HTC didn’t bother to announce this when it said the Wildfire would be coming to some regional American carriers in the fourth quarter, but it turns out Alltel — the tiny bits left of it in the wake of the Verizon acquisition, that is — is one of those carriers, and Android Central put aside a little time to check it out. Build quality is said to be reasonable (as you’d expect from an HTC device) albeit a bit on the plasticky side, the camera’s decent, and the load of Android 2.1 is refereshingly close to stock — but the deal-breaker is that ridiculously low-res QVGA display, something we took issue with in our look at the GSM Wildfire earlier this year as well (this CDMA version is the phone rumored as the Bee , by the way). All told, not bad for $30… but when you consider that the HVGA LG Optimus T is hitting T-Mobile for the same price , HTC might have to do better than this in the low-end war. [Thanks, Delon H.] HTC Wildfire reviewed in CDMA-packing, Alltel-branded guise originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink