HTC ChaCha (2011)

Great value for money – The Cha Cha is available now for $120 unlocked and at that price it's terrific. I have had zero problems with it using it as a backup phone for talk'n'text and occasional FB integration. It's perfect to use overseas with a local SIM card while My Australian phone is set for international roaming. Ideal first phone for teenagers who tend to break big touchscreen phones that they keep in their pockets/stuffed in their waistbands etc. Value for money, manual keyboard which IMHO is easier than any touchscreen, cool design.

HTC cha cha – the cha cha is a good basic phone, it is not really meant for those users who want to do everything that the NEW phones are meant to be able to do but it does some of it, as long as you keep it down to one thing at a time, I constantly am restarting my cha cha because it has issues... I have had my phone since January and it's now July, and I have to send it back for a warranty repair because the charging port is broken, the internal memory is low and the screen is small, although it is a good phone for those of you who only want a phone that can keep up with technology but won't really use all that technology. it's able to do more than the old phones , at least it tries to do good. it's just not good enough

Sad it doesn work well cos i loved the phone's features – In 4 months the touch sensitivity started giving me issues. At 6 months it stopped working completely. Internal memory is horrible. you constantly get notifications that the memory is low and you cant help it much. poor battery life so you need to turn of syncing and even with syncing turned off the battery lasts less than a day. Design, features, android OS, qwerty keypad with touch screen a rare feature on monoblock phones Battery life, touch screen sensitivity, internal memory

HTC Cha Cha: the dance partner with 2 left feet – I was so looking forward to this handset as I've been a long-time fan of HTC smartphones. Whilst there are many admirable features to the Cha Cha, there are far more faults that will make you regret buying it outright (as I do). Like I said, the design is beautiful - light yet tough build and quality too. I've dropped it 3 times and not a scratch occurred. The QWERTY keyboard is a dream. The screen is small yet mesmerising and I couldn't rave more about HTC Sense.

I've had it 2 months and have already threatened throwing it. The constant freezes. It never updates or syncs any account you link it to and that it's a Facebook specialised handset means nothing. Don't even think about uploading/updating/syncing anything to Facebook - it won't happen.

My biggest issue with the Cha Cha is the 512MB internal storage. Whilst most of your applications can be saved onto an external microSD card, most goodies will not function properly. This means you can have a maximum of maybe 2 downloaded basic applications without it screaming at you to that it's internal memory is low. When you reach this stage - you won't be able to text, take pictures, look at your media gallery or much else.

Moral of the story: don't do it to yourself. Settle down with a nice Samsung Galaxy SII (aka the best phone in the universe) and cherish your full head of hair while you still have it.

And don't be tempted just because it may come free with your plan - it really is too good to be true. Great sized QWERTY keyboard. Beautiful screen. Great design and build quality. HTC Sense speaks for itself. Minimal internal storage (512MB) means minimal application (and general phone) functionality. Constant freezes. Nothing ever syncs or updates - ever.