HTC Desire vs. Samsung Galaxy S
Frankly speaking, im sold by the sleek n sexy looks of these phones.
Dimension and Weight: Samsung Galaxy S compared to HTC Desire is appearing longer and thinner , lighter too.
Display: Both Galaxy S and HTC Desire have 480 x 800 pixels. HTC Desire is 3.7 inch AMOLED display while Galaxy S has 4 inch super AMOLED display. Both are scratch resistant n display 16M colors.
Display (Function): Auto rotation, multi-touch and proximity sensor are in common. Samsung Galaxy S has TouchWiz UI 3.0 and Swype text input. HTC Desire has HTC Sense UI and also has optical trackpad for navigation.
Sound: Both have standard 3.5mm headphone jack, play mp3s and alert via vibration. Only Samsung Galaxy S can alert using WAV.
Memory: Both have unlimited phonebook and call records, hold up to 32GB. However, Samsung Galaxy S has the internal memory size of 8/16 GB. HTC Desire makes it up by including 4GB memory included.
Camera: Both have 5 MP as well as face & smile detection and geotagging. Samsung Galaxy S can record 720p@30fps HD video, has touch focus. HTC Desire has LED light and records video at WVGA (800×480p) @ 15fps.
Video Calling: Both are able to preform the task; however HTC Desire does not have a front facing camera and Samsung Galaxy S can.
Features: Both have similar abilities such as being fast, can do messaging, browse the web
OS are the same: Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
Radio: Both have, Games: — untested so far –
Colors: Both have brilliant colors, GPS: Both have the ability.
Out-of-Box Playability: Samsung Galaxy S beats the HTC Desire on social integration (content aggregation), document editor, video playback and Flash support.
Pros for the Galaxy S are:
better sound quality, better music player, better video capabilities
better video capture n camera (low light conditions that require a flash aside of course)
1.8GB of app installation space, TV Out via cable, DLNA, WiFi tether
better bluetooth implementation, significantly better battery life,
supports landscape rotation in both directions
Pros for the Desire:
multicolour LED notification light, hardware keys, HTC email app better than Samsung
better browser with flashlite 4.0 (although I prefer browsing on Galaxy S cause of larger screen)
better initial setup (a lot better)
okay, seems like im goin to sided with Samsung more. mmm.. still it hard to get one cos the retailer didnt carry much stock due to overwhelming sales of iphone4 (everyone' focus). even i didnt get a glance at it.