Desire or Wildfire S

[Steele01]

Hey everyone

looking forward to joining the android ranks

noticed you can get the htc wildfire S now for

 

[lunatic59]

You'll find with the Wildfire that you are more restricted due to the smaller screen and some apps won't be available in the market. If you're into small phones, the Wildfire is definitely sexy, but it won't be able to prove the full Android experience, IMHO.

And, welcome to the forums.

 

[boyo1991]

i havent had the desire, but ive worked with the wildfire, the wildfire is alright.. a good entry level android and really smartphone altogether.. i think it runs android 2.1 if im not mistaken, not interested in seeing what it really is right now.. but trust me, its by no means fun once u get to know it... when u first start you say "this is great!" then when u get to know it better... u want the full experience.. its like a teaser of android really... and a teaser of HTC altogether..

 

[Pojken]

The Wildfire's screen (at least the old one) is quite pixelated. I've seen many people regret getting one because of that. As others have said, the size is limiting. You can't get a decent keyboard, for instance.

I had the Desire, then upgraded to the Desire HD. I loved them both. My DHD just broke, so I will probably move onward and upward.

Tim

 

[Usta]

If you are just going to use the phone as it is, then Wildfire S is not a bad deal.
However, Desire is still more capable even though it is much older device. It is even much more fun to use when rooted and flashed with custom ROMs.
Desire would be definitely my choice.

 

[El Presidente]

The Desire is def the way forward.

 

[neils31]

I have the Desire and think its a really good phone with plenty of plus points, the main downside of the phone for me is the battery life, its not so good.....

btw - The wildfire is on offer at CPWH - HTC Wildfire on Three - Pay As You Go - And Reviews - The Carphone Warehouse

 

[Steele01]

Thanks everyone really apreciate it hows the speakers on the desire for making phone calls heard a few rumblings about it

also anyone know if you can actually upgrade the battery in the desire?

Thanks,

Tom

ps: awesome forum and look forward to my stay

 

[layarue]

...another thing that I'd be interested in (sorry for popping into your thread, Steele):
How's the quality if you use it to listen to music? Over earphones, I mean?

 

[Steele01]

go for it mate more knowledge for the both of us

 

[Usta]

Thanks everyone really apreciate it hows the speakers on the desire for making phone calls heard a few rumblings about it

The speakers are terrible, but I personally hardly ever make calls on speakerphone mode.

How's the quality if you use it to listen to music? Over earphones, I mean?

The quality of music using good in-ear headphones is fine.
The standard HTC headphones are very basic and don't have enough volume.

 

[ElasticNinja]

Desire has a better CPU and screen than the Wildfire S
Same GPU and similar camera
Audio quality depends on earphones
I'd deffo go for the Desire, not that the Wildfire S is bad