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;DETLIKE; HTC Desire Graphite - why we like it
  • One of the speediest smartphones around, with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor
  • Huge 3.7" AMOLED touchscreen that will display all your images and videos with perfect clarity and contrast
  • Great at social networking, the Desire pulls all your friends' photos and details into one place, meaning you're kept in the loop wherever you are
  • Massive Android app store, providing you with great tools for work and play
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The 3 HTC Desire is widely regarded as the fastest smartphone currently available. Building on the huge success of HTC's previous android touchscreen devices, the Desire mixes incredible processing power with top-notch customisation to create one of the most feature-rich and personal mobile experiences in the world.

The HTC Desire, otherwise known as the Bravo, packs a lot under the hood - yet it's one of the slimmest and most pocket-friendly smartphones around. Its curved chassis sits wonderfully in the hand, with its sleek and minimalist design making it stylish and professional in appearance. The huge 3.7 inch capacitive OLED display is one of the most vibrant and colourful in existence, and is perfect for watching videos and browsing the web.

The HTC Desire is also one of the most personal smartphones around. The latest Sense user-interface lets you play with up to seven different home screens - all customisable with widgets, icons and apps. The Android 2.1 operating system now offers live wallpapers, which will react to your finger presses, music or even the time of day. Pinch the screen using multi-touch technology, and you can see all seven home screens - giving you lightning-fast navigation to all your apps and features.

If you're into social networking, you're going to love the contact system on the HTC Desire. Pulling updated information from Google, Facebook, Twitter and more - the Desire combines all your social networks to provide you with comprehensive profiles for all your friends, and letting you keep up to date with your social networks easier and more efficiently than ever. It's one of the most innovative (and fun!) solutions around. Messaging on the HTC Desire is also incredible - with the touchscreen keyboard sporting some of the most advanced predictive text messaging in the world. The large screen gives unparalleled accuracy, and strings conversations together for a great mobile messaging experience.

The Three HTC Desire is an incredibly powerful device - especially considering its compact form factor. It sports one of the most vibrant and sensitive touchscreen displays available, and the user-interface allows almost limitless customisation. If you're looking for the latest in advanced smartphone technology, then this may well be the phone for you.

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Dimensions
119 x 60 x 11.9 mm

Weight
135 g

Main Display
3.7" TFT capacitive touchscreen
480 x 800 pixels
16M colours

Digital Camera
5 Megapixel
2592 x 1944 pixels
Autofocus
LED flash
Smile detection
Geo-tagging
Video capture (D1, 720 x 480 pixels @30fps)

Memory
576 MB RAM
512 MB ROM internal memory
MicroSD expandable memory, up to 32 GB

Battery
up to 6 hr 40 mins talktime
up to 360 hr standby

Features
Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor
Android OS v2.1 (Eclair)
Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Dedicated search key
Optical trackpad
Sense UI
Multi-touch support
3.5mm audio jack
Dolby Mobile sound enhancement
Stereo FM radio with RDS
3G (HSDPA)
Accelerometer for auto-rotate
Bluetooth v2.0 (A2DP)
EDGE
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, DLNA
Push Email
GPRS
GPS (A-GPS)
Digital compass
Instant Messaging
Java MIDP 2.0
microUSB v2.0
MMS
MP3 ringtones
MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player
Photo editor
YouTube and Picasa integration
Facebook and Twitter apps
Quad band
T9
HTML browser

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I like it - Manchester
5 stars
August 2010
its amazing cant get better and i would recomend getting this phone if not an iphone 4
Carl - Surrey
5 stars
August 2010
I've had the HTC Desire for three days now. I was pretty torn between an iphone 4 and this but with the recent iphone issues and the fact that I am not a mac owner I plumped for the HTC. It is incredible. I had an issue initially where I couldn't download anything from the app store. I did a hard reset (instructions in the manual) and then everything worked fine. The google search by voice app is fantastic. The screen is a delight and I have even got the hang of touch screen texting. If you are considering a smartphone then give the iphone a miss and pick up a desire, You won't regret it. It integrates the social networking feeds into one page so you can keep up with your mates. There is a huge selection of free and paid for apps but I have filled my phone with useful, quality apps and haven't paid a penny. Android OS Froyo will be out soon (any day now) and then the desire will support bbc iplayer which is currently the only thing missing for me. I love this phone and my wife's is already on order!
dr - Swansea
5 stars
July 2010
the 1st smart phone i have ever owned, have had it for 4 days when i purchased it on saturday morning played with it felt like constantly for the entire weekend, there is so much to do on it! my partner has an iphone , but if im honest when i played with it i wasnt awe inspired like i was/am when i use my phone. i would HIGHLY reccomend this over the i phone.
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