Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
HTC
Phone model
Hero S
Year of release
2011

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
121 mm (millimeters)
Body width
62 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
11.7 mm (millimeters)
Weight
130 g (grams)
Volume
88.06 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Aluminium alloy
  • Plastic
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Processor model
  • Qualcomm MSM8655
CPU clock speed
1200 MHz (megahertz) place #90
Number of processor cores
1
Level 1 cache (L1)
32 + 32 kB (kilobytes)
Level 2 cache (L2)
384 kB (kilobytes)
Processor size
32 bits
Instruction set architecture
ARMv7
Manufacturing process
45 nm (nanometers)

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU
GPU model
  • Qualcomm Adreno 205

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
768 MB (megabytes) place #13
RAM type
LPDDR2 (Low Power DDR2)
RAM frequency
500 MHz (megahertz)
Number of RAM channels
2 (two-channel)

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 4 GB (gigabytes)
place #25

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
32 GB (gigabytes)
Hot swappable memory card

Mainboard

Chipset
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655

Operating system

Operating system
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Extra
  • htc sense

Battery

Battery capacity
1520 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Removable battery
Charging the battery from USB
Call duration in GSM networks
6 h 30 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time in GSM networks
450 h (hours)
Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks
7 h 18 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks
456 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
4 in (inches) place #121
Screen resolution
960 x 540 pixels place #98
Pixel density
275 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
Super LCD
Color depth
24 bit (16777216 colors)
Touch screen
Touch screen type
Capacitive
Anti-scratch screen
Glass screen
Aspect ratio
1.778 (16:9)
Auto-rotate screen
Ambient light sensor
Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
5 Mp (megapixels) place #37
Maximum photo resolution
2592 x 1944 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting resolution formats
  • Quad HD (2560 x 1440)
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
The presence of a flash
Flash type
LED
Aperture
f/2.2
Shooting settings
Autofocus
Face detector
White balance
ISO setting
Other photo settings
  • Shooting mode
  • Iso
  • Timer
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
1280 x 720 pixels
Movie speed
20 fps (frames per second)
Movie settings
Movie settings list
  • Color effects
  • White balance
  • Flash
Extra
  • touch focus

Front photo/video camera

Front camera megapixels
1.3 Mp (megapixels) place #29
Maximum photo resolution
1520 x 855 pixels
Front camera video

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Video calls
Ability to mute the microphone during a call
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
Unlimited
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory
VoIP telephony

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
3.5G (up to 42 Mbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 850 MHz
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz
CDMA support
CDMA frequencies
  • CDMA 800 MHz
  • CDMA 1900 MHz
CDMA2000 support
UMTS support

Internet data transmission standards

CDMA2000 standards
  • 1xEV-DO Rev. A (3.1/1.8 Mbit/s)
Data transmission standards
  • HSUPA (5.8 Mbit/s)
  • HSDPA (1.8 Mbit/s)
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi
  • 802.11 b/g/n
Wi-Fi standards
  • 802.11b (IEEE 802.11.b, 11 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz)
  • 802.11g (IEEE 802.11.g, 54 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz)
  • 802.11n (IEEE 802.11.n, 150 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz)
Wi-Fi hotspot mode

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)
USB Mass Storage support
MHL interface

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
3.0
A2DP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS
A-GPS support
Built-in digital compass

Radio

Built-in radio receiver
RDS support

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor
Proximity sensor
Accelerometer
Orientation and rotation sensor
Magnetometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Images

Supported image formats
  • PNG (Portable Network Graphics, .png)
  • JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • GIF (Graphics Interchange Format, .gif)
  • BMP (Bitmap Picture, .bmp, .dib, .rle)
Installed image editor
Geo tags
DLNA support

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • MPEG-4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • 3GPP (.3gp)
  • 3GPP2 (.3g2)
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
  • WMV (Windows Media Video, .wmv)
Video resolution formats
  • HD (1280 х 720)
Streaming video
Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AAC+ (HE-AAC v1 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr)
  • M4A (MPEG-4 Part 14, .m4a)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave)
MP3 support
Streaming audio
Dictaphone
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Touch input
  • 2 touches
Multitouch
Pinch zoom

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Office document support
  • polaris office
Supported document formats
  • DOC (MS Office Document, .doc)
  • DOCX (MS Office Document, .docx)
  • XLS (MS Office Excel, .xls)
  • XLSX (MS Office Excel, .xlsx)
  • PPT (MS Office PowerPoint, .ppt)
  • PPTX (MS Office PowerPoint, .pptx)
Email
  • pop3/imap
Convert text to speech
Convert speech to text

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Tethering support
OTA sync
Synchronization with services
  • MS Outlook (Microsoft Outlook)
  • MS Exchange (Microsoft Exchange Server)
  • Gmail (Google Email)
  • Facebook
  • Google Maps
  • Google Talk
  • YouTube
  • Google Search
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • Yahoo! Mail
  • Google Translate

Software features

Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
SMS output in the form of a chat
MMS support
VMS support

Security

Remote phone lock
Remotely wipe data from your phone
Remote phone search
Installed VPN

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

Equipment

Equipment
  • battery
  • usb-cable
  • stereo headset
  • charger
  • user's guide