HTC Wildfire S Prepaid Android Phone (Virgin Mobile)

A lot of this phone's reviews point out the relatively low memory available on the phone. You can "root" it and then that becomes a moot issue but for that a bit of technical know-how is needed. A middle-of-the-way solution is to download Android Assistant (from Google Play) and move the downloaded apps to the SD card as you download and install them. Note that you'll still not be able to move the preinstalled apps but you'll be able to install a lot more apps than without moving them to the SD card (although not as many as when "rooted").Now that we've got the memory part out of the way here's what I like about the phone: 1. Size : Not long ago people were mocking the early cell phones for being brick-size. Lo and behold now we have cutting-board-size ones! The Wildfire S is just the right size to me (an average size guy) to make it non-intrusive yet functional. 2. Performance : I use it mostly as a communication device (phone and some mail/internet/navigation). It will not be a speed daemon for games but for a casual game of Angry Birds or the like it's just fine. Somehow it feels a peppier than an LG Optimus Slider which has a faster processor (600Mhz vs 800Mhz). 3. Music : Put in 32GB SD card and you'll have room for just about your whole music library. And the music player is quite well integrated with the lock screen so you can go to the previous/next song from without having to unlock the phone. The volume buttons work while the screen is locked and won't even turn on the screen for more battery life. 4. It has a true FM radio : call me old-fashioned but I like being able to listen to local stations without having to stream them (not to mention the battery life benefits). Look for Spirit FM app on Google Play (there's a simple free version on XDA Developers as well as two paid versions). 5. HTC Sense : the Android interface customization done by HTC is very neat and has a good set of widgets for time/news/weather/calendar/friends giving you easy access to the most important things.To recap, if you're an avid game player or video watcher then this phone is probably not for you. If instead you need a neat little communication device then you'll probably be pleasantly surprised.

I had read several reviews about the phone previously from buying it. I knew there was limited space and the battery didn't last as long. I knew I what I was getting into. It was my first smart phone so I didn't mind the little things. It is annoying that I have to clear my catches constantly when there's not enough space for me to view my photos or send a text message. It comes with too many apps built in that I don't even use! About half of the phone's memory already comes taken up by these apps. You can use an SD card but many apps can't be transferred to the card's memory and only stay in the phone's memory. Because of this I have very few apps. What bugs me the most is that the software won't go past v2.3.4. A lot of new apps are only compatible with 4 and up. I've only had it for 2 years and it's already obsolete. Also, it freezes a lot. Sometimes I press the unlock button but the screen won't light up. I end up pressing the button so much that it automatically restarts. However, it has great durability. In the 2 years I've had it I've dropped it many times and it only has a couple of dents and have yet to crack the screen. My brother got an HTC One and cracked the screen on the first drop.So it's a great buy if all you want is a phone and not looking for many apps past social media. But if you want a lot of apps, skip this.

iv gotten this used item in a white box and inside the phone was physically flawless. the touch on the lock screen didn't activated until after 10 seconds of the screen lighting up which pissed me off. normally id stop there and send it back to sender wanting a refund but i gave it a benefit of the doubt hoping that's just some long scripted application (which it turns out it wasn't) oh and that's not even the bad part. the bad part was activating the phone. i spent about this past 4 days trying to get it to activate. i think i learned the names of 9 different virgin mobile employees by heart. but anyways i was activating my phone online using the MEID behind the battery of the phone. it was going good i thought since i saw a loading screen then i clicked okay and i saw my phone on my account settings. then i went to the phone to activate the phone with the app that was included with the phone (labeled activate) and it'll say connecting to network 1...2...3. it gets to 3 and it gives me a error code. so i called virgin mobile thinking i can solve this in two seconds. i tell you i went through every possible solution with this phone. i had a account reset, a signal reset, a phone hard rest, and the ## (pound pound)reprogram activation. i was told by this merchant that if i wanted it to work id have to get the phone on the number it came with. so basically id have to find the number of the phone OR get a new contract to turn on the phone so that it can work with the preset number. after all that i ended up with my old phone that works instantly when activated...i guess the only good i got from this HTC wildfire was noticing "if it aint broke don't (replace) it" because otherwise you'll be finding someone else's used headache (even if it is refurbished)

I truly love this phone. its easy to use,personlizeabul,lots to do on it. Ive got a ton of music on mine plays great!! music,internet,texting,phone calls all on the go and at my finger tips:) it awesome. one thing is the battery isnt so great but its running lots of apps and such you can turn some off and adjust power settings to conserve. that and buy a cheap battery for back up. ive notice if i put it on charge here an there for little bit it always hepls it get threw the day. I know that alot of people complain about not haveing enough room for apps well if your a person who is an app fanatic well this phones not for you!! Ive got plenty of apps alot of music and a buch of other stuff had no problems at all!! plus ive got a 4gb micro sd card. :) hope this hepled:)