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USCC HTC Desire or Samsung Mesmerize (Galaxy S)?

King Mustard

Well-Known Member
Dec 3, 2010
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United Kingdom
Which would you choose?: HTC Desire or Samsung Mesmerize (Galaxy S)?

HTC Desire
Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon, 1 GHz
Can install latest version of CyanogenMod (based on Android 2.3.4)
3.7" 480x800 screen
576 MB RAM
150 MB user accessible disk space + memory card slot
5 MP, non-HD video
LED flash

Samsung Mesmerize (Galaxy S)
Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 (ARM Cortex A8), 1 GHz
Stuck with USCC's 2.2 build - no viable modding community
4.0" 480x800 screen (although the screen is low quality (the whites are visually blue on many handsets - Google "Mesmerize Voodoo Color")
384MB RAM
8 or 16 GB (flash nand memory) + memory card slot
5 MP, HD video
LED flash

EDIT: As of tomorrow, it seems CyanogenMod is supporting the Mesmerize. Decision made.
 

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