Rating 3.5 84 reviews
Manufacturer: HTC
PC World
14 years ago

HTC Status Review: A Phone for Facebook Fanatics

Seriously addicted to Facebook? The HTC Status ($50 with a two-year contract from AT&T), which debuted at Mobile World Congress as the ChaCha , keeps...
Pros:
  • Comfortable keyboard
  • Excellent
Cons:
  • Call quality uneven
  • Small
  • low
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thinkdigit.com
14 years ago

HTC ChaCha Review

A true middleman, the HTC ChaCha sits right between the Samsung Galaxy Pro on the lower-end and the HTC Desire Z at the top. It's a QWERTY + touchscreen – a combination that was once rare.
Pros:
  • Excellent QWERTY keypad and angled design makes typing more comfortable
  • Well built
Cons:
  • Battery life is a disappointment
  • Facebook button doesn't do much
Read more on thinkdigit.com
Techtree
14 years ago

Review: HTC ChaCha

The well-spaced keys are laid out in four rows. The keyboard sports dedicated keys for frequently used punctuation marks. The arrow keys are unusually placed on the lower left side of the keyboard. A dedicated Facebook button is present below the fourth row.
Pros:
  • Great Facebook integration
  • Thoughtful UI
  • Physical QWERTY keypad
  • Sturdy build
Cons:
  • Disappointing camera
  • Lacklustre video player
  • No equaliser
  • Many apps are incompatible
Read more on Techtree
Pocket Lint
14 years ago

HTC ChaCha

The second "Facebook phone" from HTC, and launched in tandem with the HTC Salsa, is the HTC ChaCha. It's strange name for a phone that is something of a strange Android device, offering a format we haven't seen much of from the Google OS.
Pros:
  • Looks great
  • thoughtful reworking of HTC Sense
  • runs smoothly
Cons:
  • Some keyboard issues
  • battery life is pretty poor
  • some regular apps leave you little space to see what you are doing
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cellphones.ca
14 years ago

HTC Status

Just when you thought Facebook was everywhere, along comes HTC with their Status (aka ChaCha ), a phone with a dedicated Facebook button implanted right on its keypad. The impossible to miss button lets you quickly update your status or share photos and videos you capture with the decent 5-megapixel...
Read more on cellphones.ca
wired.co.uk
11 years ago

HTC ChaCha mobile phone review

" Androids for all!" seems to be HTC's motto these days as the Taiwanese artisans churn out a different model for seemingly every type of punter. This time it's the turn of the text fiends and Facebook friends, with a QWERTY keyboard and some nifty social networking enhancements.
Read more on wired.co.uk
REVIEW STREAM
6 years ago

HTC Status

The HTC Status is not my favorite phone. I guess I do not like the Facebook Easy Share option. I do not find it to be a practical reason to get this phone. This phone features a 5 MP camera. There is a back camera and a front camera. It comes with a touch screen and a keyboard.
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91mobiles.com
14 years ago

Very Good Phone

I had to choose between samsung galaxy pro, motorola charm and HTC chacha. Finally I decided to buy Chacha, because of it's great looks and speed processor. This phone didn't disappoint me, it has great features and HTC sense is awesome.
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Tech2
14 years ago

HTC ChaCha Touch-and-type Smartphone

Like any new SKU, all it takes is one manufacturer to launch a successful product and then everyone piles on. Apple's iPad is one such example that comes to mind, since before its existence no one really cared much about tablets.
Read more on Tech2
Phone Arena
13 years ago

The real review on this phone

The HTC STATUS as a phone that I use ALL THE TIME AND FOR ALL THE PHONE CAN DO. I tried to change phones within 1 to 2 days after I got it and AT&T WOULD NOT LET ME. My grace period had run out even though i had just got it from them.
Pros:
  • It takes good pictures
Cons:
  • No battery like
  • Freezes constantly
  • Extremely limited internal memory
  • Drops calls even to AT&T
  • You make calls and the person can't hear you
  • You miss calls because the phone will not ring or vibrate
  • You have to delete apps and updates to add new ones
  • Cannot do updates no memory available
Read more on Phone Arena
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