Occasional delay in receiving texts and emails, mid-range specs mean the phone may not hold its own by year end Look and Feel...
A solid Android smartphone with standard HTC ease of use and extras – but it’s not quite as exciting as earlier smartphones or what’s pipped to be incoming. ...
Small and robust unibody construction, HTC Sense 2.1 offers tangible improvements, Bright responsive screen with good contrast / color levels
No camera button or HDMI connectivity, Camera takes muddy indoor / low light photos, Singlecore processor may put some people off
Wrapping up, reviewing the HTC Desire S has been a pleasure. The phone is a testament to good evolution being better than bad revolution. With the physical tweaks, the unibody construction, the improved HTC Sense and Gingerbread being on board, the she...
Back when we reviewed the HTC Desire, almost twelve months to the day, the smartphone was at the cutting edge of Android devices. Tagging on the coat-tails of the Nexus One, it closely followed Google’s example of a sizable screen, fast processor and ...
Published: 2011-02-15, Author: Will , review by: intomobile.com
the Desire S is a solid smartphone, on many different levels. We'd have liked to have seen a dual-core processor within, but the larger image sensor, Gingerbread OS, and front-facing camera are nothing to scoff at.HTC Says the Desire S will be broadly a...
Excellent aluminium build quality; Fast and stable modifications; High-definition voice calling support over Telstra NextG; Support for Skype video calling;
More internal memory needed; Merely a refresh, but not a huge departure from last year's model;
With a slightly better internal spec and a few millimetres and grams shaved, the Desire S isn’t a major advance on the model it replaces. That said, the original Desire is an impressive handset, and this refresh – minimal as it is – improves on it. Cl...
An underwhelming follow-up to the original Desire because of a lack of stand-out features, the Desire S is nonetheless a quality, serviceable and worthy smartphone which will get the job done without standing out in the crowd. However, we think there are...
Latest Android OS and slick Sense integration, Unibody aluminium design, Competitive price
Evolution rather than evolution, No real advanced features, We miss the physical buttons
The HTC Desire S is an evolutionary rather than revolutionary upgrade over the original Desire. It remains an excellent smartphone, but it hits the market at a time when competition is fiercer than ever. We think it's a good all-rounder at a competitive p...
Gingerbread OS, Solid unibody construction, Faster download capability, Camera significantly improved from the original Desire
Evolutionary, not revolutionary, Somebody stole the physical buttons
HTC's Desire S isn't the king of the hill in the way that the original Desire was. As an evolution of the Desire concept, it's still a very nice phone, but it's not a world beater.
