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HTC desire Vs Samsung Galaxy S vs iPhone 4

Hey,
I am confused and i dont know which one to buy.
Which one would you choose and why?

This is a Desire forum so Desire is going to win
I would say either iPhone or Desire, as samsung in my experience makes crappy products.
Try what's best for you, if you like all the customisation and stuff, go for the desire
if you like a smooth, reliable experience, get the iphone.
try them out for yourself before deciding, people here will just try and tell you that android rules and anything to do with apple sucks.

HTC Desire if you want cool Android Action from HTC and you dont want to spend money for a silly fruit!
iPhone 4G if you want to have the best Hardware and that little apple on the case but only if you dont have to save money...

Like the first poster said... You will probably find the Desire win because it is the Desire section.
My opinion - Desire is, and always will be, my love but that new iPhone sure does look amazing. I think that if I were to buy a phone right now, I would actually wait for the iPhone, the only thing that might stop me is the price. But hey, that's just my opinion, it's going to be your investment so you should make sure that it is right for you.

Well i want to buy a phone in the next month or so and i want one which would easily last 1-2 years without becoming obsolete.
thanks for the replies so far..

Though I would say if you wanted a Desire - to go for the Nexus One instead. if you don't want your phone to become obsolete soon then the N1 is your best bet on the Android platform.

and is it because it would get direct updates from google?
Also, I try to watch youtube videos on my current phone(samsung jet) and it completely fails.
I was wondering, can 720p video be played on android 2.2?

rars said:
Well i want to buy a phone in the next month or so and i want one which would easily last 1-2 years without becoming obsolete.
thanks for the replies so far..
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In that case, I'd go with the iPhone. You're guaranteed to get updates all that time, I mean they've only just dropped the original iPhone, so I think that shows a lot.

rars said:
and is it because it would get direct updates from google?
Also, I try to watch youtube videos on my current phone(samsung jet) and it completely fails.
I was wondering, can 720p video be played on android 2.2?
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yeah because of that, and also stock android is a lot smoother and less buggy than android with sense.
erm i can't see any reason why not, but when would you want to when the screen is only 400 px high in landscape?

Umm to view the video in higher quality?

Well im going to buy a new smartphone next month and I need to decide which phone to get between the HTC Desire and the Samsung galaxy S..
I decided to go with the Galaxy S since its hardware is way better..
And they said that its gonna have the 2.2
the only thing u will lose is the Sense UI (never had it..)

This is a Desire forum so Desire is going to win
I would say either iPhone or Desire, as samsung in my experience makes crappy products.
Try what's best for you, if you like all the customisation and stuff, go for the desire
if you like a smooth, reliable experience, get the iphone.
try them out for yourself before deciding, people here will just try and tell you that android rules and anything to do with apple sucks.
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I wouldent say they make crap products, they are good, its just there crap some what home made ROM's is holding them back alot lol
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Lol I have a samsung jet and it's basically crap. And I doubt samsungs customer service and doubt that they will release updates frequently.

rars said:
Umm to view the video in higher quality?
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720p refers to it's resolution (the number of pixels) as a 720p video has 720 horizontal lines of pixels.
but the desire display only has 400 horizontal lines of pixels. So whats the point of having all those extra pixels when the screen can't display them?
You need an HD screen to get the benefit of HD video, like an HD TV or computer monitor.

But it is quite possible that android will take over apple. And I also read that htc will soon release a phone with a 1.5 ghz processor. And I don't think that nexus one is available in the uk.

atomfix said:
I wouldent say they make crap products, they are good, its just there crap some what home made ROM's is holding them back alot lol
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lol ok I meant in my personal experience they have been crap.

samac92 said:
720p refers to it's resolution (the number of pixels) as a 720p video has 720 horizontal lines of pixels.
but the desire display only has 400 horizontal lines of pixels. So whats the point of having all those extra pixels when the screen can't display them?
You need an HD screen to get the benefit of HD video, like an HD TV or computer monitor.
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Ok lol. So in that case, can it play videos direct from full YouTube website?

rars said:
But it is quite possible that android will take over apple. And I also read that htc will soon release a phone with a 1.5 ghz processor. And I don't think that nexus one is available in the uk.
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N1 is available on vodafone at least, but not as good a deal as the desire.
and don't worry about processor speeds, they're pretty meaningless nowadays.
All the decent modern smartphones do everything instantly, the only place they're going to be different is benchmarks, which don't mean anything anyway.

rars said:
Ok lol. So in that case, can it play videos direct from full YouTube website?
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The Desire can, but in really awful quality because it uses the flash lite player. If you use the youtube app you get better quality videos.
This is another reason why the N1 is better, it lets you play youtube videos from the browser without using the flash lite player which is awful quality.

Can not root the desire and install the stock android rom?
If the YouTube app is anything like the mobile website for YouTube,then it's no good.

Desire HD

Remember a few weeks back when I posted the rumour about the HTC Desire HD?
Well it appears that it may have been more than just a rumour.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/htc-desire-hd-spotted-in-the-wild-with-evo-like-form-factor-and/
Looks kinda crummy to me. I much prefer my Desire to this one. (If it is the Desire HD).

i want 1 it comes out in the uk they wont let me swap it lyk the iphone

that doesn't look like a aluminium unibody to me, saying that i never thought it would have one anyway, that would just make it far too good looking and competitive lol

I want one too... I prefer bigger screen.

The hardware is basically identical to the Desire. That 1GHz Snapdragon is looking a little long in the tooth at this stage, especially if you're interested in playing games on it (I'm not, but still). If I was going to lock myself into a 12 month phone contract I'd wait for something a bit more future-proof.
Apparently the dual-core Qualcomm cpus started shipping to manufacturers in June. So if you're smart, you'll wait a while longer...

damn, i thought that HTC Desire HD will be better resolution ( like IPhone display, maybe even 720p ), dual core 2x800Mhz and better GPU ( better that then Samsung Captivate ).
My next phone will be dual core for sure. but as i see i have to wait for it a little bit longer .
But it look like HTC desire (well, back look like same color )

The HTC site now has a new model listed, the HTC Aria which looks very similar to this phone..
http://www.htc.com/www/product/aria/overview.html
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It's more like HD2 then Desire IMHO. Which is good, since I won't go to smaller screen then my current HD2.
New info, video: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/htcs-4-3-inch-desire-hd-shows-up-on-video

aindow said:
The HTC site now has a new model listed, the HTC Aria which looks very similar to this phone..
http://www.htc.com/www/product/aria/overview.html
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The Aria is basically AT&T's version of the Wildfire.

Where are the hardware keys and the optic trackpad?

Good question .. I'd say nowhere.

Yess.. physical buttons much more desired + 4" screen is also ideal size in my opinion like on Galaxy n SE-X10 rather than 4,3 since it is still a cell-phone, not tablet. You can add wifi-n, native divx support and tv-out (both dlna and wired) to existing Desire features. Then we can mention it really desirable, even -almost- perfect!
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Yeah, cant wait the announcement (September 15?).
But, I might not upgrade if it is only 4.3" + internal memory (4GB).
Add the new dual core snapdragon and MUCH BETTER video capture (current 480p and 720p are jokes!), I will buy 2 !!!!

As a HD2 owner I say to you: you will get used to 4.3 inches in a day and you will never want go back. Trust me on this.

looks like its available on oct 1st. amazon had it priced at £415, but took the page down.

Dr.Sid said:
As a HD2 owner I say to you: you will get used to 4.3 inches in a day and you will never want go back. Trust me on this.
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Funny, thats the one main thing I miss about my old HD2, I love my Desire, but it took a bit of getting used to going back to a smaller screen.

Desire or Nexus One?.....

Guys im looking to get a new phone, currently got a rooted Hero which I love to bits but now lack the ooomph that comes with the 1ghz (had a Galaxy S for a week but coundnt stand it!)
What do you recomend out of the above ? or should I hang fire for the Desire HD ?
Any comments would be good
cheers

Personally, I'd hang fire for the HD, which will hopefully be announced tomorrow.
As to the Nexus One or Desire debate, I think if the UnrEVOked team can get us an S-OFF bootloader, most of the Nexus Ones advantage disappears.
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
Personally, I'd hang fire for the HD, which will hopefully be announced tomorrow.
As to the Nexus One or Desire debate, I think if the UnrEVOked team can get us an S-OFF bootloader, most of the Nexus Ones advantage disappears.
Regards,
Dave
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Yeah I've been toying with the idea of waiting but does anyone actually know what were going to be waiting for ? I've heard there will be an 8 megapixel camera and obviously HD recording but thats not really enough to swing it if thats all your getting....plus as with any new phone the dev scene will prob take a while to pick up so am guessing it'll be a while before it can be rooted? and roms start to appear where as the Desire scene is currently alive and kicking....

Actually, I think the biggest plus point that the Desire HD will have over the Desire and Nexus One is a much larger internal memory for app storage render any form of A2SD as largely obsolete.
Regards,
Dave.

foxmeister said:
Actually, I think the biggest plus point that the Desire HD will have over the Desire and Nexus One is a much larger internal memory for app storage render any form of A2SD as largely obsolete.
Regards,
Dave.
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Sounds promising...actually thats one thing i miss about the SGS...the massive storage....

You should sure wait. It is only about 24 hours until the HTC show-off
Also both internal memory and screen size from desire hd would be great.

Incredible S vs DHD

Hi! I'm planning to buy DHD, but will it be worth to wait for IS, even IS isn't much better, if it is better...
IS has smaller display, less ROM, no card included, only better thing is HTC Sense 3.0 but I think i will be updated on DHD in q2 with G'bread.
If yuo have samo preposition, i'll be welcom to hear you. Thanks !

U have just answered ur own question. Why do u want a smaller phone with less RAM and no card if it gets gingerbread at the same time as the Dhd...the choice should be quite obvious....
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Hi.
The screen on IS is supposed to be better than DHD. Although, coming from TP2 myself, I've been more than satisfied with the display quality. Otherwise there's the front mounted webcam to consider. If you plan on doing video calls there probably won't be any way around the IS. Personally though, I'd go for the DHD, but that's just my preferred choice on account of the slightly larger screen and more RAM.
Regards
Elo.
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The resolution is exactly the same on both devices, the only difference being that the Incredible S' screen is a bit smaller, so the pixel density is greater and it may look a tad better.
As for the RAM HTC's website states that in fact the Incredible S has EXACTLY the same amount of RAM as the Desire HD.
On top of that, the Incredible S also has a 1450mAh battery, while the Desire HD only has 1230mAh. The Desire HD has 1.5 GB of internal storage while the Incredible S has 1.1, but if you have a good SD card you won't miss much!
So basically what the Incredible S is, is a slightly smaller Desire HD with a smaller screen and bigger battery.
If battery life is very important to you then by all means, get the Incredible S, but if you look at the Desire HD forums, it is supported by amazing developers, whose ROMs easily tackle the battery situation; you can't guarantee that there will be good developers for the Incredible S, so you're taking a risk.
All in all I recommend the Desire HD, the choice is yours though.
Oh yeah, also I believe that only the Desire S, the HTC Flyer, the HTC ChaCha, and the HTC Salsa come with Gingerbread by default. The Incredible S is confirmed to get Gingerbread at the same time as the Desire HD.
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if you wanna upgrade go for dual core with a ddr2 ram. its gonna be worth it

mjehan said:
if you wanna upgrade go for dual core with a ddr2 ram. its gonna be worth it
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sod that hang out for the quad core with ddr3

New Verizon Phone

Does anyone know of any new/upcoming phones for verizon that have similar specs to the new HTC Sensation?
1.2 gHZ dual core
1080p Video
4.3-inch qHD (540 x960) Display
8 megapixel color camera
Gyro sensor
G-Sensor
4G LTE Compatible
Maybe I'm just spoiled with my Incredible, but when I saw this phone I just about started to drool, this phone blows the Thunderbolt out of the water.
Full specs here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN_ch48mGac&feature=relmfu

I know were getting a version of SGS2...

why send such a beautiful phone to t mobile?

donkeykong0 said:
why send such a beautiful phone to t mobile?
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I know! :'(
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Im switching to t-mobile...

The good stuff goes to T-Mobile because they were the first to get their hands dirty with Android phones.
It is quite sad really. I have felt that Verizon has been getting the leftovers when they pass out the awesome phones. Especially in regards to HTC phones as of late. I really don't want to make the jump to Moto if and when they release the Bionic if there is any hope of a great HTC phone to compete.
(I would miss Sense 2.1 / 3.0 too much)

Same here, love the incredible but want some of that 4G LTE and the thunderbolt just doesn't do it for me.
hope we have a (better) flavor of the evo 3d.

0soPolar said:
The good stuff goes to T-Mobile because they were the first to get their hands dirty with Android phones.
It is quite sad really. I have felt that Verizon has been getting the leftovers when they pass out the awesome phones. Especially in regards to HTC phones as of late. I really don't want to make the jump to Moto if and when they release the Bionic if there is any hope of a great HTC phone to compete.
(I would miss Sense 2.1 / 3.0 too much)
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With Moto still locking their bootloaders and HTC vowing not to follow suit, I think I'll stick with HTC. Just give it some time. Besides, compared to Sense...Motoblur is disappointing.
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That would be an awesome phone sounds like htc sensation to me

I'm very much hoping that verizone or sprint gets some equivalent to this phone, as it is exactly what I am waiting for...

samsung charge is pretty nice, played with one in the store over the weekend, waiting for the s2 myself
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ssoares01 said:
I'm very much hoping that verizone or sprint gets some equivalent to this phone, as it is exactly what I am waiting for...
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Sprint will be getting the Evo 3D which its specs match up pretty good to that other than camera is obviously different....

Oh my gosh, just heard about the HTC Vigor, daaang
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jimbub said:
Does anyone know of any new/upcoming phones for verizon that have similar specs to the new HTC Sensation?
1.2 gHZ dual core
1080p Video
4.3-inch qHD (540 x960) Display
8 megapixel color camera
Gyro sensor
G-Sensor
4G LTE Compatible
Maybe I'm just spoiled with my Incredible, but when I saw this phone I just about started to drool, this phone blows the Thunderbolt out of the water.
Full specs here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN_ch48mGac&feature=relmfu
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The HTC Vigor will have that and more. Look up that bad boy.
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HTC Vigor Specs:
1.5 gHZ dual core
1080p Video
4.3-inch HD (1280x720) Display
8 megapixel color camera
Gyro sensor
G-Sensor
4G LTE Compatible

hey joelz by any chance did you see a site showing the Vigor? Looked but nothing. Cant wait for this one, I had my hopes for the S2 but my reconsider. haha

Jo5ton1018 said:
hey joelz by any chance did you see a site showing the Vigor? Looked but nothing. Cant wait for this one, I had my hopes for the S2 but my reconsider. haha
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http://www.phonearena.com/phones/HTC-Vigor_id5799

JoelZ9614 said:
HTC Vigor Specs:
1.5 gHZ dual core
1080p Video
4.3-inch HD (1280x720) Display
8 megapixel color camera
Gyro sensor
G-Sensor
4G LTE Compatible
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Don't forget about the 3D graphics and possible sense 3.0

Thanks alot Joelz, oh by the way i flashed ur new shooter rewind rom and its really smooth and fast. Thanks for all ur hard work.

Oh yea, hey joelz do you know of or have any themes or mods to flash over ur Shooter rewind rom?