| Design | 3/5 |
| Display & Interface | 3/5 |
| Calling | 4/5 |
| Talk time | 2.5/5 |
| Messaging | 3/5 |
| Music | 3/5 |
| Video | 3/5 |
| Camera | 2.5/5 |
| Memory | 1/5 |
| Web browsing | 4/5 |
| Connectivity | 3/5 |
| Productivity | 2/5 |
| Scheduling | 2/5 |
| Laptop sidekick | 3/5 |
| Navigation | 3.5/5 |
| Gaming | 3/5 |
| Mobile services | 2.5/5 |
| Accessories | 3/5 |
| Value | 3/5 |
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Pros:
Small, sleek design. Good music store. Full screen, landscape mode for videos. Camera is better than on most phones. |
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Cons:
Lousy touch-sensitive buttons. No stereo Bluetooth on videos. Proprietary e-mail instead of popular services. |
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| Conclusion: |
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| Compared to the Helio Drift, the Helio Heat is better in some areas, and in other ways cannot measure up. Video performance, with full screen landscape mode, is a bit better, though we miss stereo Bluetooth support on videos. We also liked the music store as well, which is new since our review of the Drift, though is also available now on that phone. The Heat is also smaller than the Drift, though the latter phone was not large by any stretch. Unfortunately, the touch-sensitive buttons on the Heat are truly a failure of design. In the few days we've had the phone, we've rarely had success using the buttons. They almost never registered our taps the first time, though they often activated when we brushed them accidentally. They locked too quickly when we needed them, to make 3-way calls, for instance, or using them as music keys. If the Heat had the normal buttons found on the Drift, it would be the better phone, but we can't recommend it considering the problems we had with the buttons. |
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58%
Good
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Who is it for?
Teens |
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