HTC Explorer

<h2 id="features">Features</h2>

<h3>Software</h3>
<p>HTC Explorer is considered a low-end smartphone, due to its comparatively low specifications. It offered Android 2.3 <a href="/facts/Android_Gingerbread/FEr1BtXd">Gingerbread</a>, with proprietary HTC Sense 3.5 custom graphical user interface by the manufacturer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The Explorer has an unlockable <a href="/facts/Bootloader/6sNpcLMK">bootloader</a>, allowing users from the outset to further develop the OS and "<a href="/facts/Android_rooting/xbHXTjzA">root</a>" the device, or gain legitimate privileged control in Android's subsystem. Software-development community XDA-Developers was among the first to release a custom ROM and kernel for the phone, and since then the phone can unofficially be upgraded to <a href="/facts/Android_version_history/YJ4PXAgS">newer versions</a> of the Android OS family and other aftermarket versions. HTC Explorer has achieved unofficial stable builds of CyanogenMod 10.2 (Android 4.3) and CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4), and a boot-able version of <a href="/facts/Firefox_OS/pBLG4suy">Firefox OS</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h3>Hardware</h3>

<p>The Explorer has a plastic chassis that is 4.05 in (102.8 mm) long, 2.25 in (57.2 mm) wide, and 0.51 in (12.9 mm) thick, and weighs 3.81 (108 g). The screen is a 3.2-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen, supporting 256K colors and around 180 pixel-per-inch density. The device features a 600 MHz Cortex-A5 single-core central processing unit (CPU) and a single-core Adreno 200 graphics processing unit (GPU), in conjunction with an accelerometer and proximity sensor. Other features include a microphone, GPS, and 3.15-megapixel rear camera. HTC Explorer has 512MB Ram and removable Li-ion 1230 mAh  battery. The Phone was announced in September 2011 and released in October 2011. The rear of the Explorer features a patterned plastic surface with a rubbery, leathery texture to help users to grip and hold the device, with an additional plate of brushed metal at the center of the rear cover.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_HTC_devices/C7p4WDxx">Comparison of HTC devices</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_smartphones/TVsgoCE7">Comparison of smartphones</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.htc.com">www.htc.com</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>GSMArena. "HTC Explorer- Full phone specifications". GSMArena. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2013. <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_explorer-4102.php" target="_blank">http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_explorer-4102.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>GSMArena. "HTC Explorer- Full phone specifications". GSMArena. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2013. <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_explorer-4102.php" target="_blank">http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_explorer-4102.php</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>XDA Developers. "HTC Pico (Explorer) - XDA Developers". XDA Developers. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013. <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1750" target="_blank">http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1750</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>GSMArena. "HTC Explorer- Full phone specifications". GSMArena. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2013. <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_explorer-4102.php" target="_blank">http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_explorer-4102.php</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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HTC Explorer