Why buy an android phone?

[Sapa]

LOL. Hmmmmm, I wonder if you will get a fair and accurate response on a Desire forum!!! I hope you have done the same poll on an iphone website.

 

[ramanmilan]

I did and htc desire didn't get any votes but i'm starting to like android by looking at it's features

 

[Sapa]

I think its a simple choice between customization and price for the desire and better quality and wider selection of apps for the iPhone. If they were both the same price, I would choose an iPhone

 

[ukzen]

Itunes? need i say more?,i can plug my Desire into any computer available to me and it lets me .

 

[glow worm]

since this is an android forums.. i think everyone will say desire.

i sold my fruit phone 3gs away. i brought a desire, i feel that a desire is better.

but i think you should buy a phone according to your needs.

iphone is.. overrated.

 

[lekky]

i would buy a htc desire because i can make my phone look exactly how i want it, i can organise my apps into folders of my choosing, i can easily see my notifications, i love widgets, i like my apps to update in the bacground, so when i go into them they are up to date, i love my homescreens.

What i'm trying to say is, i would buy a htc desire because there simply is no alternative.

 

[daivik]

Itunes? need i say more?,i can plug my Desire into any computer available to me and it lets me .

Just on the theme of iTunes. Android has Tunesync. I can sync all my music to my phone, including iTunes playlists and album artwork.

 

[ramanmilan]

I think i have heard enough good points for android/htc desire.
If you could change one thing about android/HTC desire what would it be? and why?

 

[daivik]

I think i have heard enough good points for android/htc desire.
If you could change one thing about android/HTC desire what would it be? and why?

That is a though one.

Improved battery or maybe bigger screen. But it would still have to be AMOLED.

HOWEVER, with that in mind, I can just about use my Desire with one hand, and the screen is BIG enough. Any bigger you would have to always use 2 hands to do anything on the phone which would probably get annoying sometimes..

 

[dolbydan]

I would get a nexus 1, obvious better support from Google. Personally think it looks nicer the trackball is better than the desires optical thingy, dual microphones. HTC sense is now bettered by launcher pro.

 

[ramanmilan]

Is sense UI the only difference between HTC desire and Nexus one?

 

[dolbydan]

No the n1 has dual microphones, a better trackball and me course already has 2.2. The only thing the desire has over the n1 is sense, but after using installing launcher pro on my desire I won't be going back to sense!

 

[Ceefax]

The Desire also has physical buttons for home, menu, back and search where-as the N1's are touch.

This is what made me get the Desire as I still have a horrible memory of touch screen buttons like that on a very old samsung that drove me completely mad.

 

[ramanmilan]

I also read that HTC desire has more RAM.

 

[daivik]

Doesn't it depend on the country??

The general impression seems that the N1 is widely available and the Desire is in europe??

Depends if your buying sim-free of you going on a contract also.

 

[Jammy]

In the UK, the Nexus one can only be had on contract from Vodaphone, the Desire is on almost every network.

 

[ramanmilan]

I will probably buy it unlocked from clove.co.uk or some other website.

 

[gmaster]

The biggest hardware difference is the front-facing camera, surely? Everything else is to do with your choice of software. If you want to make video calls only to other iPhone 4's and only on WiFi then the iPhone is an advantage. If you don't care about video calling (and who does, to be honest) then get an Android. But we are biased.

 

[Jammy]

The biggest hardware difference is the front-facing camera, surely? Everything else is to do with your choice of software. If you want to make video calls only to other iPhone 4's and only on WiFi then the iPhone is an advantage. If you don't care about video calling (and who does, to be honest) then get an Android. But we are biased.

I'd say the biggest hardware difference would be the CPU. Or the back camera.

 

[DCFC79]

News of the next iphone hasnt swayed by decision, ive not owned an iphone let alone an apple product, i do like the deisre because you arent restricted in what you can do with the desire.