Thanks - really appreciate it.
No problem, happy to help.
Is the screen on the Samsung really that much better. I mean in terms of Super AMOLED but also the usability being slightly bigger.
Its quite obviously superior when the two are side by side, and in sunlight its performance blows the Desire away. Its touch response is better too, and it has proper true multitouch - I found the Desires dual-touch was fine for Pinch Zooming, but quite bad and inaccurate for gaming. The size difference is quite appreciable and welcome, but then I came from an HD2 prior to the Desire so I guess I had become accustomed to larger displays.
Touch Wiz - vs Sense. Sense looks nicer to me but the Touch Wiz dock looks ok... I'm not sure about the home screen list (1, 2, 3, etc) at the top... Anyway, just your thoughts
TouchWiz is fine really, you can always replicate the feel of Sense with ADWlauncher/Launcher Pro etc. The main thing thats missing is widgets, not only the fact that HTCs are by far better than Samsungs, but also Samsung don't have a lot of the standard Android ones on there (for example no music player or calendar widgets).
Build quality - The Samsung does feel a little plastic-y but then it's very light/thin. Is it ok carrying it around in your pocket all day?
Definitely inferior build quality because of the choice of materials, but in terms of its construction it feels fine in terms of no creaks/moving parts etc. Fine in the pocket because of the slimness.
Anythink else you think really is better on one vs the other would be very helpful.
Cheers.
The other pros for the Galaxy S are:
- better sound quality
- better music player, has EQ
- better video capabilities
- better video capture and camera (low light conditions that require a flash aside of course)
- 1.8GB of app installation space
- loudspeaker is orders of magnitude better than the Desire's
- TV Out via cable, DLNA
- better for high quality gaming
- WiFi tether
- better bluetooth implementation (my heart rate monitor wouldn't work with the Desire etc etc)
- significantly better battery life
- supports landscape rotation in both directions
- better apps package with paid licenses for Asphalt, VLingo, Aldiko EBook reader, Layar, Thinkfree Office with editing
Pros for the Desire:
- better UI, especially widgets support
- for me slightly better general speed of operation (opening apps etc, and my Samsung is not on branded firmware, so this is an apples with apples comparison)
- multicolour LED notification light
- hardware keys
- HTC email app better than Samsungs
- better browser with flashlite 4.0 (although I prefer browsing on the Galaxy S because of the larger screen)
- better initial setup (a lot better)