HTC 살사 리뷰 (동영상) - HTC Salsa

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The Salsa is definitely the less interesting of the two HTC Facebook handsets, conforming largely to the default slab layout that most smartphones adopt these days. It does, however, have HTC's trademark 'kink' (or chin) at the bottom, to add a touch of personality.

Despite not being a top end device, the Salsa still features a delicious metal body, in a silvery-purple hue. The kinked chin, though, is made from plastic, which can give off the odd creak, but overall the build quality is pretty good. Soft touch panels adorn the back at the top and bottom, and are in a darker purple color, with a two-tone color scheme splitting the upper panel in half.

As you'd expect, the front of the Salsa is dominated by the 3.4-inch LCD touchscreen display, which has a 480 x 320 pixel resolution (HVGA) much like last year's HTC Legend smartphone. Above this is the earpiece, complete with a built-in notification LED, whilst in the top of the screen's black bezel are a forward facing VGA camera, proximity sensor, and ambient light sensor.

Below the display are four touch-sensitive keys for the usual Android home, menu, back, and search functions, and below the back key is the all important Facebook button, which I'll talk more about later. Around back you'll find the camera lens and LED flash, as well as the loudspeaker grille in the upper panel. The lower panel can be removed to access the battery, SIM card, and microSD card. The Salsa can accept cards up to 32GB in capacity, which is lucky, as there is only 512MB of internal memory built-in.

The power button sits atop the handset next to the 3.5mm headphone port, and the microphone pinhole can be found on the bottom. Charging and data requirements are handled by the micro-USB port on the left side, above which you'll find the volume rocker. A neat addition to the Salsa is the two-stage camera shutter button on its right side, which can also be long-pressed to quickly open the camera application.




The HTC Salsa measures in at 109.1 x 58.9 x 12.3mm (4.3 x 2.32 x .48in) and weighs 120g (4.23oz), making it notably smaller and lighter than its more powerful siblings. Overall, the hardware felt pretty nice to hold and use, but the screen's HVGA resolution now seems like a blast from the past, and also looks more washed-out than the LCD displays in HTC's top-drawer handsets. This taints the Salsa's user experience slightly, though isn't a total deal-breaker, as everything is still usable regardless.