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The editors liked
Responsive
Excellent screen
User-friendly user interface
Powerful
Flexible spec plus great value
Fine screen
Water resistant
Fast and capable cameras - on both sides
Good screen
Very solid performance
The HTC Desire’s super-speedy Snapdragon 1GHz processor makes flying around Android 2.1 lightning fast
While the latest edition of HTC Sense – HTC’s own Android user interface – is as pretty as ever. You don’t have to spend hours searching the Android Market for pretty widgets to customise your home screen
Because great versions of most of the ones you’ll want are already included. Social netwo
Gorgeous screen
Slim chassis
Fast processor
Good quality 5MP camera
Speedy internet browser
Flash video support
Pluses
Classy
Elegant and relatively compact given the large screen
Powerful enough to not slow down
Android 2.1 and Sense work wonderfully together
Extra resolution makes surfing and watching videos great
For HTC Desire
Lightning quick with a flawless touchscreen
Intuitive and customisable user interface and topclass internet and social networking functionality.
Bright highresolution 3.7in screen
Works brilliantly for email
Web surfing
Good onscreen keyboard
Maps
Android Martketplace
Fivemegapixel digital camera
Flash and other bells and whistles integrated perfectly
Large and responsive AMOLED screen
Android 2.1 plus HTC Sense
Microsoft Exchange support
Great web-browsing experience
HTC Sense
Glorious AMOLED screen
Solid build quality
Fantastic screen
Android
Fast Web browser
With Flash support
Integrates your contacts across social networks
HTC Sense user interface makes Android better-looking and adds handy features
Big
High-res touchscreen
Great virtual keyboard
The editors didn't like
On-screen keys frustrating
Relatively high SIM-free price
Rating
Sound is a little reined-in
Screen's great
But can be bettered
A bit large and boxy
Not quite as snazzy as an HTC One M8
Android handsets aren't known for their cameras. The Desire's h5-megapixel cam comes with an LED flash
Digital zoom and autofocus. It can compete with the best Android cameras seen so far
But not with the top cameraphones on the market. The SIM and microSD slots are blocked by the battery
Which is kept behind the full-length plastic battery cover. This makes hot swapping of memory cards imposs
Bluetooth battery stutters
Battery life suspect out the box
Can't delete whole inboxes in POP3 messaging
Minuses
This phone deserves so much better than the mediocre handsfree kit
Still no support for Flash
For HTC Desire
Large
Less useful if you don't use social networking sites
Marketplace lacks a large volume of quality apps.
Battery life is still poor
Disappointing battery life
Screen can be hard to see in bright sunlight
Could be difficult to use onehanded
Battery life
Will be too big for some
Unexpected browser closing (likely a software issue)
When the Desire was announced in February, I was hoping that a US variant would follow. Fast forward seven months, and it's finally here, available on US Cellular beginning on August 27th for $199.99 after rebate. Though time has passed and new dev...
Abstract: Following in the footsteps of HTC's earlier Android offerings is no easy task. Both the Nexus One and HTC Legend are devices that have garnered rave reviews amongst critics, and the HTC Desire shares a great deal in common with its predecessors in the ...
The HTC Desire features a sleek design with a sharp and responsive touch screen. The 1GHz Snapdragon processor keeps things running smoothly, and call quality is good
No voice dialing over Bluetooth. Camera and camcorder quality are so-so
Sleek and fast, the HTC Desire is not only U.S. Cellular's best Android device but the carrier's best smartphone to date.
In terms of usability, it feels as though the HTC Desire phone knows what you want at all times. There are a lot of similarities with the G1 and this is certainly down to the Android OS. Team this with HTC’s excellent build quality and you have a worl...
Abstract: HTC really does change features and phone design rather seldom, at least from the perspective of someone who has been in contact with most of these models. Some may say that these phones are rendered monotonous or boring owing to that fact, but HTC see...
Beautiful Screen, Intuitive Multtouch Display, Android OS, 5MPCamera, Accelerometer, Expandable Memory (Take That Stupid Apple), Fully Integrated Social Networking,
Price
I have seen a number of phones in my time but the features that HTC has crammed into this one are very impressive. Android OS is picking up steam and for all of the anti Apple enthusiasts out there this is the perfect phone to wave in the face of their...
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Published: 2010-05-04, Author: Matt , review by: icrontic.com
So, is the Desire the right phone for you? If you’re looking for a GSM phone with very nearly the best hardware on the market in Europe, it probably is. As for us, we at Icrontic give it a sincere outstanding product badge. Congratulations, HTC, on ye...
Well, on the whole apart from its unreliable Bluetooth music playback and the low battery life, it works as the better phone to chat and entertain also with the fast browsing, what more a phone can feed you? The Sense UI, Leap View and Friend Stream fo...
