I bought myself a few months ago, the HTC One. Now, the Desire 500 for my friend who did not want to spend so much money. Of course, it does not reach the HTC One, but it costs less than half. And it can feel far more than half. I like visually very good, feels good in the hand, the voice quality is also convincing. Despite technically cutting-edge data it runs very smoothly. Apart from the lack of infrared sensor and the considerably weaker audio power strike me no striking differences in usage compared to the HTC One. I find the photos at the Desire 500 in the light even better than the One. Although it is not made of aluminum, still looks quite elegant, and you can replace the battery pack is (also an advantage compared to the One), and memory expandable with micro-SD (which is also necessary, the internal memory is rather modest) , The display I find great too, I do not notice any real difference compared to a Full HD display. In my view, the Desire 500 earned only on the performances here at least 4 stars and because of the good price-performance ratio and the 5 ..
