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HTC Wildfire S for Virgin Mobile (photos)

The HTC Wildfire S is now available for Virgin Mobile. It's a tiny little Android 2.3 smartphone that's available for a rather affordable price. Check out our closer hands-on look at it here.

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HTC Wildfire S

The HTC Wildfire S for Virgin Mobile is very similar to the T-Mobile version that we reviewed a few months ago. It has a very tiny footprint and fits easily in small hands. It only has a 3.2-inch display.
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Wildfire S Camera

The HTC Wildfire S has a 5-megapixel camera on the back. The overall build quality is solid, and it's clearly well designed.
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Slim side

The HTC Wildfire S is quite slim as well, at around 0.49-inch thick. On the side here is a volume rocker along with a microUSB port.
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Tiny keyboard

You might find typing on the small virtual keyboard a little difficult.
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HTC Sense

The HTC Wildfire S ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread along with the HTC Sense user interface.
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HTC Wildfire S Top

The HTC Wildfire S has a 3.5mm headset jack and power button on the top.

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