I was one of those people who jumped to sign up to an iphone at the start of last year and regretted it from about week 2. In my opinion, the iphone is the weak link in the Apple range and just lets the side down. Having been persevering over the iphone for a year, I finally took the plunge and went for HTC which I did seriously consider when I took the iphone (it was the Hero then).
I have to say, the HTC wins hands down. Okay, its not perfect, but then what is. The battery life is still not great, but then I suspect that it never will be good compared to those old Nokias which we used to charge once a week... lets face it, the apps are going to be power hungry, and I think I 'fiddle' or play with the phone a lot more than I ever did with the old ones.
But other than that the HTC has
** Better battery life than the iphone in my opinion
**A huge improvement on the signal strength (I firmly believe that Apple have had an issue with signal way before the iphone 4 was launched). I can now use my mobile at home (never could with the iphone
**A much nicer interface than the Hero did one year ago (a prime reason not to go with it then)
**A good sized on screen keyboard - reducing my mis-types a lot (although the predictive text has some interesting interpretations of what you are trying to say)
**Decent download speeds for apps and updates
** I also like the notification bar at the top of the screen giving a shortcut to any messages, mails, or alerts that appear there
Down sides (for me) are:
** Its not an Apple - I have a Mac and the iphone has seemless integration with it and the other Apple products which this doesn't have, but to be fair I haven't tried to sync it to any computer yet.
** Its very slow to start up from a power down - but then I found this true of the iphone too (compared to other Apple products)
** Adding thigs to the home screen is a bit more cumbersome than with the Apple, and some things you just can't add (like Favourite people) - you basically have to start with a theme and customise it
Having said that, I would not go back to an iphone at this point unless Apple radically improve and re-design it and would recommend this phone to anyone. Basically, I love it.
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| Price | £48.98 | £76.24 | £195.99 | £99.00 | £240.98 |
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| Cellular Technology | 3G;GPRS;EDGE;GSM | — | 4G | — | GSM;HSPA;LTE |
| Display Resolution Maximum | 480 x 800 | — | 1080 x 1920 | 720p | 1080 x 1920 |
| Screen Size | 3.7 inches | 3.5 inches | 5 inches | 5.5 inches | 5 inches |
| Item Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0 cm | 6.06 x 1.22 x 10.72 cm | 7.06 x 7 x 14.6 cm | 15.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 cm | 14.5 x 7 x 1 cm |
| Item Weight | 0 grams | 250 grams | 160 grams | 165 grams | 159 grams |
| Memory Storage Capacity | 32 GB | 4 GB | 128 GB | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| Operating System | Android | android | Android | Android | android |
| Special Features | camera, e-mail, face_detection, flash, GPS, internet, quad_core_processor, radio, touchscreen, wifi | — | camera, e-mail, face_detection, flash, front_camera, GPS, internet, mp3_ringtones, quad_core_processor, radio, touchscreen, usb, wifi | camera, flash, front_camera, GPS, internet, quad_core_processor, touchscreen, usb, wifi | — |
| Wireless Communication Technology | Cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi | Bluetooth | Cellular, Bluetooth, HSDPA, Wi-Fi | 3G, 4G, Bluetooth, Edge, GPRS, GSM, WiFi | Cellular |
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