HTC Flyer

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 66 expert reviews

Excellent:

6
Good:

30
Average:

18
Bad:

12

Pros:

Scribe Works Very Well.
Superb Browsing Experience.
Excellent Audio Quality.

Cons:

OS is Buggy.
Average Battery Life.

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Last revision on February 14, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Scribe Works Very Well
Superb Browsing Experience
Excellent Audio Quality
Great for Reading eBooks
Solid Build
Excellent construction quality
Pen works beautifully
SenseUI 3.0 is really slick
Great for watching videos and playing games
Write, draw, annotate and sign digital documents with the Magic Pen
Nice aluminium unibody
Battery life
Unique offering with HTC Scribe technology

Reviewers Didn't Like

OS is Buggy
Average Battery Life
Poor Camera
Expensive
Based on older Android 2.x platform
Many apps don't scale too well
A tad heavy
Poor WiFi detection
Not user friendly enough
Not particularly fast
Stylus is a frivolous gimmick
Fragile/fiddly rear cover
Sluggish at times
Can't make phone calls
No HMDI

Expert reviews and ratings

HTC What is it? A strikingly designed Android tablet with 7-inch screen and neat, tactile casing. It's made by HTC so it has great Android modding. What's great The Flyer has a special stylus so you can make notes and annotate photos, documents...

By tech.uk.msn.com on December 20, 2011

Expert Review MRP: Rs 40,000Street Price (As On 18-Nov-2011): Rs 24,000 ()After introducing several noteworthy products in the smartphone arena, HTC has now entered the enticing tablet market. Bringing in the new tablet-oriented , and coupled with a...

By TechTree on November 18, 2011

The Flyer is a solid tablet, but professionals shouldn't confuse it with a serious business tool....

By GadgetReview on November 01, 2011

The HTC Flyer is a 7-inch Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) powered tablet that features Scribe technology....

By PCWorld India on August 24, 2011

HTC has generally been on the forefront of technology when it comes to Android based devices. However, while other manufacturers are releasing tablets based on Google’s latest tablet-approved Honeycomb OS, HTC takes a step back with their new...

By tbreak.ae on August 08, 2011

The HTC Flyer is a superb-looking tablet with enough processing power to drive its multimedia functions. Its high price tag is more of an issue than its use of the older Android 2.3 OS, given that other aspects of this likable tablet are so advanced....

By PC Advisor on July 26, 2011

The Flyer is HTC's first venture into the tablet space and I had high hopes for this as it looked like a winner right from the start, well at least on paper. If I may quote Morpheus from the Matrix, "Everyone falls the first time" , this is exactly...

By Tech2 on July 23, 2011

An impressive tablet computer that's hampered by an older version of the operating system...

By Computeractive on July 21, 2011

The Flyer is a capable tablet that offers some nifty features but its stratospheric pricing makes it hard to justify over Honeycomb devices....

By ITP.net on July 12, 2011

The HTC Flyer seems to get confused when there are too many WiFi networks in the vicinity, and refuses to connect. The device refuses to connect even when you select one of the networks in the detected list. However, it works well when there is a...

By thestar.com.my on July 04, 2011

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