or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
More Buying Choices
Prepaymania Add to Cart
£406.00 + FREE SHIPPING
SuperEtrade... Add to Cart
£419.99 + £4.00 shipping
Honest & Value Add to Cart
£427.98 + £4.50 shipping
34 used & new from £290.00
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
HTC Desire SIM-Free Android Smartphone
 
See larger image and other views 
Share your own customer images

HTC Desire SIM-Free Android Smartphone

by HTC
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
RRP: £439.36
Price: £414.09 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £25.27 (6%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.
Want guaranteed delivery by Saturday, September 4? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
22 new from £384.99 12 used from £290.00

Frequently Bought Together

HTC Desire SIM-Free Android Smartphone + FoneM8 - HTC Desire Screen Protector (PACK OF 5) + Genuine HTC Desire Mobile Phones Leather Case POUCH PO S520 HTC Desire Mobile Phone
Price For All Three: £422.19

These items are dispatched from and sold by different sellers. Show details

Buy the selected items together

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

HTC Desire SIM-Free Android Smartphone
48% buy the item featured on this page:
HTC Desire SIM-Free Android Smartphone 4.5 out of 5 stars (91)
£414.09
FoneM8 - HTC Desire Screen Protector (PACK OF 5)
17% buy
FoneM8 - HTC Desire Screen Protector (PACK OF 5) 3.9 out of 5 stars (93)
£1.49
Genuine HTC Desire Mobile Phones Leather Case POUCH PO S520 HTC Desire Mobile Phone
16% buy
Genuine HTC Desire Mobile Phones Leather Case POUCH PO S520 HTC Desire Mobile Phone 4.7 out of 5 stars (83)
£6.61
FoneM8 - Car Charger For HTC Desire, Google Nexus One, HD mini, HD2, Legend, Wildfire
10% buy
FoneM8 - Car Charger For HTC Desire, Google Nexus One, HD mini, HD2, Legend, Wildfire 3.9 out of 5 stars (23)
£2.90
› Explore similar items

Technical Details

  • 3.7-inch Sony SuperTFT display
  • 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
  • 5 megapixel colour camera
  • Social networking including Facebook®, Twitter™, and Flickr™
  • Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed
›  See more technical details

Product details

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
     2 Free SIMs From 3™ opens new browser window
  www.three.co.uk/FreeSim   -   Order two Free SIMs today & try 3's new improved network before you buy
     T-Mobile HTC Desire opens new browser window
  HTCDesire.T-Mobile.co.uk   -   1200 minutes, 500 texts, unlimited Web and a Free Handset on T-Mobile!
     Own An Android Smartphone opens new browser window
  CarphoneWarehouse.com/smartphones   -   Find the Android Smartphone that's Best for You Online at the CPW!

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

HTC Desire delivers intense brilliance, sharp contrast, and true colors on the expansive 3.7-inch SuperTFT display. The 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor makes the phone incredibly responsive as you multitask from app to app without skipping a beat, while the instinctive HTC Sense experience lets you wield the power of the HTC Desire with the greatest of ease.

Make It Mine

With the HTC Desire, it’s all about your information, your entertainment, your multimedia … your way. A multitude of HTC Sense widgets makes it easy to transform your Home screen with rich content that personalizes your phone experience.

If you’re a sports junkie or simply love to keep up to date with the latest news, the HTC Desire keeps you in the know with the News application. News makes it easier than ever to collect all your favorite articles from across the web. Choose from a selection of channels that cover top blogs, news sites or sports pages, or get news updates based on the keywords you select.

Stay Close

The HTC Desire excels at helping you stay in touch with the different circles of friends or colleagues in your life. The new People widget lets you bring any group you create on your phone right to the surface for easy access to calling, messaging, emailing or simply checking up on social networking updates.

The HTC Desire simplifies the way that you tend to all of your social networks. With Friend Stream, your interaction with friends across multiple social networks like Facebook®, Twitter™, and Flickr™ are brought into a single easy to follow stream of updates, photo posts, and shared links. Friend Stream also lets you shout out your thoughts or feelings to all your online friends with a single comment that gets broadcast to both Facebook and Twitter.

Discover the Unexpected

HTC Desire offers an expansive display, a blazing-fast processor, and a great interface. On top of that, it has a lot of little design touches that make a big impact on your overall phone experience: like quick and easy access to any panel of your Home screen with the new seven-panel ‘helicopter’ thumbnail view, or the polite ringer that lowers the ringer volume when you pick up the phone.

Your work email, calendar appointments, and contacts, are right there on your phone - you can even look up any company contact in the global address book. The HTC Desire also has enhanced support for Exchange security features such as password protection and remote data wipe. And, if you forget to tell your colleagues that you are taking the much needed day off, you can set the ‘Out of Office’ status right from your phone.

HTC Desire was designed to thrive on the web. The screen size is perfect for mobile browsing, with the high resolution SuperTFT display making everything you view ultra crisp. The pinch to zoom feature makes zipping around websites intuitive - the text even automatically reflows when you take a closer look so you don’t have to pan left or right, and the Adobe® Flash® support opens up the vast video and gaming resources of the Internet.

HTC Desire’s browser is designed to do more than simply browse. With just a press and hold you can select text on a page and look it up in Wikipedia or have it converted into your native tongue via Google translation tools.

Box Contains

  • HTC Desire SIM-free Android smartphone
  • Battery
  • USB charger
  • Data cable
  • Stereo headset
  • Quick Start guide

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Genuine HTC Desire Mobile Phones Leather Case POUCH PO S520 HTC Desire Mobile Phone

Genuine HTC Desire Mobile Phones Leather Case POUCH PO S520 HTC Desire Mobile Phone

4.7 out of 5 stars (83)  £6.61
FoneM8 - HTC Desire Screen Protector (PACK OF 5)

FoneM8 - HTC Desire Screen Protector (PACK OF 5)

3.9 out of 5 stars (93)  £1.49
SanDisk microSDHC 16GB Card

SanDisk microSDHC 16GB Card

4.3 out of 5 stars (73)  £24.99
Genuine MOFI Fashion Pouch for HTC Desire - BLACK (m) Case. cover

Genuine MOFI Fashion Pouch for HTC Desire - BLACK (m) Case. cover

4.1 out of 5 stars (30)  £2.99
FoneM8 - HTC Desire Silicone Skin - Black - Includes Free Screen protector

FoneM8 - HTC Desire Silicone Skin - Black - Includes Free Screen protector

4.0 out of 5 stars (50)  £3.90
› Explore similar items

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(40)
(36)
(28)
(25)
(19)
(16)
(14)
(12)
(10)
(2)
Agree with these tags?
See all 42 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

91 Reviews
5 star:
 (67)
4 star:
 (11)
3 star:
 (8)
2 star:
 (2)
1 star:
 (3)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.5 out of 5 stars (91 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars i love this phone, 7 May 2010
By Shah Rahim "Sh4h" (uk) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: HTC Desire SIM-Free Android Smartphone (Wireless Phone Accessory)
This phone is awesome, for someone who's been using the iPhone for the past 18 months its great to have the freedom I have when using the HTC desire. It's so customisable, you can really make the phone yours. The web browsing is amazing, so much better than the iPhone, the screen is so responsive a bit too responsive sometimes but you get used to it very quick. Tryping with the keyboard is a real treat. The music player is the one area where I do prefer the iphones, using both players you get the feeling that the iPhones one is more refined. Don't get me wrong the music player on The HTC desire is good, it just lacks those little things, anyone who's used both knows systems would know what I'm on about. Love the fact you can put shortcuts for playlists on one of the homescreens for direct access. The headphones are the biggest disappointment with the phone, just to bulky, the headphones are uncomfortable, the controls are in the wrong place. Changing songs using the controls is impossible if like me you keep your headphones (the wire) under your coat. Much prefer the headphones provided for the iPhone, again when coming to playing music small things like the location of the controls makes the iPhone just that better music player. Just goes to show how good this phone is when my only complaint is the headphones.
It's hard to get used to life without itunes but I found a very good software call doubletwist which is like itunes but works for most phones/mp3 players including the desire, check it out it's worth a look. Thats the only thing that put me off getting any phone over the iPhone was itunes, I know a lot of people who feel the same way but doubletwist works great. The app store is also missed but you have Android market. The only problem I've found with the android market is that some of the apps are not available for this phone for some reason, something to do with Google but I've been told that it will be sorted out. battery life seems to be a problem by most reviewers but I've had no problem, its lasted a whole day under vigorous usage all day like browsing, WiFi, music, gps and other things. To be honest you will only get a days worth of usage from the battery. I've always put my phone on charge at the end of the day and i bet most people do so that's not a problem with me. I would totally recommend this phone over the iphone, the only reason i can see someone getting the IPhone over this is because of Itunes but doubletwist sorts that issue out. I don't see any other sane reason to get the Iphone over this, this phone is cheaper, looks better (I think), usability is better, specs are better and a lot more, just doesn't have the brand power of Apple (and iPhone have the better headphones) Once the problem with Google is sorted out this phone is perfect.
Ps I type this entire review using the desire, very nice.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars HTC Desire, 9 Jun 2010
By Richard J. G. Carter (Ireland) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: HTC Desire SIM-Free Android Smartphone (Wireless Phone Accessory)
Do not normally write reviews,but just have to make a comment,
I live in Southern Ireland out in the country, can only get signal,
with O2,(not with vodafone or meteor where i live)I have a Nokia 6210 Navigator,
and can get a signal almost anywhere in and around the house, but I fancy a change,

So went for iphone, took it home connected to pc to set up and put my sim in had one bar signal,
moved around house, inside and out.
The signal ranged from one bar to no service, so took phone back and they replaced it with Nokia
N97 Mini. Tried it the signal was better but still got no signal in other rooms.
When I rang O2 support they said I was only one mile from aerial in town, and should be ok.
They tested the signal, they said it was ok, the lad on the phone said why not try a HTC desire,
went back to shop they said they had not got one and they thought it may be a bit to much for me,
( I am 65 years old but I like gadgets self taught computer tech and done support for ten years)They said they did not think it would make any differance, well went to carphone warehouse, and got one Guess what out of the box signal was better than my Nokia, and its easy to use, I might be old
but I found all the features on the phone are great, like the weather widget, downloaded BBC NEWS, text to speech, and will read sms messages.
All in all a great phone daughter moved to London and she emails every day,and comes direct to my phone.The battery last about two days but does not bother me as I bought spare battery and desk top charger and carry spare.
Buy it you will not regret it.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
158 of 166 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing phone - must buy!, 3 April 2010
By Fraggle (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HTC Desire SIM-Free Android Smartphone (Wireless Phone Accessory)
I had an HTC Hero (you know, the one that won all those best gadget awards) before and that was good, but this phone is fantastic. 10 reasons to buy:

1. Large, bright, high-resolution screen. Photos and text look great and really clear - which is good for looking at email attachments or facebook photos.
2. It's thin and very comfortable to hold. It actually feels less bulky than the i-phone 3GS my girlfriend has in my opinion.
3. It's really fast - you just click on something and it appears. No lag. Multitasking, you seem to be able to throw almost anything at it.
4. The 5mp camera and flash are surprisingly good, and you can upload photos straight onto Facebook. It is a real step up from the HTC Hero I had before.
5. Google maps is better than ever on it, and you can get instant directions.
6. MP3 player is really, really good - it seems to be much clearer than my old HTC Hero was, and sounds more vibrant, with sound quality very much on a par with the iphone. I've downloaded a really good Amazon MP3 app means allows you to buy from Amazon huge amounts of DRM free MP3s recorded at v high bit-rates and download them direct to your phone.
7. Everything is super-intuitive - Really good email, text message and social networking integration. The keyboard is really good, and the way they've done predictive text - even when you have typed some wrong letters - is really impressive.
8. Really good, solid-feeling build quality. Nothing feels cheap and plasticy about it like some old Nokia phones I had.
9. It's much cheaper than the i-phone and the new Sony Ericcson x10. I managed to get mine on T-mobile with (per month) 300 minutes, 300 texts, unlimited internet, unlimited landline calls and free phone for £25/month as a new customer, which is absolutely cracking.
10. Web browsing brill. Flash. Multi-touch/pinch to zoom. Pinch to zoom. With Flash, with Flash 10.1 coming out soon this should get better better.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent phone, though some minor missed opportunities
This is a fantastic phone, the built in apps are great and there some amazing apps in the store.
Android is a great system and I've written my own apps. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Paul

4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun
For many years I have been on PAYG, but after seeeing a demo of this I had to get it. It has loads of free fun apps, which I have to say I have had hours of fun playing with. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Mr. Stewart Morgan

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Phone ever...
I have been waiting a long time for a phone like this. I wanted a phone like the iPhone but not be tied into any long expensive contracts, plus I hate iTunes. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Mr. E. P. Nebesniak

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent with few shortcomings.
I've had the Desire for about 3 months. Most of the reviews I've read seem quite accurate with one or two exceptions. Read more
Published 16 days ago by JB

5.0 out of 5 stars What are you waiting for?
Other reviewers have covered the pos & negs much better than I could so here's my take on the HTC Desire.

I'm 62, male, computer literate but no geek. Read more
Published 16 days ago by R. Bingham

5.0 out of 5 stars HTC ACE!
I have had this phone a few months now and it is brilliant. Only let down is the battery life, which is not good if having a blast using applications. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Mr. D. L. Martin

5.0 out of 5 stars saint
Excellent phone or you can say ultimate phone only problem I aced is little heavy. Recommended to any one who is interested in this category of phone.
Published 20 days ago by Saint

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a great computer in your pocket and it's also a phone (until the battery runs out)
HTC Desire Review (Android)

As I sit and write now, it seems difficult to sum up the HTC Desire, so instead let's look at what it does:

1) It's a Satnav... Read more
Published 27 days ago by K. Pickering

5.0 out of 5 stars Greaat phone
this phone is fun to use and a pleasure to type on. Even thought the variety of apps isnt as great as on the iphone there are still thousans of good ones.
Published 27 days ago by S. Dempster

5.0 out of 5 stars Fulfills all expectations
As I did not want an Iphone due to my objections to restrictions on what you can download, and the fact that a lot of people own one, I went for this after weeks of deliberation... Read more
Published 29 days ago by Mr. V. Sherry

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
Best Sim card to get for this phone? 1 1 day ago
Skype on Desire 4 16 days ago
recent contacts? 1 1 month ago
HTC Desire box opened? 0 1 month ago
sending email with btinternet account 0 2 months ago
ThreeUK Skype client 1 2 months ago
Price!! 9 2 months ago
TV-Out 1 2 months ago
Voice dialling? 6 May 2010
Mains charger 1 May 2010
HTC desire shipment? 5 May 2010
What Colour are these? Graphite or Brown? 1 May 2010
› See all 12 discussions...  
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 

Search Customer Discussions
   

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category


Amazon.co.uk Privacy Statement Amazon.co.uk Delivery Information Amazon.co.uk Returns & Exchanges

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.