HTC Desire

The screen sensitivity is good, but the quality of the screen itself is quite poor. Due to the low resolution, the pixel grid is somewhat noticeable on some backgrounds. There’s also considerable amount of screen tearing when you swipe through the...

The 3.5-inch screen features a resolution of 320 x 480, which is a bit low so icons and menus are not the sharpest but not too bad either. There is a major colour banding issue, which is very noticeable across most colour backgrounds, especially white...

Aside from the battery problem, the Desire is a brilliant handset. It works like a charm and is capable of providing users with plenty of fluid functionality for all purposes. If it wasn't for that darn battery heating up and draining so quickly (a...

Nice look and feel ; Vibrant display ; Sense should please owners of previous HTC handsets, newcomers to Android

Dated specifications ; Occasional performance glitches

If you're looking to make the leap from featurephone to something a little smarter, this is an ideal stepping stone, but don't be surprised if in 12 months you're wanting to upgrade again.

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dual-band 3G/HSPA support ; 4.0" 16M-color TFT capacitive touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800) ; 1GHz dual-core Cortex-A5 CPU, Adreno 203 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8225 chipset ; 768MB RAM ; 4GB of on-board storage, expandable...

Poor video recording for a dual-core chipset ; No front-facing camera ; Feeble loudspeaker ; Pricier than most direct rivals

HTC has done a good job of equipping its Desire X mid-range fighter. Its dual-core chipset gives you a smooth ride around the UI and garnished it with decent app performance, while the build quality and display are among the better in this price range....

Dual-SIM (Dual Stand-by) GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz ; Dual-band 3G support on SIM 1 ; 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 5.76 Mbps HSUPA support ; 4.0" 16M-color TFT capacitive touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800) ; 1GHz single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A...

Modest chipset and below-par overall performance ; No front-facing camera ; Poor video recording ; Feeble loudspeaker

Light and compact ; Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support ; 14.4 Mbps HSDPA, 5.76 Mbps HSUPA support ; 3.5" 16M-color TFT capacitive touchscreen of HVGA resolution (320 x 480) ; 600MHz single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A chipset, Cortex A5...

Feeble CPU ; Modest retail package ; Fixed-focus camera ; No front-facing camera

HTC has stepped out of its comfort zone with this one. It's not their first attempt at a smartphone for the masses and the Taiwanese are definitely getting the hang of it. The Desire C is firmly in the tradition of the two Wildfires and the Explorer....

Fast performance. Sharp, responsive screen. Attractive hardware design. Refined HTC Sense UI layer. Smooth, colorful video playback. Reasonable US Cellular plan pricing

Must pull the battery to swap microSD cards

The Android 2.1-powered HTC Desire is indeed desirable, with a robust feature set, a mature and attractive user interface, and plenty of multimedia goodness.

For Midwesterners who don't travel much and are looking for something smaller than the Droid X or the Evo 4G, the $199 HTC Desire is a solid choice. It's easily the best smart phone offered by U.S. Cellular, and it's speedy to boot. However, the...