The HTC Gratia, released February 2011 only to UK customers, is a new smartphone running Android 2.1 operating system with HTC Sense powered by a 600 MHZ processor. This device includes a 5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus, 512 MB internal storage and 384 MB microSD memory card storage expandable up to 32 GB. The phone has three exterior physical buttons including a volume up and down key located on the left side. Also on the phones exterior are a 3.5 mm stereo audio jack and a standard micro-USB 2.0 jack. Currently this phone comes in the colours black, white and dark green.
HTC Gratia white, 30 minutes to any network and 500 texts. 100MB internet data per month.
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Measuring in at 57.7mm wide, 103.8mm tall, and 11.7mm thick the HTC Gratia is a relatively small mobile device which is reflected by its weight of only 115 grams including the battery. The touch screen on this phone measured diagonally is 81.2mm and displays at a 320×480 resolution with included pinch and zoom functionality, which is all protected by a scratch resistant gorilla glass. Despite a fairly small 1200 mAH rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, this device will still get an average of 350 to 420 minutes of talk time and a standby time of 360-400 hours.
For internet connectivity, this phone utilizes 3G, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, and/or Bluetooth hardware. Also included is support for “Tethering” which allows the user to connect other devices to the phone by USB or wirelessly to share its internet service. An internal GPS antenna allows for easy use of the built in Google Maps service and can be used to determine locations, directions, and a variety of other services provided by many applications available on the Android Marketplace.
The HTC Sense overlay is a user friendly interface developed by HTC on this device to make life easy for the user. Social Networking services such as Facebook, Friend Stream, Youtube and Flickr have all been incorporated into this device with the Sense overlay. Also, Sense provides many widgets such as news, mail, weather, calendars, footprints, and stocks all one touch away from the home screen. The HTC Gratia is available now only in European markets.
