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HTC Radar reportedly coming to Videotron this Spring

By on January 30, 2012 at 4:16pm in Mobile News, Vidéotron News


The rebirth of Windows Phone devices in Canada is upon us. Finally after a 14 month hiatus we’ll soon be seeing a few Nokia handsets (Lumia 710 and 800), plus if the latest report is correct, the HTC Radar will be coming to Videotron. According to La Presse the Quebec-based carrier will start selling the Windows Phone Mango device sometime in “early spring”. No firm details on pricing, but it might come in around the $100 contract price point. In addition, since this is an AWS device, it’s also very likely that WIND Mobile and Mobilicity will end up launching this device too.

Specs of the Radar have it coming with a 3.8-inch display (480 x 800), 1GHz processor, 5MP camera that shoots 720p HD videos, VGA front-facing camera, 8GB of storage and 512MB of RAM, 11mm thin with a weight of 137 grams.

Source: La Presse
(Thanks PC!)

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Discussion

16 comments for “HTC Radar reportedly coming to Videotron this Spring”

  1. Nice to see Videotron getting a Windows Phone even though it will probably not get them that more clients….its La Presse not La Press (but who cares really. Good News for everyone more choices in the OS sector.

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    Posted by Blaise | January 30, 2012, 4:22 pm
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    • C’est une bonne option comparé au HTC Snap/Dash/Maple sorti auparavant. Par contre, je ne veux pas Vidéotron. WIND offre un meilleur prix. Oui, je sais, ils ne sont pas au Québec hormis Gatineau…

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      Posted by Alex Perrier | January 30, 2012, 4:50 pm

  2. You’ve got to love the build of most HTC phones these days.

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    Posted by Adam | January 30, 2012, 4:39 pm
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    Posted by wewewi | January 30, 2012, 4:40 pm
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    • windows phone 7 is more efficient and doesn’t require extreamly fast chips to run the os compared to other os’s that are less effeicient and do not come with hardwear excelerated internet explorer 9.

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      Posted by swizzlerz | January 30, 2012, 7:26 pm

  4. agree it is a bit late for this phone to come out right now but at least it has a FFC hopefully they price it similar to the Nokia Lumia 710

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    Posted by Matches Malone | January 30, 2012, 4:44 pm
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  5. *joyful wolf howl*
    This or Nokia?
    i thought Nokia and WIND/Mobilicity/Vidéotron were BFFs! Are they?

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    Posted by Alex Perrier | January 30, 2012, 4:48 pm
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  6. I got this phone from T-Mobile and I use it on Mobilicity. It is absolutely wonderful, super responsive and great battery life. The most beautiful phone I have ever seen also (still haven’t seen the Lumina 900 ). Where are all the Android fanboys to tell me that it is not quadcore? The device performs faster than the latest dual core Androids under heavy load (tons of apps running simultaneously) and just as fast under normal load. It is better than the Lumina 710 in my opinion, but probably not better than Lumina 800 or 900.

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    Posted by Rogers CEO | January 30, 2012, 5:02 pm
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  7. 8GB not expandable is a joke

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    Posted by Montrealer | January 30, 2012, 5:26 pm
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    • Same goes for the iPhone. The do not let you put SD cards and only make you have 8/16/32/64 ( different models).

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      Posted by Dimitri | January 30, 2012, 6:16 pm

    • It’s not bad for a midrange phone. Microsoft is banking that customers will use the 25 GB SkyDrive cloud storage, which is all right for multimedia. However, this needs a proper Internet plan or frequent Wi-Fi access. With Vidéotron, Internet usage costs a lot, though. They’re basically a Québec-wide provider with so-so prices.

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      Posted by Alex Perrier | January 30, 2012, 8:04 pm

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    Posted by kad | January 30, 2012, 8:35 pm
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  9. Anyone wanna guess the price?

    My (completely off-the-wall) guess is $400 off contract for (routinely overpriced) Videotron, $325 for Wind, and $300 for Mobilicity (if they get it).

    With a price-drop after 3 months to compete with the Lumia 710 that MAY have AWS bands.

    I would choose this over the Lumia 710 ONLY if internet sharing doesn’t appear on the Lumia. If it does, then it’s the Lumia 710 over this any day.

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    Posted by Big Ang | January 31, 2012, 1:20 am
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  10. This is a very bad choice Videotron!
    If you’re that late in the Windows Phone game, at least offer one with the latest hardware. Considering the Lumia 710 extreme low price at Rogers, there are very few reason to join your network.
    I don’t know who took this decision but it’s shameful.

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    Posted by TheCyberKnight | January 31, 2012, 8:02 am
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    • Nokia were asking WAY too much to carry the Lumia 900 and Vidéotron needs cashflow for the 700mHz auction later this year.

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      Posted by Me | January 31, 2012, 10:38 am

  11. I am a Videotron sibrcsuber for Internet and digital TV. I have 2 services. Not 3. So I’d be paying the extra $10?Yes. Counting the number of Emails sounds rediculous. I get around 40 Emails a day [my Videotron Email is also sent to my BlackBerry.Everything in the unlimited is great if you are in Quebec and calling someone from quebec. After that, probably not.Interesting that there are contracts considering Videotron did away with contracts for the Internet.

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    Posted by Eli | February 23, 2012, 7:40 am
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