Design

When I first saw the Arrive, it immediately reminded me of HTC's other offering on Sprint, the . Both phones sport 3.6-inch capacitive displays and are roughly the same dimensions (4.63-by-2.32 -by-0.61 inches). The Arrive, however, is slightly heavier at 6.49 ounces.

The Arrive feels a little chunky in your hand and you will definitely feel it in your pocket while walking around. That is because, like the Shift, the Arrive features a slide-out full-QWERTY keyboard for when you don't want to touch type on the screen. The keyboard was easy enough to type on, but I wish that certain keys (like the spacebar) were a tad bigger.

When you slide the keyboard out, a small spring pops your screen up for a better angle. While this is a nice touch, I found the spring to be a little on the flimsy side. To close the keyboard, you have to press down on the screen then slide it back. The entire process is awkward and definitely takes some getting used to.

The phone has a very streamlined design. The power button up top is flush with the rest of the phone and the rounded corners help it sit nicely in your hand during a call. The front of the Arrive has the standard Back, Menu, and Search buttons found on all Windows Phone 7 phones while the back sports a 5-megapixel camera with flash (more on that later).