The HTC Desire is an advanced phone with all the features you require in a touchscreen mobile phone but with even more charisma. The HTC Desire combines all the features of a standard phone, delivering solidly on multimedia aspects such as the 5MP camera featuring autofocus and LED flash, and a 32GB memory card capacity – it is not lacking in any way. But the place where it really stands out is its feel to the touch. Teflon coating on the back and sides makes it modern and practical, and with a rubbery, almost velvety yet durable tactile feel, you just want to keep it in your hand.
Thanks to its touchscreen display with a fast response (3.7” AMOLED widescreen, 720×480 pixels), and one of the crispest digital imaging technologies available today, this phone lets you tap your way in and out of applications with ease and speed. Android 2.1 running on a Snapdragon CPU, and 512MB of RAM, you will have no difficulty navigating and executing functions on this phone for either work or play.
HTC Desire S, 50 minutes to any network and 150 texts.
Tariff Name: Talk 50 £7.99 (24m), Network Talk Mobile, 24 Month Contract, 50 Anytime Minutes, 150 Free Text Messages, HTC Desire S, Phone Price 215, Total Cost After Discounts £407
In terms of navigational features, an optical trackpad replaces the need for a trackball, and the multi-touch input methods available bring a new level of navigation to the HTC Desire’s interface. The HTC Sense UI processes your trackpad commands with smart efficiency, ensuring that you don’t have to think about how it works – it just does.
All the usual features you would expect from an HTC phone such as Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth v2.1 A2DP to allow you to connect up wherever you go, and microUSB port v2.0 for attaching compatible devices, make sure that the HTC Desire comes up to scratch on all the data transfer and connectivity specs on the market today.
The camera, as well as the previously mentioned autofocus and LED flash, also features the popular geo-tagging function allowing photos to be tagged from the place in the world that they are taken, and video, at 15 frames per second, captures live moments with ease and effectiveness in WVGA 800×480 pixels.
When you use the HTC Desire for communications, it offers a handy threaded view for SMS messaging, and allows you to utilise MMS, email, Push Email and IM without a hiccup. The HTML browser application allows you to surf the net and use a digital compass, Google search, maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter without missing a beat, and the Picasa integration allows you to share the photos and movies you take on your HTC Desire straight to the web. Additionally, the Desire features a stereo FM radio with RDS, allowing you to keep in touch with the local news and listen to music, and of course MP3 playback and use as an alert type (with or without vibration) is a given.
A standard Li-Ion 1400 mAh battery offers an excellent up to 340 hours stand-by or up to almost 7 hours of talk time, and speakerphone ensures you can talk at a distance when you need to use the functionalities of the phone while making the call.
Weighing in at 135 grams, and with its rounded corners and a sensual feel, and a strong feature base covering all the essentials with ease, the HTC Desire is, well, everything that one could desire!