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HTC 7 Mozart Hands-on preview

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Finally here’s the HTC 7 Mozart Windows Phone 7 device unveiled today. The Mozart is the first WP7 HTC device we saw in the wild a little while ago and frankly I found it a bit ugly based on the pictures leaked. The device has an uni-body aluminium chassis and feels really solid in the hand compared to the other devices presented today. The main differentiating feature of the handset is the 8Mp camera coupled with a Xenon flash. It can easily be mistaken for an HTC 7 Trophy if you don’t take a closer look at it. The is just a hair smaller, 3.7″ but uses a similar SLCD panel. Performance was identical to all the other devices and frankly this is pretty awesome. It’s now up to you to choose between an Super-AMOLED screen (Samsung Omnia 7), 8Mp camera and Xenon flash (HTC 7 Mozart), gigantic screen (HTC HD7), lighter device (HTC 7 Trophy) or great software integration (LG Optimus 7). Short video after the break:

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