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[Zeppu]

Yep seems to have died

http://android.modaco.com/



Disappointed so far. Seems like they only announced the Desire Z and HD.

Oh and a new HTC Sense.

 

[flipping_heck]

HTC Desire HD, here i cum!

 

[brotkasten]

So the Desire Z is the G2 with Sense. Not sure if want.

 

[Zeppu]

Well that sucked.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

I wasn't sure of the design for the Desire HD, but it looks beautiful now I've seen it properly.

I'm glad I held off, hopefully it's out soon.

 

[flipping_heck]

October release date

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Mine!

 

[flipping_heck]

Both the Desire HD and Desire Z will be Vodafone exclusives in Europe—no word on further availability just yet.

wut?

Oh well, i be buying it unlocked anyways

 

[Zeppu]

UK peeps, you can pre-order from android.modaco.com today at 1pm apparently. That in 15 mins..right?

Paul said it's gonna be close to GBP500...:S

 

[flipping_heck]

UK peeps, you can pre-order from android.modaco.com today at 1pm apparently. That in 15 mins..right?

Paul said it's gonna be close to GBP500...:S

wow, thats sooo expensive.. ;_;

 

[DrFunk]

Desire HD?

hawt

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Vodafone exclusivity is only in some countries (Spain and Australia confirmed).

 

[Zeppu]

wow, thats sooo expensive.. ;_;

£479.98 inc VAT

quite pricey if i do say so myself.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Well if anything it will be a great time to pick up the Desire, it should be under £300 soon.

 

[broadwayrock]

Quick walkthrough for the HTC Desire Z and HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_3kLDD-tZs

Gizmodo are reporting that unlike the G2, the Desire Z will come with Android 2.1

 

[giga]

The most interesting thing from that event was htcsense.com services. Hopefully it's free, unlike MobileMe.

 

[Stat Flow]

So will my Evo be getting this new Sense stuff? If so, when? I'm liking what I see.

To the Desire HD folks, welcome to the 4.3" club.

Edit: Okay, that woman has a sexy voice, and all that new sense shit is AWESOME.

I'm sure someone will put it in a custom rom for the Evo soon, so I'm GOOD.

FuckYea.jpg

 

[The Interrobanger]

So the Desire HD is essentially the Evo with slightly more memory and less battery power...hmmm...

EDIT: and no front camera/kick stand

 

[alternade]

Kinda mad i stayed up for something i already knew about. Still have the rumored dual core, emerald/vanguard to look forward to, right?

 

[brotkasten]

Quick walkthrough for the HTC Desire Z and HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_3kLDD-tZs

Gizmodo are reporting that unlike the G2, the Desire Z will come with Android 2.1

But WHY?!

 

[Jazzy Network]

Uh so is the HD coming out in the states?

 

[DrFunk]

Uh so is the HD coming out in the states?

You could always buy it unlocked, actually

Edit: chances are they'll come to Canada as well as a US carrier

 

[MechDX]

Wife and I took advanatge of a Verizon B1G1 deal with a couple Samsung Fascinate's. Awesome phones so far I quickly downloaded a coupld app's to try out. Thye screen is just stunning on this phone.

 

[gcubed]

You could always buy it unlocked, actually

Edit: chances are they'll come to Canada as well as a US carrier

get me a desire hd on att

 

[DrFunk]

Apparently the Desire HD uses the MSM8255 processor, with the Adreno 205 GPU, which gives it better graphical performance than the EVO.

get me a desire hd on att

I can't but Telus or Vodaphone Australia probably could

 

[gcubed]

Apparently the Desire HD uses the MSM8255 processor, with the Adreno 205 GPU, which gives it better graphical performance than the EVO.



I can't but Telus or Vodaphone Australia probably could

yeah, but its so damn expensive... if att gave a discount for no contract phones that would be ideal, but there is no benefit

 

[CrayzeeCarl]

Wife and I took advanatge of a Verizon B1G1 deal with a couple Samsung Fascinate's. Awesome phones so far I quickly downloaded a coupld app's to try out. Thye screen is just stunning on this phone.

If you feel like giving more impressions on this phone, I would appreciate it. My wife has expressed interest in this phone. The reviews seem a bit mixed but sometimes reviews exaggerate issues.

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

Desire HD will be my new phone. It looks so good. Also it has a new cpu woooooooot

 

[gimmmick]

Man both phones fly and are fast. Damn I told myself I wasn't going to get a g2 and just be stick it out with my nexus ....

 

[Jazzy Network]

You could always buy it unlocked, actually

Edit: chances are they'll come to Canada as well as a US carrier

I can't unless it works on cdma and is 3g compatible with Verizon.

 

[gimmmick]

I can't unless it works on cdma and is 3g compatible with Verizon.

Fucking vodafone =\

 

[Jazzy Network]

Yea its one of the reasons why I will definitely go back to T-mobile once my contract ends. Having global phone flexibility is awesome.

 

[flipping_heck]

459.99 on play.com (+3.5% Quidco).. im very tempted...

 

[kharma45]

Fuck me the Desire Z boots quickly!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxnRuInKK3I

 

[thirty]

Fuck me the Desire Z boots quickly!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxnRuInKK3I

"Bububu its only a 800mhz cpu. My math says boot up should be 20% slower than my current droid."

 

[mj1108]

So the Desire Z is the G2 with Sense. Not sure if want.

Don't know about anyone else but I cannot stand Sense.... gimme vanilla stock Android.

 

[Ultimatum]

Hmm, tempted to make the HTC Desire Z my first android phone. Hope it's not too expensive, looks really nice. Shame about the processor though, but looks like it's not too drastic since that boot up time is insane lol. Currently have a Nokia N95, so should be a nice upgrade

 

[Husker86]

"Bububu its only a 800mhz cpu. My math says boot up should be 20% slower than my current droid."

There has to be some sort of save-state going on there. There is no way that's a clean, full boot up.

 

[B-Dex]

I want to get a Captivate but Rogers up here seems to think it's cool to announce phones and then be all oh we don't know when it's actually coming out about it. So I was debating switching to Bell and getting a Vibrant.

Am I insane, impatient or should I do it?

 

[NinjaFridge]

Hmm, tempted to make the HTC Desire Z my first android phone. Hope it's not too expensive, looks really nice. Shame about the processor though, but looks like it's not too drastic since that boot up time is insane lol. Currently have a Nokia N95, so should be a nice upgrade

The processor is the new version of snap-dragon, so it is at least as good.

 

[santouras]

"Bububu its only a 800mhz cpu. My math says boot up should be 20% slower than my current droid."

its a newer cpu than the nexus one/droid/etc. Like comparing a 2Ghz Core 2 to a 3Ghz P4. Packs a lot more onboard features than the older Desire/Nexus One, heaps better graphics performance, almost on par with the galaxy s apparently

 

[Fatalah]

I'm just waiting for a company to announce "we have a new battery that's better than anything you've seen!". That'll get me excited!

 

[Siebzehn50]

God damn it, I was just going to get the Captivate. I guess I might as well wait and see what providers get the Desire HD.

 

[Poody]

Total disapponting news. Here's hoping gingerbread nukes all phone manufacturer themes like blur, and sense. Also any phone annouced now untill the end of year without dual core should be ignored. And the fact that htc is late with their dual core design is dissappointing. Google needs to switch dev phone manufacturer to either SE, moto, or samsung...

Dev phones ftw!

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Also any phone annouced now untill the end of year without dual core should be ignored.

You will be able to count the number of announced dual-core equipped smart phones on one hand by end of year.

We might see an HTC Glacier (Qualcomm), LG Optimus (Tegra 2) or Samsung (Orion) by the end of the year, but most manufactures are suggesting Q1 2011 for general availability.

And the delay was due to Qualcomm, not HTC.

 

[Kraftwerk]

Hmmm...I had my mind set on the milestone 2 since I have the 1,but now with these two coming. ... !!!!!

 

[Totakeke]

Hmmm...I had my mind set on the milestone 2 since I have the 1,but now with these two coming. ... !!!!!

Buy a HTC. Motorola's support is worse than Sony's outside US. Milestone users probably won't ever see 2.2 with the way they keep pushing the dates back.

 

[RoadHazard]

That Desire HD is very tempting...

I was gonna get a Samsung Galaxy S, but I've waiting for all the problems (GPS, lag, etc.) to be ironed out first. Maybe I should now just go for a Desire HD instead?

I definitely have more conficence in HTC when it comes to supporting their phones and bringing regular updates.

 

[DrFunk]

HTC definitely supports their phones more so than Motorola or Samsung. But they have just as many problems out the gate as any other manufacturer.

Cavet Emptor!

 

[Totakeke]

HTC definitely supports their phones more so than Motorola or Samsung. But they have just as many problems out the gate as any other manufacturer.

Cavet Emptor!

At least you can load custom roms yourself to alleviate some of the problems. Milestone? No rom development at all with the locked bootloader.