News & Reviews:   HTC Explorer specs

The HTC Explorer is so named not because it's a phone for Bear Grylls-style adventurers, but because it's for people exploring the world of smart phones for the first time. It's the cheapest smart phone in the HTC range, sitting below the Wildfire S, and it's been purposefully designed to be easy to use. We tried the phone out to see how easy it is to go exploring. 

HTC Explorer: Design

The phone has a rugged-feeling rubberised texture on the back. It's also very small, slotting neatly into a pocket. That does mean the screen is pretty small though, measuring 3.2-inches across, about the size of a credit card; such a diminutive display isn't great for surfing the Internet.

The HTC Explorer will be available in black or dark blue, but you can swap covers and make it purple, orange or white.