HTC Amaze 4G (T-Mobile) review - a dual-core, qHD screamer!

Score

4.4 stars
"Great"

(How we score)

Great design, solid build, super fast data and processor, gorgeous display, HTC's best camera to date

Large and heavy, Sense UI starting to feel intrusive, voice call hiss

Summary

The HTC Amaze 4G is the one of the latest batch of super high-performance Android smartphones to hit T-Mobile USA. It features a large, qHD resolution touchscreen display, a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S3 processor, and an 8 megapixel, 1080p HD video capable camera with a back-side illuminated sensor. It even boasts some of the fastest HSPA+ download speeds ever seen on a T-Mobile device. Those are all lust-worthy features.

But the phone has more to it than just beefy internals. It's also beefy on the outside, sporting a solid construction that also happens to be good looking.

HTC is up against some fierce competition in the high-end smartphone market these days, and it's good to see that the company isn't backing away from the challenge. In fact, companies like Samsung and Motorola are going to sit up and take notice of the Amaze 4G, as it really offers a near-perfect execution of Android smartphone power.