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So ......... I sold my iPhone 4

What does the Desire do that the HD or Z doesn't?

fits in your pocket nicer, doesnt have a hardware keyboard, is slimmer and more comfortable to use

it all depends on your needs i see benefits for each device.

Desire HD - bigger screen and better camera, isnt that pocketable hands get tired

desire z - more solid device, hardware keyboard makes it ace for games and general use although the buttons are hard and overly spaced out. heavy device and already the slider joints are getting warn

Desire bravo - Pocketable size, comfortable to use and good for people who dont want hardware keyboard, camera is a bit iffy in certain lighting, longer boot times (wll be faster with sense update) stigma of being an older device

ive been using all 3, im not bias when i say i prefer my desire. it suits me better as it fits in my pocket nicely and does what i want it to do with a fully working customisation community.

HD would be a nightmare for me on day to day use if i wanted to keep it nice by putting it in a case

the Z is too heavy and i would rarely use the keyboard

like i said, each device serves a purpose
 
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oof, gave up on my iphone last year. I had so many problems with it I ended up giving the damn thing away to my son. Worst was Itunes. After the update to 4.0, it refused to recognise the iphone and wanted to restore from a backup. After 15 mins, I got "Unable to restore - unknown error". Eventually sorted that out, but then all my apps were missing (This was a non-jailbroken device, so I had paid for them). I had duplicate songs for nearly every single track on Itunes - which could only be corrected by manually editing my entire 20GB collection of music. Hopeless. I love my Desire, but will go for the Desire Z, as it offers 1.5GB of storage - the Desire has pitiful memory problems.
 
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fits in your pocket nicer, doesnt have a hardware keyboard, is slimmer and more comfortable to use

it all depends on your needs i see benefits for each device.

Desire HD - bigger screen and better camera, isnt that pocketable hands get tired

desire z - more solid device, hardware keyboard makes it ace for games and general use although the buttons are hard and overly spaced out. heavy device and already the slider joints are getting warn

Desire bravo - Pocketable size, comfortable to use and good for people who dont want hardware keyboard, camera is a bit iffy in certain lighting, longer boot times (wll be faster with sense update) stigma of being an older device

ive been using all 3, im not bias when i say i prefer my desire. it suits me better as it fits in my pocket nicely and does what i want it to do with a fully working customisation community.

HD would be a nightmare for me on day to day use if i wanted to keep it nice by putting it in a case

the Z is too heavy and i would rarely use the keyboard

like i said, each device serves a purpose


Wow....I want to live where you live. Here in Canada we've only had the Desire on one Carrier since August (I got mine launch day), and rumour has it there might be the HD on another Carrier in the upcoming months. As well there hasn't been even a whisper of the Z here at all. Maybe I should move to the UK lol
 
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Wow....I want to live where you live. Here in Canada we've only had the Desire on one Carrier since August (I got mine launch day), and rumour has it there might be the HD on another Carrier in the upcoming months. As well there hasn't been even a whisper of the Z here at all. Maybe I should move to the UK lol

I thought Desire Z is on Bell, and recent talk of Telus getting Desire HD?
 
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fits in your pocket nicer, doesnt have a hardware keyboard, is slimmer and more comfortable to use
Fair point. I forgot that when I was looking at the Desire I thought it seemed a bit big. Not sure how I'd manage with something bigger, hah. I've never been into the hardware keyboards, either. The Desire does 720 recording, too, so it seems like the only things it lacks (that I'd want) is a bigger screen and touch buttons (the bottom ones), but the bigger screen can't be had without a bigger phone, so yeah...

Thanks for the reply.
 
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Fair point. I forgot that when I was looking at the Desire I thought it seemed a bit big. Not sure how I'd manage with something bigger, hah. I've never been into the hardware keyboards, either. The Desire does 720 recording, too, so it seems like the only things it lacks (that I'd want) is a bigger screen and touch buttons (the bottom ones), but the bigger screen can't be had without a bigger phone, so yeah...

Thanks for the reply.

no worries, the touch sensitive buttons can be a bit of a pain aswell as you have haptic confirmation of press rather than a physical button
theres no feel to it so you kinda need to look at what you are doing where as desire has raised buttons so you can feel your way easily
 
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