HTC Legend or Nexus One

Legend!

 

One of the strong points of Android is the software available, and the constant improvements Google puts into it.

I think it's worth getting a phone that can handle future updates, i.e. one with 1GHz processor.

The extra money would get you a faster phone that allows you to take advantage of the free upgrade to Android 3.0. The Legend would be stuck on 2.2, and software will start to discontinue support for it as well.

Although I admit the Legend's aluminium case looks sweet, I ended up getting the HTC Desire because of the reason above.

 

I'd have to go with N1 as well. With a 1 GHz processor being pretty much the golden standard now a days, you'd almost be setting yourself back by getting a slower one. Blackberry is getting torn apart by putting out the Torch with only a 600ish MHz processor. Also, if getting the latest updates of OS refreshes is your thing, N1 also has the advantage there.

 

Your strategy makes sense. Especially if you are not a power user. IMO Android 2.1 is already a very capable OS version , with flash support from 2.2 you might not even see a real need to upgrade to 3.0.

Have you looked into getting one on a contract ? usually that is the cheapest way to go.

But then again if you feel like upgrading again in a year or so, you are going to waste what you spent on the legend, but on the other hand you will get a much better handset (like 2Ghz processor with 1GB RAM, who knows..) designed especially for future versions of Android... , so it is a tough choice. And as I said a lot depends on your usage

 

I don't know whether the prices your mentioned are good deals for your region, but if you can get a HTC Desire for significantly cheaper than the N1, since they basically have identical hardware it sounds like a good choice to me.

Yeah you will probably need to wait longer for updates to come to HTC Desire than N1, but at least they should be available to the Desire. With the Legend there's basically no hope.

With the Desire, it's likely you'll be able to keep it longer because even if a 2GHz/1GB RAM phone comes out, you can still keep the Deisire 'cos it can use Android 3 (hopefully!). With the Legend, it's likely you want to upgrade sooner (and end up spending more money buying new phone), or be stuck with unsupported software.

 

Really don't go with Legend. Its possible that you'll just have a bad experience and hate the android.

Why not search online? Here is an excellent price for the galaxy s:

Buy Samsung Galaxy S i9000 (8GB, SIM Free/Unlocked) Reviews

~536 US dollars. Not sure if you can beat that in the US.

 

I'd certainly pick Desire over n1. Its prettier, has slightly more RAM, and I personally hated the buggy track ball on my Hero.. so I'm avoiding it in future phones.

Screw HTC Sense, its a headache for upgrades.. and honestly is way overrated. Just go for whatever is released on the n1 and run Launcher Pro on that. This made my life much easier on the Hero.

 

No, the main point of ignoring Sense is that you don't need to wait for the official release. HTC takes a while to implement their Sense UI into the new upgrade until they release it.

So just pick any stable unofficial release and use it along with Launcher Pro. n1 and Desire are VERY similar in hardware, so people are able to port the upgrades to the Desire very quickly.

I had a friend running froyo + launcher pro on his desire for a while before the official release. It was the smoothest thing I've had my eyes on.