HTC Freestyle

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

3
Average:

1
Bad:

1

Pros:

Userfriendly HTC Sense interface, No required data plan, Long battery life.
Highly customizable HTC Sense interface, Device feels solid overall, Plenty of preloaded apps.
The HTC Freestyle has a solid, user-friendly design with all the essential features you need for communication.

Cons:

Mediocre camera, Lacks WiFi, Hissing sound in phone calls
Constant “hiss” heard in every call, Poorly designed battery door, Lacks WiFi

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Last revision on November 15, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Userfriendly HTC Sense interface, No required data plan, Long battery life
Highly customizable HTC Sense interface, Device feels solid overall, Plenty of preloaded apps
The HTC Freestyle has a solid, user-friendly design with all the essential features you need for communication
Highly customizable HTC Sense interface, Device feels solid overall, Plenty of preloaded apps
Sense UI; excellent build quality; responsive capacitive touchscreen; best virtual keyboard on a featurephone
Surprisingly slick UI for a feature phone. Expansive, responsive touch screen. Svelte aluminum design
Surprisingly slick UI for a feature phone. Expansive, responsive touch screen. Svelte aluminum design

Reviewers Didn't Like

Mediocre camera, Lacks WiFi, Hissing sound in phone calls
Constant “hiss” heard in every call, Poorly designed battery door, Lacks WiFi
The HTC Freestyle lacks an accelerometer and Wi-Fi. The speakerphone is barely usable, and there are too many superfluous apps
Tant “hiss” heard in every callPoorly designed battery door, Lacks WiFi
Slightly weak battery life; low-quality camera
Mediocre camera. Evil bloatware. MicroSD card slot buried under the battery release mechanism
Mediocre camera. Evil bloatware. MicroSD card slot buried under the battery release mechanism

Expert reviews and ratings

Feature phones, especially touchscreen feature phones, are coming very close to their bigger brothers... the smartphones.The new HTC Freestyle from AT&T pushes the boundary between smartphone and feature phone right to the edge, but ultimately the...

By BrightHub on March 28, 2011

For the right user, the HTC Freestyle offers a beginner smartphone experience without the high...

By cnet on March 15, 2011

Overall, we like the HTC Freestyle except for two points…the poorly designed battery door, and the continual “hiss” heard while on calls. The second of these we consider the more serious, and a deal-breaker for some, as it becomes...

By Phone Arena on March 03, 2011

The 3.2-megapixel camera lacks auto-focus or an LED flash. Test photos were just okay, with a soft focus and shadowy darker areas. Outdoor shots weren't particularly colorful either. Shutter speeds were a bit below average, but the Freestyle saved...

By TechReviewSource on February 25, 2011

HTC rewrites the feature phone playbook with the Freestyle, a powerful multimedia device for AT&T with a beautiful user interface. Buy it...

By PC Mag on February 24, 2011

HTC Freestyle mimics a smartphoneDesigned to offer a rich messaging experience without a required data plan, the HTC Freestyle looks like a smartphone, but doesn't quite act like one. It shares the HTC Sense interface that many Android smartphones...

By ConsumerSearch on September 01, 2011

The handset is not officially released still and we have no details regarding the interface. The interface s expected to be the one that is found in the HTC Smart. The HTC Sense interface is used in the Freestyle and it is the beloved one that the...

By CellPhoneQuick on March 21, 2011

The Freestyle is a fine little phone. The hardware looks good and functions mostly as expected. It's a bit of a shame that call quality and data speeds were so spotty given the solid battery life. The HTC-derived Sense user interface is the...

By Phone Scoop on March 04, 2011

If you've always wanted a smartphone but can't afford or don't want to pay for the monthly data plan, then get the Freestyle. It's simply the best featurephone available from AT&T right now. HTC Freestyle Review by Sydney - Image Gallery...

By PhoneDog on March 01, 2011

Sponsored links, if any, appear in green. During the Pepcom event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, we had a chance to stop by HTC's table to check out the Freestyle, a new BREW MP phone for AT&T. The Freestyle wasn't yet...

By MobileBurn on January 12, 2011

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