HTC S740
Release year: 2009
Launch price: 180 € October 2009
HTC S740 is a Quadband/HSDPA Smartphone featuring Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer), MP3/AAC player, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g connectivity, expandable memory (microSD) for a large storage capacity for applications, e-mail with attachments and files, EDGE class 10, WAP 2.0/HTML, Instant Messaging and GPS receiver. Bluetooth technology allows transferring voice and data (e.g. images and video) between two devices equipped with a Bluetooth solution, all without wires. It is possible to take photographs, add text, music or voice and create a message to be easily sent as an MMS attachment file. The camera is 3.2 MP, with autofocus, video call function and video recording capability.
Technical specifications
| Networks | Quad-band GSM 900-1800-1900-850 |
| Dimensions | 116.3 x 43.4 x 16.3 mm |
| Weight with battery | 140 g |
| Battery | Li-Po 1050 mAh |
| Standby time | 400 h |
| Talk time | 6 h 20 min |
| Processor | Qualcomm MSM 7225 528 MHz processor |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard |
In the box: Battery, user manual and charger
Messaging
| SMS |  |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Video messaging | |
| Chat |  |
Design and display
| Display | TFT, 65K colors and 240 x 320 pixels. Auto-sliding full QWERTY keyboard. |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Display color | 65K |
| Display size | 240 x 320 pixels |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Voice dialing | |
| Voice recorder | |
| Phonebook entries | Unlimited |
| Memory | Expandable with microSD (TransFlash) |
Connectivity
| UMTS | |
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
| Downloadable games | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator | |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | 3.2 MP |
| Image resolution | 2048x1536 pixels |
| Zoom | Yes |
| Flash | No |
| Photo phonebook | |
| Image editor | |
| Self-timer | |
| Contrast and brightness adjustment | |
Video
| Video recording | |
| Quality settings | |
| Brightness adjustment | |
| Maximum resolution | |
| Video calling | |
Price history
180 € → 469 € (+161%) · minimum 180 €, maximum 483 € · 10 readings, Oct 2009 – Nov 2010