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HTC Radar review: 2011 WP7 mid.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2011·$300
Overall
58/100
Class rank
#29 of 31
Tier
Mid-Range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

HTC Radar.

Radar was HTC's 2011 compact WP7 mid — aluminium unibody at $300.

01Display

64/100

64/100 is one of the weaker display results among mid-range phones of 2011 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeS-LCD
Size3.8"
Resolution800 x 480

02Performance

56/100

56/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2011 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetSnapdragon S2
RAM512 MB
Storage8 GB

03Camera

60/100

60/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2011.

Main5 MP
FrontVGA

04Battery

64/100

64/100 is one of the weaker battery results among mid-range phones of 2011 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Capacity1,520 mAh

05Software

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker software results among mid-range phones of 2011 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • Aluminium unibody.
  • 137 g compact.
  • 5 MP cam.
  • Windows Phone Mango.
What doesn't
  • WVGA only.
  • 512 MB RAM.
  • 8 GB storage.
  • WP7 small ecosystem.
Cross-shop it against
Motorola Droid 3 XT862
$200 · score 72/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 31-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .