what phone did you have before buying the Desire?

CarsnGadgets

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just out of interest,

this post is not intended as a criticism of any other phone or manufacturer, im just interested to see what people had before buying the Desire.

please only post to mention your handset, not to bash other phones or go off topic.

thanks.

I had an iPhone 3G by the way.

 

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G2 Touch (T-Mobile's rebranded HTC Hero). Excellent phone in many ways, but I got a free upgrade to a Desire because of issues with connectivity.

 

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Iphone 3G, which was returned as faulty, I then went back to my Sony "dumb phone" for a few weeks until my o2 contract expired to allow me to move to orange for my desire

 

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Nokia N97

 

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anthgav

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I had Sony Ericsson C902 so the HTC Desire is my first smart phone. I would have probably stuck with Sony Ericsson if their X10 wasn't so far behind on the software!

 

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Sony Ericsson C902 - a bit of a jump

 

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StuartTheFish

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N95. I got a hero to replace it, but a couple of days after I got it I saw the desire was coming out, so as I was within my first week or whatever it is I got them to swap it.

Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

 

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Hero.Still in the family as it has been handed down to my son like a family heir loom lol.

 

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Blackberry 9700 3 months
Blackberry 8900 1 month
Iphone 3G 1 week
HTC Diamond 2 awful years
Just about every C series HTC before that

 

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Nokia N85 and an N95 before that.

 

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SE K850i.

 

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Nokia 5800, was an ok phone but this is a huge step forward.

 

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wellibob

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Nokia 5800. I do miss its external decent stereo speaker output. after this, good riddance

 

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jay_kay

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Nokia N96...Loved that phone for all its quirks but didn't realise how cheap and creaky it felt until I got my gorgeous shiny Desire...Very happy boy but still got my n96 just incase

 

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I had a HTC Touch HD. I don't miss Windows Mobile one little tiny bit

 

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The se k800i or was it the k750i, cant remember now, wished id looked at other phones when my contract was up when i last renewed, but im glad my desire will hopefully be waiting for me at home and i can show my brother how his iphone isnt as good.

Also to add that the desire is also my first smartphone,

 

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Ducky1974

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Samsung D600 , Desire is my first Smartphone and I can't believe what I've been missing!

 

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I think I went through just about every other type of phone, the only serious competitor was the Iphone though and some of the other Android models X10 for example. Everything else was laughable.

 

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Samsung Tocco - slight difference to the Desire. The Tocco is perhaps the worst touch screen phone ever. I had a Nokia 6500 before that and that and the screen was more responsive than the Tocco - and it didn't even have a touchscreen

 

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Blackberry 8900.

 

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Sony Ericsson C905,it is a very good phone and the camera is excellent but the Desire simply blows it away i dont think i will ever go back to a "dumb" phone again lol

 

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Casual Pete

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Blackberry Curve.

 

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mbatson89

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My last two phone:
HTC Touch HD - 2 horribly painful months before i got p'd off with it
Nokia 6700 Classic - 12 months
The HTC desire was a very welcome change from the above!

 

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I had the G1.

Still really like this phone wish it didn't have a cracked screen

 

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Markg

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N95 8gb

 

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