HTC 7 Mozart

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 40 expert reviews

Excellent:

6
Good:

16
Average:

11
Bad:

7

Pros:

Slim and stylish; sharp screen has good viewing angles; good surfing experience on IE; great for playing multimedia files.
The HTC Mozart boasts a sleek design with a solid, brushed aluminum body. The Windows Phone 7 device has surround-sound technology and an 8-megapixel camera.
Great design and build quality, good display quality, smooth and fast interface, great audio quality

Cons:

Lacks memory card slot; easy to accidentally hit the touchsenstive buttons; still no local Xbox Live hub and Marketplace; slow autofocus speed.
No option for expanding memory. Camera quality is disappointing.

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Last revision on February 1, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Slim and stylish; sharp screen has good viewing angles; good surfing experience on IE; great for playing multimedia files
The HTC Mozart boasts a sleek design with a solid, brushed aluminum body. The Windows Phone 7 device has surround-sound technology and an 8-megapixel camera
Great design and build quality, good display quality, smooth and fast interface, great audio quality
Comfortable design, Clear display, UI is fast, super fluid and easy to navigate, Excellent audio quality
Fast processor, fresh UI, clean design
Wellbalanced performance, Highquality construction, Good camera, great flash
Top-notch build quality. User-friendly interface. Great-sounding music player
Slick, intuitive interface, excellent social integration in phonebook, top-notch email features, very responsive touch-screen, Zune and Xbox Live sync, app cost goes straight to mobile bill
Stylish design, Strong unibody construction, Handy HTC apps

Reviewers Didn't Like

Lacks memory card slot; easy to accidentally hit the touchsenstive buttons; still no local Xbox Live hub and Marketplace; slow autofocus speed
No option for expanding memory. Camera quality is disappointing
Disappointing camera, awkwardly placed volume control buttons, controls below the display are placed too close to the display, battery life, FM radio reception, Windows Phone 7 feels terribly incomplete right now
No BT file transfer, Need to use Zune to transfer media and data, Transferring videos takes too long, No access to App Market in India yet, No Chat apps, No memory expansion, Call drop issue
No microSD card slot, fiddly/slow camera, no task manager
Immature OS with limited app support, No DLNA
Sluggish xenon flash. Unintuitive Zune desktop software. Limited apps to download
Making a phone call is a longwinded process, eight-megapixel camera is only mediocre, Bing Maps is still inferior to Google Maps – with no option to get Google Maps either Look and Feel
Subpar camera performance, Oddly positioned volume rocker, Slippery when holding with left hand

Expert reviews and ratings

Before Nokia announced that it was throwing in the towel on its own smartphone OS efforts and instead putting its faith in Microsoft’s fledging Window Phone 7 platform, HTC was perhaps Microsoft’s best buddy when it came to Windows Phone...

By Trusted Reviews on February 23, 2011

The Mozart's 8-megapixel camera is great for shooting pictures and the occasional HD video. However, it is letdown by the slow autofocus speed and inaccurate white balance. All in all, the HTC Mozart...

By AsiaOne on February 17, 2011

The HTC 7 Mozart is an attractive phone with a good build quality. In terms of performance, it is on par with other WP7 phones and runs smoothly. Also, surfing on Internet Explorer was good although it lacks Flash support. We like the unique look and...

By TechCentral on February 14, 2011

And now, to close a week of reviews, we take a look at another phone from HTC, a mostly terrific little model from HTC, the HTC Mozart.The HTC Mozart is a PDA-style smartphone running Windows Phone 7 that offers Bluetooth and wi-fi connectivity, a...

By MobileWhack on February 11, 2011

A polished smartphone with some clever features, though the camera could have been better...

By Computeractive on February 09, 2011

Similar in many ways to the Trophy, the HTC 7 Mozart offers one of HTC’s better cameras and comes in a classy if cold aluminium body. It’s up there with the rest of the uniformly fine WinPho 7 handsets, but with little else to distinguish...

By RegHardware on February 03, 2011

There's not a lot that allows the HTC 7 Mozart smartphone to stand out from the other new mobile with Windows Phone 7 we've tread. They're all fast, have a nice interface, work with Zune and none of them have room to expand the memory. Apart...

By DigitalVersus on February 03, 2011

The HTC Mozart is a beautifully designed Windows Phone 7 device that offers good performance, but fails to deliver on one of its hallmark...

By cnet on February 02, 2011

The HTC Mozart is selling for Rs. 25,499 right now, which is not a bad price if you just look at the specs page. But as we found out the device doesn't really live up to those specs. We are specifically referring to the camera, which was a huge...

By TechTree on January 28, 2011

CameraAn 8MP autofocus camera with a xenon flash is loaded onto the Mozart. It features Scene modes that include Macro, Sports, Beach and Backlight, Color Effects Flicker Adjustment and metering Mode. It can capture video in 720p but videos take a...

By Tech2 on January 10, 2011

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