viewing and editing out of the box
* 14.4 Mbps HSDPA, 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with hotspot functionality
* GPS with A-GPS support; digital compass
* 5 MP 2592x1944 pixels resolution autofocus camera
* 720p HD video recording @30fps
* 1.3 MP front-facing camera
* microUSB port and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
* microSD slot (up to 32GB)
* Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
* HTC Scribe technology with Magic pen (separate purchase for the Wi-Fi only model)
* Aluminum unibody design
* Two sets of touch-sensitive controls for landscape and portrait use
* 4000 mAh Li-Ion rechargeable battery

Main disadvantages:
* No telephony
* Non-replaceable battery
* Lower resolution than current crop of droid slates
* Lack of dual-core processor
* Weighs almost as much as an 8.9" tablet
* Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread instead of 3.0 Honeycomb
* 5 MP camera has obvious lens issues
* Charges only with the supplied HTC charger

More:
# HTC Flyer specs
# All HTC phones
# HTC Flyer review – Pen pal