HTC Salsa review: "Like" it or not

15 July 2011
It takes two to tango, HTC seem to think. The HTC Salsa joins the ChaCha in a bid to treat young Android users to as much Facebook as they can handle. The little blue button makes an appearance again, this time in a more familiar context. While the...

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  • DallasCZ
  • 0Bb
  • 21 Jul 2011

Hi, are you sure that MSM7227 chipset has adreno205 GPU? What i found, that everywhere they say that qualcomm MSM7227 has only dreno200 GPU.

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    • AnonD-12188
    • uEB
    • 18 Jul 2011

    This specs should be for wildfire S, and wildfire S' specs should be for this phone

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      • Laurynas
      • 0xM
      • 17 Jul 2011

      AnonD-3485, 17 Jul 2011OMG REALLY? Why do you think I said that a 6Mp DSLR camera... moreI know, I know, I just said that digital camera's quality mostly depends on CMOS sensor + optics. :)

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        • AnonD-3485
        • LpI
        • 17 Jul 2011

        Laurynas, 16 Jul 2011Talking about a digital photograpy: You should know that ca... moreOMG REALLY?
        Why do you think I said that a 6Mp DSLR camera is completely incomparable with any of these cameraphones?
        You simply didn't understand my comment, what I mean is that we can expect a quality standard when we are talking about 5Mp cameraphones, OBVIOUSLY it's not the megapixels that counts, the point is that Salsa performns a lot worse than most 5Mp cameraphones, just like you expect of a standard 1Mp camera of a cheap featurephone.

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          • Pantes
          • kcC
          • 17 Jul 2011

          Even new xperia mini better then this,but salsa cost like neo,and neo is way better!

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            • AnonD-3556
            • PS6
            • 16 Jul 2011

            Anonymous, 15 Jul 2011I have a small ceorrection for your review, it doesn't have... morei agree with u...the benchmark score are way to low for scorpion core...the desire z has the same msm7230 but benchmark score are way higher even with froyo...

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              • Laurynas
              • 0xM
              • 16 Jul 2011

              AnonD-3485, 16 Jul 2011What I mean is that for 5Mp standards (for mobile phones), ... moreTalking about a digital photograpy: You should know that camera's quality mostly depends on CMOS sensor + optics.

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                • Hurr
                • n@g
                • 16 Jul 2011

                The Motorola Defy seems to suffer from widespread problems with failing ear speakers, so that one's out.

                The Salsa is currently available for around €320. This really is a tough sell, considering that you can get a Galaxy S for less and the the SonyEricsson Ray will soon be available for slightly more and even the HTC-made Nexus One is only slightly more expensive. All three phones boast much faster SoCs and much better displays.

                So I'm really not sure who the target demographic for the Salsa is. Idiots, maybe?

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                  • AnonD-3485
                  • LpI
                  • 16 Jul 2011

                  Laurynas, 16 Jul 2011You can read about a Megapixels here: http://en.wikipedia.o... moreWhat I mean is that for 5Mp standards (for mobile phones), it's more likely a 1Mp camera of a very cheap feature phone.

                  You don't need to teach me about megapixels, I'm use a DSLR with 6Mp which is completely incomparable with any of these cameraphones.

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                    • Laurynas
                    • 0xM
                    • 16 Jul 2011

                    AnonD-3485, 16 Jul 2011But the camera is poor even comparing to a 1Mp one...You can read about a Megapixels here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel#Megapixel

                    Talking about a quality (Not Megapixels!), yes, I agree HTC's camera's quality is really not so good.

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                      • AnonD-3485
                      • LpI
                      • 16 Jul 2011

                      Laurynas, 16 Jul 2011@ryd3r "And a facebook phone needs a good camera,not a... moreBut the camera is poor even comparing to a 1Mp one...

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                        • Laurynas
                        • 0xM
                        • 16 Jul 2011

                        Also talking about a Facebook:

                        Better open clinics for Facebook brain washed and addicted people!

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                          • Laurynas
                          • 0xM
                          • 16 Jul 2011

                          ryd3r, 15 Jul 2011good phone?facebook phone?i can connect to facebook using m... more@ryd3r "And a facebook phone needs a good camera,not a mediocre 5mp one."

                          Amount of megapixels isn't equal to quality!

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                            • ryd3r
                            • mPX
                            • 15 Jul 2011

                            good phone?facebook phone?i can connect to facebook using my phone without a separate button. And a facebook phone needs a good camera,not a mediocre 5mp one.Only the audio quality is good.I wouldn t call this a great phone

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                              • austin
                              • u{6
                              • 15 Jul 2011

                              Austin, 15 Jul 2011Hey nice phone...!! My first comment...! Aweosome... moreYa i know its good phone

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                                • Austin
                                • u{6
                                • 15 Jul 2011

                                Hey nice phone...!!


                                My first comment...!


                                Aweosome phone.........................!!!

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                                  • Rocko
                                  • vGV
                                  • 15 Jul 2011

                                  You guys forgot the Moto Defy!! 800MHz CPU, 200 GPU, 5MP Cam, 3.7' display with double the screen resolution and now with Android Froyo seems a worthy contender if not winning it all the way.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • m9I
                                    • 15 Jul 2011

                                    I have a small ceorrection for your review, it doesn't have a msm7230 processor if it did it would have a much highter linpack score. It uses the msm7227 turbo the same as the htc cha cha