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So ....which is best ????
I wonder if anyone has asked that before...
Naaah shoudn't fink so ..... 😉
Neither..
Samsung Galaxy S
Iphone is for gays and hairdressers and costs 10x more than it is worth.
HTC would be good if it wasnt for Windows Mobile os
Samsung has the Android os which is by far the best mobile os and is more than the equal of the HTC and better than Iphone.
Also consider the Sony Ericsson x10 as well. Same Android os as the samsung.
desire uses latest android system liam - keep up
Go for the Desire. Got one a week ago - excellent. No wish to become an Apple slave.
I've got the iPhone 4. Tried Android on a G1 and also an X10 couldn't get on with it at all. There's also the Nokia N8 coming soon though which will be a good un. But I'd say get the iPhone 4 if you can.
Iphone is for gays and hairdressers and costs 10x more than it is worth.
What are you liam? 12?
I've got an iPhone 3GS (and I'm not gay or a hairdresser). Not sure I'd recommend it though. Depends what you want it for as it's an excellent little computer but a pretty poor phone.
HTC Desire HD due in the shops soon with a 4.3" screen
http://www.htc.com/www/product/desirehd/overview.html
Galaxy s is good. Bigger screen than the iphone and a whole lot cheaper.
Liam - don't talk nonsense, there's a good chap.
Galaxy S is a good choice if you want a phone where the GPS doesn't work and want to have to start hacking it to fix the inherent lag. "Improvements" (not "fixes" note) are promised by Samsung who are notoriously bad at releasing updates.
Sony X10 is a good choice if you want to be stuck on a version of Android that's four major revisions behind current.
Desire HD is a bigger screen, but the same resolution, as the Desire. Where they get "HD" from I don't know.
Between the (Android) HTC Desire and the iPhone, both excellent handsets. It boils down to whether you want it to 'just work' at the expense of being locked in to approved apps and the Apple way of doing things, or whether you want an open platform with a lot more freedom to mess about with it at the expense of sometimes [i]having [/i]to mess about with it to get it to do exactly what you want.
Two different target audiences. I've an Android handset, OH has an iPhone. Neither of us would swap if you paid us. It's the same question as the ager old "should I buy a Mac or a PC", or "Windows vs Linux". All have their merits, the question you need to be asking isn't "which is better", it's "which is more appropriate."
The lag fix on the galaxy s is a doddle amd takes abot 5 mins all in all. I know you should'nt have to do it but for the sake of 5 mins geeking it up I
The lag fix on the galaxy s is a doddle amd takes about 5 mins all in all. I know you should'nt have to do it but for the sake of 5 mins geeking it up I have saved a lot of dollar over the iphone. Once done it zips along.
Get a legend, cheaper and almost twice the battery life of a desire.
The lag fix on the galaxy s is a doddle
Point is, it's still necessary. I can handle bugs out of the box, but when it's been out for a while and still not 'officially' fixed (and when the XDA community can reverse-engineer a workaround) then that's simply unacceptable IMO.
After my experiences with the original (non-'S') Galaxy, I have zero confidence in Samsung's ability or desire (ho ho!) to provide support and updates for their mobile phones. For this reason, I'm out.
I got a Desire the other day, already had an ipod touch, i have to say I'm really impressed with the HTC. Bigger screen and the apps are just as good if not better
just down to personal preference. previous phone was a samsun tocco and couldn't get on with it at all
[i]HTC would be good if it wasnt for Windows Mobile os[/i]
Must be great to be so on the ball with technology 🙄
Both great phones, iphone is much easier to put music on via itunes although there may be an easy with with the desire but I haven't bothered looking.
I'm a massive HTC fan, had them for years from the old XDA on. Currently have a HD2. Always said I wouldn't do an iPhone but.... Wife has just got an iPhone4 and I was sold on the iPhone after about 10 minutes playing with it.
My Desire HD arrives later this month, it's my first smart phone and I am fully expecting it to transform my life, bringing me to a level of techno-nirvana that was hitherto impossible.
I think it is called an HD because it can do 720p video...
although there may be an easy with with the desire
Manage manually via copy/paste on any computer (great for swapping music with workmates or for when I'm travelling with work PC that I can't put iTunes on).
I also use Doubletwist which works really well but will check out this:
http://lifehacker.com/5655180/isyncr-syncs-your-android-device-with-itunes-over-usb-or-wi+fi
I think it is called an HD because it can do 720p video...
The normal Desire will record 720p under Android 2.2.
@''Torminalis'' - SO then, who did you order the HD Desire through and also how much a month?
@''gravity-slave'' - Can you 100% confirm this? is the case regarding hd recording at 720p as the desire does not have a video camera according to a print out of specs that I have seen.
looks like I have the Htc Desire HD on the way 😆
I get a work phone (Blackberry) but for personal use I'm thinking of an iphone4. I use a Mac and love my iTouch. I just can not be arsed with jail breaking/hacking and don't need 100's of apps and have no problem with Apple. I more or less use the iTouch for music and the odd game and having a iphone will mean no reason to carry a phone and itouch it would all be in one device.
I can understand why some like the flexibility of an Android operating system but it's just not for me. Think what you are going to REALLY use it for and go from their.
Exactly.
I've got a Desire and really like it now I'm getting to grips with it.
My gripes are that I don't know how to 'flash' the phone to get rid of the pre-loaded Orange software or update the OS to 2.2 (I tried but got stuck) and that music isn't as simple to transfer as it is with I tunes. I use Double Twist which allows your existing Itunes to be synced with the HTC but it is slow and clunky compared to Itunes.
Neither are show stoppers but have added a bit of faff that I'd prefer not to have.
got my desire and it's great. Get a phone from carphone wharehous and they are unlocked and operator software free.
Music transfer was the easiest thing around see music drag and drop onto phone. No need for I tunes
Phone talks to any pc on any OS and seems very good.
Yes, I should have said my issue is that all my music is already in Itunes from having had an Ipod before and I wanted to use this library without effing about converting it over.
If you don't already have and Itunes library then it's no issue.
Being in the strange situation of having an iPhone 3GS, a Samsumg galaxy and an HTC desire I would suggest you get whatever one you can get on the cheapest deal. They all do the same job and they all do it very well.
@''gravity-slave'' - Can you 100% confirm this? is the case regarding hd recording at 720p as the desire does not have a video camera according to a print out of specs that I have seen.
Yes.
Recording is listed under MultiMedia on HTC's site
http://www.htc.com/www/product/desire/specification.html
720p recording was enabled on mine in the video settings after upgrading to 2.2.
There is not many iphone 3gs around as they reduced production when iphone 4 came out, good deals on desire at the moment but I'm holding out for the Desire HD. I just got the Mrs a 3gs had to wait 3 months though to get it.
i phone 4 seems to work out about half as much again, money wise, as the desire, over 18months, which is what is mainly steering me in that direction.
There is not many iphone 3gs around as they reduced production when iphone 4 came out, good deals on desire at the moment but I'm holding out for the Desire HD. I just got the Mrs a 3gs had to wait 3 months though to get it.
The only 3Gs's around are the base model 8Gb, AFAIK. All others were replaced by 4G's as soon as the 4 was released in June. The 3Gs is really pretty basic compared to the latest iterations of the better Android phones, and the iPhone 4 totally blows it away. The camera is stunning, video is excellent, the GPS is fantastically accurate. My 4 was amazing using CoPilot Live down to South Devon and back, UK Map and Viewranger were invaluable for following the coast and inland paths, the Tide app was [i]very[/i] useful for avoiding getting getting caught by a fast rising tide, in short it proved itself over and over again. All without having to **** around with it to make it do what it's actually [i]supposed[/i] to do; I want something to work when I buy it, I really don't want to have to grep around with something new to get basic functionality.
I have a 3gs, I love it. I don't like the image or branding but it's been reliable, good build and it's quick on the web.
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