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Desire HD is official

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    #2
    DGRulz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭DGRulz


    HooRay anyone care to guess when we can expect it over here?


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    #3
    osnola ibax
    Registered Users Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭osnola ibax


    Happy that I can wait until a decent development before upgrading, ie 2ghz processor and gingerbread. This is too incremental a change for me.


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    JohnK
    Registered Users Posts: 4,780 ✭✭✭JohnK


    Is it just me or does it look bloody huge?


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    alanmce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭alanmce


    JohnK wrote: »
    Is it just me or does it look bloody huge?

    looks about the sae size as samsung galaxy s


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    cruizer22b
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭cruizer22b


    alanmce wrote: »
    looks about the sae size as samsung galaxy s


    Little bigger even.

    http://www.htc.com/europe/product/desirehd/overview.html


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    James Forde
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭James Forde


    I thought there would be more to it :o


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    ChopShop
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 1,797 Mod ✭✭✭✭ChopShop


    DGRulz wrote: »
    HooRay anyone care to guess when we can expect it over here?

    I have this vision of networks (here) holding it back until after Xmas so as to shift the original Desire.


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    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,010 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    wernstrom! wrote: »
    I have this vision of networks (here) holding it back until after Xmas so as to shift the original Desire.

    they don't have Desires in stock to shift.


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    Bugzy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭Bugzy


    it just looks like a remade version of the HD2 with a few extra features.

    don't see nothing there worth jumping the hedge for.


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    How Soon Is Now
    Registered Users Posts: 13,083 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    http://www.phonesonline.ie/product_detail.asp?nw=HTC%20Sim%20Free

    699 euro ouch!!

    Wonder will Meteor pick this up on pay as you go for cheaper??


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    batman2000
    Registered Users Posts: 833 ✭✭✭batman2000


    Also the Desire Z (QWERTY)


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    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Will it have better battery life? I just got the HTC Desire but to say the battery is shocking is an understatement.


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    batman2000
    Registered Users Posts: 833 ✭✭✭batman2000


    Well the Desire Z has a 1300mAh SLCD 3.7'' screen and the current Desire has a 1400mAh OLED 3.5'' screen. The important item I believe with the Desire is the auto syncing (constant Widget updates) or staying connected on the WiFi ...apparently.
    The Desdire HD is also SLCD 4.3'' but 1230mAh battery,


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    Bugzy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭Bugzy


    angerfist2009 wrote: »
    http://www.phonesonline.ie/product_detail.asp?nw=HTC%20Sim%20Free

    699 euro ouch!!

    Wonder will Meteor pick this up on pay as you go for cheaper??

    Hardly. Look at meteor PAYG range... Poor poor poor
    Zascar wrote: »
    Will it have better battery life? I just got the HTC Desire but to say the battery is shocking is an understatement.

    the comment above is wrong. as the HTC website state it has 1230mah capacity battery (same as the HTC HD2)


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    Hogzy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    No doubt meteor will get all these in. I'm so glad they went the Android route and stayed away from ios


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    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    heres a small hands on look :)

    http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/HTC-Desire-HD-and-Desire-Z-Hands-on-article-a_13266.html


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    How Soon Is Now
    Registered Users Posts: 13,083 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    Ya be wishful thinking Meteor getting this as a pay as you go option.
    I am just not to keen on paying a bill i like idea of just paying the 20 a month getting all my free txts to any network.


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    CombatCow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭CombatCow


    Mmm I don’t really understand this model, without a new cpu in it there's nothing that would tempt me about it, actually not having physical buttons is a disadvantage for me personally.


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    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,010 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/meteor?v=wall&story_fbid=154278141262897&ref=notif&notif_t=feed_comment

    Meteor confirming to me on Facebook that the Desire HD will release on their network October/November.

    Christmas present picked (unless a better phone is announced between now and then)!


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    mcbert
    Registered Users Posts: 460 ✭✭mcbert


    FYI: according to
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_%28processor%29
    and
    http://smartphonebenchmarks.com/forum/index.php?/topic/61-what-is-adreno-205-and-how-does-it-compare-to-other-gpus/

    The Desire HD has a MSM8255 chipset, including "Hardware-accelerated SVG and Adobe Flash", "significant improvements in shader performance over Adreno 200 GPU"

    "Based on the early benchmark results, Adreno 205 [Desire HD] is expected to be about four times faster than Adreno 200 [Desire]. Samsung's Hummingbird with PowerVR SGX540 [Galaxy S] is expected to beat Adreno 205 by a small margin, however. Still, given that nothing touches the performance of SGX540 today (that's right, iPhone 4 is not even close!), this is quite an improvement."


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    AAAAAAAHHH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 377 ✭✭AAAAAAAHHH


    batman2000 wrote: »
    Well the Desire Z has a 1300mAh SLCD 3.7'' screen and the current Desire has a 1400mAh OLED 3.5'' screen. The important item I believe with the Desire is the auto syncing (constant Widget updates) or staying connected on the WiFi ...apparently.
    The Desdire HD is also SLCD 4.3'' but 1230mAh battery,

    Current Desire has a 3.7" screen.


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    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Is it worth upgrading from the Desire?


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    Damian Duffy
    Registered Users Posts: 266 ✭✭Damian Duffy


    Hogzy wrote: »
    No doubt meteor will get all these in. I'm so glad they went the Android route and stayed away from ios


    Did they have a choice?


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    Kenno90
    Registered Users Posts: 3,184 ✭✭✭Kenno90


    Zascar wrote: »
    Is it worth upgrading from the Desire?

    TBH i don't think it is, even after the release of the new phones i'm still looking for the desire, i just want to know if this improved sense will be added to the existing desire


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    DGRulz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭DGRulz


    All I'm saying is this is my new phone, I've been stuck w/ an LG Viewty since christmas '08. At first I had my eye on a Nexus One - couldnt get my hands on one. Then I discovered the Desire - Just missed out on getting one . But w/ God as my witness I'm getting this phone. Also my mp3 player died the other day so that can be replaced w/ this too :D


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    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,711 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    Kenno90 wrote: »
    TBH i don't think it is, even after the release of the new phones i'm still looking for the desire, i just want to know if this improved sense will be added to the existing desire

    As I mentioned here:

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=68038669&postcount=5


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    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    well for people who have been looking forward to buying a new phone and dont own a good smartphone its probably a great thing.

    People that do already own a desire or a hd2 here really wouldn't notice a massive difference if they changed.

    And it does have a better CPU. Its slightly more efficient :) by 5 points to be exact :)


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    nellocono
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭nellocono


    Looking forward to this...Have a htc hero at the moment and managed to cancel my contract with Meteor recently in the whole debacle so am now on PAYG...

    Any ideas when Meteor will be stocking and prices etc.


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    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    nellocono wrote: »
    Looking forward to this...Have a htc hero at the moment and managed to cancel my contract with Meteor recently in the whole debacle so am now on PAYG...

    Any ideas when Meteor will be stocking and prices etc.

    Wont be for another month I'd say, pricing should be the same as the Desire.


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    SlipperyPeople
    Registered Users Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭SlipperyPeople


    nellocono wrote: »
    Looking forward to this...Have a htc hero at the moment and managed to cancel my contract with Meteor recently in the whole debacle so am now on PAYG...

    Any ideas when Meteor will be stocking and prices etc.

    im in the same boat as yourself. rang up a meteor store today and they had no idea. but according to their facebook they should be getting them in oct/nov no ideas on price


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