HTC Desire

For the 2013 phone branded as HTC Desire in some markets, see HTC Desire 601.
HTC Desire
Codename Bravo
Manufacturer HTC Corporation
Compatible networks Europe/Asia Pacific: HSPA/WCDMA
900/2100 MHz [Model A8181]
850/1900 (Telus Mobility Canada) [Model A8182]
850/2100 MHz (Telstra Australia) [Model A8183]
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
First released 16 February 2010 (2010-02-16)
Availability by country South Korea May 2010 (2010-05)
Predecessor HTC Hero
Successor HTC Desire S
Related HTC Desire Z, HTC Desire HD, HTC Incredible S
Type Smartphone
Form factor Slate
Dimensions 119 mm (4.7 in) H
60 mm (2.4 in) W
11.9 mm (0.47 in) D
Weight 135 g (4.8 oz)
Operating system Launched with Android 2.1 Eclair
Upgradeable to Android 2.3 Gingerbread[1] (Though only 2.2 is supported by HTC)
CPU 1 GHz Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon
GPU Adreno 200
Memory 576 MB RAM
Storage 512 MB flash (150 MB user accessible)
Removable storage microSDHC supports up to 32 GB
Battery 1400 mAh
Internal Rechargeable Li-ion
User replaceable
Data inputs Dual-Touch screen, 3-axis accelerometer, digital compass, proximity and ambient light sensors, FM Radio, compass, A-GPS
Display 3.7-inch 480×800 px (0.38 Megapixels) WVGA AMOLED or Super LCD capacitive touchscreen covered by Gorilla Glass[2]
Rear camera 5 Megapixel
Autofocus
LED flash
face detection, Geotagging
Connectivity Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
Micro USB
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Other HTC Sense 1.9 interface
Flash 10.1 enabled (update to Flash 11 available in Android Market)
References [3]

The HTC Desire (codenamed Bravo)[4] is the first smartphone of the Desire series developed by HTC. It was announced on 16 February 2010 and released in Europe and Australia in the second quarter of the same year. The HTC Desire was HTC's third flagship phone running Android,[5] 2.1 Eclair which can be upgraded to 2.2 Froyo or 2.3 Gingerbread.[6] Internally it bears a strong resemblance to the Nexus One, but differs in some features.

Availability

In the United States, the device was available from Alltel, U.S. Cellular,[7] Cellular South,[8] Cox Wireless, nTelos Wireless, Cellcom,[9] and United Wireless in southwest Kansas. In Canada, the device was released by Telus Mobility on 6 August 2010.[10]

In Europe, the carriers were Elisa in Finland, Vodafone UK, Vodafone Ireland, Meteor Irl, BT Broadband Anywhere, T-Mobile UK, O2, Orange UK, 3, and Virgin Mobile UK. In Australia, it is exclusive to Telstra. In Japan, Softbank Mobile started sales in April. In Turkey, Vodafone started sales in late November 2010.

In South Korea, SK Telecom began sales in May 2010.

In Singapore, the official launch date was 14 May 2010, and the phone was subsequently for sale by all carriers.

In mainland China, HTC launched its four flagship smartphones including the Desire on 27 July 2010. Unlike in other markets, the device was shipped with Android 2.2 ("Froyo").[11]

Many of the UK mobile networks were unable to keep up with demand; Virgin Mobile UK, Vodafone UK, 3, T-Mobile UK and Orange UK experienced very high demand.[12][13][14][15] The ash produced by the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull led to some customers waiting a month getting their HTC Desires due to much of European airspace being closed.

In India, HTC and TATA DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, announced a partnership to launch HTC Desire in India on 16 August 2010.

Hardware

Image of SLCD screen left and AMOLED screen right

The phone uses a 1 GHz ARMv7 "Snapdragon" processor, includes a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera and an optical trackpad, and was among the first consumer devices to feature a large, full-color active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) display.[16]

During late Q2 2010, HTC made the decision to switch the Desire's display to a S-LCD panel, manufactured by the company S-LCD a co-operative between Sony and Samsung. Although this was brought on by a severe AMOLED panel supply shortfall,[17] the new display greatly enhances text readability because of its improved effective resolution, one of the few complaints people had with the original Desire model.[18][19] Compared to the original AMOLED display, the SLCD display has more accurate colour reproduction, far less susceptibility to burn-in, similar peak brightness and very good viewing angles, but a lower contrast ratio. The new SLCD display was claimed to have similar or better power efficiency compared with the original AMOLED display; however, this has proved to not always be the case because with AMOLED pixels' ability to completely turn off, black or dark pixels use very little power.[20] However, in situations when the screen is predominantly bright (such as when viewing many web pages), the AMOLED display uses more power.

The hardware is capable of high-definition (720p) video recording and playback; the 720p video recording feature has been added to the HTC Desire when updating to the official HTC modified Android 2.2 firmware.[21]

Software

The Desire was shipped with Android 2.1. HTC made an update to Android 2.2 (codenamed "Froyo") available on the following dates:

HTC has released a software update to upgrade the Desire to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Originally, they planned to do this in June 2011.[26][27] On 14 June 2011, HTC announced via Facebook that there would be no Gingerbread update for the HTC Desire, citing memory constraints. This is because HTC had been unable to fit both Gingerbread and HTC Sense together in the phone's 250 MB system partition.[28] However, on 15 June, they released a statement saying the Desire would receive the Gingerbread update, with the possibility of some apps being cut.[29] The update was finally released for download from HTC's developer website[30] on 1 August 2011, and is not available as an OTA (over-the-air) update.

Comparison with Nexus One

The Desire internally bears a strong resemblance to the Nexus One. The differences found in the Desire are:[31][32][33][34]

Because of the strong similarity to the Nexus One "developer phone", the Desire enjoys a highly active third-party developer community. The Desire subforum was one of the most active at xda-developers, and notably CyanogenMod and MIUI are available for the device.

Reception

The HTC Desire received extremely positive reviews. CNET UK reviewed awarded the phone 9.2/10.[36] TechRadar awarded the phone 5 out of 5 stars and stated, "In short, this is a phenomenal phone—one of the best we've ever had."[37]

From TechRadar's 'Top 15 best mobile phones in the world', the HTC Desire is simply the best so far: "It's like a Nexus One only better. For this reason, the HTC Desire has entered our top 10 at number 1, and the Google Nexus One has dropped out completely. It's tough at the top."[38] MobileTechWorld found the HTC Desire to be a fairly capable product that "manages to please casual users with HTC’s flashy Sense UI and geeks who love to tweak their handsets on a daily basis thanks to the Google’s Android OS."[39]

See also

References

  1. ↑ HTCdev - HTC Kernel Source Code and Binaries
  2. ↑ "Products with Gorilla". Featured products. Corning Incorporated.
  3. ↑ Ziegler, Chris (16 February 2010). "HTC press conferens MWC 2010". engadget.com. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "HTC Bravo becomes HTC Desire". Techdigest.
  5. ↑ Nield, David. "Path of the One". TechRadar. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  6. ↑ HTCdev - HTC Kernel Source Code and Binaries
  7. ↑ "Niet compatibele browser". Facebook. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  8. ↑ "Twitter / Cellular South: The summer of Android cont". Twitter. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  9. ↑ "Cellcom HTC Desire 6275". cellcom.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "HTC Desire on Telus Mobility". telusmobility.com. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  11. ↑ Savov, Vlad (29 July 2010). "HTC will ship all Android phones in China with Froyo on board, fuels fire for immediate update closer to home". Engadget. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  12. ↑ Gary C (17 April 2010). "Three UK runs out of HTC Desire stock – upgrades for existing customers stopped". EuroDroid. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  13. ↑ Gary C (16 April 2010). "Vodafone: HTC Desire still out of stock, online and offline". EuroDroid. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  14. ↑ Gary C (15 April 2010). "Orange: "High demand" for HTC Desire leading to delays". EuroDroid. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  15. ↑ Gary C (9 April 2010). "T-Mobile expecting "10,000" more HTC Desire phones next week". EuroDroid. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  16. ↑ "HTC Desire Specifications". GSMarena. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  17. ↑ GARY CUTLACK (26 Jul 2010). "HTC Swapping AMOLED For Super LCD". Gizmodo. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  18. ↑ "AMOLED vs. S-LCD HTC Desire screens fight it out". GSMarena. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  19. ↑ Richard Lai (13 Sep 2010). "Spot the difference: HTC Desire's SLCD versus AMOLED". Gizmodo. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  20. ↑ Lai, Richard (13 September 2010). "Spot the difference: HTC Desire's SLCD versus AMOLED". Engadget. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  21. ↑ "Install Android 2.2 Froyo On HTC Desire And Enable 720p HD Video Recording". addictivetips. 8 Jul 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  22. ↑ "HTC Desire Android 2.2 update coming this weekend". techradar.com. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  23. ↑ "Status of Android 2.2 Froyo update in Asia". asia.cnet.com. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  24. ↑ "Android(TM) 2.2 アップデート". mb.softbank.jp. 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  25. ↑ "How To Upgrade HTC Desire On U.S. Cellular To Official Android 2.2 Froyo". dks ZONE. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  26. ↑ "SlashGear". SlashGear. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  27. ↑ "MyBroadband.co.za". MyBroadband.co.za. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  28. ↑ Sin, Gloria (14 June 2011). "No Android Gingerbread update for HTC Desire". ZD Net. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  29. ↑ Merrett, Andy (15 June 2011). "HTC Desire to get Android Gingerbread after all as HTC backtracks | CNET UK". Crave.cnet.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  30. ↑ "HTC developer center". HTC.
  31. ↑ "HTC Desire vs. Google Nexus One". Slashgear.
  32. ↑ "HTC Desire: Nexus One with Flash and Sense". Icrontic.
  33. ↑ androidguys
  34. ↑ iHelp. "iHelplounge". iHelplounge. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  35. ↑ "HTC Desire Specifications – Smartphones & PDA Phones". Cnet.com.au. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  36. ↑ "HTC Desire Review". Flora Graham. CNET UK. 29 March 2010.
  37. ↑ "HTC Desire Review". Gareth Beavis. TechRadar.com. 31 March 2010.
  38. ↑ "15 best mobile phones in the world today. Android takes over, a new phone goes top". James Rivington. TechRadar.com. 26 March 2010.
  39. ↑ "HTC Desire Review". MobileTechWorld.

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