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Testseek.com have collected 195 expert reviews of the HTC Desire and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for HTC Desire.
Award: Editor’s Choice April 2010
April 2010
 
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The editors liked

  • Snappy OS performanceEnhanced Sense UILarge
  • Sharp AMOLED screen
  • Beautiful Screen
  • Intuitive Multtouch Display
  • Android OS
  • 5MPCamera
  • Accelerometer
  • Expandable Memory (Take That Stupid Apple)
  • Fully Integrated Social Networking
  • Sleek design
  • HTC Sense + Android combination
  • Performance
  • Web browser
  • Solid build
  • Feels great in hand
  • Speedy processor
  • Beautiful screen
  • Hardware buttons with great tactile feedback
  • Speedy 1-GHz Snapdragon processor
  • Bright and rich Super LCD screen
  • Solid design with soft-touch finish
  • U.S. Cellular's battery swap program
  • 4G LTE support. Loud stereo speakers. Comfortable
  • Well-built design.
  • Fast performance. Sharp
  • Responsive screen. Attractive hardware design. Refined HTC Sense UI layer. Smooth
  • Colorful video playback. Reasonable US Cellular plan pricing.
  • Fast
  • Desktop-like browser
  • Excellent social networking features
  • Intuitive and highly customisable user interface
  • Flawless touch-screen and keyboard...
  • The HTC Desire features a sleek design with a sharp and responsive touch screen. The 1GHz Snapdragon processor keeps things running smoothly
  • And call quality is good
  • Great operational speed (virtually all applications)
  • Huge screen that equates to very comfortable Internet experience
  • Partial Flash support
  • Excellent incall and audio playback quality
  • Latest Android version
  • A large
  • Bright
  • Vivid and responsive touchscreen
  • Flash support
  • Great HTC Sense UI
  • Super fast Snapdragon processor
  • Large AMOLED screen

The editors didn't like

  • Average camera qualityScreen too reflective outdoorsWeak battery life
  • Price
  • Battery life only so-so
  • Ships with Android 2.1
  • Battery life is not great
  • Camera is only “okay”
  • Rarely had a full signal
  • Camera images oversaturated
  • Odd design choices
  • Average call quality with low maximum volume
  • Must pull the battery to swap microSD cards.
  • AMOLED screen has major glare in sunlight
  • No voice-to-text feature
  • Despite the fact Android 2.1 supports it
  • Video records at a paltry 15fps or lessLook and Feel...
  • No voice dialing over Bluetooth. Camera and camcorder quality are so-so
  • No DivX and Xvid support
  • Screen that is barely usable in direct sunlight
  • HTC Sense hasn't really evolved as much as we'd have liked over the past year
  • No music player equalizer
  • No hardware send/end call keys

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  Published: 2010-07-28, review by: ausdroid.net

  • Abstract:  The & are the two best Android Devices out on the market at the moment, so we decided to put them up against each other to give you an idea of which is better at what. If you have anything you would like to know that isn’t covered in this brief post...

 
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  Published: 2010-07-19, review by: pcauthority.com.au

  • Quick, with a fantastic screen and great web browsing at a good price. HTC has a strong iPhone rival on its hands ...

 
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  Published: 2010-05-22, review by: ausdroid.net

  • Abstract:  I have a few tests to go through with each of the devices, then you can come to your own conclusions to which is better overall. I’ll throw in my thoughts just to give you an idea.So hit “Read More” to get into it!OverviewJust to set the record s...

 
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  Published: 2010-05-06, review by: dpexpert.com.au

  • Abstract:  « [REVIEW—SONY DCS-HX5V compact camera] | Main | [REVIEW—OLYMPUS E-PL1] » May 06, 2010 [MARCHING TO A DIFFERENT SMARTPHONE] Here at Imaging we suffer from iPhobia. When we come near any device with an i up front we come over all faint and nauseous. So...

 
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  Published: 2010-04-27, review by: apcmag.com

  • Abstract:  Page 1 - IntroThe phrase iPhone-killer gets thrown around a lot, usually about phones that have a spec sheet as long as your arm but are butt-ugly and horrible to use. Clunky Windows Mobile 6 and Symbian S60 phones might have more bells and whistles th...

 
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  Published: 2010-04-06, review by: cnet.com.au

  • Excellent design with stunning AMOLED screen. Huge range of preinstalled software. First-class web browser with Flash. HTC Sense is superb
  • Poor 5-megapixel camera. Battery needs to be managed by the user. Needs at least 8GB of internal storage
  • The Desire strikes a perfect balance between design, features and performance, offering users a fun, fast user experience and some of the best communications tools available in phones today....

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  Published: 2010-04-06, review by: Zdnet.com.au

  • The Desire strikes a perfect balance between design, features and performance, offering users a fun, fast user experience and some of the best communications tools available in phones today.

 
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  Published: 2010-03-28, review by: smarthouse.com.au

  • This is a sleek fast phone, that is rich in applications and functionality. It will put the iPod under pressure while leaving brands like Nokia scratching their proverbial backside.
  • The application icons should be larger and one of the three buttons on the base of the phone enabled to activate the screen.

 
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  Published: 2010-04-08, review by: stuff.co.nz

  • Abstract:  There's no better evidence that Google's Android platform has come into its own this year than the HTC Desire. I may be going out on a limb here, but the Desire is undoubtedly an iPhone killer, even if it doesn't end up selling nearly as many units. I'...

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  Published: 2014-01-26, review by: itreviews.com

  • The HTC Desire is a well-crafted Android phone for Virgin Mobile subscribers, offering solid features and 4G LTE speeds for a reasonable price....

 
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