HTC Desire Reviews
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“Simple and Reliable”
Written on: 04/06/2013 by HardyNicoll792 (5 reviews written)
I've had this phone for over six months, and although I am not an expert and use some of the functions provided but not all, I can say that the phone is good, it is the right size and easy to handle, running on android the system is reliable and apps availability is great. The battery lasts around 3 days depending on use, the camera is decent, and the screen quality is also pretty good and clear. (read more)
“Pretty good smartphone”
Written on: 31/05/2013 by KnoxCraul419 (6 reviews written)
I have this phone now for 2 months, after much debate within me I decided that this was the best choice because the phone was affordable and it offered everything I need, a 5mpx camera, an android operating system which is slick and reliable, a price tag of £120 new and 3 years warranty on pay as you go, so no contract, and by the way I got it in the O2 shop. I must say that so far I feel I made the right choice, the phone is very nice to handle, easy to use, and fast, the internet works... (read more)
“Great Phone”
Written on: 16/05/2013 by JudsonCoxson797 (3 reviews written)
Couldn't been happier, I made the right choice, whilst everybody goes out spending hundreds on iPhone and others, I went to the shop and bought this phone very cheaply, brand new and with 3 years warranty, I love the phone, I think is first of the all the right size to be handled with one hand, it has all the functions you could possibly imagine, is on Android so you can just imagine the plethora of apps available, everything work perfectly, smoothly and nice. I am very happy with this phone. (read more)
“Warranty claim”
Written on: 13/03/2013
Damaged my phone, had forgotten that I had square trade cover for it and got it repaired. A week later realised I had warranty cover and got in touch with the Square trade and the help I got was just amazing and easy and even after a week late I got the money back that I had spent or repairing my phone. Thank god I bought the Square trade cover for the phone. I would recommend square trade warrant cover for everyone buying any kind of electronics!! (read more)
“HCT desire ”
Written on: 04/02/2013 by JamesTester (1 review written)
I have had the mobile phone for a 2 years and the biggest problem I came across was the ear piece which the voice quality was so bad that I had to ask in a umber of times to text me instead. The mobile phone has been sent for repair three times to 3G and the diagnoses came negative. IT has almost 1GHz processing power but I doubted the software designed utilised effectively all the powers because which taping on the anything there is always a slight delays. (read more)
“Apparently nice, but terrible reboot bug”
Written on: 09/10/2012 by carigo
I have two HTC Desire S, one used by myself, the other one used by my wife. After working well for about 12 months, both phones are now permamtly rebooting when used ourside their home network (i.e. when roaming) and randomly rebooting when used in the home network. The bug prevents any use of the phone outside the home network, i.e. during travels abroad. I unsuccessfully tried to solve the problem by the various procedures recommended in the handbook (including factory reset). As the... (read more)
“Slightly Disappointed”
Written on: 13/09/2012 by JohnsonS (3 reviews written)
I got this phone in April last year on a contract. The guy in the shop recommended it as it was fairly new on the market. He even set everything up for me and showed how to use the android market. I was happy as it was my first touch screen phone. The cracks started to show after a few weeks were I noticed the battery life was very poor and I was constantly charging the phone, the screen also froze unexpectedly and switched off without warning. You would get a message asking if you 'want to... (read more)
“worth the price”
Written on: 03/07/2012 by richieyrich (1 review written)
HTC Desire is a good smartphone and not so expensive but its worth the price. Features are all good. (read more)
“Good phone ”
Written on: 13/03/2012 by trinitysquared (2 reviews written)
Although an older model, this gave the iPhone a run for its money. Really great interface and really good if you like a little more control over what your phone does (rather than apple who control most aspects of the user expereince) Only cons are the battery (as with all smart phones) but the BIGGEST gripe I have is the internal memory is only 500MB(ish) and most of this is taken up by the operating system - this leaves hardly any room to store apps and games - although you can move... (read more)
“A love hate relationship.”
Written on: 05/03/2012 by graemewater (5 reviews written)
My htc desire and I had a rather hard relationship together. this has sadly just ended since I have now lost my phone through careless placement of my phone in my Pocket. SO why this love hate relationship. Well there are a number of reasons really. some of which could be overcome with a little careful use some never. The cons: short battery life - I found it was half a day as a mp3 player and would always run out on a night out small internal memory - constantly had full memory and as... (read more)
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“Great phone, i really like it”
Written on: 18/01/2012 by Augtett (2 reviews written)
I really like this phone for its diverse purposes it serves. For the first 6 months mine seemed ok but now I have noticed a reduction in battery life from 2 days to 1 day. Not using any power-sucking apps or anything and same thing happened to my bf. Someone told me there's a way to reset the battery but I haven't tried it yet. Other than this, the phone is fun and useful in so many little ways, like I can sync my gmail and use skype. (read more)
“Really good smartphone”
Written on: 24/08/2011 by leither_79 (1 review written)
Like any smartphone, the HTC desire is lacking in battery time and drops signal now and again, but it's convinced me that the technology will improve, and I'm sure my next smartphone will also be an HTC. (read more)
“Pretty awesome phone so far, i'm still blown away!”
Written on: 22/08/2011 by virtualmark2 (7 reviews written)
What can i say? Had this phone for over a year now, its never let me down and i feel i should share it with you. I use it daily not just as a phone, but also as: Satellite Navigation Internet Browser/Email Wireless Router Alarm Clock Personal Organiser Calculator Video Camera/Photo Camera Dictophone Skype Flashlight Games Theres more but i'm sure you get the picture. I was chatting to my mate the other day via skype, just using the app on my phone, it was just like a normal phone call... (read more)
“Big Problems with HTC”
Written on: 13/08/2011 by catchem (1 review written)
When i first had the phone about 14 months ago it was great, loads of features and a pleasure to use and suppose at the time was lucky to get 12 months consistent use out of it, but not now the desire has developed a fault where it is constantly rebooting in a loop and getting very warm. It seems to be an issue which HTC are trying to keep below the cover and not admit to any failings in this phone. You only have to google htc rebooting problems to see how wide spread and frustrating this is... (read more)
“Fantastic phone, abysmal battery life”
Written on: 28/07/2011 by neesa (2 reviews written)
I couldnt afford the tarrifs on an iphone, nor was i willing to obuy an iphone off contract. After alot of research by my fiance, we decided this was the next best thing. We were right! The screen is amazingly clear and you can adjust the brightness according to how you want it via a widget. The size - i was abit worried about having a big phone having previously owned a samsung slide phone that was about half the size, albeit twice the width. However it slips intp the pocket easily... (read more)
“Internal memory”
Written on: 28/06/2011 by kamenara (1 review written)
The phone is really good,but it has one big disadvantage. Its internal memory is really low, and applications can only be installed on its internal memory. Thus, despite I have 3 GB memory free on my CD card,the phone always ask me to delete data, or to uninstall applications from the internal memory. The memory of the card can be used just to save music, pictures, videos etc. (read more)
“Love the usability, battery sucks”
Written on: 07/06/2011 by LeenP1978 (4 reviews written)
I know lots of people have complaned about the HTC battery. For the first 6 months mine seemed ok but now I have noticed a reduction in battery life from 2 days to 1 day. Not using any power-sucking apps or anything and same thing happened to my bf. Someone told me there's a way to reset the battery but I haven't tried it yet. Other than this, the phone is fun and useful in so many little ways, like I can sync my gmail and use skype. I just wish the battery was better. (read more)
“A great phone, I'm really pleased I opted for it...”
Written on: 17/05/2011 by bigglescham1 (2 reviews written)
A great phone, I'm really pleased I opted for it instead of paying a fortune for an iphone.
It's not perfect and there are a few things to be aware of. The loudspeaker is pretty shoddy; it's not particularly loud and distorts a fair bit - not great for using whilst driving (hands free) or for listening to music.
Also, I had a problem which I believe many others have had: overheating. When using memory-sapping features the phone overheated and cut out. This got gradually worse until I...
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“I sold my iphone 3Gs 16gb(owned 1 year) to replace it...”
Written on: 28/03/2011 by bmw e30 (16 reviews written)
I sold my iphone 3Gs 16gb(owned 1 year) to replace it with one of these as on paper they match each other and the desire beats the iphone on its 'extras'. Initially i loved it, the freedom android gives you and all the bells and whistles, and 2 day battery life compared to 1 on the iphone. But 4 weeks on id honestly grown to hate it, and now today i've sold it. The speaker is total rubbish, tinny and nothing else, texting using the htc onscreen keyboard was so terrible and is just like... (read more)
“Overall a really good phone. Big screen, good apps,...”
Written on: 15/03/2011
Overall a really good phone. Big screen, good apps, good photo quality, easy internet access i can go on. The only bad point is the battery life, if you use your phone alot, lots of talking, texting and internet, battery has trouble lasting more than a couple of hours. When the battery does run out the phone had has trouble shutting down and usually crashing half way through so i end up having to remove the battery and reconnect. (read more)
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“There are two things which people don't realise about...”
Written on: 11/03/2011
There are two things which people don't realise about this phone
1) Firstly, the bottom of this phone has a chin. This is awesome because I drop it everywhere but it is impossible to break the screen on a flat surface! My record is dropped down one floor in a club, then stamped on.
2) I get two days of battery out of my phone, by easily switching the mobile internet off, with a widget, for 90% of the day.
Get a phone with a chin!!
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“Lovely phone. Period. I'll talk about the phone in...”
Written on: 25/02/2011 by junaidhussain96 (2 reviews written)
Lovely phone. Period. I'll talk about the phone in order with my ratings.
Firstly, I have a pure HTC unlocked phone, with none of the rubbish that networks normally add to your phone before giving it to you, and I've owned it since August.
The screen quality is phenomenal. The HTC Desire sports an AMOLED, 3.7", 800x480 pixel screen. The AMOLED means vibrant colours, that are crisp, bright, and will make iPhone users want to cry. The 3.7" size is more than big enough for using the phone for...
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“A great Android phone to start with. I was very used...”
Written on: 11/02/2011 by vegemite4me (7 reviews written)
A great Android phone to start with. I was very used to a small Nokia mobile, and the Desire was significantly bigger, but I have gotten used to it and thing it is a good size. The screen is nice and bright, and the touch screen is responsive and easy to use. There have heard of the phone hanging up by mistake (due to the screen activating when being pressed against your ear), but I have not had this problem. The downside is the battery life, which is terrible. But this seems to be a problem... (read more)
“Love my HTC phone, a great smart phone with loads of...”
Written on: 09/02/2011 by reeterry (2 reviews written)
Love my HTC phone, a great smart phone with loads of features. I've read in some reviews the complaint about battery life, yes it can drain alarmingly quickly, but then that should be expected. In full working mode this isn't a phone its a mini computer that can also make calls. You MUST install appkiller or similar and USE IT to turn off apps that drain the battery life.
Pro's
nice to look at
Android
multiple 'home' screens
good screen brightness
decent camera
Good sound (music...
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“I bought the HTC Desire on the strength of a friends...”
Written on: 27/01/2011 by Stuart Cooper (1 review written)
I bought the HTC Desire on the strength of a friends recommendation and then by reading a couple of reviews which backed up his positive comments.
The phone is easy to use and navigate and looks really impressive. I love the fact that I have the freedom to access the internet where ever I am and the 'pinch effect' zoom in / zoom out a great way to view websites not quite optimised for mobile browsing. I also find that the images and text refocus much quicker than what I have seen on other...
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“Great phone - the words 'iPhone beater' get used a...”
Written on: 17/01/2011 by steedie (4 reviews written)
Great phone - the words 'iPhone beater' get used a lot, but this is probably one of the few phones that can actually say this. It does pretty much ANYTHING. the flexibility of this phone to be used and changed to how you want it is its strongest point - but in the wrong hands can be a weak point...as if you dont know what you are doing, you can run apps that will drain your battery in a few hours, slow it down, make it crash etc. So its not for technophobes - they should probably stick to... (read more)
“I had this phone for three days on O2 (Business...”
Written on: 04/01/2011
I had this phone for three days on O2 (Business Contract). When I first fired it up I was blown away with screen (Amoled version) it was superb. I downloaded various apps, sent a few texts surfed the web and I was really impressed, until.... I used it as a phone. OMG the quality of the calls received via the ear piece was truly dreadful. (The external speaker function was even worse!) I maybe in the minority but the main use of any mobile phone (for me) is making calls and the quality and... (read more)
“Phone fits well in the hands and feels almost...”
Written on: 03/11/2010
Phone fits well in the hands and feels almost unnoticeable in jeans pocket (and mine are quite tight!). Call quality is very good as is signal reception, but the speaker used for hands free and listening to music etc. is absolutely terrible. It sounds really tinny and distorts a lot. Physical buttons at base are very useful. Good camera but lets itself down in low light conditions which produce more grainy pictures. The LED flash is probably as bad as it is on all phones, but when used... (read more)
“HTC Desire is a Android device. It is a very good...”
Written on: 21/10/2010 by amitkarpe (7 reviews written)
HTC Desire is a Android device. It is a very good mobile phones and performs really well. The camera is good and the Sense UI is nice touch. HTC are a good company and known to keep their customers happy.
They were the first to roll out the Android 2.2. They have always given software updates priority.
The build and quality of the phone is excellent. The features are better than most. The only thing people might find annoying would be the battery life.
Me being a heavy internet user the...
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“I love this phone, the touchscreen and keyboard is a...”
Written on: 12/10/2010 by jessiekingston4059 (2 reviews written)
I love this phone, the touchscreen and keyboard is a lovely to feel and sharing the internet connection with my laptop is excellent too. The speaker is pretty poor, but I suppose you use earphones most of the time and I can't plug it into my tv like I could with my nokia, but its so much faster. The apps are great too! (read more)
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“Great phone, so much better than the iphone 4 in terms...”
Written on: 30/09/2010 by londonguy78
Great phone, so much better than the iphone 4 in terms of what it can do (especially now the Froyo update has come out on Orange). A few points why I think this is better than the iphone 4:
- Most apps that you would have to pay for on the iphone app store (albeit probably only £1-2) can be found free or ad-supported on the android marketplace.
- Free satnav!
- Google translate, great for on holiday (if there is wi-fi)
- Works as a wireless access point to share your 3G connection
- Live...
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“After getting fed up with Apple, and their poor...”
Written on: 06/09/2010 by infidelwoking (1 review written)
After getting fed up with Apple, and their poor attitude to us lowly Iphone 3G users (still in contract I might add) I decided to look for an alternative to the iPhone 4.
After a lot of reasearc I setteled on the HTC desire, and I dont regret this at all. This is a very good phone. The software is well thought out, its feature rich and the build quality is outstanding.
If you are worried about moving from Apple, dont be. It has an app store just like the iPhone, the music player is great...
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“Upgraded to the HTC Desire from a Nokie E63 which I...”
Written on: 06/09/2010 by theFeenee (1 review written)
Upgraded to the HTC Desire from a Nokie E63 which I had been very happy with for 18 months except for the camera. The Desire has a better camera than the Nokia and I liked the screen in the shop.. so I went for it.
Wow! A month later and I can't praise it enough. Rather than try to repeat the excellent review from Ollsbolls below, I'll tell what I find especially impressive/ disappointing.
First the bad points;
1) Battery life. Yes, I know everyone says it but it is a problem. I've bought...
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“Good Points: ”
Written on: 11/08/2010 by Ollsbols (14 reviews written)
Good Points:
Great screen (colour, resolution and touch)
Fantastic user interface (Sense UI)
Fast 1GB processor
Google SatNav
True Multi-tasking
Bad Points:
Battery life not brilliant but comparable with other similar phones
Speaker not the best
General Comments:
I have been using traditional 'smart' phones for some years. Sony Ericsson P800, 910, 990, P1i. On the whole they have been pretty good. The P1i being the best.
After using the P1i for 2 - 2.5 years I decided it was time for a...
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“I just bought this phone yesterday and have...”
Written on: 04/08/2010 by wildthing666 (2 reviews written)
I just bought this phone yesterday and have transferred my contacts to the phone even giving them each an individual MP3 ring tone and set up the network and email, the phone is easy to navigate around and add or remove applications from the home page. Getting used to a touch screen rather than tapping keys is going to take time as I find it a bit on the sensitive side. The speaker on the phone isn't good if you want to listen to music it is much better to use the in ear earphones but be... (read more)
“exceptional and out-performs the iphones ”
Written on: 28/07/2010 by jjav (8 reviews written)
exceptional and out-performs the iphones
Excellent phone for mail access, internet, document reader etc and many other applications. more of the applications are free on the android phones than they are on the iphone.I used the iphone for a few day after recommendations from friends. I found the iphone to be too restrictive and you are locked to Itunes for almost everything , there is no drag & drop facility. The Iphone becomes a little more flexible when you have jailbroken it. However ther...
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“The Desire is a beautiful phone,the Ui is smooth and...”
Written on: 15/07/2010
The Desire is a beautiful phone,the Ui is smooth and cool with it's live wallpapers.It's also superfast getting connected to the net.I owned the Apple 3gs but decided on this instead of upgrading to the iphone 4g because it does'nt las,crash and connection is costant
it's a revolution in android,watch out Apple when the Glee generation get sick of being taken for a ride this phone and HTC is were they'll come
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“An excellent piece of kit and would recommend to all....”
Written on: 12/06/2010
An excellent piece of kit and would recommend to all. I purchased mine directly from a HTC (not locked or branded to a network, 330+vat) and do not have the minor issues that I have seen on the forums, etc.
A read of the manual is a must though but well work the effort, also the battery life is not so good (average for a smartphone) but a desktop charger (£9) would resolve.
Quality calls, very smooth operation and well supported by HTC. A joy to use.
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“I will make this short" amazing"”
Written on: 08/06/2010
I will make this short" amazing" (read more)
“Best phone I have ever owned in 20yrs ”
Written on: 06/06/2010 by Ricocchet (4 reviews written)
Best phone I have ever owned in 20yrs
Not going to go into detail you have Google for that.
Just buy one today.
5 STARS
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“i thought i'd never go away from usuing my iphone but...”
Written on: 23/05/2010
i thought i'd never go away from usuing my iphone but the Desire has done it!
it's quicker,sleeker and more intuitive than my iphone and batterty life no worse or better
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“I have had this phone for 2 weeks and I can some it up...”
Written on: 18/05/2010 by poulj55 (1 review written)
I have had this phone for 2 weeks and I can some it up in one word "MINDBLOWING".This phone does everything except make the tea.
BUT!it has major problem that spoils it and that is that it has the worst battery life I have ever come across.
I class myself as a medium user and have to charge every 1-2 days.If you use it a lot as I have done a couple of times you will need to charge evey night.HTC PLEASE SORT THIS!
Still if you can get by, this is still a fantastic phone.
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Johncrawford's Response to poulj55's Review
Written on: 15/06/2010
Hi,
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<br/>If you are not using many of the features on the phone I would suggest turning them off as this will save you lots of battery life. For example when I went to Germany a couple of weeks ago, I turned off the 3G (I don't like getting massive roaming charges) and I didn't need to charge the phone for 4 days. Of course you should almost always ensure that the GPS is turned off as this will really chew your battery.
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<br/>Hope this helps
<br/>John
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“this is a very good phone you name it can do it in a...”
Written on: 05/05/2010
this is a very good phone you name it can do it in a matter of seconds (read more)
“The HTC Desire is simply a lovely smart phone! When I...”
Written on: 19/04/2010 by JohnCrawford (34 reviews written)
The HTC Desire is simply a lovely smart phone! When I first got this phone I purposely waited a few days to get used to the phone and also the various settings that T-Mobile (my current cell phone provider) has installed on it.
I loved the simple and very easy to use setup wizard that automatically starts up when you turn on your phone for the first time. I also loved the way this phone automatically connected all my Facebook friends (it also does a few other networking sites, but I can't...
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“Great looking android phone. Real competition for the...”
Written on: 13/04/2010 by greenhouseuk (2 reviews written)
Great looking android phone. Real competition for the i-phone.
Took seconds to access Email
Roaming contract
GPS
Facebook phone
Many apps
Windows type display
Free phone from Mobiles.co.uk (2 year contract - £25 pcm / 13 mths and £12.50pcm / 11 mths)
Delivery within 4 working days, helpfull service
Negatives - battery life short/ recharging time long
Took a long time to work out synchronisation with pc to carry over contacts
Cannot yet get Youtube to function
Limited RAM (includes 4G SD...
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“The HTC Desire is a stunning 3G Smartphone which comes...”
Written on: 26/03/2010 by raxsmith (2 reviews written)
The HTC Desire is a stunning 3G Smartphone which comes with a gigantic 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen having a display of up to 16M colours with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. Its powerful 5 MP camera facilitate the users to click photographs of finest quality. This handset weighs 135 grams and measures 119x60x11.9 mm which is ideal for both carrying and using purposes. On one hand, the handset makes the net surfing lot easier with features like Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g , built-in WAP... (read more)
Draegon's Response to raxsmith's Review
Written on: 22/04/2010
I found this review very helpful because...I'm trying to decide on my next phone, the Desire or Xperia X10, going towards Desire now that I know that HTC have improved the camrea.
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