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Which phone are u going to from ur HTC Hero???
Legend or Desire?
For me it has to be the desire, I want a big screen, AMOLED, and a snapdragon... but I'm still envious of that all in one aluminium case...
I'd have to second that and say Desire. Bigger screen, faster processor is great! And the added bonus is that (according to current rumors) the Desire will actually be available on AT&T, and I won't have to buy it from Canada!
This is my analysis:
Hero:
+Price now
+Sexy look
+Will take official 2.1 ROM very very soon
+Rooted
+Pocket friendly size
+Screen viewable under direct sunlight
-No LED flash
-Camera could have been better
-Relativelly small screen
Legend:
+Sexy look
+Amoled 16M colors
+2.1 built-in
+LED Flash (for photos and torch light)
+Pocket friendly size
-Price when released
-Camera with same video recording as Hero??
-Not available before 1 month to 2 months depending on countries
-Screen ''would'' not be usable under direct sunlight like the Nexus One.
Desire:
+Amoled 16M 3.7''
+Video recording 720p
+Snap the dragon CPU
+2.1 built-in
+LED flash (for photos and torch light)
-Price when released
-Not available before 1 month to 2 months depending on countries
-Screen ''would'' not be usable under direct sunlight like the Nexus One.
-NOT pocket friendly size
So you have to see which positives and negatives mean to you the most and choose
If it would be me I will take the Hero now or wait the Legend to June (sweeter price)
as a htc hero user the htc legend doesn't seem to bring enough new features to the table in order to make a new purchase. especially after hero gets its 2.1 update.
therefore the only option is HTC desire for me.
I'm gonna skip them both, htc is going to release a 1,5 ghz smartphone this year.
Only had my hero for 7 months now, still not bored with it or even thinking it's slow.
So I don't see the need to upgrade this round.
However, I think it is very possible that Hero accessories will be compatible with Legend.
So you can reuse your desktop dock, car holder, sleeve, etc.
Stafflover said:
I'm gonna skip them both, htc is going to release a 1,5 ghz smartphone this year.
Only had my hero for 7 months now, still not bored with it or even thinking it's slow.
So I don't see the need to upgrade this round.
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... ok willing to wait if they're going to be releasing a 1.5Ghz phone, do you have any details on this?
To be fair I've had my Hero about 9 months and love it to bits ... was finding it a touch slow in areas, but just put on one of the 2.1 eris ports and the thing flies! ... so I'm only really looking at the bigger screen... and if I can wait longer then I get more choice...
jfulford said:
... ok willing to wait if they're going to be releasing a 1.5Ghz phone, do you have any details on this?
To be fair I've had my Hero about 9 months and love it to bits ... was finding it a touch slow in areas, but just put on one of the 2.1 eris ports and the thing flies! ... so I'm only really looking at the bigger screen... and if I can wait longer then I get more choice...
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Called the htc scorpion, rumors are that it's being released in the US before the summer. supposed to support wimax, not much different from the other htc phones. Just a faster chip and wimax. And a amoled screen.
Desire!! Although I'm looking forward to hearing more about this multitouch flaw. As it has the exact specs the nexus one got..
Thinking of selling my HD2 to get a legend as ive been using android on my HD2 for a couple of says now and feel its SOOO much better than WM.
what do you think? my only concern is android runs really fast on the HD2 due to the processor etc but how dose the legend compare?
any pros and cos please feel free to say. thanks
My legend runs more then fast enough for me and it looks nicer then the desire.
But if you really want the superspeed (and maybe want to get "gingerbread") you should go for the desire
the legend should get gingerbread, too.
its to new for an update suspension and htc would lose reputation if they´d drop it that early.
it totaly depends on personal preferences wich mobile is better for you.
htc desire:
better cpu
live wallpaper
bigger display...
with higher resolution
more apps and games (gameloft games for example)
faster updates
htc legend:
amoled display
better design
cheaper
longer battery life (wich sadly doesnt mean its long)
Short comparison (hardware, legend/desire/hd2)
RAM: 384/576/448
ROM: 512/512/512
CPU: 600mhz/1ghz/1ghz
GPU: Only know that legend and desire should have the same, but all devices support opengl2.0
All modern standard features (gps, bluetooth 2.1 etc.): All pretty similar
but better wait for windows mobile 7 phones or the desire hd/z, or if you prefere black, there will be a black legend soon.
How 'well' does HD2 run android now?
By the sounds of it you can't use it as a proper daily phone.
Put it this way, I was thinking about going from Legend to HD2.
Am really struggling to make a decision on which phone to get between these 2 . The desire hd following on from the origional desire has got an 8 megapixel camera, screen looks bigger but then would have to wait for ages to get updates when google releases them. So i just don't know what you guys reckon between these two great phones?, i just can't decide .
Go with the Nexus S.
The Desire HD has a big screen but it sounds like it doesn't look as good as the G2 screen or the Galaxy S. Besides, with the NS you'll have the updates first and probably a better community support.
I think the really hard choice is between the G2 (physical keyboard, better construction, good screen) and the Nexus S... But if you're hesitating between Desire HD and Nexus S take the Nexus S.
I think DHD is better because :
- 720p videos recording
- 8Mpx Camera with dual LED flash
- Micro SD slot
- Radio FM
- Notification LED
- Native support of Xvid and Avi
- Dolby Mobile and SRS WOW
- DLNA
- No PenTile Matrix
- Better support for audio formats
- Body in aluminium
- New Sense
- HTC Locations
- HTCsense.com
- 768 MB of RAM
- Fastboot
But maybe i'm wrong.
The only thing i regret in the DHD is that it hasn't front camera.
today i had a chance to compare my galaxy s and dhd, but anyway few things that are for sure better on ns
- screen - slc on dhd is good, but cant compare at all with samoled, period.
- audio quality is pathetic on dhd
- 8mpx camera is plain average, if not worse than that
- no gorilla glass and body has camera part cose of which u cant normaly place phone on anything without thinking that it will be scratched
im rly lazy to white all that down, but sgS is better than dhd, and nS is just one step ahead at least
DHD has everything. But question is does it deliver on all fronts. No.
According to most of the users. Its External speakers suck, Battery is pathetic. U vl have have to cut the functionality of most the things given to get through the day. Whats the use of having them if u cant use them. Camera is okayish. And many issues related to fittings. Also you would playing much much more than what you would be for Nexus S.
Nexus S has few things. But mostly all needed things. Good battery and with googles backing I think whatever is there on the phone should work flawlessly
Q.... Is the MT4G not a worthy competitor??? Seems to me like the MT4G has all the same things the Nexus S has + what everyone is complaining it doesn't have (now). HSPA+, Expandable memory slot, FM radio, More ram and MADE BY HTC!!! Other than Tmo bloat and no samoled, isnt it right up there! So why is no one putting it in contention?? Am i missing something here? (Aside from pure Google. Hardware wise.)
played with the desire hd today, internet was dead slow, its too big to fit in the hand i must agree, its one big and ugly phone, and now with this whole video calling game stepping up, the desire hd, will be lost so will await the coming of the nexus s, in uk.
marvi0 said:
played with the desire hd today, internet was dead slow, its too big to fit in the hand i must agree, its one big and ugly phone, and now with this whole video calling game stepping up, the desire hd, will be lost so will await the coming of the nexus s, in uk.
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u mean that nexus will be faster with adobe flash than desire ?DD i am laughing right now......sgx540 doesnt have adobe flash hw acceleration try turn off flash on desire u will see best device on the world nexus is **** sorry. desire has some errors but........
Flash how do u turn it off on desire?
I played with my friend's DHD and I dont like it that much. The only thing I like is the screen size. Speed wise is not that impressive.
I will take Nexus S any day just because of some more important aspects:
- Better battery life
- Super Amoled
- Pure Google experience (no need to wait long to get update!)
alex9898 said:
I think DHD is better because :
- 720p videos recording
- 8Mpx Camera with dual LED flash
- Micro SD slot
- Radio FM
- Notification LED
- Native support of Xvid and Avi
- Dolby Mobile and SRS WOW
- DLNA
- No PenTile Matrix
- Better support for audio formats
- Body in aluminium
- New Sense
- HTC Locations
- HTCsense.com
- 768 MB of RAM
- Fastboot
But maybe i'm wrong.
The only thing i regret in the DHD is that it hasn't front camera.
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The Desire HD is really a beautiful piece of hardware. It just feels like a solid quality phone in your hand.
One thing I've realized using both a Nexus One and Desire HD is the difference in the amount of RAM.
I switch between apps a lot when I'm in the gym, especially these three: timer, RSS reader, JEFIT (work out program). On Nexus One say I'm in the routine page in JEFIT and jump to say timer through the notification bar, when I press back to go back to JEFIT the content goes blank. I have to back out to the starting screen in JEFIT and navigate to routine again to see content.
On the Desire HD, this ain't a problem.
It could be a programming issue. But the way Android is designed bigger RAM equals less frequency of apps being cleared from memory.
I wish Google had more leverage to make Samsung beef up the specs of Nexus S more. Don't get me wrong, I still want one very much, mainly for the fastest update, but the S really isn't as revolution as the One when it came out.
For me it's also very hard to find a decision about the two phones...
Right now I have a HTC Desire and I'm really tired to wait for the latest software updates, BUT... i really like the htc additions.. especially the dialer, contacts app, camera app and sense...
And I know that the Nexus S will have a better community and a lot of devs... so can I hope after some time to see a htc sense rom (maybe when 2.3 comes out) ported to the nexus s and all apps work without any problems?
I'm also worried about the RAM... the desire hd doesn't have much more... and I really wonder if it makes any difference. My current HTC Desire also has about 512mb and I think that it's enough... hmm
Reasons not to get the Desire HD
May not get Honeycomb officially (will defo get 2.3)
Internal and external speaker problems, and very quiet. Internal speaker has high static jolts when calling over 2g. This is also the same for the Desire Z.
Heavy phone over a large area, 160g.
Scratch the metal back and your phone devalues without possible rectification.
Terrible screen, big but blacks are very bleached and also you have a white hue over the phone when viewing from an off straight angle.
Horrible battery cover, gap in the back part + easily bends and warped....
JD
I just went with a galaxy s. Until google gets NFC up and running 100%, the NS has absolutely nothign to offer over this phone. (well ok the quick updates, bt the cooking community is pretty good on XDA). Even if NFC is up and running in as little as 3-6 months, odds are that there will be a handfull of hands-down better phones avaiable with NFC.
Anywho... went used so I can sell it again when the time comes and minimize my loss while I wait for this nexus s thing to be over (either by being fixed or by having the first wave of NFC phones out).
nexus s
played on dhd not impressed way to sluggish battery drains like a running tap lol,audio quality quite poor,,,nexus s is far better,thats my oppinion
I would recommend the nexus s
Everything ist fine with the DHD except for the battery. I've tried every method available now to prolong batterylife of my dhd and still lose 40% batterylife on average use [in 4.5 hours]
But if u live in germany or europe and still want a dhd you're more than welcomed to trade da dhd and nexus s
Swyped from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App
The Desire HD was the biggest disappointment of the year for me. The screen is absolutely HORRIBLE. It's washed out and dull. I put the Desire HD next to the Desire and the Galaxy S and the result was so glaringly pathetic that I lost all interest in the HD from that moment on. Sure it has a big screen, but I'd much rather loose the .3 (.4?) inches and jump from generic LCD to Super AMOLED.
I'm rather surprised that so few sites (if any) that reviewed the HD seem to make note of it's terrible screen resolution and color.
Anyway, with the Nexus S being essentially the Galaxy S2, it's almost a hands down "yes" in terms of the decision to buy it.
This is the Nexus S section of the forum, what do you think were going to say? If we thought the Desire HD was better, we would probably have the Desire HD, but since most people who come here, including myself, think otherwise I'm going to say get the Nexus S.
Hi
As title suggests I may have a Wildfire on order, not yet had the despatched email so until then I cant be certain
I have had a TYTN II for quite some time 3 years or more, my main gripe with the Wildfire is the reviews are a bit mixed, some saying its a low end HTC others saying look no further!
The CPU goes from 400Mhz to 528Mhz which doesnt sound like a massive increase
also the screensize from 2.8" to 3.2" again only slightly bigger
The Android software I am not so keen although I will give it a wide birth an see if my opinion changes, I would rather have Mobile 7 because thats whats on my TYTN II now
So in a nutshell, am I getting a worthy upgrade or will I be disapointed
Please comment
Thanks
Hello,
I hope you'll like your little Wildfire, it's a pretty cool phone and Android is cool too, i love mine.
And some alternatives ROM make it quicker. Try it and you'll be pleased (and if the resolution seems too little for you try LCD Density, it make a good thing to that ^^)
If you like games, and heavy multimedia, like movies then go for another device.
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my main gripe with the Wildfire is the reviews are a bit mixed, some saying its a low end HTC others saying look no further!
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Both are true. The Wildfire is a low end HTC Device, however, at the price, look no further. (Not 100% these days after the release of devices like Samsung Galaxy 3/5, LG Optimus One, ZTE Blade etc)
Personally, I think you will be disappointed, because, for it's time, the TyTN II was the top end device, and, now, at the beginning of the launch, the Wildfire is at the bottom of the Android lineup. However, as said by Alex, if you are not looking at heavy multimedia / gaming usage, it will do just fine.
As 3xeno said, in present times, there are better phones in the same or even lower price range, LG Optimus P500 is really popular here in my country, because it`s a better phone that the wildfire, but at only two thirds of the price.
efcgenius said:
Hi
As title suggests I may have a Wildfire on order, not yet had the despatched email so until then I cant be certain
I have had a TYTN II for quite some time 3 years or more, my main gripe with the Wildfire is the reviews are a bit mixed, some saying its a low end HTC others saying look no further!
The CPU goes from 400Mhz to 528Mhz which doesnt sound like a massive increase
also the screensize from 2.8" to 3.2" again only slightly bigger
The Android software I am not so keen although I will give it a wide birth an see if my opinion changes, I would rather have Mobile 7 because thats whats on my TYTN II now
So in a nutshell, am I getting a worthy upgrade or will I be disapointed
Please comment
Thanks
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It has more ram, and more mhz, however, no gpu. Even some 2d games will run very slow without overclocking.
I would go with Milestone, to keep the keyboard, or anything within your budget that has a gpu, more than 600 mhz and is htc or samsung.
Windows Phone 7 is waaaaaaaaaay different then WM6.1.
It has way less freedom.
Android is the OS of the future.
It feels faster and more responsive then the Tytn 2.
It does not crash as much either.
Does not feature a Qwerty external keyboard but if you use Swype on your screen it is great!
I really recommend it for the price, but if you have the cash go for a Desire HD or even a legend.
But Low budget, Wildfire is very good.
So here's a fair battle:
Both are single core
Both are brand new
Both are made by the most reputable mobile makers
Both have 8mp
Both have more or less the same price
Here are the + of the IS:
-In my country right now HTC are more appreciated but opinions change fastly.
-Dual LED flash
-SENSE UI !!!
-Better materials?
Here are the + of the Arc:
-Better camera
-Light and slim
-Can be rooted later by SE while the IS boot loader is locked
-Bigger and better screen(5mm longer body but the IS is larger by 1mm for a smaller screen) specially under sunlight
-Louder sound output (though not huge difference)
I don't know much about the IS.. but.. (there's always a but!)
SenseUI is a subjective one.. my wife has a HTC and I'm indifferent about it TBH..
Dual LED flash - yes - but how good is it.. does it actually produce better results than the single LED on the Arc.. (which works extremely well.)
Better Materials - The Arc, IMHO, is very well built and the plastic construction (from experience with the X10) is a more robust one, which resists damage very well indeed..
I'm sure the the IS has other things going for it.. ??
Ya incredible s is very fast. But not rootable I heard. Not devs or roms for it either. Neither with arc since its very new. Right now im only thinking nexus s or arc. Very hard decision for me.
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Last Thursday I decided to swap my Desire HD for an Xperia Arc.
Today I am a happy man!!!
For me, the followng 3 points are what really counts most:
1) MUCH louder (and better quality too) audio. I can hear my phone ringing even when I have it in the pouch.
2) Far better display. Colour-wise, contrast-wise, and the direct-sun experence is fantastic and very useful for my country (I suppose the same applies for you too my friend)
3) Although the Arc has much less RAM (HTC Desire HD has 400+MB available RAM to the user, and the Arc has just 140+MB!!!), the UI experience is VERY smooth, and the phone handles just perfectly. I have not faced any mem issues up to now...
I dont use the camera THAT much, but yes, the Arc has a way better camera than the HTC one.
Now when it comes to build quality, some people may easily say that the HTC DHD is much better than the Arc. Well, the answer is, yes, the HTC feels more solid in your hand because of its aluminium unibody, but the Arc feels also very solid. From my experience, the volume and power buttons on the HTC were getting more and more loose, and the battery and SIM+SD cap were made out of the cheapest plastic available in the market (easily breakable, possibly on purpose). So for build quality, I could lust say both phones are equal...
I came across this comparison as well. But the factors for me was (for the arc);
Bigger screen
Possibility of the playstation suite (although they have the same processor)
Looks
and I really dont like Sense UI.
Im glad I'm going with the Arc and it should be here today
Is there a way to use apps to SD in case you need more memory for apps on the ARC?
I used to have an app called app2sd before roms with builtin and Ext3 were released on N1, it didn't push all the apps to SD but managed to do it with a good bunch of them
Apps to SD is a standard feature of 2.2+ like you said, not all will be allowed to move but a lot will. Do it via applications menu in settings.
Sent from The Arc!
Also, a plus for the Arc is it runs Gingerbread straight out the box.
It's funny when you think about it, people here preffered HTC devices over SE because they are rootable but now that HTC locked the boot loader on Incredible and Desire S and SE want to unlock the Arc's one the XDA users will switch to SE
I hope SE will keep their promises and unlock Arc as soon as possible and not in 6 months lol
Can anyone tell me as to why the amount of free ram is so less in the Arc compared to its counterparts?