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I don’t often write reviews but after being one of the very lucky ones in receiving my contract Desire on Saturday 27th March I wanted to tell the Amazon world just how good this phone is.

I have an Ipod touch and my son has an Iphone 3GS so we both appreciate just how good Apple have developed the feel of the touch screen. Let me tell you, HTC have done a fantastic job in perfecting the touch screen on the Desire. Before I decided on the Desire I had a play with a colleagues HTC phone and liked the feel of the touch screen straight away and was looking at T Mobile’s version of the HTC Hero. I wanted a touch screen with a decent size, Android operating system, 5mp camera but decided against the Hero as it didn’t have a flash and it’s also on the older operating system. The black G2 Touch at TMobile also looked a bit ugly compared to the brown and white models. I had heard about both the Desire and Legend coming out this year and had sort of set on making do with something like a Samsung Jet on PAYG and seeing what came out later in the year. I couldn’t believe my luck when looking on the T Mobile website last Monday that they were offering the Desire from £10.00 per month plus a cost for the phone.

After a research on Jawal123.com comparing the hero, jet, legend and of course the desire I threw caution to the wind and bought a phone that I hadn’t even tried. How glad I was to make that decision. I had a bit of disappointment on Friday when I rang TMobile and they said there were some software problems with the phone (their software not HTC) and they wouldn’t be shipped until the 31st. Oh no. I was offered an alternative phone to which I said you must be joking, I’ll wait. When I got home TMobile had emailed me saying the phone was on it’s way. Wow, they soon sorted the problem and was even confirmed on Twitter. Saturday morning came, 8.20, knock at the door, it was the postman, YES, my Desire was here.

I was very impressed with the box at first, not your thin cheap types you get with nokia and samsung, but a very chunky well made box, very professional, like apple. Taking the phone carefully out of the box I was like a big kid at christams time with my face beaming. In real life the phone didn’t seem as big as in all the pictures of which I was glad. I was concerned that the 3.7″ screen would make it a bit bulky in the pocket but it’s just right, slightly taller than the iphone and a bit narrower, very slim. The screen has a dark mirrored finish with the back of the phone in what seems to be a non slip plastic which is slightly soft. It has a dark bronze bezel around the front and it just looks stunning. The pictures of it just don’t do it justice. A quick read of the instructions to see how the back came off, battery and sim card in and power up. In heaven now. The 4gb micro sd comes pre-loaded in the phone but is replaceable.

Went through the tutorial and was now ready to customise and play with the phone. On the supplied sd card it comes with HTC Sync to sync with your pc but unfortunately doesn’t work with mac which is a shame but the mac still reads the sd card when you put it into mount as drive mode. This is really handy to transfer any music photos etc from the pc. It also has full bluetooth not just for headset and I managed to bluetooth ok from my mac and from my old phone to it. It’s most important though to read the full manual which is loaded on the sd card and set up the phone with your personal setting first with little things like set a tone for messages because when you blue tooth to this phone it puts a little symbol in the top left hand corner which is hard to see and you have to drag that down and click accept. A larger box that appears in the centre of the screen would have been better. It does the same with messages as well and this is my only beef with the phone. No doubt I will be able to get an app to improve this. Other thing I don’t like is although it has 7 different screens to customise you can’t set a different wallpaper for each screen. You pick one then it’s on all 7 screens which I didn’t mind until the wife complained that she didn’t want me looking at Fergie from Black Eyed Peas all the time!! Last little moan is that am used to having my messages in inbox, sent items etc but the phone groups them. This does come in handy though because it does keep a thread going if you are sending messages back and forth to the same person so I will learn to accept this. Basically that’s just 2 things I don’t like. I always try and give honest opinions and if I thought this phone was rubbish I would be telling you not to buy it.

To me this phone is nearly perfect. My son was very very impressed comparing it with his 3GS and said he would buy it if only he could download direct from Itunes and it would fit his docking station. Now that’s not going to happen anytime soon so if you already have an Ipod and dock for your music then this phone is the best. Remember though it has a massive memory capability, as good as the Iphone if you buy a bigger card, and it has a 3.5mm output so you can still use it for music. Downloadable apps from Android, wifi, widgets, 7 custom screens, 5mp camera and flash (something the Iphone doesn’t have), 1ghz processor, nearly twice as big as the Iphone, optical scroll wheel, makes this a fantastic phone. It’s cheaper than the Google Nexus 1 which carrys a very similar spec. I have tried the camera indoors and am impressed. In daylight it produces an excellent picture and in low light it’s good. I played with the light sensor to improve the quality on flash and it performed ok.

I love this phone and am so glad I didn’t buy the HTC Hero 2 weeks ago or the samsung jet last weekend. I went out both weekends to buy a phone and am so pleased I waited. I have been playing with this phone for the last 2 days trying it out and have got it set up perfect for me. The wifi is very fast and the internet on 3g is good too, testing it on a Utube video. As with any smartphones the battery life is going to suffer having all these capabilities and charged mine up until last night, played with it today and it’s dropped to half full. Now I don’t think that’s bad as under normal use that’s going to last at least 3 days. My son has to charge his Iphone up nearly every day. On one of my home screens I have the icons for wifi, bluetooth, gps and internet which all use a lot of power so I can just turn these on when I need them. If you are going to buy any smartphone don’t be whinging about battery life. Some maybe better than others but with lots more things running, better screen, bigger processors, something has to give somewhere. All smartphones need more power.

To sum up, if you have this phone on your list then put it to the top. It’s a great phone and you won’t be disappointed. Thanks to HTC for manufacturing a great phone, TMobile for their very friendly service and the Royal Mail for getting it to me so promptly.

Hey, I got first review on Amazon for this phone WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!
Rating: 5 / 5

Having owned this phone for less than a week, i got to say it the bees knees dose everything you expect from a smart phone & alot more. It has super fast internet, large 3.7 screen & is running on Android 2.1 which is spot on no lags what so ever and let you run multiple applications. So many different customise options really lets you transform your phone to suite your needs and life style, puts my iphone to shame although market place could do with more apps.

Android is setting the pace & leaving apple behind, well done HTC.

In my opnion it a great all round phone, If you can afford it Buy it you want regret it.
Rating: 5 / 5

OK, just bought mine 2 days before Amazon said it’s going to be released, ie, April 1st. Only had a few hours of playing with it and I’m more than impressed. Can’t wait to add some interesting add-ons, albeit they are limited at the moment. I bought this phone due to the Android software but for me, this phone wins due to being able to view Flash based web pages which the iphone does not offer and probably never will. This phone has a better camera plus a flash and a removable battery too, but being able to view Flash based web pages is the ultimate winner for me.

Hope to add a better report later when I’ve played with it more but was eager to announce that I’m the third person here to have one in the UK and to post a reply on Amazon……woo-hoo. HTC DESIRE, great gadget that’s going to keep me busy playing around with it and discovering what this thing can do. No more lugging around a laptop for my work thanks to this phone.
Rating: 5 / 5