HTC Status Review

Welcome to our official Facebook Phone review – at least that’s what they’ll have you believe if you’re in the AT&T store. What I’d bill this phone as is the greatest little keyboard in the West that just so happens to have a Facebook button below it and a display that’s just a little bit too small, but certainly bright and sharp. I come from an environment where I basically skipped over the BlackBerry era and went straight to 4-inch and above displays, so keep that in mind when you take this trip with me down Android way on a device that’s by no means perfect, but shoot if it isn’t pretty looking and nice to hold.

The week this review is released, we’ve also officially launched our Device directory, located at http://device.ac/ – with this directory we’re able to attach statistics from any device on to the bottom of any post. In this case, we’ve got the HTC ChaCha attached to the bottom of this HTC Status review because ChaCha is the first name this device was given. Check out the full specs below!

Hardware

Taking the hardware aside on its own, this device is one of the most comfortable to hold handsets I’ve ever had the pleasure of checking out. I think you’ll find in the early reviews of the Euro version of this device, that is the HTC ChaCha, many will say the same thing: and boy what a keyboard. This device has what’s called a Chicklet keyboard, meaning the keys are sort of shaped like the tiny gum candy, clicking upon pressing in a lovely and perhaps even cute way. All of the keys white areas are semi-transparent so they can be back-lit.

Then there’s the battery cover. Much in the same way the battery cover comes off of the HTC Flyer with a bit of a push down to unhinge the cover before easily sliding it off, the HTC Status has three panels on the back, only the bottom one meant to be removed. Those who are actually able to get the battery cover off are legendary, as the commenters on the one video on YouTube showing you how to get the cover off will tell you. Essentially we’re gonna go ahead and say: don’t try it. The only things under there are the SIM card and the battery, and more than likely you’ll have no need to get those out any time inside the lifespan of this device.