HTC Bolt
Specifications
Secondary Camera: 8 MPix
Price comparison
Average of 5 scores (from 10 reviews)
Reviews for the HTC Bolt
Source: Tom's Guide Archive.org version
The Bolt is a maddening phone. It has fantastic highs, including amazing audio and a slick, but sturdy, water-resistant aluminum body. But subpar battery life and dated specs mean that while the Bolt might have strong network speeds, it's not any faster than flagships from Samsung, Google, LG and others.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/30/2016
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Phone Arena Archive.org version
The HTC Bolt is a well-intending smartphone that arrives hampered by more than a few problems. The handset design is quite nice, and it's great to see HTC keep its classy metal look while upgrading water-resistance. We like the display, the included headphones sound really good (after calibration), and data storage isn't a problem. And while the camera isn't really spectacular, it's not a mess, either, and is capable of generating some decent images.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/23/2016
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Android Central Archive.org version
In the HTC Bolt you get a stylish smartphone and a solid performer with the latest software. But with its aging spec offerings and a couple odd decisions, it costs just a little too much to consider adopting "Sprint's fastest smartphone ever."
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/18/2016
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
For $600, the HTC Bolt has an attractive metal build, high-fidelity audio, and recent Android software. But the headphone hoopla is a bummer, as is the dated processor and the bloatware. If you're willing to pay $170 more, the Editors' Choice Google Pixel XL has a more powerful processor, no carrier bloatware, and 24/7 live support. If you're more comfortable staying in the $600 range, the HTC 10 is also and Editors' Choice and will still get you a more powerful processor, as well as a headphone jack with a 1-volt amp, sparing you from the brave new world of proprietary dongles.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/16/2016
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
For $600, the HTC Bolt has an attractive metal build, high-fidelity audio, and recent Android software. But the headphone hoopla is a bummer, as is the dated processor and the bloatware. If you're willing to pay $170 more, the Editors' Choice Google Pixel XL has a more powerful processor, no carrier bloatware, and 24/7 live support. If you're more comfortable staying in the $600 range, the HTC 10 is also and Editors' Choice and will still get you a more powerful processor, as well as a headphone jack with a 1-volt amp, sparing you from the brave new world of proprietary dongles.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/15/2016
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: GSM Arena Archive.org version
Our initial impressions of the camera are good, but we haven't tested low-light performance on it, so we'll reserve our final judgment on the image quality until then (there's also the lack of video stabilization in 1080p non-Hi-Res audio mode). But with the Bolt's outdated CPU and gobs of pre-loaded bloatware, this HTC-Sprint exclusive phone may have a hard time luring in customers from other carriers, especially with a price of $599.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/11/2016
Source: Digital Trends Archive.org version
No. The HTC Bolt is priced far too high for the experience it ultimately delivers. There are better options at slightly higher price points, and even better options at far lower prices. Unless you live in a market where Sprint’s deployed LTE Plus or have a hankering for “sonic” audio, you’d be better off spending your $600 elsewhere.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/10/2016
Rating: Total score: 40%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Smartphone e tablet android IT→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/28/2016
Rating: performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 70%
Source: Giz Blog IT→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Good cameras; metal case; solid workmanship; support waterproof; fast charge. Negative: No headphone jack.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/07/2016
Source: Teknolojioku TR→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Nice screen; good display; decent hardware; good cameras; support waterproof and dust avoiding.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/11/2016
Comment
Qualcomm Adreno 430: Integrated smartphone and tablet GPU that supports OpenGL ES 3.1 and DirectX 11.2 (FL 11_1). The graphics card has 192 unified shaders clocked at up to 650 MHz.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
810 MSM8994:
High-end ARM SoC with 8 CPU cores (4x Cortex-A57 and 4x Cortex-A53) and an Adreno 430 GPU. Manufactured in a 20 nm HPM process.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.5.50":
It is a very small display format for smartphones. You should by no means be mis-sighted and you will generally see very little on the screen and only have a small resolution available. In return, the device should be very small and handy.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.HTC:
High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of cell phones, tablets and other electronic products.
58%: Such a poor rating is rare. There are only a few notebooks that were rated even worse. The rating websites do not give a purchase recommendation here.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.