Phone comparison

HTC Desire

4.2/5

616 votes

GENERAL

Introduced

March 2010

Announced

February 2010

Network (2G)

GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 / GSM 850

Network (3G)

HSDPA 2100 / HSDPA 900

Form factor

Block

Antenna type

Internal

SAR Value

0.752 W/Kg

HARDWARE SPECS

HTC Desire

Extras

- microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included
- 576 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
- Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset
- 1 GHz Scorpion CPU
- Adreno 200 GPU

SIZE

HTC Desire

Weight

135.0 g (with battery)

Dimensions

119.0 x 60.0 x 11.9

DISPLAY

HTC Desire

Type

Graphical

Coloured

Yes, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size

3.70 inch

Resolution

480 x 800 pixels

Extras

- Optical trackpad
- HTC Sense UI
- Corning Gorilla Glass

RINGTONES

HTC Desire

Polyphonic ringtones

Yes

Ringtone profiles

Yes

Extras

- MP3, WAV ringtones
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Dolby Mobile sound enhancement

NETWORKING

HTC Desire

HSDPA speed

7.2 Mbps

GPRS

Yes, Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

EDGE

Yes, Class 10, 236.8 kbps

DATA

Yes, HSUPA, 2 Mbps

WLAN

Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth

Yes, 2.1 with A2DP

WAP

Yes

Browser

Yes, HTML

Email client

Yes

Extras

- Android 2.1 Eclair, upgradable to 2.2 Froyo
- Instant Messaging
- GPS with A-GPS support

CAMERA

HTC Desire

Type

Builtin

Extras

- 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, video D1 (720x480 pixels@30fps)

FEATURES

HTC Desire

Vibration

Yes

SMS

Send / Receive

MMS

Send / Receive

Java

Games

Yes, (changeable)

Clock

Yes

Alarm

Yes

Calculator

Yes

Calendar

Yes

To-do list

Yes

Voice memo

Yes

Multiple numbers / contact

Yes

Handsfree

Yes

Headset jack

Yes

FM Radio

Yes

Extras

- Dedicated search key
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player
- Facebook, Flickr, Twitter applications