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Should I buy the desire or nexus one? or wait for something new?(dont know when that would be)
i kind of want to know how the optical trackball works...i am using the xperia which has an optical tackpad and its useless...would the trackball from nexus one be better or useless?
and D1 video...dont get the point of it
I'm willing to bet all of us here in the Desire forum section will tell you to get the Desire.
You're better off looking at all the reviews and make up your own mind.
See the following stickied thread for reviews!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652893
ohyeahar said:
I'm willing to bet all of us here in the Desire forum section will tell you to get the Desire.
You're better off looking at all the reviews and make up your own mind.
See the following stickied thread for reviews!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652893
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posted here because it would help me side with the desire
i really like the sense ui
numba1guju said:
posted here because it would help me side with the desire
i really like the sense ui
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i have both an x1 and desire. easily go for the desire
much better than x1 in every aspect.
maybe this ll help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=671363&highlight=recommend
I think the specs on the desire and the N1 are almost exactly the same, besides the noise cancelling, BT version and the RAM. But on the other hand, the desire needs a little bit more ram due to the sense UI.
I think sense ui is starting to get useless since android has got many sens ui-features already built in since 2.1
I don't know whether to swap desire for a nexus or not. Id love color notifications, it has charging points and also I keep getting crumbs between my keys lol
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I actually have both phones. Haven't had the Desire long enough for a full comparison, however, I would say that it depends on what you want out of your device.
If you want ultimate customisation with lots of different ROMs and hacks and stuff, flashing it all the time and playing with the latest stuff, and you are prepared to put up with the odd thing not working - if only for brief periods - then I would say the Nexus is better.
If you just want a device to work and to look good in the process, then the Desire is probably better, especially if running the absolute latest software is not something that is important for you.
They are so similar but:
Call quality is better on the Nexus marginally
I prefer the physical trackball to the optical one - I like the feel of it and the multi-coloured lights!
Sense is fantastic, but stock Android can do it all with a few apps. On my Desire I have far fewer apps installed as HTC provide so much
The Nexus is slightly lighter
I think the Desire looks sleeker and feels nicer in the hand, but that is just my opinion
The Desire doesn't come with a neoprene sleeve!
Feel free to ask if there is something specific you want to know.
Lol i have a desire and iphone 3gs, do you think I should sell iphone and buy a nexus?
Irony is,i had a nexus but sold because I was skint! Now I miss cynoagen roms etc
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I actually have both phones. Haven't had the Desire long enough for a full comparison, however, I would say that it depends on what you want out of your device.
If you want ultimate customisation with lots of different ROMs and hacks and stuff, flashing it all the time and playing with the latest stuff, and you are prepared to put up with the odd thing not working - if only for brief periods - then I would say the Nexus is better.
If you just want a device to work and to look good in the process, then the Desire is probably better, especially if running the absolute latest software is not something that is important for you.
They are so similar but:
Call quality is better on the Nexus marginally
I prefer the physical trackball to the optical one - I like the feel of it and the multi-coloured lights!
Sense is fantastic, but stock Android can do it all with a few apps. On my Desire I have far fewer apps installed as HTC provide so much
The Nexus is slightly lighter
I think the Desire looks sleeker and feels nicer in the hand, but that is just my opinion
The Desire doesn't come with a neoprene sleeve!
Feel free to ask if there is something specific you want to know.
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wow thanks for taking your time to write this up...i guess im going to research a little more...or just get both and try em out...whatever i dont like ill hand off to my little sister haha
all i really want is HTC to make a nexus one thin full qwerty slideout but thats a dream
i used to have a N1, first i have been very satisfied, but as i am not anymore in my mid 30 i had problems reading mails etc, as you can NOT change the font size on the N1.....I bought the Desire and it is perfect....change font size etc....great tool....just love it.
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all i really want is HTC to make a nexus one thin full qwerty slideout but thats a dream
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Motorola Driod/Milestone?
I'd go for the N1 (me and my gf have a desire) because of the faster updates and HTC crippled Android imo.
Im gonna sell my 3gs and get a nexus one.. keep both lol.
But i fancy nexus again because the colour trackball, cynoagen mods with cm updater, the kernel source is out which means you can use setcpu etc. full write access which we dont have on the desire yet.
And surely froyo will be easier to import on the nexus?
Oh and also you can install the recovery rom on flash!! which means you dont need a computer to flash roms.. well you didnt when i had one... i used to change roms at uni.. was so cool
The Jones said:
I actually have both phones. Haven't had the Desire long enough for a full comparison, however, I would say that it depends on what you want out of your device.
If you want ultimate customisation with lots of different ROMs and hacks and stuff, flashing it all the time and playing with the latest stuff, and you are prepared to put up with the odd thing not working - if only for brief periods - then I would say the Nexus is better.
If you just want a device to work and to look good in the process, then the Desire is probably better, especially if running the absolute latest software is not something that is important for you.
They are so similar but:
Call quality is better on the Nexus marginally
I prefer the physical trackball to the optical one - I like the feel of it and the multi-coloured lights!
Sense is fantastic, but stock Android can do it all with a few apps. On my Desire I have far fewer apps installed as HTC provide so much
The Nexus is slightly lighter
I think the Desire looks sleeker and feels nicer in the hand, but that is just my opinion
The Desire doesn't come with a neoprene sleeve!
Feel free to ask if there is something specific you want to know.
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Which one do you use as your main phone?
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Which one do you use as your main phone?
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I have had the Nexus One since the first batch shipped to the UK back in Feb I think it was. I have had the Desire for 5 days! I am currently using the Desire as my main device as a test and will do so for a minimum of 2 weeks.
I am evaluating it for my company as an alternative to the Nokia E62 and HTC Touch HD2.
Most reviews suggest that the physical buttons on the Desire are better than the capacitive "touch" buttons on the Nexus One.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
Most reviews suggest that the physical buttons on the Desire are better than the capacitive "touch" buttons on the Nexus One.
Regards,
Dave
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The physical buttons are nicer to use. The layout of the buttons on the N1 is better I think
numba1guju said:
Should I buy the desire or nexus one? or wait for something new?(dont know when that would be)
i kind of want to know how the optical trackball works...i am using the xperia which has an optical tackpad and its useless...would the trackball from nexus one be better or useless?
and D1 video...dont get the point of it
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Trackball is much better than optical trackpad. On the other hand, real buttons are much better than sensor buttons.
Other than that: Sense or not Sense? That is the question - if you don't do much ROM flashing and stuff that is (cause then the Nexus is better - and it will get the official Android 2.2 earlier).
I personally never use the trackpad. Why would you need to anyway?
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Only thing it is holding me back because it isn't popular phone so I might don't have much of support or any help for rooting, hardware issue or anything like that. I could just save $150 and go for HTC Desire, but I like 8mpx, front camera and the screen on HTC Incredible S. I like HTC Desire because it is quite popular and it has a lot of support, but Incredible S sounds and look much cooler.
Also excuse me for posting in wrong section, I couldn't find a correct section for general discussion of android phone (hardware).
EDIT: I posted this thread in both section Desire and Incredible S for unbiased opinion.
Two words. Incredible s. If you can wait get a sensation
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Incredible S defenietly has better specifications, but it indeed does not have the same customrom / supportuserbase on xda yet.
Like stated above, the Sensation will be out in 1-2months, and thats a great phone. If you cannot wait and want a new phone now, perhaps the Desire HD is a valid option also (Better than regular Desire, similar specs to Incredible, but awesome support/userbase here on XDA).
Blah id get the lg optimus 2x for that amount of cash (dual corez)
But if i had to choose incredible s (desire is booring)
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I got an Arc to wait for the Sensation with root, I am considering to sell it and get a Desire or DHD just because the Arc while it has root it doesn't have any custom rom!
I sold my 1 year used N1 for 330$ 2 weeks ago so I think selling a Desire or DHD in 2 months will be pretty the same, whereas the SE price droping fast and its lack of popularity will mean that I will sell it for even less than a Desire.
So if you can't live without custom roms more than 2 weeks...buy a good old Desire or DHD!
The Sensation will be out between the 8th and 15th June, add to that another month to find a root and the price to decrease
Well, guys, thanks for replying, but why would you ever mention Sensation? I have a budget and I couldn't shell out that much of money and what I heard, dual-core is a battery drainer plus I don't want 4.3" screen as it's too big for me. Even 4" is, that's why I was going for Desire which is 3.7" or something.
Can you put custom ROM on Incredible S?
^If you're that worried about budget and everything, you might want to look into the Nexus S, it runs better than any of these phones (except dual-core), has decent dev support, is factory-unlocked, and it's more pocket-able than 4.3" phones.
If you're absolutely tied between the Desire and the Incredible S, then go for the Incredible S because of significantly better specs, a newer version of Sense and WAY more onboard memory.
To be honest, the main reasons people here work on custom roms, is because we don't have Sense 2.0 on the Desire without an Ace rom (DHD), because of memory limitations (147MB on stock partition table, vs 1.1GB in Incredible S), to make it run faster, or to run MIUI or AOSP.
Sense is great, and with the Incredible S, your phone will run better than a Desire running sense ever would, so go with that!
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^If you're that worried about budget and everything, you might want to look into the Nexus S, it runs better than any of these phones (except dual-core), has decent dev support, is factory-unlocked, and it's more pocket-able than 4.3" phones.
If you're absolutely tied between the Desire and the Incredible S, then go for the Incredible S because of significantly better specs, a newer version of Sense and WAY more onboard memory.
To be honest, the main reasons people here work on custom roms, is because we don't have Sense 2.0 on the Desire without an Ace rom (DHD), because of memory limitations (147MB on stock partition table, vs 1.1GB in Incredible S), to make it run faster, or to run MIUI or AOSP.
Sense is great, and with the Incredible S, your phone will run better than a Desire running sense ever would, so go with that!
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I couldn't go for Google Nexus S because it doesn't have support in Moscow, Russia e.g if I have hardware failure or such, I couldn't take it to the support.
Sounds like I wouldn't need to change ROM on Incredible S but I would like to be able to root it to have full power on it. Is Android applications depended of which phone model do you have (I'm already aware it's depended of android version)?
Also, is dev support is that important? If it is, then I guess I should fall back down to HTC Desire.
Also, I'm pretty tired of this 5 minutes limit for editing/posting, when will it get removed?
If you are in desperate need of a new phone and you can afford something more expensive than Desire, I think you should get either Incredible S or Nexus S.
If you can wait and still afford the price when it comes to the market, I think Sensation would be the better option.
The good old Desire is still a good option to get. Despite of all its weaknesses due to being an old model with old specs, Desire is very cheap at this moment, especially the second handed one.
I had a Desire about a year ago, then moved to the Samsung Galaxy S.
But just today I bought a Desire for £200 brand new, I couldn't resist as it's just such a good phone!
Running AdamG's Oxygen ROM on it now, it's so awesome!
Oh well I just discovered the weather from Sense 3.0 has been ported to DHD in a 100% workingl rom, the Desire will follow shortly
I guess it boils down to price for you by the sounds of it. Also consider if you are big in to gaming and video as Incredible GPU is much better than Desire from what I can remember. Is the Incredible locked though, as in bootloader/ROM's? Also something to bear in mind.
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If you can I'd get a desire s sounds about right for you.
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Ill sell u my white htc desire good condition with 16gb class 10 card (13mb write 23mb read) and all manuals headphones usb charger. Unlocked running miui 1.4.29
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Hi All.
So my contract is up for renewal on monday and they have offered me a new phone if i stay with them another 12 months.
I currently have a DHD wich i love to bits, but is there a better htc model. they have offered me a desire sensation, or a desire s, but i have been reading up about the phones and none seem as good as the DHD.
And obviously iphones are a definate no no, although it would be good to get one and run it over in my van!!!!
Any suggestions??
jamie
Jamie.Desire.HD said:
Any suggestions??
jamie
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If you're talking about the HTC Sensation, thats the best choice you can make ... Dont know if a Desire Sensation exist... Think in a couple of days theres a way to permroot the Sensation, then you will have a lot of fun with that stuff
Samsung Galaxy S 2 is the smarttest choice, HTC Sensation is the second choice. Both are dual core
I would go for the sgs 2 as well. They have Cyanogenmod nightly builds which is the most important thing to me these days. Further down the list is the superb hardware.
Sent from my Cyanogenmod 7 phone.
Sure, the SGS is a nice one, but in my opinion it looks... simply cheap
I have the optimus 2x and it doesn't feel faster than the DHD. I believe later versions of android will utilize the second core better but until then you won't feel much difference.
To your question, the galaxy s series are very fast and with open bootloaders and everything, but the feel very cheap and plasticy when held ( imo ) I wouldn't buy them over the DHD or the sensation. On the other hand they do have cm7 support but many hardware drivers are missing so they don't work as good with cm as our DHDs do. I bet the Sensation will have a more operational cm built before the sgs II despite the head start. If you don't care about cm though or you don't mind/like the way the sgs II feels in your hand, it's the best you can buy.
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I have the optimus 2x and it doesn't feel faster than the DHD. I believe later versions of android will utilize the second core better but until then you won't feel much difference.
To your question, the galaxy s series are very fast and with open bootloaders and everything, but the feel very cheap and plasticy when held ( imo ) I wouldn't buy them over the DHD or the sensation. On the other hand they do have cm7 support but many hardware drivers are missing so they don't work as good with cm as our DHDs do. I bet the Sensation will have a more operational cm built before the sgs II despite the head start. If you don't care about cm though or you don't mind/like the way the sgs II feels in your hand, it's the best you can buy.
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i totally agree with you, i think if the Samsung was designed more "stylish" it may be my choice, but the Sensation is really more exclusive (?) ... excuse my Enlish, its not my favourite languige, but i try to do my best
Any suggestions??
jamie
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I would stay with the DHD and renew to sim only contract, saves you a lot of money.
Good luck with the choice!
don't brick a phone with a van, use a microwave.. ;-)
The Sensation now has s-off and able to install custom Roms. Think I saw the info on Android Police.
LeeDrOiD already has a custom rom for it. He supports all his roms well and has a high attention to detail.
I personally would have bought one and LeeDrOiD powered it, but it doesn't support 850mhz (edit: 3g) , which I really want now. ....... So a SGS2 on order.
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The Sensation now has s-off and able to install custom Roms. Think I saw the info on Android Police.
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Indeed, now it's only a matter of time before it gets cm and a plethora of custom sense roms.
Thanks for the info.
Wonder if the battery life is any good on those two phones.
i have got both sgs2 and dhd so since you have dhd u know its performance check out this video for sgs2 performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LNL56Aae08
sgs2 is a great device even better than dhd but i love the sense ui
Ive recently come from my Hd2 to my desire z and am quite suprised that theres not as much development for this as well.
On the hd2 they could install almost every android rom under the sun and also windows phone 7 which was much better than expected as i used it.
but why cant we do the same as the desire z is all in all a better phone?
The HD2 is the king of XDA nothing else gets close.
We may not have a huge selection of roms but we have is of good quality and comes with good support.
Welcome to the DZ forums
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Hd2 is one of the most versitile phones of all time supporting almost all operating systems so of course it goinna have a more variety of roms
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Yeah thats my only problem the roms that are available for the desire z are amazing. its just coming from a phone that had every single rom ported to it makes me be a bit more choosy with what rom i use
I just switched from hd2 development as well, I guess we were spoiled! I do like the smaller community as your questions get answered in a quick manner.
On a side note...I am getting at least 50mA drain on like 5 different radio/rom/kernel combinations... hd2 nearly all combinations are capable of 2-4mA drain....it's getting frustrating can anyone share their optimal setup for less of a battery drain??
What would be a logical upgrade from my desire?
i'm looking for a new phone, but all i really want is a desire with a bigger screen and preferably a dual core processor (OFC as it is a new phone i expect it to be updated to ICS, is this expectation wrong)
What is also important for me would be the modding community, there are so many people modding the desire, with so many roms, and awesome mods. I hope for something near that in a new device.
I don't really care if it's from the US or EU, as long as it works on the GSM band we use in denmark. but it would be nice if it was available in the US as they are usually cheaper over there.
What would be a logical upgrade from the desire?
So it said... You want an HTC phone with dual-core processor? As for now it's HTC Sensation & Sensation XE) and of course, EVO 3D)
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So it said... You want an HTC phone with dual-core processor? As for now it's HTC Sensation & Sensation XE) and of course, EVO 3D)
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Well really it doesn't have to be made by HTC, i really like the new android barebones interface on ICS
i also need to know, does the fact that an American phone supports GSM mean that it will accept one of my fancy european SIM cards (heard that CDMA doesn't need a sim card)
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Well really it doesn't have to be made by HTC, i really like the new android barebones interface on ICS
i also need to know, does the fact that an American phone supports GSM mean that it will accept one of my fancy european SIM cards (heard that CDMA doesn't need a sim card)
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I'm from Russia myself, and I'm using a SIM-card too) as I've heard, some of the US operators (like AT&T and T-Mobile) are using GSM bands, so... There should be an American GSM versions of those phones. Well, if you want ICS - take a look at Google Galaxy Nexus...
PS: The CDMA-2000 phones use R-UIM cards instead of SIM. In our county...
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I'm from Russia myself, and I'm using a SIM-card too) as I've heard, some of the US operators (like AT&T and T-Mobile) are using GSM bands, so... There should be an American GSM versions of those phones. Well, if you want ICS - take a look at Google Galaxy Nexus...
PS: The CDMA-2000 phones use R-UIM cards instead of SIM. In our county...
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This Galaxy nexus could be the right choice, it's rather expensive, but offers all the things i really want.
One question remains tho: will the modding scene be as big as the desire, or even the original nexus?
It seems to me that it won't be so big as for N1 and Desire... Because Galaxy Nexus doesn't have a twin with HTC Sense as N1 does...) But xda thread for Android development for GN has already about 70 topics... And there are roms, kernels...
Two years ago Desire was the mainstream phone... Galaxy Nexus is the top-class... There won't be so many people having it, IMHO...
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IMO,
The Desire S isn't a true upgrade over the original Desire.
The Desire was tthe top end phone in 2010.
In 2011 it was the Sensation that succeeded it.
The Legend was the stylish mod range phone in 2010
In 2011 the Desire S was the molid range stylish phone
So I think the sensation is the true successor
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This is a very difficult question.
I have also been pondering an upgrade. The way I see it we have Four Choices.
1) Samsung Galaxy SII (sorry, I know it is not a HTC, but I thought it was worth mentioning).
2) HTC Sensation XE
3) HTC Evo3D
4) Wait until March when new phones will be announced.
The thing which bothers me most about the Sensation XE and the EVO3D is that the screens appear to looked washed out compared to my Desire. In my opinion the Inedible S is the only new(ish) HTC phone with a nice(ish) screen.
Just wish HTC used AMOLED again like that did with the Desire.
John
Beaverman20 said:
This Galaxy nexus could be the right choice, it's rather expensive, but offers all the things i really want.
One question remains tho: will the modding scene be as big as the desire, or even the original nexus?
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Definintely. all the nexus phones from google are "developer" phones.
Unlike the desire or other non-google partner devices, when google releases source code for a new android version, they also release the proprietary files (drivers etc) in order to compile the source fully for the device without the need for hacks like we see here. Of course google will eventually stop updating the devices like they did the N1 but, they will still attract a large community of developers.
I'd get one if they ever stop letting Samsung make them. Maybe Moto?
I suggest the sgs2. Its in every way better than the sensation. I bought one too.
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Sgs 2, or sensation xl
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