The HTC Titan 2: A Closer Look at a Windows Phone With an Amazing Camera - davidsonofeautioull

At the AT&T Developer Summit on Monday, Chief executive officer Ralph De la Vega announced a slew of new phones including the HTC Titan 2, the first LTE Windows Phone. Spell LTE 4G is exciting and all, I was more interested in the Titan 2's 16-megapixel tv camera. I got to spend some time with the Titan 2 and talked to HTC's communication team about its development.

In the last year, HTC has stepped up its game in the television camera department. First, there was the T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide, which wowed us with its excellent image quality, intuitive camera interface and wide variety of advanced shooting features. HTC followed up with another camera-central phone for T-Mobile, the HTC Amaze, which added the BurstShot and few extra shooting modes. HTC sprawly this to its Windows Phones, protrusive with the HTC Titan and following up with the HTC Titan 2.

According to Jeff Gordon, the online communications handler for HTC, the accompany wanted to find a way to severalise itself in the Windows Phone world. Microsoft doesn't allow overlays (like HTC Sense) and requires certain hardware specs and features. The unrivaled arena where there is or s flexibility, however, is the photographic camera and photographic camera user interface.

The 16-megapixel camera has a F2.6 aperture, which is ideal for shot in alto light environments. It also has a backlit illuminated sensor. The camcorder can shoot upwardly to 720p result video. Since the Titan 2 has a unique nucleus processor, it canful't support 1080p HD video bewitch.

Like the Amaze and myTouch 4G Slide, the Titan 2 has a slew of shot modes and in advance features. You get a twosome of hip-look filters (like a built-in Hipstamatic app), panorama modality, BurstMode (for taking multiple shots in succession), an image stabilizer and flicker alteration. There are also E. B. White balance, impregnation, contrast and bite controls. HTC has gone above and beyond some camera I've seen in terms of shot modes. Candle Light, Backlight Portrait, Night Portraiture, Beach and Text are honorable a few of the shooting modes. There are also rather a few camcorder modes equivalent Vintage Warm (genus Sepia-toned), Time of origin Cold (like an old black and white movie), Overexposed and Blue Touch. The camera interface is also strip and easy to navigate.

I snapped a a few photos inside the convention center to see what the Titan 2 could exercise. I was impressed with how clear and sharp my photos looked connected the display. I can't wait to test out more than of these advanced features and try the Titan 2's camera stunned in more interesting environments.

Design-wise, the Titan 2 looks a lot like the original Titan but it slightly thicker (0.01 inches to be exact) referable the LTE chip. Information technology has the like 4.7-inch presentation, which feels a trifle oversized to me but that's just because my hands are humble. It doesn't tactile property too uncomfortable in hand, however, because the sound is so slight.

Battery life is always a fear for me with LTE phones (and specially camera-centric phones) thusly I was relived to hear that HTC increased size of the battery from the originals 1600 mAh to 1730 mAH.

This has been an exciting show for Microsoft's mobile operating system with the announcements of some the Titan 2 and the Nokia Lumia 900 on AT&T's LTE 4G meshing. Last, Windows Call is getting enticing hardware–and its about darn fourth dimension.

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