my first smartphone, i fancy HTC desire or wildfire

timmy_toad

I am going to splash out on a SmartPhone, in particular i like the HTC Desire with its high res screen and sat nav etc.

But just a little cheaper is the HTC Wildfire with a low res screen,

Can i ask the members is the Desire worth the extra money ???.

At the moment i have a Nokia 2700 i have just got hold of a cheap Tesco Sim and find the small screen a real pain when used for internet browsing, so i am hoping the large screen of the HTC Desire/Wildfire will be far better.

tim

Not_a_Newbie

Don't know anything about the wildlife, but I love my desire.

daindian

personally i would look into the galaxy s and htc desire, both excellent phones, not so much the wildfire as some apps cant be used on such a low res screen. I love my galaxy s and the large unboard memeory storage 8gb helps with all my apps. the htc desire is also good.

timmy_toad

daindian wrote: »

personally i would look into the galaxy s and htc desire, both excellent phones, not so much the wildfire as some apps cant be used on such a low res screen. I love my galaxy s and the large unboard memeory storage 8gb helps with all my apps. the htc desire is also good.

thanks for that buddy, Samsung Galaxy S, looks good, please could you tell me if it has the Sat Nav that the HTC Desire has got ?

tim

mickbhall

My galaxy s has sat nav can even download google street map to go with it.

CallaLily

I had a HTC Wildfire and my husband has a HTC Desire, got fed up of mine being so slow compared to his and upgraded to a Desire well worth the extra imo.

cherie1122

I have only heard good reports on the Desire from the people I know who use one. I have the Wildfire and love it because it's small enough to go in my pocket. I don't notice the low res screen (didn't even know it had one LOL)

timmy_toad

mickbhall wrote: »

My galaxy s has sat nav can even download google street map to go with it.

Kool, the Samsung Galaxy S seems to be a bit more expensive than the HTC Desire, dam.

tim

timmy_toad

okey dokey, you have convinced me beyond doubt, thanks all

I think i should goto a shop and perhaps actually touch one, to make sure the dammed thing doesnt bite, which is summat i can confirm my bloody dog does a little bit too much !!! LOL

tim

mickbhall

timmy_toad wrote: »

okey dokey, you have convinced me beyond doubt, thanks all

I think i should goto a shop and perhaps actually touch one, to make sure the dammed thing doesnt bite, which is summat i can confirm my bloody dog does a little bit too much !!! LOL

tim

Best way to get a feel for the phone the galaxy s is 4 inch (quite large) but i love it.

Erme

I have the wildfire cos it was all I could afford and the desire is way too big for me. I've tweaked the speed with a few apps like Advanced task killer and APNdroid etc...does me fine...

However this wee MSEer has a which sub and I can tell you confidently that the Desire is the 1st HTC to be a which best buy ...so if you can afford the desire I'd go for that...

However...if you really want the wildfire it doesn't score too bad (I think 63% on which. The LG Pop beats it with 80% but don't know how they can call it a smartphone when it doesn't have a heap of net features like wifi etc. As does the Nokia 8 but that has an antiquated platform in the symbian platform which limits apps)...the desire is like 72% or something...

How much are they charging you for the desire out of curiosity? I think I paid £150 for my wildfire though you can get it lower...

E