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HTC Desire S

Review by Mobile Phones 4 Students on Tuesday 21 June 2011

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HTC has emerged as a leading manufacturer of smart phone devices and is one of only a select few companies capable of challenging Apple's stronghold over the smart phone market. Its range plays host to handsets such as the Wildfire and Desire, both of which we've been more than impressed with. But as with most good things, HTC is keen to vamp up its popular devices with new technology as and when it arrives.

Needless to say, the HTC Desire S is the natural successor to the popular HTC Desire and this piece of kit is certainly as impressive.

Good Points

Its good points are plentiful, starting with the 3.7 inch, 480x800 pixel screen, which incidentally, also featured on the original Desire. The renowned, slick user interface which HTC pride themselves on, makes for a smooth operation and this complements the Android operating system perfectly. The RAM has been increased (to 1GB of in-built memory) and with a larger battery, the device goes for longer between charges (reportedly up to 20% longer). Of course, a larger battery is essential now that improvements have been made to the video recording facility: the Desire S now captures 720p HD video and 5 MegaPixel stills, which nearly all new smart phones are expected to have these days.

It's interesting to see that HTC has decided to manufacture the Desire S from an aluminium unibody, which makes the device both light-weight and visually pleasing, whilst also having a solid and sturdy build-quality about it.

Bad Points

Having chosen to enter this device into the popular 'Desire' product range, HTC can't afford to risk selling a sub-standard handset and for this reason, there are very few negative points.

From a technical point of view, the 1GHz single-core processor is the only disappointment. Whilst many of its competitors have started to introduce dual-core processors into their top-end mobile phones, HTC has not yet made this migration - yet they may have avoided such a move with good reason: the Android operating system seems to work just as well with a single-core processor as a dual-core, potentially saving consumers a whole chunk of cash.

What do we think of it?

For the student market, the HTC Desire S is extremely well suited. It looks good, performs well and has huge money-saving potential with built-in MP3, video and web-browsing functionality. If you've not yet bought an MP3 player or digital camera to record your nights out and various escapades at college next term, don't bother! Avoid the expense, and instead consider the HTC Desire S for an all-in-one solution, at a fraction of the price!

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