PROCESSING
The device is processed a total outstanding. Of course it does not come to the aluminum shell of the Legend zoom, but the workmanship is top. Nothing crunches and knarscht and each component affects worked solid. Only the fact that I have to deal fumble the entire unit including the battery To change the memory card, annoys me. Here time will tell whether this will eventually lead to wear and tear. Especially I was pleasantly surprised by the display. There I had namely beautiful in "oh nooooooooooo" experience, which has survived without any traces the device: key in your pocket have me scratching already more than one screen, the Desire has just as good about living here, how the various devices with Gorilla Glass. Absolut top.
TOUCH SCREEN
The well-informed sources here will certainly not have escaped with respect to the multi-touch capability of Desire discussion. To make story short: The device supports pinch to zoom, easy navigation, to the Eiphone customers are so incredibly proud. Much more than that, however. However, from my personal experience with multi-touch devices, I can report that more usually is not really necessary. Rarely has one more than one finger on the screen and if they do, just mostly for zooming. Unlike the certainly looks at many a game. If the Desire therefore be used primarily as a games console, so the restriction in multitouch can certainly have a negative impact on a few games. How serious this is, I can not say, because with me playing a maximum of 10-11th place is. However, I have several emulators for SNES, Gameboy Advanced and Co installed and had no problems with the service. If before buying this regard there are uncertainties, I recommend talking to a Eiphone users. They have many years of experience in terms of multi-touch and consult a safe like in the light of their own needs.
The precision of the touch screen can be in any case nothing to be desired and can after a short undoubtedly compete with the Eiphone. Particularly impressed me in this connection the brilliant spell check the HTC keyboard: No matter how hard and how you purposely typed next to the keyboard corrects intuitive the mistakes that you make - and with very impressive precision. I have since written to the Desire about 60SMS and a number of shorter and medium long (2000Zeichen) mails and had exactly 2 times to make manual corrections. Find I class.
AMOLED display
Without a doubt a very special highlight of the device. As already much has been written about it, I'll keep this short: Considering the brilliant colors and the stunning contrast of the display may hardly touch other devices yet. The often-made panic regarding the illegibility in the sunlight, I can confirm only conditionally. I had been a HTC Touch Cruise (aka HTC Polaris or o2 XDA2) and have to say that the AMOLED display of Desire in direct comparison claimed by no means bad.
CAMERA
HTC is now not really for cameras at the level of Sony-E. known, but still some more work to determine. Even the HD2 had a significantly better camera and the Desire has risen again slightly. During night scenes and images are still badly noisy using the digital zoom, images are really good in better conditions for the circumstances of a mobile camera, in any case better than the Eiphones (to go even in direct comparison). Recommended are the various settings that brings the camera with it. This is not just about gimmicks, but perfectly sensible options that can significantly improve the quality of images. eg act photos at default rather washed out and farbarm, after a few clicks in the options you can dramatically improve this situation. The quality of the videos is also very good (the unit records with 25 fps on), the hardware would allow still much higher resolutions (720p HD). There currently is rumored that this will be submitted per patch, the time is by default but does not support HD.
HTC SENSE
The Desire would probably be significantly less attractive, would not HTC placed much time and effort in developing the software interface HTC Sense. In direct comparison with the NexusOne (N1), the Desire is much more intuitive to use. I especially like personally to implement the Friend Stream, the application that links to phone contacts with those from social networks (such as Facebook). After the unit had been working about 15 minutes for the first boat, everything was set up. Interestingly, when the photos of his friends see on Facebook next to the contact name in the address book at once. General Sense is solved very clear and brings a host of clever details repeatedly to grin. Probably the ansprechenste interface that I've ever seen on a phone. Solely the Media Player falls short Eiphone. But Android goodness creates the MarketPlace here quickly remedy.
Voice quality and RECEPTION
Sometimes you almost forget that you have a phone in your hand, if you play around with the Desire. In a nutshell: I am currently in London, I can say about receiving relatively little, because there simply are no areas with limited reception, where you could try out once as the device itself suggests under such conditions. I can, however, review on the voice quality of Desire: This is excellent and free of noise. Of course, would be a second Micro for noise suppression, as we can find it at the N1 have been nice, but unless you phone next to a jackhammer, it also works without. Volume and quality were certainly always very pleasant both for me and for my interlocutor.
SPEED
What should I write here big? The device goes off like Schmidt's cat. No matter whether you're peeping any elaborate films or absurft with Flash fully pumped sites on the net, always remains the Desire "smooth" and quiet. Never a bit jerky, never have to wait. And I have really a lot of things trying to bring the unit into a sweat.
BATTERY LIFE
Ulala ... here the Desire can not just points. If you use the device as you might like to would (GPS on, 3G network, running Mail and Facebook update), then ists with me after a 8-9 hour shift in the shaft. Is dispensed with but the automatic update Facebook and makes GPS only when you look at it needed, the battery lasts twice as long and loose. Still, I would have liked more here. So I will probably order a second battery ...
CONCLUSION
The Desire is an ingenious device with few weaknesses and a huge mass of "Wow" -Momenten. Those who wanted to have an all around good, fast and sophisticated device ever, but Mr Jobs Eiphone from whatever reason "can not be bothered", had the will certainly be happy with the Desire. Excellent hardware (the multitouch problem times left out), solid build quality and ingenious software make the Desire in my eyes now to one of the top gadgets of 2010.
