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HTC T8788 7 Surround Unlocked Phone with Windows 7, Surround Sound, 5MP Camera and HD Video - US Warranty - Black

by HTC
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  • This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint.
  • 3G-enabled Windows Phone 7 smartphone with 3.8-inch touchscreen and slide-out speakers with Dolby Mobile and SRS surround sound
  • Windows Phone 7 OS provides easy access to social networking, personal/corporate e-mail, office apps, Xbox LIVE games, streaming media, and more
  • 5-megapixel camera with HD 720p video capture; 16 GB internal memory; Wireless-N Wi-Fi; Bluetooth stereo music; GPS for navigation and location services
  • Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 264 hours (11 days) of standby time; released in November, 2010
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Technical Details

  • This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint.
  • 3G-enabled Windows Phone 7 smartphone with 3.8-inch touchscreen and slide-out speakers with Dolby Mobile and SRS surround sound
  • Windows Phone 7 OS provides easy access to social networking, personal/corporate e-mail, office apps, Xbox LIVE games, streaming media, and more
  • 5-megapixel camera with HD 720p video capture; 16 GB internal memory; Wireless-N Wi-Fi; Bluetooth stereo music; GPS for navigation and location services
  • Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 264 hours (11 days) of standby time; released in November, 2010
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Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 4.7 x 0.5 x 2.4 inches ; 5.8 ounces
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B004HWZ5KM
  • Item model number: T8788
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (106 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,185 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
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Product Description

The HTC Surround weighs 5.8 ounces and measures 4.7 x 2.4 x 0.5 inches. Its 1230 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of talk time, and up to 264 hours (11 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T's dual-band 3G network (850/1900 MHz; HSDPA/UMTS) plus international 3G networks (2100 MHz).
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Customer Reviews

2.9 out of 5 stars
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See all 106 customer reviews
If you don't want to have a bad experience like me, don't buy this phone.
Marco V
This cellphone is constantly crashing, when i try opening apps it freezes and sometimes restarts itself.
gonzalo
I just need to download some apps like a world clock and a currency converter then I'll be good to go.
Ron

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

77 of 84 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Business & Entertainment Phone
By Diego Vega Aguirre on May 8, 2011
Amazon Verified Purchase
I have been using this phone for about six weeks by now. Before I got the HTC Surround I used Apple's iPhone 3GS, and HTC Touch Pro. I will review not just the phone, because I think the OS is also very important when talking about HTC Surround.

Dimensions and Characteristics
I think the screen size is the same of iPhone's 3G or 4G. Talking about image quality, I can't find any differences between them, of course there might be some technical differences but I am not able to notice them with my eyes :).
The phone size is very similar to the iPhone; HTC Surround is a little bigger because of the speaker, but I would say there is no size difference. The built in camera is good and you have a good flash light also which is nice to have when taking pictures in dark ambience.

User Interface
Microsoft has done a great job redesigning the screens in WP7 with "Metro". You will see that the icons (which are called tiles) in the main screen are "alive" and are not static icons like the iPhone. The tiles gives you information about your contacts (updates from Windows Live, Facebook, My Space, Messenger), some applications are using live tiles like Weather channel, so you don't have to enter the app or contacts to see the information. I think the "live tiles" will be very popular in the near future, because they can give you the information you need without wasting any time opening the application unless you need more info from it. Also live tiles make the main screen more attractive... I like them.

Zune vs. iTunes
After using iTunes for several years, I just realized that if you don't have an Apple's computer, then you will have some troubles using iTunes (at least that's my experience). I have to say that I like Zune much more than I like iTunes.Read more ›
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Great Windows Phone
By Victor on December 9, 2011
Amazon Verified Purchase
The phone is quick and extremely responsive. Reception is clean and clear, the video is sharp and smooth, Setup was a breeze and once I connected to my network surfing was enjoyable, web pages were quick and smooth. I would recommend the phone to all my friends. I have two problems:

i. The company advertise the phone as UNLOCKED and it was not.
2. The battery life with all the features turned on can be less than a day.

The new windows interface takes some getting use to but it is very quick and stable. It has not crashed as yet and everything works.

A great phone
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
fantastic buy
By t man on March 28, 2011
Amazon Verified Purchase
got this phone 2 days after purchase, i definitely recommend to all that like their smart phones.
windows phone 7 is so easy to use and loads of apps free to download. camera on this phone
takes decent quality pictures alot better than my old sony ericsson w995 which has a 8 mega pixel
camera. battery life last about a day most considering this is constantly keeping up to date with the web
apps not bad. htc touch screen is awesome. just now waiting for the new windows phone 7 update
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Phone dont work correctly
By eAragon on December 31, 2011
Amazon Verified Purchase
The phone is auto restarting constantly. The battery compartment had some scratches. Is really new? I apply all updates and still the same, it restarts every time you try to do an operation.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
crashes
By gonzalo on July 16, 2012
This cellphone is constantly crashing, when i try opening apps it freezes and sometimes restarts itself. The windows platform does not have many useful applications so that kinda sucks. It would be a good phone if it wouldnt freeze every thirty minutes
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Total bull shit. Where's my warranty?
By Ambi on August 19, 2012
Amazon Verified Purchase
This phone started out GREAT. I LOVED it! Everything was awesome! I've had the phone for 2 months now, and last week, it started turning off when i would leave it sit for a few minutes without messing with it. Then, 2 days ago, i turn my phone off, and turn it back on, like i have always done, and my storage card is damaged. And i would LOVE to know how since the phone has NEVER been wet, or dropped! I come back on here to try to contact the seller, and i can't. The title CLEARLY says warranty, but only a 30 day one? I sank $200 into this phone, and it doesn't work now, for NO reason?!

Do NOT waste your money on this phone, seems now i see all the reviews of SEVERAL phones doing the SAME thing, around the SAME period of time. Coincidence? I think not!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
HTC 7 Surround is a good phone, but buying unlocked can be risky
By For Real on January 9, 2012
Amazon Verified Purchase
My 5 stars are for the HTC 7 Surround phone itself; I'll explain. My cousin has this phone, she bought it about a year ago and she loves it. I played with it from time to time and found it easy to use and very stable (unlike my Android phone), and the slideup speakers to be cool. It eventually inspired me to buy an HTC Radar 4G and switch to T-Mobile as my carrier. I love WinPhone 7.5, so much so that I wanted to become a developer.

Which led me to purchase this "unlocked" phone, to use as a development phone. I purchased it from OEM Planet (aka Young Kimbrogh) fulfilled by Amazon.com. Unfortunately the phone never worked. It would turn on, show the HTC logo, and then just vibrate and reboot itself. I even purchased a genuine AT&T SIM card and activated the SIM card (against my wishes... as I'd had some real bad experience with AT&T before!) but it didn't make no difference, the phone simply refused to go beyond the logo screen!

Guys... If anyone has bought an unlocked Surround that works, please let me know where you bought it from! Thanks.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

This is the worst phone I have ever owned.

I should have returned it when I got the rma number. It was locking up and and always had to open it to reset it. This is one of the biggest piece of ---- I have ever bought.

Published 19 days ago by Rory
Great phone.

This is a great phone however I found it not so user friendly. When inserting my sim card it worked fine however allot of the apps we use as a family are not available or when I... Read more

Published 1 month ago by James Kitchens
It's sometimes best to ignore topics

I honestly feel that you should judge the phone from where u buy it from this phone is sold by different retailers therefore their will be good comments and bad comments and good... Read more

Published 1 month ago by trevon
Bad

Got the suppose to be new and it won't let me get any apps and can't play games. The att store said I need a new phone.

Published 2 months ago by judy
Great HTC T8788 7 Surround Unlocked Phone with Windows 7, Surround...

Great windows phone looks nice feels nice smooth when operating bright colors on screen and pictures with camera shots loud speaker

Published 2 months ago by kolo
SO DISAPOINTED

IM SO DISAPOINTED, I RECIEVED A DIFFERENT PHONE OUT OF WHAT I PAID FOR... INTEAD I GOT A GO PHONE AND IT WAS A SAMSUNG WITH A SIMCARD WHERE HERE IN DOWNTOWN THE PHONE VALUE IS... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Juan Carlos
The phone was very very bad

The pone was very bad until tthe first time i bought it. The battery is so bad and tha manual was a Copy, I lose my money with that phone.

Published 3 months ago by Osne
Great performer

I got this as a gift for someone to use in a Latin America. It came unlocked and it works great. The teenager loves it. She listens to music and watches videos all the time. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Tito_here
Great Phone

I had this phone and it was great! Windows Phone 7 is a cool OS and HTC makes good hardware.

Best feature: the slide out forward facing speakers for those who love... Read more

Published 4 months ago by JScript 5
Not recommendable

The camera doesn't work and there's pretty much nothing I can do about it to return it or get my money back cause I live in Lima, Perú.

Published 4 months ago by Daniel
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