10 REASONS TO BUY AN HTC DESIRE

By now you've obviously heard of the super smartpohne which is the HTC Desire. And since the iPhone 4 is having no end of major issues (no calling, antenna issues, battery frying...etc.), you might be looking for an alternative and wondering if the HTC Desire is one.

Well, we think it is and we're here to give you 10 reasons why the Desire should be considered as your next purchase.

1) Display
Big, beautiful 3.7" AMOLED screen with sharp contrast and vivid colours. It looks sharper than anything we've seen as it comes with an even higher pixel density than its Legend brother - 240 dpi instead of 160 dpi.

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2) Width (or lack of)
The Desire is super slimline, with dimensions of just 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm. That's just 2.6mm more on top of the width of an iPhone 4 - the slimmest smartphone in the world.

3) Interface
The Desire uses HTC Sense which is a damn sleek and sexy face to this Android-powered beast. And it's smart as hell too, with additions like HTC Friendstream which culminates all Twitter posts, Facebook activity and messages in one place. And the weather app which will show you a forecast for wherever you are.

4) Camera
5 megapixels might sound pretty standard, but as we've come to realise, megapixels come to mean diddly squat once you've tried a low-end 5 megapixel and been disgusted. And you try this, and it looks more like an 8 megapixel. Super quality pictures captured at a wide 5:3 ratio.

5) Processor
The 1Ghz Snapdragon processor under the hood of this HTC smartphone is the same as inside the Nexus One, and with this powering your phone you will whiz through tasks at lightning speed.

6) Android OS
Apple should be watching their backs, because Android smartphones are fast catching-up / soon-to-be-overtaking the top dog that is the iPhone. Many new high-end Android phones have emerged this year and the app market is growing due to the operating system being open-source. This really is an amazing OS that receives plenty of updates, the latest being Froyo which improves Flash support.

7) Flash Support
Flash Lite means the Desire can support Flash on web browsing - something the iPhone can't / refuses to do. This gives you the full web browsing experience. And as previously mentioned, with the new Froyo upgrade, Flash applications load even faster than ever.

8) Internet
In the previous point we already mentioned the Desire's benefit of Flash Support. But the internet as a whole in an excellent achievement on the Desire - super-fast and easy to browse. Pinch and zoom helps you close in on what you are reading or watching with no compromise on quality.

9) Media
Playing media is a dream on the Desire, upgraded with Dolby Mobile enhancement. The Desire therefore has a rich bass sound as well as a warm mid-range which will sort your music and media listening requirements. What's more though the Desire plays media without any hint of stutter thanks to its uber powerful on-board processor.

10) Price
The price is the biggest benefactor of the Desire. Whilst the iPhone is free from £60 per month on most major mobile networks, the Desire is free at the monthly equivalent cost of £15 per month on Mobiles.co.uk (with 9 months free). This comes with 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB data.

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