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Expert Reviews from other websites (1 review)HTC Desire Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 March 2010) HTC Desire Consumer Reviews (320 reviews)Write a review of the HTC Desire! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Displaying reviews 1 - 100 of 320 (displayed in order of date):Reviewed by Terence Galvin on 04/11/2011 Htc Desire was a very good phone when I got it over a year ago since I updated to it to 2.2 it has been a disaster it overheats turns itself off on a regular basis when making calls surfing the net and using sat nav the list is endless it has to be the worst phone I have had ever and I have had many total nightmare stay away from any htc phones there customer service is lip service at best also I have the Htc wildfire just as bad slow to respond to any command maybe I was unlucky to get 2 bad Htc smart Phones but I doubt it, my contract is now up so I am off to buy any phone other than a Htc I really could have written a book on the problems I have had with these phones "you have been warned" I have to give 1 star because there is no zero Rating:  Reviewed by victoria on 03/11/2011 not the worst phone i have ever had..but i have had it for 10 months now, and it is so slow! i have thousands of messages in my inbox, but i cant delete them as it takes forever (as in 10 minutes to delete 12 messages!) i cant put apps onto my sd card, which has made the memory full and unable to download anything else. the battery life is poor, i charge it every night. otherwise it is ok, got good apps on android, shame i cant download anymore, signal is always good. got my contract for another 8 months yet :( want a new phone now!! Rating: Reviewed by benjamin perrotta on 01/11/2011 The worst phone I've ever had!! Glad only on 12 contract!! Terrible reception terrible battery life, HTC desire lucky to last half a day if you actually use the thing.. don't waist your $$.. I've switch back to my old phone and its great happy again.... Don't get sucked in!! Rating: Reviewed by n walker on 24/10/2011 was quite reluctant to get rid of my faithful Motorola Razor, but not everything lasts forever! so hearing and seeing so many good reviews about the Desire, i went ahead and treated myself to one. and yes it awsome in every way, however the battery life is abit pants!! and could be better. also i was very dissapointed to learn that the phone gives NO notification to the fact that you've had a missed text or call!!! the only way is to keep turning it on to check whether you have or have not! i find this dissapointing in such a smart phone as it was a VERY useful adition which was availabe on the Motorola. A LOUD bleep would sound ever couple of minutes or so to inform you of this, and would stop only when you acknowlaged it. SIMPLE idea; and VERY MUCH MISSED. Rating: Reviewed by Sam on 23/10/2011 So glad I choose the Desire White. Looks great and does all I wanted it to do. After my Palm Lifedrive's drop, I did intensive research for a replacement. No phone compared better for the price. After some software issues that I e-mailed htc about, I even had a call from htc Africa, from their offices in Cairo! Any other cellphone manufacturers try and beat that. I will definately upgrade to another htc once this contract is done. Rating: Reviewed by Jameshill on 23/10/2011 I have one of these phones it has a GPS issue and if you search the web you will find many more people ranting about the same issue. HT's repair centre have had the phone for 11 weeks after 2 repairs and a new replacement which turned out to be a refub' i am still without a phone and the attitude of HTC has been bad to the point that i will never buy another htc product and advise you not to either. Rating: Reviewed by Si on 19/10/2011 This is a great phone is most areas, but the biggest let down is the lack of phone memory for applications! There are numerous formus full of people complaining that after downloading a relatively small number of apps the phone is "FULL" and unable to fit any more onto the device. Moving some apps to the SD card helps, but not for long. I have a handful of apps, and there are loads more I would like to get to fully utilise the power of the handset. But for some crazy reason HTC decided to provide such a small memory that it is not possible. COuld have been so good, get the Desire S, more memory. I'm stuck with this now for the next year. Rating: Reviewed by sally on 05/10/2011 i hate this phone. everything about it! Dated and heavy. Poor all round :( Rating: Reviewed by delta94 on 26/09/2011 The Desire is an excellent phone, when you get it, but after about a year things go abit adrift. Apps are very useful and work extremely well. BUT if like me you download more than a few then the desire will struggle to run and will constantly be running out of space,even after moving them to the sd card. I have on the whole really enjoyed my experience with the desire, just keeping the app addiction under control, does help enormasly. Just one thing recently though the clear cover covering the lens on the back of the phone has fogged over to I think a fungus? Anyway grand attempt. Rating: Reviewed by Hannn on 22/09/2011 Best phone I ever had! Rating: Reviewed by James on 18/09/2011 I took this out on o2 contact and hate it. It was a huge mistake. I trusted written reviews. can't wait for contract period to end Rating: Reviewed by roy on 18/09/2011 Well im not a technophobe but this phone is not only superb in its quality,its superb for its simplicity of operation.i love it. Rating: Reviewed by JazzMan on 07/09/2011 I got this phone for £100 on ebay. This phone is great the screen is excellent and responsive and internet browsing is a joy. With a fast CPU and inbuilt flash it's everything I want in a phone. The only problems I found was that the battery quickly drained (about a day) and the internal memory was miserly at about 250Mb.This means you are quickly running out of space to put new apps. I managed to find a high capacity battery for this phone with 3000MAH so I could leave the internet etc on if I so wish and play games all day. I also rooted the phone and put Android 2.3 on it which gives me the option to save my apps directly to my SD Card. Would still recommend this phone to anyone. Rating: Reviewed by bill mac on 07/09/2011 they say that time will tell..and it has. its gone from a beautiful gadget to a tempremental brick. after one year it has developed an overheating issue. its the processor or the motherboard. i searched online and there are hundreds and hundreds of people asking why their desire keeps crashing and or overheating. its going back to HTC, who seem to have a terrible record of successful repair, so im not optimistic. i think i was one of the unlucky ones who got theirs around july/august period of 2010. wont buy HTC ever again. who had heard of them 3 years ago? Rating: Reviewed by Peter from london on 06/09/2011 best phone ever, tried the rest and desire is best! and all at a reasonable price unlike apple ''I'M A HTC FAN'' Rating: Reviewed by arno on 05/09/2011 i read poeple moaning about the desire its a great handset get the new 2.3 htc update for this solves all the issues i have done the upgrade and i love it 6/5 iphone 4 no thanks Rating: Reviewed by Faqinel on 04/09/2011 A great toy but a very poor phone for any worker who doesn't operate within easy reach of a USB charger. Without realising I've found myself surrounded by chargers: 2 at home (one 'must have' by the bed for charging overnight), 1 in the car, 1 in my office, 1 in my workshop, 1 in my van, 1 for the laptop and several spare cables. If by some small miracle I manage to make it through the day without it going flat then I still have to cross my fingers and pray for a signal when I need to make a call because like all Smartphone's the antenna is crap. Should you try to use some of the features other than phone and texting then expect the battery life to drop even faster as the processor, wifi or GPS suck the life out of the battery. By the way I don't know if it is a fault with my phone but when using GPS with the Navigator app the phone pulls more power than can be supplied by the charger. It also gets very hot. When it is charged and does have a signal then it is a very impressive phone, very easy to setup and use, with some great features but unless your days are pretty routine and you know you are going to be in easy reach of a charger and are confident you will get a strong signal I would advise to avoid this and any other smartphone like the plague. Rating: Reviewed by David on 30/08/2011 It is permanantly connected to a charger and I can't wait to swap it to something truly mobile when my contract ends. Rating: Reviewed by swen on 16/08/2011 Hate this phone!! Many times when I press a contact to call, it calls the contact that was dialed the last time, or when I press phone icon it doesn't go to phone, and I know I'm hitting key because I can drag to a different screen. Wish I'd got a Iphone. Rating: Reviewed by tony on 12/08/2011 The phone is useless texts have an hour delay some days it dosesnt ring goes to answer phone some days have to take battery out several times so it will let me ring out my nokia brick was better Rating: Reviewed by Naomi on 01/08/2011 fair play i bought this phone 24th feb 2011, it was working quite well now, my desire will ring people and the screen flashes on and off so i cannot cancel the call, alot of the time the touch does not work on it and the problem just seem to be getting worse, ive taken the mobile phone back to the shop today, to be repaired but after ready that hundreds of people have the same problem i dont think i want it back, IT HAS GOTTA BE SAID THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PHONE I HAVE EVER BOUGHT AND THE WORTH BY FAR WISH I STILL HAD MY NOKIA 3010!! AVOID THIS MOBILE PHONE!! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!! AVOID THIS PHONE!! Rating: Reviewed by D Jones on 29/07/2011 Wow!!! Its fab,best phone iv ever had :) Rating: Reviewed by Casey Jones on 26/07/2011 Got the phone in november 2010, was fine till march 2011. The phone started to switch itself on & off continuously. Ihad to take the battery out to clear it. At first just a couple of times a day but within a month the phone was off most of the day & would also get very hot. T-mobile have had it a month now & seem to have taken it to bits. Told them that they really should just give me a replacement new one but they insist on fixing it. Not impressed. Rating: Reviewed by Jon P on 19/07/2011 Desire HD VERY Disappointed Got the phone at the end of March, 1st one faulty returned it within 3 days, 2nd one has ongoing problems, loses signal & needs to be reset, make a call & the call does not go through needs to be reset before trying another call, GPS does not work in Europe. Sent to T-Mobile for repair away for over 1 month, phone returned all issues still present, at least my old & battered N95 works.... Don't bother with HTC Rating: Reviewed by ricky@boston on 19/07/2011 It has been the best phone to date that I have had, but there is one thing I would love is front camera..... Other wise its perfect!! I'll give it 10 out of 10 :) Rating: Reviewed by SHAH on 17/07/2011 BATTERY LOSES POWER AFTER 2 HOURS USE.RUBBISH Rating: Reviewed by Misery on 13/07/2011 £120 from argos - you can't go wrong, yes the s is smaller and the desire is quicker. But hey money talks and this is a lot of phone for the money Rating: Reviewed by len hotchkiss on 07/07/2011 its a great phone but the ringer volume is rubbish is there any way i can get it louder Rating: Reviewed by oonagh on 05/07/2011 This is by farther worst phone I have ever had. The charge lasts at most 3, hours. When the phone is charging it cannot be used as the screen will glad in and off. When composing a text it will randomly 'force application close ' and you lose the text. A lot of the time the touch screen freezes. Turning the phone off and on again is the only solution here. Also during a call you will be cut off at random and the phone won't let you ring the person back or them you. Again you have to turn the phone off and on again. Don't buy this phone, very unreliable. Rating: Reviewed by Tiffany W on 02/07/2011 The first time ive ever had a contract and not been counting down the days til it ends! my first touch screen.. at first a little strange but now prefer it! also the first phone ive never had to send back for repair!! my sister had an iphone and all it ever done was break and crash, so glad i chose one of these! best phone ive ever had, will most prob not even upgrade as i really do love it! Rating: Reviewed by Alistair on 02/07/2011 this blows all phones out of the water. everything can be tweeked and customised. Truly a computer in your hand. Ps battery life is a day on 3g and if you turn it to 2g it goes about 3 days. if you want to tweek it, it can be twuck. Rating: Reviewed by Barry on 22/06/2011 A.M.A.Z.I.N.G Rating: Reviewed by waynegw on 15/06/2011 I have the HTC Desire, which is a very nice phone, the only problem i have is it will not make phone calls every now and then, you press the call button and it seems like its going to ring but you just get a click then back to the contacts book, after a bit of time tho it will ring. other than that the phone is great except the batteries dont last very long if you play games or listen to a lot of music, and the free google navigation is awesome. Rating: Reviewed by john on 13/06/2011 there is not a lot good with this phone if you use it as its ment to be used eg take it out the box the battery life is poor; pictures will not scroll; rotating the screen is nothing but poor; volume is way to low; camera is not that good; touch typing is hit and miss; the android opp sys is not that good my phone is allways locking up and crashing; i will never have a htc/android again. i will swap anybody this for an iphone Rating: Reviewed by hollie... on 08/06/2011 absoloutly hate it. havent had it one day and ive already somehow used 10% of my 'unlimited' internet and barely even touched the internet, could spend hours a day on the internet on my old phone nd never ever went over my internet. battery is rubbish and i hope for an exchange on the phone tomorrow. gutted. Rating: Reviewed by fhmoghadam@gmail.com on 06/06/2011 I also Love my Disire Rating: Reviewed by chris from kent on 06/06/2011 The best phone i have ever owned. I would not even consider any other phone.In a nut shell "AMAZING". Rating: Reviewed by Ian on 06/06/2011 Had my Desire since November 2010. Everything was great. I accepted before I received it that battery life wouldn't be amazing and that most of the functions, mainly the social app and internet side, would be of little to no use to me, but the plus points of a great looking phone, with brilliant picture quality, ability to take upto 32GB memory card and hook up with my Bluetooth head unit in my car for my music and work needs, made it a perfect choice for me. However, 4 weeks ago the screen went black as usual when it goes into standby mode, but it wouldn't reactivate when trying to turn the screen on to make a call. Several attempts later the battery was removed for a few seconds and replaced. After the boot up it worked normal again untill it went back into standby and I couldn't get the screen to activate again. Battery removed and replaced, working phone for rest of day. Next morning alarm didn't go off, luckily house phone rang and woke me up otherwise I would have been more than 2 hours late to work. Did the battery thing and it worked for a few hours, had to remove battery again. Went through this for two days, I tried resetting it, different sim card, different memory card, software update (2.3 still not available) and the same thing kept happening. Sent back to O2. Had it back in a week, something wrong with screen, but now fixed, guess again. Lasted 4 hours before screen went white and froze. Sent back to O2, this time I was given a replacement handset. Everything great for a week then while I was training the music player just stopped. Tried to exit and restart it, but it wouldn't respond. Removed battery and replaced, I'm now an expert at this. Worked 5 minutes before stopping again. Managed to get phone to work, but music player wouldn't. Then the phone started doing the same screen blackout as the other one. Awesome phone when working, really great phone, but totally killed me ever getting another HTC and advising others to get them as well. 5 stars when working, but Rating: Reviewed by Chase Martin on 02/06/2011 I have had this phone for a while now its fantastic!! A++++++++++!! Rating: Reviewed by sgld on 31/05/2011 I have had an HTC desire for 3 months now and I frankly can't stand this phone. I wish I had bought another Blackberry and not this. For starters the keyboard is unusable - don't take my word for it - experiment yourself with it in the shop. Also the general design features are a nightmare. The signal strength seems very weak - i get hardly any calls and people complain my phone is always off. Finally compared to the Iphone - the picture quality is not at all in the same league. Don't buy this - the iphone looks much better and I personally would prefer a blackberry. Rating: Reviewed by anonymous on 30/05/2011 i am a htc desire owner, it is one of the best smartphones out. Rating: Reviewed by tracy mcgonigle on 26/05/2011 i have the htc desire n love it, as its so fast to use for facebook. The only downside is that it does not come with an instruction manual and have to figure out how to use it. The battery lasts less than a day if you are on it all the time, like i said is a fab phone though Rating: Reviewed by Alex on 23/05/2011 Fantastic phone for apps, awesome on the internet and a brilliant camera, but absolutely useless for texting or calling. Glossy phone that's forgotten how to be a phone; stores texts, doesn't tell you they have failed to send and then resends texts when you turn it off; very annoying. Cuts calls, forgets contacts and sometimes freezes and doesnt let you answer. Fantastic phone for the 'wow' factor, but if you ever want to actually contact someone, better off with any other phone that's ever been invented. Seriously frustrating phone. Rating: Reviewed by H.T.Crap on 23/05/2011 Depends what you are looking for from a smartphone. If you want to play games, download and use apps, then its ok. If you want to have a good clear signal when someone speaks to you on the phone and get GPS Internet, then it is truly awful. HTC phones renowned for poor quality sound and non-existent GPS signals. Buy one at your own peril. Rating: Reviewed by Simon Burkinshaw on 19/05/2011 Dont believe anything you read from the Above! This phone is total and utter garbage! Infact dont buy any htc! The desire has major problems My phone has been sent back ! which was on the 14th april and i still havent recieved a new one in return as there is a back log of people waiting to have there phones repaired! SO AVOID THIS PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Bill on 14/05/2011 Nothing but trouble, gps useless, worked well for a while and then failed; tried everything short of root which will kill gtee & contract. battery lasts a few hours only, you can watch the % dropping off! because applications restart every few minutes and you cant get rid of them on vodafone due to Vodafone's digusting vodafone 360 bloatware; had a DHD from t-mobile/orange for a short while but unfortunatly a poor signal in my area, the DHD was very fast compared to the vodafone one because of the v360. running task killer isn't enough to be rid of the rubbish. Really really hacked off :-(( (and please dont suggest I use the battery properly, I'm a bloody technician! cheers). Rating: Reviewed by M Knight on 14/05/2011 This phone is a disaster. Started off great. Then after a few weeks it would switch off if I used it whilst it was charging. After about 7 months, the phone would switch off and off repeatedly if using Google Navigation. The only way to rectify the problem would be to take the battery out. My HTC Desire was eventually returned to HTC who stated it was a hardware fault. Twice they promised it was fixed and twice that information was wrong. I have been waiting one month now and still it has not been returned. Google and Youtube searches show many many people with the same problem. I am now having to take legal action through Trading Standards as a breach of contract with my mobile operator. I am really disappointed with the attitude of HTC UK. Broken promises, no proper tracking to check your phone whilst it is in for repair and continuous broken promises of how long it will take to repair. I would not recommend The HTC Desire but if you do want one, I suggest you do not dispose of your old phone as you may need it when your HTC eventually breaks! Rating: Reviewed by 6964elmore on 14/05/2011 I've had a HTC Desire since August 2010 and have been happy with it apart from a couple of aspects. The first thing that lets it down is the volume even at maximum is far too low. The second (and this may be a problem with my individual phone) is that it freezes very regularly particularly when texting fairly quickly or browsing. It could be argued that it is the way i am using it causes it to do this but i use all phones the same and haven't had a problem with others. Other than this i am happy. Rating: Reviewed by Alison on 12/05/2011 I have had this phone for a week now and is my first smart phone. So far I am thoroughly impressed. I had read reviews before making my choice of HTC Desire and some people mentioned they were not happy with battery life, but I am actually impressed, when just using it as a phone the battery lasts several days, If you are using apps and internet access all day you will probably need to charge it daily (but you wouldn't be able to use a laptop all day without charging it?) So I am happy. Usability is fabulous, took me a while to work it out but so far I wouldn't change a thing about this phone. Screen is great size, camera is pretty good. It is liberating having email on the go and telephone reception is really clear. I LOVE THIS PHONE. My colleagues who use blackberry's and iPhones are quite jealous....... as the HTC desire seems to have better usability and is much cheaper. Rating: Reviewed by Ian Watson on 11/05/2011 I have had a problem with the phone which is now with them for the second time to fix with the same problem. It has been with them since 18th April and I still do not have it back. It has been in repair since 21st April "on test".They say they have a lot of phone at their repair centre and refuse to replace it. They said I would have it back by yesterday (10th May) but when I called this morning they said they were still awaiting parts and cannot tell me when I'll get it back. I'll never get a HTC again as their repair and customer service is terrible. It is great when it is working but my experience of the Desire is that it is unreliable. I wish I had kept my Blackberry which was reliable. Vodafone have not been able help and just passed me onto HTC UK. Rating: Reviewed by Laura on 08/05/2011 Ive given this one star because i love the internet on this phone. However the problems i have encountered are horrendous and never ending!!! I have had this phone for about a year now, and the screen keeps freezing, the phone cuts out during phone calls, the phone sometimes wont let me make phone calls even though i have full signal, sometimes it wont let me turn if off, and today its turning itself on and off. Tmobile blame HTC and HTC blame Tmobile. Tommorrow im going to take it to the Tmobile shop and throw it at someone if i have to!! Rating: Reviewed by martin on 07/05/2011 all i can say is omg what a phone internet on the go its amazingly fast very good sharp camera good apps i just love it Rating: Reviewed by jamie on 04/05/2011 Do not buy it! it crashes constantly, has about one days battery life if you don't use any features of make calls and is the worst phone I have ever owned Rating: Reviewed by bigballan on 29/04/2011 Wow, i upgraded from a 3gs to an iphone 4 for 1 week, on o2 the iphone 4 lost signal in places the 3gs didnt, so i sent it back and changed to my new HTC desire on 3 network for £20 a month and it was free...put a £30 32gb sd card in and I must say it is superb in every way, i love the AMOLED screen, its sharp and crisp, dont worry about the sun, its a minor point, android is the future, running fryo 2.2 and soon gingerbread, i believe it will be the best smartphone on the market, and i was an apple man, not anymore...if you are considering this phone go for it, and save a fortune on line rental & phone cost that the imoan will cost.. Rating: Reviewed by Jenny on 28/04/2011 I am disgusted with this phone. Within 7 months of having it, I had to send it in for repair. They've now had it for over a month and after my fourth conversation with customer service have been told that my phone is still awaiting repair..after a month! Not onlt that but he couldn't tell me how much longer it was going to be! A great phone if it works but terrible customer service!! Definately won't go to HTC again. Rating: Reviewed by samantha on 28/04/2011 Had the htc desire hd for about 4 month now and regret it it runs slow the txt msg and internet, battery doest last and i have got applications on thats ment to help battery doctor and task killer app, also have 2 friends that have the phone and they say the exact same. Herd from a friend of a friend he had the same problem and deleted origanal txt settings and other things and his works fine, so when i find out what exactly he done ill let uz u do have these problems know. I must say when the phone does work its the best phone iv hade just gets verry irritating when it runs slow. X Rating: Reviewed by CHRIS HERNIMAN on 27/04/2011 I BOUGHT MY LATEST HTC DESIRE LAST APRIL 2010 FROM T- MOBILE. YES IT IS A GREAT PHONE UNLESS YOU WANT TO USE IN MY HOME OR OFFICE. ANOTHER CHEAP PHONE ON T- MOBILE WORKS VERY WELL, NOT MY TOP OF THE RANGE MODEL. I HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF CALLS FOR 9 MONTHS NOTHING HAPPENS. I AM NOW WANTING TO CANCEL MY CONTRACT AS SOON AS FEASIBLE AND FIND A PHONE THAT WILL WORK MOST OF THE TIME FOR ME. WHILE IN TAIWAN RECENTLY I HAD £500 OF CALLS ADDED TO MY BILL & I DID NOT USE MY PHONE, IT HAS TAKEN T-M 5 WEEKS TO DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS EXCEPT TAKE THE MONEY FROM MY A/C. YOU TALK TO THE STAFF AND THEY SAY IT WILL BE DEALT WITH BUT NOTHING HAPPENS CHRIS HERNIMAN Rating: Reviewed by Cybill on 27/04/2011 I am already on my second handset and it has developed the same problems as my first. It is wiping the SD card, crashing when on the internet, overheating and force closing programmes. Vodafone are now sending me an HTC Wildfire which I hope I will have better luck with. For people who dont need the internet for long periods of time and dont spend hours on the phone they will find it a very good all round phone with great camera. Rating: Reviewed by Marty on 26/04/2011 Fantastic phone, easy to search & scroll anything, however i do have a wishlist of things that would help :- (1) a Lanyard hook, i'm prone to dropping my phone even though i have an extra hard cover. (2) a light light for video recording. (3) & a side button for the camera so when it's turned you can take photos/videos easier......that is all...see-ya. Rating: Reviewed by Norm on 25/04/2011 Probably the best phone I have owned so far, the only fly in the ointment I have found is if I use WiFi to access the internet it gobbles up the battery, so I need to have a spare to hand. Rating: Reviewed by Jay on 25/04/2011 Can't see the screen in sunlight, single speaker tinny and quiet, battery life not bad considering what it has to run. Mind kept rebooting if you used any of the features for more than 15 mins. Could've been brilliant but sadly wasn't. Rating: Reviewed by Adrian on 23/04/2011 HTC Desire. Amazing!! The battery is perfect however if you're a heavy user: wi-fi on, play games, surf the net, watch videos, listen to music then of course its gonna drain quickly. I charge mine daily as i do all the above on this fantastic phone. Rating: Reviewed by Brooksie on 22/04/2011 Good phone only problem is the bluetooth which connects then disconnects at random, never had this problem with any Nokia or the company iphone4 I now have. If you are on the road alot then the Desire is not the phone for you because of this fault. Rating: Reviewed by Nige West on 22/04/2011 Had this phone for almost a year now on contract......absolutely fantastic. Does everything you could want from a phone or laptop. Lookin forward to upgrading to the HD in 6 months or so. Rating: Reviewed by Paul on 21/04/2011 Its a good phone and i have now discovered that i can plug it into any laptop and use it as a modem to conect to the internet . My only problem is that the battery only lasts about 18 hours after being fully charged so basically i need to charge it every day Rating: Reviewed by wallygator on 14/04/2011 Unfortunatelly I was cheated by the HTC .. I've bought an Desire 4 month ago and without any particularly reason the phone stops to respond... sending to the repair company, they told me that humidity was found...seems that HW developers for HTC has screw up and the buyer should pay for his mistake! Just google the HTC Deisre Humidity... in addition no specification for the humidity (I've asked HTC UK and HTC RO they have no specs about the humidity range ) only OOW (Out Of Warrany)...If you like troubles and headache buy an HTC if you prefer a phone and not a PIECE of RUBBISH buy any other PDA. By the way...never, but never send your phone to Cordon Electronics from BUcharest... are stupid,impolite and unprofessional!(You will see at the proper time !) Rating: Reviewed by Lyla on 12/04/2011 I have this phone and im in love with it!! No problems at all and my battery life is fine. Im not disconneted from calls at all, dunno what was wrong with the other phones. too bad the android market isnt as good as the app store but other than that the phone is the best ever! Rating: Reviewed by Giz on 09/04/2011 Positives: Very bright, detailed and responsive touch screen; lots of Android Apps available in the Market; brill widgets and 7 home screens to personalise; Great Camera and Video (only ok on action shots though); great for Social Networking; Simple to use; good battery life; a whole lot of fun. Negatives: Not enough memory is a MAJOR issue, means you have to choose the apps you like and delete anything you dont use, even with expandable memory the pitiful internal memory gets used up way too quickly! Only other issue for me is the flash is too bright and could do with a dimmer function (which is available in a flashlight app so the phone is capable of it) Would be 5 stars if not for the major memory issue! Rating: Reviewed by bill on 09/04/2011 the htc desire z is a great phone but the battery does not seem to last very long certainly not the amount of time it says Rating: Reviewed by sajid on 01/04/2011 I have had 5 replacements from T mobile since march 2010 & i have finally had enough & have had it replaced by the v kind people there [cannot fault their service] The htc desire is fanstastic............when it worksit is much more ergonomically sound & user intuitive then the samsung galaxy but at least the samsung works! i have had dropped calls.No dialling when calling & worse of all trying to get on line has been like trying to dig a mountain out the earth with a rubber band.I hope htc sort out their reliabilty problems as I enthused about the phone to all & sundry when I first had it's like owning a ferrai that will only do 15 mph!Whats the point in having all that tech when it doesnt work!? Rating: Reviewed by Steve on 31/03/2011 Got my desire. SO MUCH BETTER than the rip off iphone. So many free great apps. Good mp3 downlaods, so no need to over the top itunes. Brilliant phone, a two fingered salutte to iphones. Rating: Reviewed by masood mombasawala on 31/03/2011 HTC needs to solve some serious issues concerning Bluetooth headset audio/call problems relAted with desire. It is definitely a software prob having cryptic solution not possible for a layman. Company needs to come up publicly with the solution or include it in the system update. Awaiting the needed. Rating: Reviewed by Phil on 28/03/2011 I sold my iphone 3Gs 16gb(owned 1 year) to replace it with one of these as on paper they match each other and the desire beats the iphone on its 'extras'. Initially i loved it, the freedom android gives you and all the bells and whistles, and 2 day battery life compared to 1 on the iphone. But 4 weeks on id honestly grown to hate it, and now today i've sold it. The speaker is total rubbish, tinny and nothing else, texting using the htc onscreen keyboard was so terrible and is just like tapping on glass with no feel or precision(cue v/bad predicted text), the iphone with its capacitive screen has a 'cushiony feel somehow, same as their ipod touches etc, and blows the htc out the water for feel, precision when texting with fingers and feedback. And also on the htc the predicted text is a joke, iphone has a very good one(it seems to search around the letter it 'thinks' you've done incorrect and comes up with a SINGLE relevant word), 99% it is always spot on, this htc one, it doesn't search around the letter it thinks you've wrong, what it does is like scrabble, it comes up with a HANDFUL or MORE words which you can make out of the letters, and pre selects one if you don't notice you've spelt it wrong, which is all the time as you rarely type one word and check it before doing the next, and it always gets it totally wrong. So so annoying, this is the main reason i sold mine, and am treating myself to a new apple phone which is coming out later this year. Battery life is very good, if you switch on wifi and mobile internet when you need it you will easily get 2 days use, but more like 1 if you leave it on constantly. Making a shortcut to this saves so much time over the iphone's way-going through menus to turn on/off. Screen is nice and clear, but the htc screen wallpaper program stretches your picture across its 7(i think) screens so you have to scroll left and right just to see it all(it supersizes it), there are apps which fit it to the screen itself so when you scroll it stays the same. Quite scratch resistant tho very plasticy and cheap feel compared to other phones, good reception, awful music player, no way can it be classed as an mp3 player. Apps are as good as apples, generally whats on apple is on android(the useful ones anyway!), but there are alot of rubbish ones, that are constantly(daily!) updated because they're full of bugs. To sum up, the cons of the htc, 1.Texting is a horrible experience, bad predicted text, very inprecise touchscreen even after callibrating, 2.Speaker is so tinny its painful to listen to. 3.Back feels cheap and threatens to break every time you remove it, tho it doesn't. 4.Music player is very basic, fiddly, and is a very poor experience. 5.Can freeze on odd occasions and texting becomes slow/plays catchup sometimes(software bug???) 6.easy to have the optic scrollpad pick up your hand movement by mistake and leave you wondering why its changed screens,lol. 7.internet use feels basic and 'clumsy' compared to iphone(not biased, it is!)zoom in and it does so, then a second later it centres itself, by then you've already tapped on whatever you wanted to zoom in on in the first place, but because its centred that part to the screen now, you ended up accidently tapping on something totally different! VERY Annoying!!! 8.compared to the iphone, the things they can 'both do', the iphone does it much better and is a joy to use-texting, predicted text, accuracy when clicking on something, internet use, sound quality, ease of use in general etc, iphone beats it fair and square. But then there's alot the iphone fails at like bluetooth, not being allowed to set your own text alert sounds etc etc, simple things, that the htc does as standard. pro's of the htc desire 1. 2-day battery life. 2.screen size is crisp and vivid. 3.Replaceable battery/carry a spare(tho in reality i never even thought about buying another battery) 4. great camera, tho taking closeup pictures(within 2 ft) the flash totally whites out the object your photographing. 5.bright led can be used as a torch-very useful 6.can download various different keyboards if you don't like original, but many have their own niggly faults like they end up covering your text ur writing because they take up so much screen space! or are inaccurate, or fiddly to do '£' signs etc. 7.solid wifi connection and fast mobile internet. 8. can be used as a wifi hotspot(run other gadgets using the phones wifi signal to connect through) 9. £100 cheaper than iphone(but i would rather pay the extra and have the iphone at the end of the day) So thats my experience, i've had many phones, many different makes, and my opinion is that this phone is way over rated, and those who highly rate it(users and reviewers) generally have only had it a few days, ie 'honeymoon period'. Just like how i was when i first got it-felt a complete revelation to have so much freedom compared to the iphone 3Gs, but after a while i found that alot of those things this htc could do that i thought i wanted(replaceable battery, proper bluetooth, my own text alert etc) i rarely used, and the day to day experience with this phone left me wishing i had never sold my 3Gs. So thats my review, not biased, not made up, not like 'BEST FONE EVA' like some reviewers ;), just a normal user who likes his phone to do lots of stuff, but still be able to do the basic stuff too like texting or taking a snap of something or listening to a tune. Thanks for reading! Rating: Reviewed by Lorna Harris on 24/03/2011 Hate it. Screen does not lock and cuts 90% of callers off mid call. when it is in my pocket "locked" it answers as I pull it out and then loses call. Useless. Rating: Reviewed by collette on 24/03/2011 Fantastic phone User friendly Amazing camera So many different & wonderful features Such amazing technology Phones just don't come better than this Rating: Reviewed by paul on 22/03/2011 worst mobile i have ever had, cant have decent photos as wallpaper, cant have my old text alert and the alert i reluctantly chose, dont seem to want to work!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Mags4ever on 20/03/2011 i bought this phone last month..its good ...and am in love with it...i hope it had a front camera, then i would have been more happy...the touch however i must say is not as great as iphone...the HTC screen is very senisitive..and the battery life is not as good as nokia.. Rating: Reviewed by AQEEL SAJID on 18/03/2011 very powerful machine on the hands you can say Rating: Reviewed by Eddie on 13/03/2011 This phone has been one of the best I have owned, however I am changing to a different make because they are so unreliable, the 1st one lost it's voice permanently and the 2nd and 3rd ones have lost signal dropped calls, refused to send texts, rubbish battery life etc. etc. Such a shame as it is easy to use, does loads, is quick and quite intuative, so now I just have to decide what to downgrade to?? Rating: Reviewed by Lisa on 11/03/2011 Had HTC Desire now, around 5 mos. Loved it when it worked, but had to get a replacement shortly after getting it in Oct due to the volume not working, now had to get another replacement because it keeps turning itself off and on. Had to take the battery out to get it to stop. VERY aggravating when in the middle of something. Hoping this one lasts me until the end of my contract, cuz after the 1st yr it's not a free replacement anymore. Not so sure I'm happy about that. Rating: Reviewed by Caz on 08/03/2011 Absolute brilliant phone cant find a fault with it! Buy this phone you wont go wrong Rating: Reviewed by Sean on 05/03/2011 Brilliant phone has everything, but of course it is thirty on battery power. Rating: Reviewed by SophUK on 28/02/2011 I bought an HTC Desire in summer '10 through Carphone Warehouse. It has caused me no end of frustration. It reboots itself at any time and gets stuck on the HTC logo and is unusable for a period of half an hour until it's cooled down. Carphone Warehouse have confirmed it's a phone fault but I have to give the phone to them and wait up to 2 weeks to get it repaired/returned. There were no repair phones available at all and, as this would leave me without a phone running my own company, it was not a viable option. I pay my bill to O2 for their network, and they were even less helpful. When HTC were contacted re using their courier service to get it repaired and save me more wasted journeys, they were also unable to provide me with a temporary replacement. I'm very disappointed, extremely dis-satisfied, and wouldn't trust another HTC as a result. I'm on a high tariff but am not getting the service I'd expect. Any suggestions anyone? It has the latest operating system and I tried a factory reset before I went back to Carphone Warehouse. It has the P/N 99HKZ009-00D - could this be a faulty batch? Thanks. Rating: Reviewed by Simon on 28/02/2011 No one ever talks about the PC software to synchronise or control your mobile. HTC Sync is absolutely terrible! This makes the phone's usability greatly diminish. Although a great phone in many respects, the PC software is much worse then even old Nokia PC software from 6 or 7 years ago. Combine this with the inability to remove certain Apps and constant built in reminders that can't be changed or deleted and it makes what could be a fantastic phone into an almost unusable one. Sorry HTC, work harder on your interfacing and preference control!! Rating: Reviewed by Davey connolly on 24/02/2011 HTC as a company are a joke cant do simple thing like fix a phone had my desire for 9 months and for approx 4 month HTC have had it tryin to repair it on 7 seprate occasion s so HTC total joke want to give up selling phones Rating: Reviewed by Nikk on 21/02/2011 PERFECTION!!! better than iphone by far... Rating: Reviewed by william on 18/02/2011 well i got the htc desire hd for christmas and its the best phone ever everythinks high and brilliant camera (8.0 mega ) the htc is a lovely phone lots of apps and easy to use but however a few bad points the phone is rather big but overall a amazing phone id reckemed it to any one Rating: Reviewed by Chris Pegg on 14/02/2011 If you think you need a degree to work this phone, then you obviously need to stick with something with a black and white screen that just displays one row of characters. Sell your PC, 'cause you won't have a clue where to start with that either... in fact, your TV, Video, Hi-Fi, Microwave and Washing machine need to go too... *grins* I have had mine for 8 months and I've never had any problems with it. The HTC Desire is a superb phone, arguably the best smart phone on the market.. Easy to use, reliable, more than enough functions, apps and options to keep even the most hardened 'techie' entertained. The only 'bad' thing I can think of is the amount of space on the phone itself. When you're downloading a 25mb+ app, it's a bit of a task to shuffle your existing apps to make room for it - not all are transferrable to the SD card (however, more and more are getting this option as the devs build the option into their apps). Battery life could be better, however, it's a smart phone, and the battery does extremely well considering what I put it through on a daily basis. Trememdous phone, super-fast, crystal-clear display, great camera (although, if you want a decent camera, buy a camera *grins*) Rating: Reviewed by *me* on 10/02/2011 LOVE LOVE LOVE this phone!!!! It's amazing!! Rating: Reviewed by Jacq on 09/02/2011 I am now on my fourth HTC Desire after being consistantly fobbed of by my provider. Not only have I had charging issues where the phone seems to have a mind of its own whether or not it will take a charge (and yes I have had replacement chargers), but, the phone keeps freezing. I might be trying to open contacts, it freezes and I have to take the battery out to get it to start again. Same for lots of the applications. So, having finally reached the limit of my patience, I have requested the Galaxy S instead. Fingers crossed... Rating: Reviewed by tictactaylor on 09/02/2011 Good points are excellent integration of social networking apps, the version I have has the SLCD not AMOLED display, however I feel it is actually a lot better as text is sharper. Camera is very good, comes with 720p support now with android 2.2 THE BAD, and it is VERY bad. You CANNOT hear videos played back at 44100k audio, in fact the volume issue is major. All video, especially using its default camcorder settings renders this phone as a medis player almost useless! Do HTC check their own products I ask? Not experienced poor audio through earphones, playing mp3, in fact it is very loud by comparison to video playback. Also, it has previously been stated that supplied earphones are 'a joke', to me they seem quite good. But the flaw is video, no point if you cannot hear a word even if you can record now at 720p. It is a major disappointment, I can honestly understand how they build this phone at this price point and make a profit. Lets compare, Orange San Francisco (AKA ZTE Blade), silly name great phone, £99 on payg has Android 2.1 , OLED display, actually better than I feel either of the HTC Desire screens, LOUD audio on videos looks similar to Desire too, costs a third of the price. I have one thankfully, so can compare. Feel the desire is just not worth the cash (OK it's only £250 on payg) but still prefer the San Francisco, sorry HTC feel I have been ripped off! Rating: Reviewed by Paul on 04/02/2011 Didn't quite do it for me. I decided to get one after really enjoying the budget wildfire but thinking I might as well get the real thing and sell my ipod touch, just have one device. Well I became increasingly disappointed as the desire failed to work well at many things. Infact a lot proved to be worse than the wildfire to the point I sold it and kept the wildfire. If HTC spent that little bit more. Camera is rubbish. Quality is poor with poor colours, little defintion, lots of noise, poor focus at night. Wildfire one newer and superior with better colours although still only ok. Speaker is quite the worse I've ever heard! Could be great multimedia device but the speaker is almost unusable for speech and don't even think of playing music or ring tones loudly through it. Low maximum volume means in loud places can't be heard + Vibrate is so weak you can't feel it so I missed 13 calls and 2 messages!! Oh dear. Then there's the hopeless battery life that meant I needed 2 of them to last a weekend. Its bigger too. Its a good phone but not an iphone killer. The great screen and processor, range of apps, are let down by too many minor faults. Rating: Reviewed by Ian T on 01/02/2011 My daughter recommended the HTC Desire and I got one just over a month ago and it is amazing, wouldn't swap it for anything else. The clarity of the screen, range of facilities and ease of use are just superb. Battery life is not good if you are surfing a lot however (nightly charge). While the provided set-up manual is as minimal as it gets, the on line information is good and you can download the full manual to your PC or Desire. I have used their support email service too and that was most helful. Just get one! Rating: Reviewed by daniel on 31/01/2011 great phone fast and works 100 percent Rating: Reviewed by DanielK on 31/01/2011 Amazing phone! I think it's probably the first affordable smartphone that can actually do everything and do it well. of course there are better, bigger and shinier.. but somehow this one gets it all balanced out just right; great screen(AMOLED and just the right size for comfortable typing), great UI (HTC is the best), sturdy build (not plasticy/samsungy), decent battery (won't find a bigger battery and better utilization), lovely camera (great pics and HD video, don't need more from a phone cam) and maybe the android market is not as big as the apple one but till now I haven't found an app I wish I had and can't because it's an android. Outstanding. Rating: Reviewed by richard waring on 27/01/2011 Had this phone now for 3 weeks had it updated to 2.2 this phone is fantastic it is the best phone on the market still, even though its been out for almost a year now. Android is the best os for a phone to, nothing comes close to it i always went for nokias they are good but the os lets them down was going for n8 but decided on this wow glad i did the only problem was the battery but sorted that out with some widgets in the setting you get all your power and wi blue tooth in there to keep your phone battery last longer i get about 3 days now not bad for a smart phone o iphone you could be good if you was not too expensive still would not get over the htc desire though Rating: Reviewed by Matt Oconner on 26/01/2011 good:like internet in your pocket. general use great so far - 1 month Bad: Bought for work - Has no Proxy settings options. Comment: Has no Proxy settings options. lets see what that means... no internet at work - (browser can be set but who cares) no weather, gmail, facebook, stocks, calendar sync offsite, no android market... DO NOT BUY FOR CORPORATE UNTIL PROXY SETTINGS AVAILABLE Rating: Reviewed by Jacob on 23/01/2011 HTC Desire/U.S. Cellular that I used less than 30 days had problems twice (so far): 1st(1st new from U.S.Cellular, after 7 days)- the Speaker did not work. 2nd (2nd new from U.S.Cellular, from the 1st day the Vibrator did not work). U.S.Cellular did not exchange new bad device in place. Now I think twice if HTC Desire with U.S.Cellular will be my favorite company in future... Rating: Reviewed by matty on 21/01/2011 I chose this phone because its a good phone to have Its has lots of features on the phone. Rating: Reviewed by Amelia on 18/01/2011 Definitely the BEST PHONE EVER! It looks amazing in black, Ok ok the battery drains a wee bit quickly but it is worth it definitely. Because the android system is another amazing point. Everything you do on it is so, so fast! Screen=Awesome, I've had this for just over a month.. from a contract with orange. ''The Iphone Killer..''..Oh yeah. 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