HTC Pure

  • Released 2009, October
    117.5g, 13.7mm thickness
    Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional
    288MB RAM storage, microSD (dedicated slot) slot
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  • 3.2"
    480x800 pixels
  • 5MP
    480p
  • 288MB RAM
    MSM7201A
  • 1100mAh
    Li-Ion

HTC Pure - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1900
Speed HSPA 7.2/2 Mbps
Launch Announced 2009, October. Released 2009, October
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 108 x 53 x 13.7 mm (4.25 x 2.09 x 0.54 in)
Weight 117.5 g (4.13 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 3.2 inches, 29.1 cm2 (~50.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~292 ppi density)
 TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation
Touch-sensitive zoom bar
Handwriting recognition
Platform OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional
Chipset Qualcomm MSM7201A
CPU 528 MHz ARM 11
GPU Adreno 130
Memory Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal 288MB RAM, 512MB ROM
Main Camera Single 5 MP, AF
Video 480p@15fps
Selfie camera Single VGA videocall camera
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB miniUSB
Features Sensors Accelerometer
Browser HTML
 MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
MP4/WMV/H.264 player
Facebook and Twitter integration
YouTube client
Pocket Office
Voice memo/dial
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 360 h
Talk time Up to 5 h 40 min
Misc Colors Black
SAR 1.51 W/kg (head)     1.43 W/kg (body)    
Price About 80 EUR

HTC Pure - User Reviews

  • This phone looks like the sony xperia arc s

  • Mine is also not working .If your problem is solved plz assist me to

  • Whattsapp???

  • touch pad not working ,plz help?

  • my dear frnd its an windows phone

  • my dear frnd its an windows phone

  • no its not, its a Microsoft windows 6.5 phone.

  • hi is this phone an android

  • Hi!!! Do you know how do i get Watchtower Library for this phone

  • Do you know how do i get Watchtower Mobile for this phone???

  • can we download adobe flash player in this phone??

  • can u give me the link 2 download skype for it.

  • I'm running Skype on this fone...n also a lot of apps on it..everything is fine about this fone..works perfectly for me

  • does this phone suit to indian networks

  • This phone has multiple problems. 1 you cannot access skype... Not available for this phone. It also has numerous not supported App problems. Very dissappointing phone. Would not recommend at all!!

  • AM using the HTC Pure. After using for some months I noticed some green blotches on the screen. How can I get this off as it is making the screen unreadable. Another problem I have is that I seem not to be able to connect to the internet though my local network provider says everything is in order.

  • I have been using the htc wildfire for over 2 months and till date, i have not encountered any issues

  • my htc has given me issues since i got it i dont recommend it i'm very unhappy with mine and it just doesn't seem to be what i expected it's an utter dissappointment

  • is this kind of phone will work in philippines?what about the yahoo messenger,facebook and skype?pls reply asap coz im planning to buy this kind of phone.is there anyone who using this kind of phone or any htc phone in philippines?

  • is it work in the philippines?how about the skype,yahoo and facebook?

  • also another question does any body know how to download yahoo messenger on the htc pure ?? i looket every where but i can't find any thing,,please help me guys u can reply back to me in here or on my email thanks again

  • i have one... ist very good...

  • pls, can show me how to flash my htc pure? where to get the ROM

  • bogus Hand set!!!!!!!!!!! dn't purchase iTTTTTTTT......

  • excelent phone, flashed it with energy rom amazing performance low cost this is a mini hd2 half the price almost same performance

  • It doesn't have flash. taking photo in low light or inside the room is something unbearable. so costly phone without flash, shame...

  • i agree but it's up to use........okay

  • is this phone available at Malaysia?

  • $150 with no contract (full price) at Frys.

  • wats d price

  • Sir... You have to purchase the unlock software. It's ONLY for your HTC because it use the IMEI phone. DON'T FORGET! R E A D ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS STEEP BY STEP, it's easy!!! Buy software here: Download the you need ROM(WM6.5Pro) here (free): That's all! GOOD LUCK!

  • can any one help me how to unlock this phone please...........................

  • in all a good phone .. I went in for this one thinking I will not buy - but ended up otherwise!! ... The battery is definitley not good at all ... Any one has suggestions for a higher capacity battery for the phone ? ... Otherwise - a good pure phone!

  • i bought a pirated version of this phone and its called china phone

  • i want know about this specification/micro sd card upto how many GB can use is less GB then very bad now a days all the company is providing upto 32 GB that time this HTC is providing 4 GB or less than that then very bad

  • Checho, need help how did u update rom to TD2 rom?

  • HTC is very good becuase we like/they are using Windows/that is main advantage/& my opinion they should increse more configuration like/increse speed/memory card capacity/like nokia is introducing 32 gb & they should introduce T9 & camera they should put flash/night mode/

  • this HTC pure is very good/becuase they rectify lot of things/before HTC dont have video call /my opinion HTC should make all mobile secondary camera & make increse configuration more/nokia is making rom & ram i mean speed is very less now a days lots of people is browsing net through mobile & using net call all that is why HTC also increse them speed is more dont make less this HTC pure is very good specification compare to other all HTC & that is windos that is very good advantage really windows mobile is we love like anything

  • HTC Pure The phone is really good but only battery and no focus light for camera, this two condition I don't like other then phone is good.

  • Any suggestion phone for me only model HTC? Spec must have windows

  • disadvantages. 65k limitation, low battery capacity at 1100mah, no flash n more power consuming resistive touch screen.

  • it's baddddd

  • The Best Of Alll _____ I like it ;)

  • I have one.. i've unlocked all entire ROM and changed the software to Touch Diamond 2 and everything works FINE! There's only 1 problem... TD2 software shows UMTS 900-2100 but if you set AUTO (band) mode, it use a 850Mhz band without problems...

  • i like it,

  • In the 5-10 minutes I spend trying this phone out at the AT&T store, I found myself more and more frustrated by the laggy and slow interface throughout. Multitasking is useless when it takes more than 5 seconds for presses and whatnot to trigger a response. Typing was a nightmare with a stylus, and auto correct was nonexistent. I would not recommend this phone unless windows mobile is a must for you.

  • This may be a little out dated... But it runs on my 3g network with full 3g coverage. FartKnocker

  • it is good for ................

  • well with windows always maybe you get a froze an need reboot it with the red botton but i have the phone 4 months and is good for me because i do test with different applications for change the OS and try to install other OS version.

  • yea i always close the apps. i dont even use that many since it takes so long to load lol. but i'll have no apps up or anything running, but still everything will be super slow. so do u think i can replace it for another one or something?

  • I think you might need to download some updates from the microsoft website...Cause mine is, not to brag or anything, is as fast as my other G1 phone which is loaded with the new android 2.0...so maybe your mught be defective or something...also remember to close some apps. Going from app to app can cause that...Its just like a regular pc.

  • i've had this phone for 2 months, but even when i first got it, it was really slow, really laggy, and always froze! but everyone in the reviews is saying its really good so idk if its maybe the one i got was messed up or what. but is it really supposed to be like this? its always freezing, and performance is terrible. sometimes i get txts even up to 30 minutes late. its not supposed to be like this right? so what should i do? do u think at&t will let me replace it for another one or no?

  • There's no difference. The Touch Diamond 2 is the European or unlocked version, and the HTC Pure is the US version carried only by AT&T.

  • Looks Good But I cant see any Difference between this and between the Diamond 2 ?!! is there any? Except that the D2 looks better

  • I've had my pure for about a week now...and i have to say...I love it. I don't know what the other guy mentioned about his pure crashing, his internet taking ages to load...My Pure works perfectly. Internet loads slightly faster than my friend's iphone 3G. My Pure does so much more stuff than what the iphone can. I've loaded Pharos SmartNav GPS on mine...and guess what?..i don't pay for GPS service. In Total, i've loaded about 8GB's of Applications and Games. And it works wonderful. No crashing and no freezing whatsoever. Now, if you're still deciding whether to get one or not?...i say go for it. It's worth the money. Pure vs Iphone? Pure hands down.

  • I was one the first customer to get a HTC PURE according to AT&T, and it has worked great since getting it two months ago. I've had previous versions of Windows Mobile; 5, 6, 6.1, and this 6.5 is the easiest version yet.

  • The phone is absolutely useless; to begin with, its network capacity to get you connected with the network provider is so shite, you keep getting those messages of missed calls. Secondly, the software keep crushing and the internet takes ages to actually connect; as mentioned above, this is due to the low signal capacity. Thirdly, the software sleeps, so when you set an appointment using the calendar, the phone is suppose to go on a silent mode, but as it fails to act, it remains in normal mode and the phone rang while I was having an interview. Finally, again connected to its shity capacity to connect with the network provider, the video calling feature does not work at all, it just suggest that one makes a voice call. I own this phone in the UK and the network provider is T-mobile; probably the phone is fine with other network providers. But the software sleeping issue, is not related to the network provider. So good luck.

  • According to HTC website his phone does not seem to support the 2100Mhz band as claimed here, rather only 850/900/1800/1900Mhz. Is this true?

  • i had htc tilt,htc dimond is htc pure better and is it worth to get it

  • by the way... htc is a supplier for iphone parts iphone needed htc's technology

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  • exactly!!!!! i think htc is loosing his own style

  • "another iphone wanna be" this guy needs to take a look at HTC's back catalogue and see who is copying who..HTC have been producing phones like these long before the iphone was even 'copied' I mean thought of.

  • diemensions?

  • it does support all Euro Bands So yes this phone will work, HSPA 3G aswell

  • lol this phone is x10 times better then iphone... use compare... but w/e u are 13 years old any way

  • In-Call-Recorder in this phone is not provided, while this feature is very important to me. Does anyone know how to record the conversation on this phone or if any third party software works on HTC PURE?

  • compare with htc magic, htc hero, htc HD2 and htc PURE... which 1 is more better ? cos i'm looking for most better htc iphone... i dont wan to regret when get a new phone.. so kindly hope that, all the guys could be gv me some opinion and perception.. thx

  • iPhone wanna be? Really? So the fact that it has a touchscreen makes it a iPhone wannabe? wow. Let's see, IT'S NOT A IPHONE WANNABE. completely different OS, and UI. Wow. Comeon, iPhone fanboy

  • maybe, but windows mobile can only handle 65k, so is the same.

  • i think htc is still making very nice wm phone, but there's just so many other choices right now when you pick a smart phone. 2 years ago people buy HTC phone because is more compatible with windows(office outlook etc), but after 2 years other smart phone has catch up very close. htc have to found it position in the market! either be more and more user friendly with the compatibility with windows. or just make the next mini laptop cell phone that could overkill anyother smart phone.

  • ATT website says the phone have a 16M color display. Is this correct?

  • Does have videocall camera? in the specs sheet says it have but in other sites says not have.

  • it has NO 2100 UMTS. It doesn't work in europe 3G

  • hi, i'mchecking HTC website right now but i can't see this phone among them... although the phone status in GSMarena said that this phone was released in October

  • The Pure is just a Diamond2 made for US market, if you want it to work in Europe buy the European one!

  • another iphone wanna be

  • Hi!Can anyone tell me for sure- will this phone work in Europe if it is unlocked?

  • The talk time on the Pure for AT&T is about 5 1/2 hours.

  • Can anyone compare this to HTC touch HD, speed etc?

  • Stupid name you kept. This is not a sexy name at all. FC Y

  • No mention about the Talktime and standby in the specifications

  • Very weak processor :(

  • My friend, the HTC Pure has the same processor as every other HTC phone released since 2008. The Omnia's Marvell processor will slaughter the Pure's Qualcomm processor any day of the week. However, don't take this to mean the Pure is slow. If you ever get the chance to try it out at an AT&T store, you'll find that it is pretty fast and smooth. I get the feeling that the speed increase came from the Pure having WinMo 6.5, however, as I've never seen one of HTC's phone with WinMo 6.1 being this quick. Ultimately, the Omnia is a great phone, but I would probably get the Pure over it.....or if I really needed an Omnia, I would get the Omnia II.

  • Better 16M because 1M = 1024 kb , so 16M = 1024 X 16 = ... KB

  • Dose anyone know how this phones processer compares the omnia 1?

  • It does not have 2100 UMTS... read the specification from htc USA, so you can't use it for any 3g network

  • Doesnt matter... you wont see the difference

  • 16M=16 000 000 color 65K=65 000 color more color more better for display screen

  • In reply to "oliver", "16M" refers to 16,000,000 colors and "65k" refers to 65,000 colors. The more colors it can show, then the higher the picture quality.

  • Well at least it has a sexy name... hahah

  • AT&T version of Touch Diamond 2

  • this doesn't support display higher number of colors because it is WINMO and it sucks and if they try harder maybe they are going to be better then rising android famili of gadgets

  • Omg!!!! what phone is this?

  • There is actually a mistake in here it suports 16m color look it up on atts website

  • someone can said me what is the differnce of 16M and 65K waht is the better ,please i can understand thanks

  • this is not HTC HD2. HTC HD2 is the one with snapdragon 1GHz

  • because htc doesnt need to improve from 65k colors. all the OSes they use (winmo and android) currently only support 65k colors so for them it is pointless to make a more colorful display, especially if they hope that u will buy their next gen device rather than update when 16mil colors become available

  • This thing is exactly the same with HTC HD... there's no point of getting this thing

  • this is att branded version of htc diamond 2. yes it looks different, but if u look at specs it is the same as diamond 2. and to the flash for camera comment. flash only makes better night photography if ur object is like 2 ft away LOL u obviously dont know anything about photography. and thats zenon flash too, most phones nowadays only have a weak led flash :/

  • Where is Snapdragon processor? 1Ghz??

  • HTC devices with Android still only have 65k. Other Android devices have 16M. Why???

  • sorry, but i get pi$$ed off when someone make a stupid comment about the number of colours that the screen may display. they say"oh, it really bad and i prefer to go for 1 having 16m colours". i may say, my dear fellow consumers, that your eye cant even distinguish between 45k colours. so stop making nonsense comments. this comment does not apply exclusively for this phone but to all those such stupid comment is aimed at!!!!

  • they're completely different, physically and internally, this phone runs Windows Mobile, has resistive touch screen, runs on TouchFLO 3D UI. The Hero runs on Google's Android, has capacitive touch screen, runs on Sense UI

  • why HTC do not provide it's handsets with flash for good night photography quality?

  • "how the diffren with HTC HERO?" OS my friend :))

  • how the diffren with HTC HERO?

  • It's not different, it's just the US ATT branded version of it.

  • It is the Touch Diamond 2................

  • This IS a touch diamond 2..only redesigned for at&t

  • OMG, another 65K display! Moving on

  • stop making this winmo devices...i dont wanna have a 65k colors display..stick to android htc its way better...or just wait for the F-in winmo 7 maybe there'll be a change in its settings and not only in its looks :)

  • Hmmm...? Interesting design,but HTC should have been braver!

  • bosss displsy........ 65k no.......

  • what is the different between this and touch HD beside winmo 6.5?

  • THIS FONE IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all it needs for me to buy it is for it to be out in the first place...and a slide-out qwerty keybord...THAT CLOSE!!!!

  • pretty much the design and the OS

  • wtf is wrong with htc why 65K ScReEn and no multitouch oh come on WINMO 6.5

  • hehehe display can't be changed 65000 k/colors the old samsung sgh-d500 is more good

  • Yet another sad HTC that lacks flash and Divx/Xvid support...

  • No flash?? God!

  • WinMo = 65k display...

  • 65k display again? NO~~~~~~~~!!!

  • how is this different to the Touch Diamond II ??

  • htc pure vs. sex2!!!

  • haha nice one

  • 65k colors???

  • this is t mobile MDA V so it will be available in whole world i guess. Look at t mobile phones and pictures of MDA V

  • GSMArena, I need to see more picturres of this fone, and also a detailed review, so I can know the pros and cons

  • It is a good phone, but will be available on At&T. This is a little bit sad. The good news is the HTC Touch HD 2 will be available in many places. :)

  • Why doesn't HTC fit a flash on their phones? Not even a lousy LED flash. This is ridiculous.

  • Good phone

  • how abt the battery life of the phone

  • nice phone