Sunday, May 15, 2011

Price & Details about HTC Desire HD

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A fading flagship

The Desire HD is HTCs flagship touchscreen only Android device, with a 4.3-inch display, and an aluminium unibody. The front is one plain of glass, with beautifully lit capacitive touch buttons beneath the display. Like the Desire Z, the slight gap between display glass and aluminium bezel collects dust particles – super annoying. No gorilla goodness here – the display is also scratch prone so watch it with those keys.

The display is crisp, but colours and contrast could use some boosting – we’d have loved at least an S-LCD if not a more exotic AMOLED display. The capacitive touchscreen is super sensitive. Typing on the onscreen keypad is a good experience – keys are well laid out with adequate spacing – much better than 3.7-inch displays. The battery rated at 1,230 mAh is inadequate, but not horribly so, enough for a day of light to moderate usage on a single charge.

The phone itself is snappy and responsive owing to a faster CPU and more RAM than the Desire Z. Call quality is very good, as is in-call volume of the earpiece and loudspeaker. The loudspeaker is pretty loud for music, but tinny and directional. The handsfree offers good quality for both calls and music, but we’d like an in-ear unit. The Desire HD has a good camera, and powerful flash – pictures have very good detail, and good colour, though there is a tendency to overexpose on auto settings. Video shooting quality is a also good for a cellphone camera, except with dim lighting.

At Rs 26,990 (MRP), it’s cheaper than the Arc, and not at all worse for it. A good phone for the price, but with a bunch of tantalizing options on the horizon, we reckon you wait and watch a bit.

SPECIFICATION:

Screen size: 4.3-inches;

Resolution: 480x800 pixels;

OS: Android 2.2;

SoC: Qualcomm MSM8255;

RAM: 768 MB;

Memory expansion: microSD;

Battery: 1,230 mAh;

Weight: 164 grams