 Hi, this is Labdiverge and I'm here with the HTC's latest Windows phone, the 4.7-inch Titan. HTC is well known for its proclivity toward flamboyant product names, but in the case of the Titan, the name is more descriptive than aspirational. This truly is a massive smartphone. Not that I'm complaining, most of this phone's physical footprint is taken up by the bright and beautiful Super LCD display. HTC has trimmed the bezel around the screen to a minimum and a single piece aluminum frame wraps around the sides and back, keeping the device's thickness just below a centimeter. The Titan weighs 160 grams, but it doesn't feel that heavy. The weight is well distributed across the body. The combination of a relatively slender case and a large Super LCD dominating the front lends the Titan a very slick, futuristic appearance. The last time I was so impressed by a large screen handset was when HTC introduced the HD2 running Windows Mobile 6.5. Much like the Titan, it was a device breaking into a new form factor at 4.3 inches and had almost no bezel around the display. Another similarity, albeit a less happy one, between the HD2 and the Titan is in screen resolution. The new 4.7 inch device matches its predecessor by offering only WVGA, or 800 by 480 resolution. That means you see exactly as much content on the Titan as you would on the 3.7 inch radar, HTC's other member of this new Windows Phone lineup. The tiles that make up Microsoft's Windows Phone interface appear comically large on the Titan and you can't have the feeling that the larger screen size is going to waste without a commensurate increase in resolution, which is a shame since the Titan's Super LCD display is truly gorgeous to look at and offers outstanding viewing angles. The Titan comes pre-loaded with the Mango update to Windows Phone, which is branded with the number 7.5 but in real terms is closer to version 2.0, following the original Windows Phone 7 release last year which rebooted Microsoft's mobile OS efforts and started from scratch. It adds a new visual multitasking overview, mobile hotspot functionality, full Twitter integration, threaded email support, messaging threads and a number of enhancements to the built-in Bing search engine. Although it runs a faster and newer 1.5GHz processor, the Titan isn't noticeably quicker in operation than HTC's trophy from last year. This is because Windows Phone's interface has been extremely responsive from the start, leaving the benefits of the Titan's upgraded processor to be felt elsewhere. One such area is in battery life. The new MSM8255 Snapdragon is much more efficient than the previous generation and allows the Titan to last for a full 24 hours between recharges. The Titan is an impressively well-built, handsome device with a gorgeous screen that could do with adding a few more pixels. The user experience is indistinguishable from other Windows Phones running the Mango update, so your list of alternatives isn't short. You can try out the radar if you're after more compact dimensions, or consider Samsung's upcoming Focus S and Focus Flash handsets. They along with the Titan will be coming to AT&T in the fourth quarter of this year. For an Android alternative, check out HTC's Sensation XL. It has the exact same spec sheet as the Titan, just adds a little more RAM, and runs HTC's latest Sense 3.5 on top of Android 2.3.
 Hi, this is Labdiverge and I'm here with the HTC's latest Windows phone, the 4.7-inch Titan.
 HTC is well known for its proclivity toward flamboyant product names, but in the case
 of the Titan, the name is more descriptive than aspirational.
 This truly is a massive smartphone.
 Not that I'm complaining, most of this phone's physical footprint is taken up by the bright
 and beautiful Super LCD display.
 HTC has trimmed the bezel around the screen to a minimum and a single piece aluminum frame
 wraps around the sides and back, keeping the device's thickness just below a centimeter.
 The Titan weighs 160 grams, but it doesn't feel that heavy.
 The weight is well distributed across the body.
 The combination of a relatively slender case and a large Super LCD dominating the front
 lends the Titan a very slick, futuristic appearance.
 The last time I was so impressed by a large screen handset was when HTC introduced the
 HD2 running Windows Mobile 6.5.
 Much like the Titan, it was a device breaking into a new form factor at 4.3 inches and had
 almost no bezel around the display.
 Another similarity, albeit a less happy one, between the HD2 and the Titan is in screen
 resolution.
 The new 4.7 inch device matches its predecessor by offering only WVGA, or 800 by 480 resolution.
 That means you see exactly as much content on the Titan as you would on the 3.7 inch
 radar, HTC's other member of this new Windows Phone lineup.
 The tiles that make up Microsoft's Windows Phone interface appear comically large on the
 Titan and you can't have the feeling that the larger screen size is going to waste without
 a commensurate increase in resolution, which is a shame since the Titan's Super LCD display
 is truly gorgeous to look at and offers outstanding viewing angles.
 The Titan comes pre-loaded with the Mango update to Windows Phone, which is branded
 with the number 7.5 but in real terms is closer to version 2.0, following the original Windows
 Phone 7 release last year which rebooted Microsoft's mobile OS efforts and started from scratch.
 It adds a new visual multitasking overview, mobile hotspot functionality, full Twitter
 integration, threaded email support, messaging threads and a number of enhancements to the
 built-in Bing search engine.
 Although it runs a faster and newer 1.5GHz processor, the Titan isn't noticeably quicker
 in operation than HTC's trophy from last year.
 This is because Windows Phone's interface has been extremely responsive from the start,
 leaving the benefits of the Titan's upgraded processor to be felt elsewhere.
 One such area is in battery life.
 The new MSM8255 Snapdragon is much more efficient than the previous generation and allows the
 Titan to last for a full 24 hours between recharges.
 The Titan is an impressively well-built, handsome device with a gorgeous screen that could do
 with adding a few more pixels.
 The user experience is indistinguishable from other Windows Phones running the Mango update,
 so your list of alternatives isn't short.
 You can try out the radar if you're after more compact dimensions, or consider Samsung's
 upcoming Focus S and Focus Flash handsets.
 They along with the Titan will be coming to AT&T in the fourth quarter of this year.
 For an Android alternative, check out HTC's Sensation XL.
 It has the exact same spec sheet as the Titan, just adds a little more RAM, and runs HTC's
 latest Sense 3.5 on top of Android 2.3.