The best mobile phone in the market? (Part 3 of 3)

Part 3 of 3

(Part 1 | Part 2)

Conclusion & Links:

In conclusion, I would say that this phone absolutely rocks. Even if you're someone like me who has never used an HTC before, you'll love it. I am amazed that HTC has become such a quality oriented company. Everything including the packaging, the charger plug and the USB cable just seem to ooze quality.

Did I mention that the phone is blazing fast? No matter how many widgets you have on your homescreens, you'll still get the cool animations when you swish from one screen to another, or view the helicopter view. The only time you'll experience any lag is when you have an application installing in the background. I spend many minutes simply playing with and admiring the screen transition animations. (I know, I know)

Many of you might be wondering how good the phone is for gaming. Frankly I have not tried many high FPS games on this phone yet. But with specs like these, I don't think the Desire is going to face any problems. One of the games I do enjoy is Teeter, which comes pre-installed. It makes use of the nice and sensitive g-sensor to roll a ball around and drop it into the right hole.

The one problem you definitely will have with the phone is the battery life. However, it's not any less than other competing smartphones, so I daresay that no matter which smartphone you go for, battery will always be an issue. The Desire is currently giving me around 20 hours per charge, and I am a very heavy user. If you use the phone just as a phone (no GPS, WiFi, movies), you should get around 1.5 days easily. Still, I feel HTC should have given the Desire at least a 1500 mAh juice-pack instead of just 1400 mAh.

You might have awaken by now to the fact that this is not a complete product review. This was just my attempt as a user to touch upon some commonly overlooked aspects. I'm not even sure whether I've done that or not, and I definitely have not provided an in-depth analysis of anything. If you're considering this as your next phone, you should visit the following links too:

Trusted Review Sites:

TechRadar Review

TrustedReviews Page for Desire

CNet UK Review

GSMArena Review

PhoneArena Review

Forum:

AndroidForums Desire Page

Apps:

AndroidZoom

AppBrain

Now I'll be nice and also tell you what the closest competitors to this phone are. In no particular order, they are:

1) Samsung Galaxy S (Awesome on paper, but sadly it's Samsung - hardware rocks, software sucks)

2) HTC Legend (Less features, better looks)

3) Google Nexus One (Almost the same thing)

4) Samsung Wave (Great specs but again, Samsung, and has "Bada" OS - what the crap)

5) iPhone 4 (Great phone, but read its reviews and you'll see numerous comparisons with the Desire where it fails. Also plagued by critical design flaws)

Alright, that's enough typing for a year (check my blog entries, they're that infrequent :P ).

If you're seriously considering buying the phone you will no doubt have several questions. You can post them here as comments and I'll give you my opinions as a user. If you found these posts useful, letting me know that will inspire me to write more in the future.. hehe.. :D

Thanks for reading!