Review of HTC's Legend, a Hero on a metal-rich diet
16.03.10
Screens that have started showing up on phones recently. This new type of display has much better contrast than a regular LCD, and provides really bright, vivid colors. Also, in certain circumstances, AMOLED displays can extend battery life, as they use less power when showing darker colors.
The next thing you'll notice about the Legend is that the trackball from the Hero has been replaced with a new optical joystick and shiny enter button. This provides mostly the same function as the ball (sans notification light), but sits flush with the body of the phone and isn't prone to clogging up with dirt. Above the optical joystick you'll find four hardware keys, two of which are joined, and two of which aren't, oddly. These keys provide the standard Android hardware functions for home, menu, back, and search. Unlike the Hero, the Legend does not feature any send or end call keys, with these functions instead being dealt with by on-screen buttons.
Above the display you'll find the earpiece grille, which also covers a notification LED, ambient light sensor, and proximity sensor. Atop the Legend is the 3.5mm standard headphone port with the handset's power button to accompany it. On the bottom you'll discover a micro-USB port for charging and data, with the microphone pinhole to its left and a lanyard fixing point to its right. The rear of the phone shows-off a shiny HTC emblem, above which is a rubberized area surrounding the camera lens for the 5 megapixel autofocus camera, the camera's LED flash, and the loudspeaker grille. There is another rubberized area toward the bottom of the Legend, which unclips to give access to a neat loading bay for the SIM card, microSD card, and 1300mAh battery. The volume/camera zoom rocker can be found on the left side of the handset, whereas the right side is completely bare.
Source: Mobile Burn