HTC vs iPhone
With Android phones now beginning to overtake Apple’s iPhone in power and customisation, new models like the HTC Desire are providing tough competition for iPhone users.
The HTC Desire is in some ways a modified version of Google’s Nexus One phone, due to both being manufactured by HTC, but its streamlined interface and wealth of applications and features makes the HTC Desire the preferable choice for users looking to get the most out of their smartphone. Both the HTC Desire and the Apple iPhone 3G S are top choices for consumers, but the HTC Desire beats its rival in several key areas.
The HTC Desire is well known for its customisable features, giving users a total of 140 screens to personalise their home display, depending on the features they wish to access instantly. By contrast, the iPhone 3G S boasts the capacity for 159 apps on 11 home screens, which may be enough for some users, but lacks the Android flair for the personal approach.
With apps such as its People widget, the HTC Desire is also the preferable choice for social networkers, allowing them to stream all their status updates from sites like Facebook and Twitter into a single, convenient Friend Stream that also allows them to make universal updates.
The processing power of the HTC Desire is also far beyond the iPhone. Although the iPhone 3G S is up to twice as fast as the previous iPhone 3G, its maximum processing power of 2100 MHz doesn’t come close to the HTC Desire’s 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU processor. The built-in camera is also significantly improved, with a quality of five megapixels compared to the iPhone’s three megapixels, allowing users to take high definition images and view them on the 480×800 resolution screen, compared to the iPhone’s 480×320 resolution.
Even beyond all these advanced features, it should be remembered that both the HTC Desire and the iPhone are still mobile phones, and will be rated depending on the service they offer to users. Both models offer optimum connectivity and a range of network options, but the HTC Desire manages to exceed the iPhone’s offering by including features such as predictive text.
This makes models such as the HTC Desire SIM free the ideal choice for consumers looking for a smartphone that offers an excellent range of features, as well as the slim-line convenience for taking calls and accessing social networks on the move.
