HTC Titan review

Microsoft has given a green light to the launch of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango devices, and HTC has taken the opportunity to release its largest handset to date.

With a mammoth 4.7in display, 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor, 16GB of internal memory and the Windows Phone operating system, the HTC Titan is capable of addressing the needs of business users.

Familiar form factor
The Titan is pretty much an updated version of the Windows Phone HTC HD7. It looks similar to other high-end devices such as the Incredible S with its flat, rectangular design and rounded edges.

The aluminium uni-body gives it a premium feel that you'd expect from a flagship device. The Titan is a large phone at 71x132mm, but is quite thin at 9.9mm. This is thinner than a lot of HTC's previous devices and a nice improvement.

Its size does mean that the handset is pretty heavy at 160g, although it's 2g lighter than the smaller HD7. The Titan is heavy but that didn't get on our nerves as much as we thought it would because the weight is balanced well.

HTC has opted for a Qualcomm 1.5GHz processor with 512MB of RAM. This chip is single-core rather than dual-core, but didn't put a dampener on the phone's performance. Single-core is consistent with all existing Windows Phone handsets.

We really can't say anything bad about the overall performance of the Titan. Moving between application screens and scrolling through menus and web pages was smooth and silky.

There is more internal storage than we usually find in HTC handsets at 16GB compared to the typical 1GB. This is handy for keeping a decent amount of documents, photos and music on the phone. The increase in internal storage helps to make up for the lack of micro SD card support. Additionally, Microsoft offers 25GB of free cloud-based storage via its Skydrive platform.