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HTC Wildfire E Plus review: HTC budget revival.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2020·$140
Overall
58/100
Class rank
#1 of 2
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

HTC's last consumer entry.

Wildfire E Plus was HTC's last mainstream budget — Helio A22 and 4 Ah for $140 before the brand effectively went dormant.

01Display

60/100

60/100 trails the 62-point cohort average for budget phones of 2020.

TypeIPS LCD
Size6.0"
Resolution1440 x 720

02Performance

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

ChipsetHelio A22
RAM3 GB
Storage32 GB

03Camera

56/100

56/100 trails the 58-point cohort average for budget phones of 2020.

Main13 MP
Depth2 MP
Macro2 MP
Front5 MP

04Battery

72/100

72/100 trails the 76-point cohort average for budget phones of 2020.

Capacity4,000 mAh
Charging5 W

05Software

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

What works
  • HTC nostalgia revival.
  • 4,000 mAh.
  • Triple cam at $140.
  • Cheap.
What doesn't
  • Helio A22 painful.
  • HD+ only.
  • 5 W charging.
  • HTC barely supported.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 2-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .