HTC Desire HD / iPhone

Did you consider an iPhone before getting the Desire HD? If yes, what were your reasons to choose for the HTC? Are you happy with your choice?

- I did consider the iPhone, yes
- There were a lot of reasons tbh. Dutch contracts were 200 euros cheaper per year for the Desire HD. (I pay 580 euros (746.70 dollars) in one year for the Phone itself + 350 call minutes and 700 texts and unlimted internet). The iPhone contract was 200 euros more, and had half the texts available.

Furthermore, when searching the internet for reviews I only read the non-biased ones, and most of them were actually very positive about the Desire HD. More so even than the iPhone.

And Flash of course.

- Up 'till now yes, I think I made the right decision, and I'm enjoying my phone tremendously

Any one else feel like contributing?

Very well said that man - my feelings in a nutshell - hence no 3GS or 4G for me.

Each to their own.

 

I was offered a Iphone 4 for £99 and £30 a month instead i went for the desire for free and £30 a month. I simply wouldnt own anything Apple because i hate the company. So i try to distance myself as far as i can from their products. So between you and me, im bloody pleased that Apple have had so many problems with Iphone 4 because hopefully the customers will start to see Apple for the parasites they are.

(Rant over) lol

Did I consider the iPhone?

Yes. Considered the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. The iPhone 3 doesn't have anything on the Desire HD spec-wise and the iPhone 4 just have too many problems.

If yes, what were your reasons to choose for the HTC?

Specs and Android, with a sprinkle of hope and optimism (for FroYo and the Market) coupled with an immense helping of fear/hatred towards Apple and closed apps environment, washed down with a generous cup of free apps.

Well, actually, I hated iPhone. I'm too much a rebel to like to conform to the "in" thing. I hate paying for apps and games. Specs-wise the 3Gs loses out, and the iPhone 4 has way too many headaches. So I decided to research about alternatives, that is Nokia, SE or Android. Samsung wasn't even a contender except for the Galaxy S

Nokia Symbian OS is very cluttered, and my GF still only uses about half of her E72's functions and potential. Every time I used her phone, I had to wonder where to activate this or that. SE... is just too fragile (from experience) for me. Constant freezing (lousy processor?) even in their (at the time) flagship model and using the M2 card doesn't help either.

So I decided to look into Android. A quick scan showed which phones available in Malaysia can compete with the iPhone. Narrowed the list down to phones which are subsidized by my carrier (Maxis in Malaysia) and was greeted by the three choices of HTC Desire HD, Samsung Galaxy and Sony Ericsson X10. The x10 got killed because it only runs 1.6 (update coming in for version 2.1, which is one version too late), Samsung got killed coz I hate Samsung and some sites claimed that Desire HD is better. And HTC had Sense, which is still better than any other alternatives (Tried ADW.launcher and Launcher Pro).

Are you happy with your choice?

Yes. Still tweaking my baby, getting the GF jealous of all the attention I'm not paying to her. Could only wish for a better battery life...

Tmobile once tried to do a hard sell with an Iphone 3g s when they didn't have any Desire HD's in stock. I was/am very anti-Iphone and felt quite offended that Tmobile would think that I'd consider the Iphone a better or equal option. 

Same thing happened to me just yesterday.  I was in a phone shop, thinking about buying a second Desire HD.  The salesman saw me looking at it but told me to avoid it because "the Desire HD is an overpriced phone with lots of problems" and "the iPhone 4 is much better value for money".   Wrong comment to the wrong customer.

He then made the mistake of leading me to the one iFail 4 they had on display.  I immediately took it onto the deathgrip, pulled out my Desire HD with my other hand and told him that I didn't have any problems with it and in fact had much better reception on the HTC.  His face when I pulled out the Desire HD was priceless.

And in case you were wondering, I didn't buy a phone.  I might get an HD soon tho.

Hi guys (and gals),

About the iPhone (and Apple):
I like Apple and i did consider the iPhone. It's a quite good piece of hardware...
...but like EVERY Apple product, it's very overpriced.
That's the main reason i didn't buy any Apple products since i bought an Apple II printer some 25 years ago...
You see, they try to sell things to your heart, not to your brain...
Don't get me wrong, it's not that their products are not good or apealing... It's just that they get you "hooked" and then they charge you for your addiction...
Honestly: I drooled all over that "parade" of products they put up all these years... The Newton, The Macs, The iPods, etc...

About the Desire HD:
I'll keep this simple:
It's not good, it's... Wow!
It's better than the iPhone...
And it's less expensive!
Historicaly: I have one Qtek (later became HTC) and 3 HTC's - They all work!
I went for a swim in Tagus river oblivious that i had my HTC Diamond touch in my pocket...
I took out the battery and the card, dried it out ... and it still works perfectly ... used it for another full year before buying the Desire HD...

Conclusion:
No decision issues!

Futterwaken