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HTC Desire V review: A simple wish

8 October 2012 | Read the review | Post your comment
HTC Desire V review: A simple wish - read the full textLong gone are the glory days of the Desire line - once a cradle of flagships, it now gives in to the rise of the One series. With the Wildfires all but extinguished, the Desires got the lower midrange all to themselves. But instead of clinging to a glorious past, they're now trusted to start winning over the next generation of smartphone users...

 

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A great phone for me as this is my 1st Android phone... but the storage of my phone is not 4 GB its only 1 GB... can some one tell me why?

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  • 2012-10-09 16:17
  • 6P$b

This kind of handset that will make hTC going down..
Lame CPU, small RAM, no front CAM, small BATTERY.
WELL DONE HTC

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  • 2012-10-09 11:41
  • sEJ7

> In reply to Bunyip @ 2012-10-09 03:47 from 2Gpx - click to readThats a self contradicting question. Eyeglass users, or more specifc Nearsighted people are the ones who are most picky about display resolution, since they by removing eyeglasses/contact lenses can see far more small details than people with normal vision, the higher grade nearsighted the more detail they can see. Thats why nearsighted people dont like Pentile AMOLED, for them even a HD Pentile display will be pixelated when using small fonts.

Actually they dont see better, not at the same distance, but their eyes are able to focus at shorter distances, and ofcore, as you get closer more detail will appear.

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  • 2012-10-09 10:52
  • Kg{$

lol... This competes in the feature phone category, not mid-range. At around $300, it's also overpriced garbage.

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  • 2012-10-09 04:03
  • tA8K

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2012-10-08 19:45 from MDVw - click to read"screen resolution is awesome!"

REALLY??? Had your glasses checked lately?

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  • 2012-10-09 03:47
  • 2Gpx

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2012-10-08 21:08 from Kg{$ - click to readYou'd be surprised how they made it now easier to use dual-sim phones. It's not the same as the dual-sim phones of a few years back. It is really more convenient if you carry a dual-sim phone now if yiou use two carrier networks regularly, or if you travel a lot.

I just recently bought a dual-sim phone because of this convenience.

I believe the best dual-sim phone right now that is not China-specific is the Lenovo P700i, to which unfortunately I missed out on because it was just released yesterday in our country. I believe this is a much better phone than the Desire V. Although physically uglier and heavier than Desire V, it is par with the Desire V in screen specs, build quality, and OS (ICS interface sans the HTC sense of course). But most importantly, its advantages are its 1Ghz Dual-Core CPU, monster 2500mah battery, and its price -- USD$80 cheaper than the desire V.

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  • 2012-10-09 03:28
  • PAW2

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2012-10-08 21:08 from Kg{$ - click to readI think Dual Sim phones are an essential tool for anyone travelling regularly.
Iam disapointed that the options are all such low specced devices.. If I can buy An HTC one s with Dual sim I would be very happy.
I had a Desire V which was stoled last time I was in China. and although usable I was frustrated with the slow performance after my One S.

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  • 2012-10-09 02:44
  • Mfxb

"picking between the HTC Desire V and the Samsung Galaxy S Duos is all about your personal preference of UI - Sense or TouchWiz."
actually, there are some diferences. for example, Samsung Galaxy S Duos supports native video calls, HTC Desire V doesn't.
so, i guess reasonable people (normal people, not fanboys) would pick Samsung since it has better features than HTC.

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  • 2012-10-09 02:15
  • tht}

Too much focus on dual sim here. I think many will be willing to drop dual sim (after all, most people buy dual sim phones only once as its neither practical nor useful) and rather go for the Xperia J, which has a front cam and slightly higher resolution with the more preferred 16:9 format, plus a bit bigger battery and more camera functonality (image stabilizer, i believe the Desire V dont have that). Slightly better specs at lower price, and best of all the Xperia J has no HTC software to slow things down and crash the phone.

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  • 2012-10-08 21:08
  • Kg{$

best dual sims is with dual core mtk6577 chipset. Some of them have 1gb ram, 8mpix cameras, hd screens, big batteries. But next month there will quadcore mtk6588 28nm dual sims with real 13mpix cameras. early next year will be 8-core mtk6599 phones.

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  • 2012-10-08 20:13
  • nH$i

screen resolution is awesome! however i preferred xperia 2011 neo v!

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  • 2012-10-08 19:45
  • MDVw
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