HTC Desire Officially Announced
 

The long wait is over. The HTC Desire for Telus has officially been announced. No release date as of yet, but speculation leans towards late july/early august.

http://www.telusmobility.com/en/BC/h...re/index.shtml

Too bad Android 2.2 won't come from HTC until Q4. Wonder what the pricing of this will be.

Fairly sure its going to be going at $199 on a 3yr

Might as well just buy a Nexus One then

Isn't this pretty much a nexus one that has htc sense?
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Pretty much yeah, that way you won't be paying for it for 3 years. Plus you can get the AWS version and use it on Wind.

You can just install a good (or even better, LauncherPro is pretty awesome) launcher and you'll be set. The only thing I use on the Desire that isn't on the N1 is FriendStream. You can even get the clock/weather widget that is an exact replica of the Sense one for free.

I quite dislike the soft touch buttons and trackball on the nexus one. I've yet to use the optical pads that HTC uses, but physical trackballs i'm going to stay clear of after my berry.

is there a AWS version of this coming out?

True the optical tracker is better, but I can't remember the last time I have used it in the 2 or 3 months I've had the phone. There really is no reason for it to exist at all, so ball or optical is irrelevant to me.

I thought I would prefer real buttons as well, but after using the N1 for a bit, I think soft buttons are more convenient.

I'm totally happy with the Desire, but the Nexus One is just as good (right now it's better, because it is Froyo)

199. So off contract price is gonna be around 599. Maybe Telus users will dump them for cheap on craigslist after they upgrade their plan.

telus as in GSM? and the same band as rogers?

Same 3G band as Rogers. 850. Telus has no GSM

Might as well just get a Nexus One if the off contract price is that much.

oooh hopefully there are some cheap ones on CL. maybe I'll wait on that nexus one I was getting for this... hopefully it comes out before Aug.

Just a quick question...

So I can just go to a Telus Store, buy the phone itself for full price, unlock it, stick in rogers sim and im good to go?

i dont know much about this stuff so
... anything in between i should I know about or is it a simple process?

Pricing Released... kind of.
$79 promo on 3 yrs.

And a little more info
http://mobilesyrup.com/wp-content/up...ire-3-year.jpg

^ best buy / Future shop's STUPID rss system that's ALWAYS down :P

been playing with my 8181 for almost 2 weeks, i must say i like it.
it's hard to decide if i should stay with my N900 or go with Desire. :)
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If it is really $450 that is an awesome deal

$450's not bad at all. Mind you Telus won't just sell you the phone if you're not a customer of theirs.

Comparing this to a iphone or htc legend, would there be a significant speed difference?

Huge difference compared to the Legend and original (and 3G) iPhone

Desire will be faster by quite a bit. 1ghz vs 600mhz on the legend. Not to mention older cpu on the legend

But the Legend has lower resolution, which means it 'gets away' a bit more with the lower spec CPU. It was pretty snappy when I tested it out, but I just didn't like the low res screen.

BTW the new Desire will most likely use a Sony LCD panel instead of Samsung's AMOLED. If it's the same one as the X10, that kind of sucks

What difference would I expect? I currently have a 3g iphone which is starting to break down on me. All I know about these android phone is that they have a faster os than the apple so i was told from a friend.