8.0 out of 10

HTC Desire / A8181

 

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Best Price: $402

  • User Score (4028)
    8.7 8.7 from 4028 reviewers
  • Expert Score (65)
    8.8 8.8 from 65 reviewers
  • Design (451)
    8.2 8.2 from 451 reviewers
  • Value for money (41)
    8.1 8.1 from 41 reviewers
  • Features (436)
    8.5 8.5 from 436 reviewers
  • Ease of use (447)
    8.4 8.4 from 447 reviewers
  • Performance (9)
    8.5 8.5 from 9 reviewers
  • Sound quality (25)
    7.7 7.7 from 25 reviewers
  • Sound (12)
    6.1 6.1 from 12 reviewers
  • Reliability (10)
    6.6 6.6 from 10 reviewers
  • Overall quality (30)
    8.1 8.1 from 30 reviewers
  • Battery performance (59)
    5.7 5.7 from 59 reviewers
  • Display (24)
    8.6 8.6 from 24 reviewers
  • Weight (12)
    8.2 8.2 from 12 reviewers
  • Reception (27)
    8.2 8.2 from 27 reviewers
  • Functionality (7)
    8.4 8.4 from 7 reviewers
  • Ergonomics (10)
    7.7 7.7 from 10 reviewers
  • Speed performance (10)
    8.5 8.5 from 10 reviewers
  • Build quality (7)
    7.9 7.9 from 7 reviewers
  • Options (10)
    8.7 8.7 from 10 reviewers
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Users:
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5-6
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  • Expert Reviews

  1. goodgearguide.com.au

    review.goodgearguide.com.au
    29 July 2010

    at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HTC's hotly anticipated Desire smartphone has finally arrived down under. The first Android smartphone available through Telstra, the HTC Desire is the best Android handset yet and a worthy challenger to the . The HTC Desire smartphone has a very similar design to the . Its outstanding feature is the 3.7in AMOLED display, which dwarfs the iPhone in both size and quality. Read more

    • Superb display, excellent build quality, fantastic user interface, high level of customisation with HTC Sense, super-fast performance, excellent Web browser
    • On-screen keyboard not as polished as the iPhone's, somewhat limited multimedia capabilities

  2. SMARTHOUSE

    SMARTHOUSE
    10/10
    28 March 2010

    When a courier arrived with a brand new HTC Desire minutes before I was walking out to the pub for Friday night drinks, I thought "Bugger it, I will take it with me" in an effort to get opinions other than my own. The result was a mixed bag of views. Read more

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

  3. Hardware Zone

    20 May 2010

    There are those who went ahead with the Nexus One and enjoyed the Android 2.1 experience almost six months earlier, and there are the patient few, keeping themselves available for HTC's own version, the Desire. We say, patience does have its reward. Over the past one year, the open-source Google Android platform has been grabbing a bigger piece of the mobile market pie, but that just isn't enough. Read more

  4. PC Authority

    10/10
    19 July 2010

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

  5. Cybershack

    Cybershack
    6 July 2010

    Out of the box, the HTC Desire just looks and feels smart. It has a nice skin – both back and front, which is warm and inviting. When first turning it on, the brightness of its AMOLED screen just leaps out at you, and in the bright midday sun, you could still easily read messages, send emails, or surf the next with little or no glare. Read more

  • User Reviews

  1. HTC Desire

    CNET
    10/10
    Reviewer: Max, CNET
    31 July 2010

    Honestly dont know why so many people are having sync problems. Its seriously not rocket science and if you cant manage it maybe you shouldn't have a smart phone. Google android drivers for your system (Ios, win7, xp etc). Mount phone as storage device (screw HTC sync). Drag and drop music, videos and files till your heart is content. As far as email its amazingly easy. Dont spend any money. Read more

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  • Manufacturer's Description

HTC Desire delivers intense brilliance, sharp contrast, and true colors on the expansive 3.7-inch AMOLED display. The 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor makes the phone incredibly responsive as you multitask from app to app without skipping a beat, while the instinctive HTC Sense experience lets you wield the power of the HTC Desire with the greatest of ease.

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