HTC Wildfire

A marvel of technology if you want social networks, internet and messages at your fingertips.   The touch screen is just that very touchy and so was I after a while.  How anyone imagines that the tiny qwerty keyboard could possibly work is completely beyond me, so sending texts I found virtually impossible and I dont have particularly large hands.  So I gave up.  I found mine rang but then would not allow me to answer, possibly a fault,  but extremely annoying at this moment in my life when my partner lies critically ill in hospital.  It is a sexy toy not really a phone, its probably a must have for the show offs, but if you want a simple and reliable way of phoning and texting friends stay well clear of this yuppy nightmare.  

I was very impressed with this handset when it arrived.  It surprises you with it's coolness and it will no doubt be a delight to receive and a good step-up from your previous phone if that was from before 2010.  Plus points are that:
1) It is quite cool and fun to use
2) It has a decent size screen for a phone of its size and weight
3) It is quite compact compared to most other phones in its class
4) It seems pretty stable and reliable - no problems yet and a good all-rounder for the general sort of phone features.

The drawbacks are quite silly ones that could have so easily been avoided by the manufacturer/designer, and you do get used to them (thankfully), but they are very frustrating so it's worth taking note of this before you receive one of these:
1) It's very easy to text people by mistake while you're still writing the text, as the send button is so close to the part of the screen that you may need to touch.  This is partly becasue...
2) The on-screen keyboard and the active areas of the screen for some applications are very small for real hands and it is hard to press the button you need, and it is also very easy to accidentally press a button that is close to where you are trying to press.  This takes a bit of getting used to.  Just watch out for the silly 'send' button as that's caught me out a few times.  It can take much longer to text sometimes.
3) There is no hang-up button, just an area of the screen that you can press to end call.  Actually you need to hold it for a second - otherwise you find that you haven't hung-up and you're still phoning someone.  The button hides if you press anything else, so it's far too difficult to end a call in a hurry.
4) And probably my pet hate is that if you have more than one number for someone but you don't remember which one is best to use just from seeing the first 2 or 3 digits, then it is a pain to text them.  It doesn't use the default number that you have the set, and you can't see the contact details when on message mode to jog your memory.  This is a real draw-back, so you have to go into your contacts and sent a message that way for some people.  You have the same problem with calling - yes calling - but they have been clever enough to hide a little button on the screen for this feature and if you press that it shows you more info and you can quickly decide which number to use.  I got round this by adding a 'contacts' short-cut icon to my desktop (which you can totally customise) and that serves as a good way to quickly text people who have 2 or more mobiles.
5) A final point is that the screen is very sensitive and it just goes to an application that you don't want sometimes without even realising

So it just scrapes 4 stars as a rating, but could so easily get 5 if it were just a bit more user friendly in terms of calling and texting.

Don't buy it 

Phone stopped working after 2 weeks. Sent back to HTC and the said it was moisture damage. The phone had not been in subjected to any moisture so it was obviously not fit for purpose. HTC customer support was pathetic. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PHONE

Spent ages comparing smart phones and finally  decided this was the one for me. Spent 3 days playing with it and while I loved the features I found the touch screen just too sensitive most of the time. More annoying sometimes not sensitive enough. When setting up the phone contacts late at night whilst passing my finger really lightly across entry it would take as a command and make the call. I would then try frantically to end the call and it wouldn't work. Had to own up to a number of these annoying calls. It seems that when your hands become hot and heaven forbid a bit sticky its virtually unusable. Scrolling though applications etc has the same effect and after a time it becomes very frustrating. Go and wash your hands preferably in cold water and its fine. What happens in the Summer when your out and its hot and sticky with nowhere to cool your hands down. Whilst my heart wanted to keep the phone my head ruled and it went back. I am now concerned that all touch screens are the same and whether its just me. However be warned. No other issues with the phone. For all the criticism the screen gets I thought it was very good.

great phone. like the desire, but cheaper and doesnt skimp on features. im really happy with it...

I think the phone is a best phone in the mid-end level...although i don't have the phone now but i'm certainly buy this phone when it comes to my country...

i'm dreaming every night just to have and take it to my beautiful hand...wkwkwk

Thank you for the review and info...it's a good review..
sorry for my bad english...i while learning..wkwk
God bLess you...

I have had my HTC Wildfire for a week now and i am really happy with it, the camera is good considering it's only 5mp and the Android OS is great, i will def be purchasing phones with android in future.

I WANT ONE!! 

I have just received my HTC Wildfire, i love it, the touch screen is great, i think i will stick to HTC phones from now on as it was great value for money for such a great looking phone : ).