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[Q] Do you recommend buying Desire ?!

Hi all
Do you recommend buying Desire ?!
I tried Android at Wildfire and found it so good and amazing so i sold it and want to get a new more powerful device
It costs around 420~500 USD in my country - Egypt and the devices in that range is New Galaxy Ace or used Galaxy S and i don't like both
already compared it to Desire S and couldn't find any huge different which will cost me more 100 USD !!!
so do you recommend buying HTC Desire ? and is it true it will updated to New Sense same one in Desire S ???!!!

Desire S has the double of space (1.1 GB internal memory) compared to the normal Desire
Desire will never get sense 3.0
But if u can spend a bit more or found a cheap offer, i'll go for the samsung galaxy s 2, once buyed it u can stay with it for 2-3 years without need to change phone (the same is not true for the desire s in this moment, because it's already "old")
Just my opinion if you going to buy a new phone, anyway i will stay with an other year or more with my desire (got it in april 2010) before buy an other top phone, this is my personal philosophy

I just recently bought a used Desire for about $200 CAD and I love it.
My voice plan with Rogers comes to like 22$ and I have no desire to add a $25 data plan to get $50/month plan to get a phone subsidized from them.
I just the App2SD with a 1GB ext4 partition on my SD card to get around the limited space the phone has.

andQlimax said:
Desire S has the double of space (1.1 GB internal memory) compared to the normal Desire
Desire will never get sense 3.0
But if u can spend a bit more or found a cheap offer, i'll go for the samsung galaxy s 2, once buyed it u can stay with it for 2-3 years without need to change phone (the same is not true for the desire s in this moment, because it's already "old")
Just my opinion if you going to buy a new phone, anyway i will stay with an other year or more with my desire (got it in april 2010) before buy an other top phone, this is my personal philosophy
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Galaxy S II will cost me about 800$ and this is too much for phone , buying i7+6GB laptop will be better idea
i think that i already saw costume roms for Desire with sense 3 and circle lock screen or i am wrong ??!!
and i am still noob at Android but i thing with root i can add more extra space for phone to install apps to it exactly like installing them to phone memory and it's so easy to get 8 or 16 GB SD Card ???
and as you said Desire S seems to be old and same as Desire so i think spending more money on it will not be a good idea

What about Desire HD , If i managed to get it with good deal do you recommend it ?
will it be updated to new Sense the one in Sensation officially or also will be custom rom ?

MohamedYousri said:
What about Desire HD , If i managed to get it with good deal do you recommend it ?
will it be updated to new Sense the one in Sensation officially or also will be custom rom ?
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DHD is a fair bit better and still has some decent rom support. It will probably get the sense update, so if you can't really find a newer phone i'd say yeah, go for it.

i'm also pretty much new with android and htc so let me give you some n00b insight...
i've owned Desire for 3 months and i got used to it by now. it can give you both joy and anger. it depends on how you use it. if you live it on stock ROM it'll work smooth and you can find tips and tricks how to make it somewhat better without rooting and flashing roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653310
if you decide to root and flash custom ROMs then you can get even better device with many tweaks already built-in new software. for example you can flash Desire HD rom and therefore don't have to actually buy DHD (hardware is not that much different IMHO). now i'm running InsertCoin Gingerbread based rom which hasn't even been released for Desire yet, with many Sense 3.0 goodies which probably won't be officially included in GB update at all. as a downside, these roms can have some bugs, but are overall better than stock. just take a look into some rom development topics...
Desire has it's flaws but overall i'm waaay satisfied... although it's now an old rag D) it still kicks many "smartphone" butts out there. i came from nokia x6 and now i wonder why did i go there in a first place...
anyway, i think you can't go wrong with it. you can of course buy DHD for somewhat better hardware or spare some more money for sensation, but if you're unviling to do so, Desire is still great choice...just my 2 cents!! cheers, i hope this helps a bit!

vnvman said:
DHD is a fair bit better and still has some decent rom support. It will probably get the sense update, so if you can't really find a newer phone i'd say yeah, go for it.
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The problem is getting SGSII or Sensation that thier prices are too high now and sooner their prices will be lower than now so i don't think it's good idea to get 2 months old phone right now ,,,
i liked HTC Sense a lot so i am choosing from HTC not Samsung also HTC have bigger support from developers than Samsung as i can see
but i read that it's sound is low and LCD Screen not that good ,, is this true ?

heraSK said:
i'm also pretty much new with android and htc so let me give you some n00b insight...
i've owned Desire for 3 months and i got used to it by now. it can give you both joy and anger. it depends on how you use it. if you live it on stock ROM it'll work smooth and you can find tips and tricks how to make it somewhat better without rooting and flashing roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653310
if you decide to root and flash custom ROMs then you can get even better device with many tweaks already built-in new software. for example you can flash Desire HD rom and therefore don't have to actually buy DHD (hardware is not that much different IMHO). now i'm running InsertCoin Gingerbread based rom which hasn't even been released for Desire yet, with many Sense 3.0 goodies which probably won't be officially included in GB update at all. as a downside, these roms can have some bugs, but are overall better than stock. just take a look into some rom development topics...
Desire has it's flaws but overall i'm waaay satisfied... although it's now an old rag D) it still kicks many "smartphone" butts out there. i came from nokia x6 and now i wonder why did i go there in a first place...
anyway, i think you can't go wrong with it. you can of course buy DHD for somewhat better hardware or spare some more money for sensation, but if you're unviling to do so, Desire is still great choice...just my 2 cents!! cheers, i hope this helps a bit!
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Thanks a lot very useful post ,,,
I will ditch my N8 for Android/HTC ,,, I really loved Android and HTC from using Wildfire for 10 days only !!!
mmmmm , DHD Roms working on Desire ?? very good and new info for me...
and i am agree with you that there is no much difference at specification just bigger screen and camera but ditching 12MP Cam - the best i ever used - means that i don't care that much for it
so your are happy with desire and it's worth it's money,,, is there any news about official update from HTC ???
and what is DHD latest official version right now ??

Comparing DHD to Incredible S latest HTC one core device they are the same !!! and i think that DHD is even better !!!

MohamedYousri said:
Thanks a lot very useful post ,,,
I will ditch my N8 for Android/HTC ,,, I really loved Android and HTC from using Wildfire for 10 days only !!!
mmmmm , DHD Roms working on Desire ?? very good and new info for me...
and i am agree with you that there is no much difference at specification just bigger screen and camera but ditching 12MP Cam - the best i ever used - means that i don't care that much for it
so your are happy with desire and it's worth it's money,,, is there any news about official update from HTC ???
and what is DHD latest official version right now ??
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yeah, x6 had much better camera, and camera is my only problem with desire. but the phone (any phone) is never meant to be a substitute for real camera..so no real prob here....
DHD rom for desire is actually a port, so desire can run it. it's not THE rom from DHD. with that said, you can put virtually any rom into desire but with more or less tweaking to the point where hardware eventually becomes incapable of running much newer rom. therefore sense 3.0 stuff are greatly tweaked for desire to be able to run it. it's not like the real thing but pretty much close. and it's getting better every day... modders here are the wizards, i tell you...
so yeah, i'm happy with desire, didn't regret spending the money on it at all!
as for the official update from HTC, there were many contradictory statements, and the final one is that there WILL be gingerbread update but no word on sense update. you can find it in desire-general section.

I'm using Desire since April 2010, so it's more than a year now. I was very excited about the whole Android thing. And still am. But the phone itself has some big issues. First of all is the huge lack of internal memory. I can't even install the most necessary apps. Secondly it's the overheating problem. My Desire was one of the first Amoled batches and it had issues with the SOC. While using processor demanding apps like navigation, flash playback etc. It was constantly rebooting. Had to repair it. For 3 times. Then it's the speaker and battery. They both are weak. After my previous E61 Desiree's speaker really sucks. Camera is decent too. But in overall I still like, though I would really consider buying SGS back then. Now I'll wait for another year or so. Btw I'm now using MIUI ROM and it gave a second breath to Desire. Good luck with buying!
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Thanks all for your help , i will back again when i get the final prices for D , DHD and Ds as i will not buy it from my country , my cousin will get it to me so i am waiting the prices from him
if you will choose between Desire,Desire S and Desire HD , What will you choose ? and why ?
and if you have other suggestions - even if not HTC - let me know

MohamedYousri said:
Thanks all for your help , i will back again when i get the final prices for D , DHD and Ds as i will not buy it from my country , my cousin will get it to me so i am waiting the prices from him
if you will choose between Desire,Desire S and Desire HD , What will you choose ? and why ?
and if you have other suggestions - even if not HTC - let me know
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I'd go for dhd, bigger screen and same specs of ds, regular desire is a bit outdated compared to them both imo...

vnvman said:
I'd go for dhd, bigger screen and same specs of ds, regular desire is a bit outdated compared to them both imo...
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What about HD Games like Asphalt HD and NFS , are their performance good at this devices ?!

MohamedYousri said:
What about HD Games like Asphalt HD and NFS , are their performance good at this devices ?!
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Those are working good, but ofc latest tegra games will run no more than decent, adreno 205 is a relatively weak gpu compared to the latest hardware goodness like tegra 2 SOCs...

best buy at the moment is Samsung Galaxy S 2 for 400€.

Beso said:
best buy at the moment is Samsung Galaxy S 2 for 400€.
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400€ is an awful lot for something to deserve the best buy tag.

Beso said:
best buy at the moment is Samsung Galaxy S 2 for 400€.
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Yes, 400€...in your dreams...

One X vs GS3?

Hi at all! some day ago i broke my HD2 so i search for a new smartphone! my choise is on one X and Gs3 I know that for now the one X with stock rom have a worse ottimization (like with animated wallpaper). so I ask you what's the best phone in this area,if one have the sotck rom or some other from XDA:
battery
performance
with the new rom form XDA one X is better that GS3 or GS3 continue at be the best phone for performance and battery?

I had a look at a S3 the other in day in store and I was quite impressed but at the same time not disappointed with my choice of the HOX.
I do like the sense launcher and some time soon I am going to flash a custom rom to speed things along but from what I've read and seen both phones are nearly identical performance wise.
If you are into flashing custom roms and things I would go with the S3 as they have already released the source code for it while where stuck over here trying to get S-off

thanks so with the new rom you have noted some improvement in the battery life? beacause for now this is the real difference between one X e SG3 for me i Have fear that the one X have a small battery

From a pure hardware/features standpoint, the GS3 is a beast.
Personally, I like the way the HOX looks/feels, though and I'm a sucker for the contact integration of the social networks. Touchwiz has a long way to go before it's that refined.

but for the daily use the one X have some lag with the custom rom? I see in a lot of review a bug with animated wallpaper and the stock browser is terrible with flash respect the one s and Gs3 :/
so with the new updates or custom rom this problem are solved?

The HOX is a better phone but the GS is a better made phone, I love the HOX and the curved look, and sense is awesome, I must have installed all other launchers and ended up back with sense.
The GS is a little too..... simple, or presice, the HOX is a Tegra 3 Daddy, dont worr about the battery as my model and if you buy one yours will be fine and last 2 days easy. Its eraly SN versions having issues not new ones.

crsnwby said:
The HOX is a better phone but the GS is a better made phone, I love the HOX and the curved look, and sense is awesome, I must have installed all other launchers and ended up back with sense.
The GS is a little too..... simple, or presice, the HOX is a Tegra 3 Daddy, dont worr about the battery as my model and if you buy one yours will be fine and last 2 days easy. Its eraly SN versions having issues not new ones.
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sorry,but I don't understend the phrase "The HOX is a better phone but the GS is a better made phone". I want said that SG3 is better of HOx?
I'm worry about battery and lag,beacause in a lot of review HOX have some lag and a lot of people said that is not optimized

IBTL
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treebill said:
IBTL
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what?

Ansem said:
Hi at all! some day ago i broke my HD2 so i search for a new smartphone! my choise is on one X and Gs3 I know that for now the one X with stock rom have a worse ottimization (like with animated wallpaper). so I ask you what's the best phone in this area,if one have the sotck rom or some other from XDA:
battery
performance
with the new rom form XDA one X is better that GS3 or GS3 continue at be the best phone for performance and battery?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1685400
watch the video in that thread..should answer your questions

Ansem said:
what?
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In before the lock. Topic will get locked just like all g3 vs hox topics.
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treebill said:
In before the lock. Topic will get locked just like all g3 vs hox topics.
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Why? What's wrong with a comparison thread? This is Q&A.

greyhulk said:
Why? What's wrong with a comparison thread? This is Q&A.
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They generally don't like them.
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sorry,but this is a very big forum,so here I can have a lor of opinion
I saw the video. My conclusion is that with the new update and custom rom in daily use the difference between GS3 and HOX in nearly zero,right?
But I don't understand how much is big the difference in the game. with one X there is some game that go slow?like Mass effect or some other new games?

Go for the S3, OneX is for **** ....

Ansem said:
sorry,but this is a very big forum,so here I can have a lor of opinion
I saw the video. My conclusion is that with the new update and custom rom in daily use the difference between GS3 and HOX in nearly zero,right?
But I don't understand how much is big the difference in the game. with one X there is some game that go slow?like Mass effect or some other new games?
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in daily tasks both are the same, no one is going to notice, in games the hox has support for the high graphics tegra 3 games, with development support by nvidia.
muamers said:
Go for the S3, OneX is for **** ....
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making a statement without any justification for your conclusion is pointlessly unhelpful.
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HOX: better screen, camera & design.
SGS3: unlocked bootloader, removable battery, sdcard slot.
If you can't make a decision from that simple summary then it doesn't matter, you'd be happy with either.
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I just got my one x a few hours ago and I think it is awesome. I'm definitely buying the pebble blue galaxy s 3 though. Just be happy with your purchase. Both great in their own way.
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I dont like the samsung TouchWiz interface. HTC Sense is way better in my opinion.
I had HTC Inc S, then got the SGS2, wasnt really happy with it, mainly the interface, so got the ONE X and love it.
Its fast and battery lasts well, I get 2 days of average use before recharge. Allthough when I use it as a Wifi hotspot for 6 hours will only last me 1 day.

in my honest opinion
I have my HOX now for the past month and I am satisfied...
Just satisfied as it delivers where it should as in Graphics, Performance, UI, Integration and sleekness, however the only major downfall I would say of the HOX is the Battery and not having a removable SD card.
Battery life too short and not being able to expand the memory is a downfall
So with only those 2 aspects in mind I would change to a GS3
Otherwise I am happy with my HOX

[q] hox or hox+ ?

Hi Guys,
I have finally decide to upgrade my old DHD for HTC One X! Just when i was thinking to upgrade HTC have launched a upgraded version of OneX+. I read somewhere the new JB and sense4+ updates to OneX will actually make the mobile as good as the One X+, in terms of speed and performance. So heres my question , is it worth buying One X+ or is the One X with Jb updates enough. (I feel One X+ is a lil pricey!)
P.S. I am happy with the space available on HTC One X.
Would really appreciate any kind of suggestions.
Cheers,
Kavin
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shadowkay said:
Hi Guys,
I have finally decide to upgrade my old DHD for HTC One X! Just when i was thinking to upgrade HTC have launched a upgraded version of OneX+. I read somewhere the new JB and sense4+ updates to OneX will actually make the mobile as good as the One X+, in terms of speed and performance. So heres my question , is it worth buying One X+ or is the One X with Jb updates enough. (I feel One X+ is a lil pricey!)
P.S. I am happy with the space available on HTC One X.
Would really appreciate any kind of suggestions.
Cheers,
Kavin
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
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personally i would buy the one x, less pricy and with lots of custom roms! i would buy the phone only fot its color

Go for HTC One X
going for htc one x makes more sense.u save cash.Specs are very comparable.
The Cpu speed wont even make a difference in day to day working.

hox+.. more battery

robchongke said:
hox+.. more battery
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doesn't make difference, higher clock, more battery consumption = one x with less clock however you can buy the one x+ bttery and put it in the HOX...200 dollars just for a bigger battery doesn't worth it

matt95 said:
personally i would buy the one x, less pricy and with lots of custom roms! i would buy the phone only fot its color
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aman360elite said:
going for htc one x makes more sense.u save cash.Specs are very comparable.
The Cpu speed wont even make a difference in day to day working.
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doesn't make difference, higher clock, more battery consumption = one x with less clock however you can buy the one x+ bttery and put it in the HOX...200 dollars just for a bigger battery doesn't worth it
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Thanks a lot guys!!! Now my mind is cleared I was pretty inclined towards the One X already!! Its going to be the One X \m/
See you guys on the other side
Thanks Again!

[Q] Question about HOX development

Why is the development for HOX going at such a slow rate compared to other phones??
i know some of you will properly go "you'll get 4.4 fast enough" when i say this..
But yea, 4.4 is out, is even out for Samsung Galaxy S2, which was my phone before the HOX.. I really enjoyed the development there.. I've had my HOX for about 10 months now, and the development rate is SOOOO slow
It's a great device without doubt.. but i keep wanting more because of the slow development
i'm even thinking about buying a new phone only because the development is better
Even for 4.2 and 4.3 many of the other phones were first.. Samsung Galaxy s3 has 4.4 too.. i know that samsungs devices may have sold a bit more than the HOX, but still .. so many people in here and so many roms (which i'm grateful for), but yet, so slow development and it's just the same rom's all over and over with just some minor tweaks which is very hard to tell apart..
TL : DR = I'm just being sad because HOX development is so slow compared to other phones, even older phones..

It's probably because devs moved away to other (newer) phones without TEGRA3 !
Most phones runs on for instance snapdragon, those roms can't "just" be ported to tegra. That's also keeping dev work slow. It's so much work. When you have 2 snapdragon phones it's easier........

Mr Hofs said:
It's probably because devs moved away to other (newer) phones without TEGRA3 !
Most phones runs on for instance snapdragon, those roms can't "just" be ported to tegra. That's also keeping dev work slow. It's so much work. When you have 2 snapdragon phones it's easier........
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Thanks for the answer! ..
I guess that Tegra is kinda bad then?, kinda the thing to move away from when picking a new device? (development wise)..
But yea, i still miss the development though.. and when looking on an older phone (Galaxy S2), running a Cortex-A9

Tegra is not bad...it's just difficult to make the best out of it...
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One-X-master said:
Tegra is not bad...it's just difficult to make the best out of it...
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Yea okay.. .. good to know for future phone ..
Properly won't go for Tegra next time since i kinda like beeing able to get something new it's pretty much the only reason i ROOT my phone

[Q] htc one x or xperia sp ?

hello there.. first of all sorry about my english.. i`m from RO ..
second, I have an xperia sp and i want to change with htc one x .. is this a good deal?
htc one x makes better pictures then xSP .. but i read on a couple of forums and the battery of HOX is verry bad..
now.. i just want to know how bad is it? can you guys give me some good answers about daily use and battery life for htc one x?
or shuld i stay with my xperia sp ?
Thanks a lot

adryanodej said:
hello there.. first of all sorry about my english.. i`m from RO ..
second, I have an xperia sp and i want to change with htc one x .. is this a good deal?
htc one x makes better pictures then xSP .. but i read on a couple of forums and the battery of HOX is verry bad..
now.. i just want to know how bad is it? can you guys give me some good answers about daily use and battery life for htc one x?
or shuld i stay with my xperia sp ?
Thanks a lot
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Performance wise they are about the same. So it would not be much of an upgrade (you'd get 0,1" larger screen and maybe better camera but you'd lose microsd, lte, software updates [xperia sp should get KitKat sometime soon], battery [1800 vs 2370 mAh battery])
Conclusion: I would not recommend this trade!

If this trade wont cost u much. HOX has much better screen (im my opinnion even better than S3 pentille) and dont forget that hox is 2012 htc flagship and he have also nice support from xda. In my case i`d trade sp for hox (did i wrote it right? I meant: Sell sp, buy hox.