HTC 7 Trophy Suffers From Screen Bubbles, Recall Imminent?

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Just yesterday we covered a number of issues that buyers are having with their HTC 7 Trophy, and it looks like it's getting worse. A number of users are reporting long streaky bubbles on the screen of their Trophy, which appear to be bubbles between the layers of the super LCD. The original forum thread is filled with people with the complaint, and one user returned his … [Read more...]

Some HTC 7 Trophys Shipping With Bad Screen, Run Slower Than Other WP7 Phones?

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If you're looking forward to getting a WP7 phone, you may want to avoid the HTC 7 Trophy. Why? Two reasons: As you can see in the video above, the Trophy runs significantly slower than the Samsung Omnia 7, even though the pair have the same processor. This may be due to the Samsung using built-in NAND memory as opposed to an internal MicroSD card. There are also reports … [Read more...]

Samsung Omnia 7 and HTC 7 Trophy Torn Down, No MicroSD In Either

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Both the HTC 7 Trophy and Samsung Omnia 7 have been taken apart by their owners from the XDA-Developers forum (link 1, link 2). Unfortunately, unlike the HTC HD7, neither of these two phones appears to have a user removable microSD slot, a feature we had great hopes for. If there is a microSD involved anywhere here, it's soldered in place so you can't expand it. User … [Read more...]

HTC 7 Trophy For Sale On German Site, €0 On Contract

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We don't know how legit they are, but German retailer A1 has the HTC 7 Trophy on their website for free with a two-year contract. There are no technical specs or any additional information. I know European phones tend less to sell on the two-year contract model than American ones, but a WP67 phone for €0? That's pretty freaking tempting. [via WMPU] … [Read more...]