HTC One V review: Chin up

Key features

• Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support
• 3.7" 16M color capacitive touchscreen with WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels)
• Android OS v4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich HTC Sense 4.0
• 1 GHz processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 chipset
• microSD card slot
• 5 MP autofocus camera with single LED flash; face detection, geotagging, HDR mode, image auto-upload
• 720p video recording @ 30fps, slo-mo videos (2x at WVGA), simultaneous HD video and still image capture
• Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
• GPS with A-GPS
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Accelerometer, proximity and ambient light sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v4.0
• Smart dial, voice dialing
• Polaris Office document editor
• DivX/XviD video support
• HTC Locations app
• HTC Car integration
• HTC Portable Hotspot
• Fast boot time

Main disadvantages

• Only 1GB of the 4GB internal storage is available to the user
• No front-facing camera
• Some competing smartphones have dual-core CPUs
• Non-user-replaceable battery
• No dedicated camera key