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Review of HTC Desire As Alternative To iPhone

Posted by timothy on from the not-exactly-a-ringing-endorsement dept.

Andrew Smith writes "My search for an alternative to the iPhone has been long and frustrating. On paper, the HTC Desire is the first serious challenger to the iPhone's reign as king of phones. But how does it compare in use? There is much good and much bad. (This review is primarily for UK readers as HTC's new handset, the Incredible, will not be available [in the UK].)"

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  1. The reality is... by keepper · · Score: 0, Troll

    The iphone still rules the "total experience dept". Even after trying two android phones, I came back running.

    FP?

    1. Re:The reality is... by phantomfive · · Score: 1, Troll

      I'm not saying you are wrong, but your post does not support your point at all. You claim that the iPhone (in your opinion) is worse than Android, and yet give no reasons why you feel that way. Do you dislike it because you like to be 'counter-culture?' What features don't you like? Is it the color?

      In fact, the only reason you presented in your post (that it was slow) supported the idea that the iPhone is faster. If an uninformed person read your post, and had to buy a phone based on your post alone, they would choose the iPhone.

      --
      Qxe4
    2. Re:The reality is... by indiechild · · Score: 0, Troll

      Yeah, funny that. Not everyone requires their phone to be extensible in order to be "functional". The iPhone was the first phone/PDA to be truly usable and with all the features I needed to be productive. Whenever someone says Apple stuff is superficial shiny bling bling, you know that they're ignorant and closed-minded as hell.

      Design is about how it works. That's where the iPhone and Apple will always be superior, because ignorant geeks like you just don't get it. You think that usability is superficial unnecessary bullshit, when in fact, it's the most important part of the product.

      You know why the majority of consumers are willing to put up with Steve Jobs' controlling antics? No, it's not because users are idiots and people are sheeple etc. It's because the end user experience trumps everything, and Apple make products with great user experiences.

  2. iPhone Killer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why do people always refer to the iPhone and call every new smartphone "iPhone Challenger", "iPhone Killer", "iPhone Alternative"...

    Many new smartphone are superior than the device from Cupertino. Why should I care how it compares to another phone unless I'd rather have that other phone.

  3. Re:How cute! The babies are talking!!! by gavron · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're so cute. You're confusing the "desire" (exists) with the "incredible" (doesn't exist).

    Immature is discussing or defending the discussion of stuff that hasn't been release.
    (there's no such thing as "counterpoint upsides" lol).

    Welcome to the modern world. Try not to invent English expressions OR hardware that don't exist.

    E

  4. the iPhone matters... and not in a good sense by pydev · · Score: 0, Troll

    Normally, I'd agree. But iPhone is different for several reasons. First, Apple copied a lot of the technologies on iPhone but markets the device as if they developed it themselves. Second, iPhone is getting popular enough that we're seeing the Windows effect: no matter how much it sucks, you may have to get one just because everybody else has one in order to be able to communicate. Third, and most importantly, Apple has been successful with a business model--locked application store and restricted development tools--that would be very bad if it caught on. Microsoft has already copied that model, but they don't matter much. If other companies switch as well, we're in trouble.

    People care about the iPhone because the iPhone is very bad for the mobile phone industry. If you buy one, it affects me negatively.

  5. Re:Lets fix that for you: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Here's another opinion. As someone who _had_ an iPhone and went back to a $50 Nokia I'll tell you the iPhone is junk.

    I think you meant to say:"

    To the jerks who write this kind of thing - if he'd "meant" to say that, he fuckingwell would have done. Get over yourself, you presumptuous, bigheaded prick.