| HTC Wildfire SS/Marvel | |
| Slogan: | Live it. Love it. Share it.[1] |
| Manufacturer: | HTC Corporation |
| Type: | Smartphone |
| Carrier: | 3, Meteor, eMobile, Vodafone, Tesco Mobile, Orange, O2, Bell Canada, T-Mobile US, Virgin Mobile USA, MetroPCS, Telstra |
| Available: | 15 February 2011 |
| Price: | [2] |
| Screen: | 3.2" 65,536 color TFT LCD HVGA (320 × 480) at 180 pixels per inch. |
| Camera: | 5 Mpix, autofocus, LED flash, geotagging |
| Os: | Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread (upgradable to 2.3.5) with HTC Sense 2.1. Non-official CyanogenMod ports of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.1 Jelly Bean, and 4.4.2 KitKat exist. |
| Input: | Multi-touch Capacitive touch screen. 3-axis accelerometer A-GPS Proximity sensor Light sensor Digital compass |
| Cpu: | Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz, ARMv6 architecture |
| Gpu: | Adreno 200[3] |
| Memory: | 512 MB RAM |
| Memory Card: | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Storage: | 512 MB (150 MB available) |
| Networks: |
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| Battery: | Li-ion 1230 mAh |
| Head: | 1.15 W/kg(Measured in:850 MHz) |
| Body: | 1.13 W/kg(Measured in:850 MHz) |
| Size: | 101.3 × 59.4 × 12.4 mm 3.99 × 2.34 × 0.49 in |
| Weight: | 105g |
| Form: | Slate smartphone |
| Predecessor: | HTC Wildfire |
| Successor: | HTC Explorer, HTC Desire C |
| Other: | Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Microsoft Exchange, Google Maps turn-by-turn navigation |
| Status: | Discontinued |
The HTC Wildfire S is a smartphone developed by the HTC Corporation. The model was announced on 15 February 2011 at the Mobile World Congress[4] and released in Europe three months later.
On 14 August 2019, it was announced that the "HTC Wildfire" name had been licensed for use on the HTC Wildfire X a phone manufactured by a third-party company and intended for the Indian market.[5]
HTC Wildfire S is considered to be an update of 2010's HTC Wildfire, having a newer, 600 MHz processor by Qualcomm, support for the faster Bluetooth 3.0 specification, and a screen with double the resolution (HVGA, updated from QVGA).
The Wildfire S includes a TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen and a 5-megapixel camera.[1]
Unlike its predecessor, the Wildfire S has no trackball or trackpad.
The device runs on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread,[6] and comes with an upgrade to HTC's Sense UI.
However, by rooting, the user is able to install CyanogenMod versions of Android 4.0,[7] 4.1 and even 4.4.
In the United Kingdom, the Wildfire S was available from several carriers, including 3 (Hutchison 3G), Vodafone, Orange, Tesco Mobile, T-Mobile and O2.
In the United States, it was available through carriers US Cellular, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA[8] and MetroPCS;[9] in Canada through Bell Canada and Virgin Mobile Canada; in Australia through Telstra; in New Zealand through Telecom New Zealand; and in India it was available in open market.
In Ireland, it was available through networks Meteor, eMobile, Vodafone, O2, 3 (Hutchison 3G), and Tesco Mobile.
In Bulgaria, it was available through networks Mobiltel, GLOBUL and Vivacom.
In Pakistan, it was available throughout in market and uses networks are Telenor, Ufone, Jazz and Zong.