HTC Desire/Xperia 10

[Final Maxim]

contract is up and im looking at new phones.

GF has just had a HTC desire and its very good, nice to hold, the touch screen is great. The only thing thats putting me off is composing texts. ive tried to do it and i seem to hit other letters from time to time. Maybe something i can adapt to, i dunno.

Saw the Xperia 10 on tv a while ago and thought it looked decent. The pull out keyboard looked nice.

Xperia is £30 a month

Desire is £30 a month, pretty much identical deals, free phone, 3gb internet etc etc.

Anyone have an xperia? any good?

*edit* dont want an iphone

 

[-Leigh-]

iPhone.

 

[cadab]

Out of them 2 choices Desire without a doubt, you will get used to the keyboard after a short while tbh. But yeah, iPhone...oh.

Desire then.

 

[James172Cup]

Don't know about the desire but on my HTC hero you can calibrate the keyboard which made a bit of difference.

 

[H182]

Desire

 

[Tom]

Nexus one.

 

[Final Maxim]

just read some reviews of Desire V Nexus One and they basically all say the desire is better due to Sense? but both are identical phones pretty much.

more battery life on the desire, noise reduction on the nexus.

hmmmmm

also anyone know any cheaper deals around than £30 atm, dont mind what network, needs to be unlimited broadband (3gig i think)

 

[mugglesquop]

Sense 2.1 is good, 2.5 i believe is going to be out soon. 2.5 looks nicer, but doesnt 'flow' as well caus it uses more memory. prob be alright on these devices with the 1ghz Snapdragon.

 

[Final Maxim]

http://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk...23153&affiliate=affiliate_future&aff_id=23153

2nd one down

"unlimited texts and unlimited mobile internet"

how many texts is this and how much internet? tried to find their policies on fair usage and cant find them, anyone know?

 

[theduck]

missus has Xperia, me likes

 

[Tyler@Ultimate]

x10 is crap compared to the HTC

 

[PinkoCommie]

I have fairly fat fingers, but the HTC IME input method is fantastic, I use it on my Nexus one because it's so superior. It's version of predictive test is very forgiving for errant letters.

If you use it for a while and just watch the suggestion bar you will notice that it will autocorrect your awful typing on the fly.

With the Nexus One, Android 2.2 makes up (mostly) for not having SenseUI and massivly improves the speed and battery life.

Also the X10 is only Android 1.6.

 

[fizzy_drink]

X10 is not 1ghz like the desire afaik... whether it means it's slower though, I don't know.

 

[word_easy]

X10 is not 1ghz like the desire afaik...

yes it is

 

[Kev_md]

turn the desire on its side when texting and up pops a bigger keyboard for people with sausage fingers.

 

[Final Maxim]

wow really?

ill try that later, cheers

 

[fizzy_drink]

yes it is

Bellend in the o2 store told me it wasn't. Oh well, their loss as I ended up with a desire on tmobile instead.

They should spend more time training their spotty staff members.

 

[PMac]

Download the app Big Buttons Keyboard for emm bigger buttons. I use this for texting. HTC is great.