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Bell to exclusively launch HTC Legend?

By on May 9, 2010 at 6:17pm in Bell Mobility News, Mobile News, Various News

Bell is in need of a new flagship device – they had a good run with the Palm Pre but something bigger and better needs to be added. We’ve been tipped that Bell will be exclusively releasing the Android OS 2.1 HTC Legend sometime “this May/June”. No exact dates were given or pricing… but if Bell brought this on board it would do incredible things for their lineup. It would be their first Android smartphone that runs 2.1… currently the Galaxy and the upcoming Dext both have 1.5.

Apart from having 2.1, some notable specs of the Legend are that it has HTC Sense, a 3.2-inch multi-touch capacitive AMOLED screen (resolution of 320 x 480), comes with a 5 megapixel camera with video capabilities, 3.5mm headset jack, 600 MHz Qualcomm processor, can hold up to 32 GB with a microSD card, WiFi.

We’ll have more updates soon…

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Discussion

29 comments for “Bell to exclusively launch HTC Legend?”

  1. Nice phone, but it’s still not going to get me any where near Bell ever again. I’ll stick with my N1 and Wind thankyou very much….

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    Posted by phuzzykiller | May 9, 2010, 6:21 pm
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  2. Hell no. No way. No way. No way. Not fair. What is happening to Rogers? I hate them. They need to redesign their entire company from the ground up.

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    Posted by Zachary TG | May 9, 2010, 6:32 pm
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  3. let me guess……..another 3 year contract?!? You’re all fools to the rules of the big 3 (robellus)!

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    Posted by Mr. T. | May 9, 2010, 6:40 pm
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  4. Only 600mhz processor? This is like releasing the Nintendo when the Playstation is out.

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    Posted by Rich | May 9, 2010, 6:46 pm
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  5. Does this phone have the “chin” like the hero?

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    Posted by Alex | May 9, 2010, 6:59 pm
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  6. It has a small chin but personally besides the ~100mb more ram and small bump in processor speed it is nearly identical to the HTC Hero from Telus.

    Chances are when this is released Telus will release the 2.1 update for the Hero.

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    Posted by Anthony Costa | May 9, 2010, 7:09 pm
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  7. I agree with rich,
    600mhz….thats kinda weak…?
    The milestone had 600mhz, and thats been out for abit now

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    Posted by Gurkiran | May 9, 2010, 7:28 pm
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  8. Sigh,

    Why not the HTC Desire along side this phone? Then we could actually get something worth a three year contract.

    0Well

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    Posted by eric2k | May 9, 2010, 7:43 pm
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  9. nice phone,
    gives me alittle hope to bells line up..
    would perfer tha desire or HD2.
    i would not go on term for this, but may consiter purchasing this and sticking with bell (for a bit) if nothing better from htc is releaced in canada.

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    Posted by CRiMiNALOGiC ® | May 9, 2010, 8:24 pm
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  10. I was hoping Telus would get this.

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    Posted by Sheldon Huelin | May 9, 2010, 8:44 pm
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  11. This phone might look nice but the specs blow. The CPU is not even a Cortex A8, just a plain old ARM11. Also, the screen res blows.

    So you end up with a pretty and underpowered device that will leave you wanting for more. Typical Bell. And don’t even get me started on the 3 year contract..

    Adi

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    Posted by Adi | May 9, 2010, 9:03 pm
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  12. This looks like successor to HTC Hero. Slow CPU, smallish screen (I wouldn’t buy any smartphone that has screen less than 3.7 inches). Bell should offer HTC Incredible as it’s flagship Android device. Nobody wants a slow smartphone anyways. BIG FAIL on this device from BELL even before it’s out.

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    Posted by mkm | May 9, 2010, 9:04 pm
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  13. @CRiMiNALOGIC
    You can always buy unlocked if you’re not signing a new 3-year contract. There’s a much better selection available

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    Posted by EQ | May 9, 2010, 9:11 pm
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  14. this? flagship? lol…..

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    Posted by user | May 9, 2010, 9:38 pm
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  15. Suprised no one has mentioned that the Legend’d body is a single piece of aluminum. For someone without the need of a 1GHZ processor, this thing can be used as a very durable business phone.

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    Posted by Mike V | May 9, 2010, 9:41 pm
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  16. A bumped up version of the hero as the flagship… ? What about the Desire, or the GalaxyS ? Fail on Bell’s part, using a mid range at best as a flag ship.

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    Posted by Guy Fawkes | May 9, 2010, 9:50 pm
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  17. The one thing this phone really has going for it is it’s Unibody aluminum case.

    Just a thing of beauty.

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    Posted by Sined | May 10, 2010, 2:31 am
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  18. How does this compete with

    Rogers X10
    Telus’s Milestone

    This is not flagship level Id take a HSPA PRE PLUS keeping current PRE pricing and data discount over this.

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    Posted by eric2k | May 10, 2010, 6:12 am
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  19. The phone I hope that Telus or Rogers picks up in the next few mths. is Samsung’s Galaxy S. 4″ amoled screen, 800×480 res., 5 meg.Camera+ 720p HD VIDEO,SD with (32 gig)Now thats a Winner

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    Posted by Kenny W. | May 10, 2010, 6:49 am
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  20. This is pretty run of the mill. Nothing special here. Nokia N8 or Sony Xperia are both more powerful.

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    Posted by Pete | May 10, 2010, 9:58 am
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  21. I think everybody is forgetting that Android 2.1 and HTC Sense is probably the best smartphone combination available today.

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    Posted by Davy C | May 10, 2010, 1:52 pm
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  22. I think everybody is forgetting that, specs aside, Android 2.1 and HTC Sense is probably the best smartphone combination available today. The Galaxy will have useless software added by Samsung, Timescape doesn’t look like it can hold a flame to Sense either. Sense is the only skin I would ever put on my phone.

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    Posted by Davy C | May 10, 2010, 1:55 pm
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  23. Beautiful hardware design, sad processor.

    Let’s hope prices are reasonable

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    Posted by xaueious | May 10, 2010, 3:03 pm
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  24. doesnt it have the same processor as the milestone??

    why is everyone complaining?

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    Posted by Jr Bishop | May 10, 2010, 3:20 pm
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  25. no, not the same processors
    hero (Qualcomm MSM7200A)@528mhz
    legend (Qualcomm MSM7227)@600mhz
    milestone (Arm Cortex A8)@500-600mhz

    although i listed the mhz, its tough to compare unlike processor types

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    Posted by P | May 10, 2010, 4:53 pm
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  26. Wouldn’t they consider the HTC Incredible instead of the Legend?

    Keep your customers two steps behind the technology, Bell.

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    Posted by DLite | May 10, 2010, 6:22 pm
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  27. Nice phone, but small screen size!

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    Posted by Hyder A. | May 10, 2010, 6:37 pm
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  28. if anyone’s actually seen any vids online showcasing the legend in action you would realize that it is quite snappy and hardly lags. The Xperia on the other hand has better specs but on the software side its really buggy/laggy. SE has always had issues with their software even if their hardware was top notch. The Legend is a good combination of software and hardware for those who do not demand the power of snapdragon and hi-res screens. Its an android phone for the average joe with amazing build quality.

    With that said anything over $99 on a 3-yr contract would make it a really useless deal.

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    Posted by Xperienc3 | May 12, 2010, 9:43 pm
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  29. Just updated the Hero to 2.1 today,….combinaion of 2.1 , “sense”, and wickedly improved speed blows any snapdragon without “sense” out of the water.

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    Posted by Pat | May 15, 2010, 7:18 pm
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