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...
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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...
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+1
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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...
i wanna change ma device and i wanna choose between x10 and htc desire which is the best between them plz any one answer me , cus i heard some prob wz x10 about slow and prob wz desire in video recordin plz give me final decision and thank u sooo much ,,,,
Well i have never owned an x10 ,just flicked through it at the store ... so really can't comment on it's software capabilities,as for the Vid.Rec on the desire,it's really good,smooth and 720p [but depends on the ROM,on Sense roms u can record in 720p and on AOSP rom u can recond in 480p)
But from a technical point of view,the Desire has more memory,(a smaller but) better screen i'm and really pleased with it i have no regrets about buying it ...
But my recommendation would be buy a HTC Desire Hd ,cost a bit more then the Desire but it's totally worth it if not,go for the Desire
Have you thought that posting this question in a Desire thread may skew the responses somewhat . . .
+1 Desire
+1 for desire. HTC produces really nice phones, imho.
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If u want to hack your phone go with the desire, read through the x10 forums and you'll see a multitude of problems with hacking it..
Also I have to agree with Matdroid, HTC make very nice handsets
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Hello, i'm upgrading my phone and i can't decide.. OK so help me guys i need to decide within 4 hours..
I can buy One X at 300€ new , or One X+ at 360€
So first i want to clear something:
IF i buy the One X i will upgrade the battery buying the hox+ battery so ther'are +30€ for the battery.
IF i buy the One X i will have a better support , more roms than hox+ ..
+ I realy like the White color of One X , also the hox+ black&red is beauty but the stock is better.
What i need to do?? I'm so confused...
Where are so much differences between hox and hox+ on the support? hox i see has more roms.. sorry for my english
You got all your facts right m8! Don't know why your having a hard time choosing between them! If you are a flashaholic then go for One X as the rom development is fantastic!
Both the devices are similar other than the few Mhz in clock speed!
These kind of threads aren't allowed bro, I'm guessing it'll be closed soon enough
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Hello, i'm upgrading my phone and i can't decide.. OK so help me guys i need to decide within 4 hours..
I can buy One X at 300€ new , or One X+ at 360€
So first i want to clear something:
IF i buy the One X i will upgrade the battery buying the hox+ battery so ther'are +30€ for the battery.
IF i buy the One X i will have a better support , more roms than hox+ ..
+ I realy like the White color of One X , also the hox+ black&red is beauty but the stock is better.
What i need to do?? I'm so confused...
Where are so much differences between hox and hox+ on the support? hox i see has more roms.. sorry for my english
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I would go for the One X+ for the bigger battery and if you are into music the One X+ seems the better choice as it has a hardware amplifier for the headphone jack, also the finish in the One X+ seems better. But the One X is still an awesome device. I love mine!
Thread has been closed as phone comparison threads are not allowed.
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.
Hello,
I have two questions: 1. Is it worth to buy the HTC Desire 816 für around 270€ or could you recommend a better smartphone? (could be up to 300€) 2. Does this one has a heating problem?
Sorry for my english
MrDeadGamer
Overheats a little bit when viewing videos or video chatting. The only other two devices I'd recommend roughly in this price range are the Nexus 5 and the Oneplus one. The 816 is an exceptional device, though.
But the Nexus 5 costs more than 300€?
The Desire 816 is the best phone in it's price range undoubtedly in my opinion. Especially with the awesome HTC features like Boomsound and the amazing cameras.
MrDeadGamer said:
Hello,
I have two questions: 1. Is it worth to buy the HTC Desire 816 für around 270€ or could you recommend a better smartphone? (could be up to 300€) 2. Does this one has a heating problem?
Sorry for my english
MrDeadGamer
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816 is a good phone and I haven't ever experienced any heating problems with it, but the price is different in each region and for each vendor so you should specify your country and store. as an example, you should take a look at a newer model called Desire 820 which is more advanced than 816
I will buy tge OnePlus One but thanks to all