HTC S630 Cavalier with WCDMA Disabled
Friday, February 29th, 2008
A few weeks ago I have received a brand new smartphone - the HTC S630 Cavalier. Despite actually having very little use for its Internet and 3G capabilities, I figured that this kind of hardware will have top-class camera, battery and speaker. The fact that it comes with WiFi and PC syncing capabitlities also meant that it will be handy on the road, especially with the 2 Gigabyte MicroSD storage card.
To make long story short: the Speaker is next to useless. The JOGGR touch interface is absolutely horrible - I had to disable it after a week, because it makes the phone nearly unusable. There is not a person in the world that would actually use the JOGGR scrolling bar on the right side of the S630.
But the device had two even bigger downsides : Reception and Battery life. The HTC S630’s battery hits 10%-30% after barely 18 hours, while barely being used. A good friend told me that switching from WCDMA to GSM would prolong battery life and improve reception. Of course then I would have to give up on all the features I don’t use anyway, so I gladly agreed.
And it worked. By disabling WCDMA, I got exactly what I needed - a great SMS machine with a good camera and a lot storage, decent battery life and great reception.
