![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/htc-status-e1309500358465.jpg\" "\\"htc-status-e1309500358465\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nIf you happen to be hanging out in flushing, stop by the AT&T store<\/a> for a first hand look at some of the summers’ hottest devices. While searching for this weeks’ device, their happy and (more than) helpful staff helped us find the HTC Status. The amazing new social networking phone, the first of its kind with a dedicated Facebook button.<\/p>\n The status is a little larger than the BlackBerry Curve, but it doesn\u2019t reach the point of inconvenience. \u00a0It\u2019s white and gray plastic body was surprisingly sturdy and the phone felt very light. \u00a0It has a 2.6 inch touch screen and the body of the phone has a slight curve in it which tilts the screen slightly toward you.\u00a0 This curve also makes it easier to text and allows the phone to sit against your face comfortably when you\u2019re talking on it.\u00a0 The screens resolution is 480 x 320 and was clear while reading all but the smallest text.\u00a0 I was also impressed by the functionality of it.\u00a0 Despite being smaller than what I was used to, it was still easy to operate and navigate websites.<\/p>\n What really stands out on the Status is the keyboard.\u00a0 The buttons aren\u2019t placed directly next to each other like on a BlackBerry, but circular and spaced out in order to help you avoid pressing the wrong keys.\u00a0 It was extremely easy to text with it and there were very few mistaken button pushes.\u00a0 The phone also includes a 5 megapixel main camera with flash and a front facing camera for video chatting.<\/p>\n The software on the phone is slightly modified in order to accommodate the smaller screen.\u00a0 While most changes are minor and make the phone more usable, one change made using some apps purely frustrating.\u00a0 Since the screen is wider than it is tall, HTC made the screen set to landscape mode when you\u2019re holding it regularly.\u00a0 This works in concept, but not all app makers designed their programs to support landscape mode so they only open in portrait, causing you to have to hold the phone sideways in order to view them correctly.\u00a0 This was a very tedious especially if you frequently use apps like this or if you need to type something in while using the app.<\/p>\n Facebook integration with the phone, the phones main selling point, is convenient for avid users and makes doing basic tasks simple.\u00a0 The Facebook button below the keyboard is extremely easy to use.\u00a0 It will give you several different types of options depending on what is running on the phone when you push it.\u00a0 For instance, you can push it when you\u2019re on the home screen to update your status and check into places or if you take a photo and press the button it will give you options to share the picture. \u00a0This made using Facebook very easy and after a while, because it was always staring me in the face, I found myself finding excuses to use it. \u00a0The phone also includes Facebook Chat widget which worked better than the regular Facebook App\u2019s version of Chat.<\/p>\n Using the Status was fun.\u00a0 The keyboard was very natural and Facebook was paired well with the phone.\u00a0 Call quality and battery life were average.\u00a0 You could get about a day out of the phone before you had to charge it.\u00a0 The phones downfall is its issue with portrait apps and not to mention you can forget about watching movies on the tiny screen.\u00a0 What it comes down to is if you can\u2019t live without Facebook and you don\u2019t use apps enough to care about the occasional inconvenience they will pose, the Status may be your new best friend.<\/p>\n HTC Status If you happen to be hanging out in flushing, stop by the AT&T store for a first hand look at some of the summers’ hottest devices. While searching for this weeks’ device, their happy and (more than) helpful staff helped us find the HTC Status. The amazing new social networking phone, the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Grab yours now:
\nAT&T.com: $49.99 w\/2-Year Contract<\/a>
\nAmazon.com: $0.01 w\/2-Year Contract<\/a><\/h3>\nThis review and many more brought to you by TechiTeens Technology Services. See more reviews on our website: www.TechiTeens.com<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"