Apr 28 2010
Desire Review [Follow Up]
I posted my HTC Desire review a couple of days ago and I wrote it in a positive manner because I have been very impressed with the device. Now though I wanted to follow it up with a few of the not so good points. Don’t get me wrong, none of the items below are show stoppers but in the interest of balance its important for me to point them out.
Screen
The screen is big and beautiful but even with the brightness set to its highest setting, readability in direct sunlight is heavily reduced. Here in the UK, direct sunlight isn’t such a problem, although over the last week we have had some good weather which has highlighted the issue.
My other complaint about the screen is it can be sticky, by that I mean your finger doesnt glide over, it sometimes sticks to the screen meaning a little more effort is needed. There circumstances for this are pretty specific, the screen and your finger have to be clean as when there is a little finger grease on the screen, this isn’t an issue.
Messaging
To be honest I actually think this is a problem with Android and not so much the Desire but I thought I would bring it up. I regularly send SMS messages to multiple people, most of the time the messages to the last two or three people in the list fail, which results in me having to select them one by one and resend from the undeliverable messages menu.
One thing that has been annoying is the home screen email notification, Ihave four email accounts setup on the Desire. When a new email comes in there is a notification from the menu which takes you directly the the relevant account, however if you press the home screen email icon you are taken to the last used email account which is often not the one where the new email is.
Like I said, none of the above are show stoppers for me, in fact all of them are minor items and certainly not enough to put me off keeping the device. It’s a matter of personal preference and how a device suits your needs. I need a fast device with a good browser and messaging capabilities, a camera isn’t a necessity although a bonus. This is why I whole heartedly recommend you get down to a local store and try a device before signing.
In the next couple of days I’m
swapping my HTC Desire with Steve ‘Chippy’ Paine’s Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. Steve has been running a mini blog on his experiences of the X10 so far and I’m quite looking forward to trying out another super phone and comparing it to the Desire.
More on that soon.
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