Upgrade from Desire HD?

MOH

I've had a Desire HD with Vodafone for the past 2 years, so am due for an upgrade, plus cracking the screen last week has accelerated the process a bit

Haven't really been keeping up, bit bamboozled by the options.
Looking for a bill pay 18 month contract, spending 150, maybe 200 up front.
Been 6 weeks arguing with VF over them mucking up my last upgrade, so not tied to them.
From what I can see Meteor seem to have the cheapest plans and phones, though maybe not the best range.
(Also, my DHD wasn't Vodafone branded - would prefer no network branding if possible).

I'm very slightly biased towards HTC since I'm used to it, plus OH has one so it's handy sharing chargers, but given I want to do some development a change of brand wouldn't be a bad thing.

I'm gathering the Desire X is about the current equivalent of the DHD, but with a dual core processor?
Other options that stand out are the Xperia P (odd screen res?) or T, or maybe the S3 mini.
Any thoughts on these, or alternative suggestions?
Or even something from last year/early this year that I could keep an eye out for second hand?

tl;dr: Looking for Android recommendations for about 150-200 up front, bill pay on any network.

Any suggestions appreciated, thanks.

the whole year inn

MOH wrote: »

I've had a Desire HD with Vodafone for the past 2 years, so am due for an upgrade, plus cracking the screen last week has accelerated the process a bit

Haven't really been keeping up, bit bamboozled by the options.
Looking for a bill pay 18 month contract, spending 150, maybe 200 up front.
Been 6 weeks arguing with VF over them mucking up my last upgrade, so not tied to them.
From what I can see Meteor seem to have the cheapest plans and phones, though maybe not the best range.
(Also, my DHD wasn't Vodafone branded - would prefer no network branding if possible).

I'm very slightly biased towards HTC since I'm used to it, plus OH has one so it's handy sharing chargers, but given I want to do some development a change of brand wouldn't be a bad thing.

I'm gathering the Desire X is about the current equivalent of the DHD, but with a dual core processor?
Other options that stand out are the Xperia P (odd screen res?) or T, or maybe the S3 mini.
Any thoughts on these, or alternative suggestions?
Or even something from last year/early this year that I could keep an eye out for second hand?

tl;dr: Looking for Android recommendations for about 150-200 up front, bill pay on any network.

Any suggestions appreciated, thanks.

When you say the desire x I presume you mean the htc onex ?If so its a great phone.
I started with the Desire HD and upgraded to the Onex and I can tell ya you wont be disapointed,its a great phone and the build quality is superb.
I just bought the phone straight out and I dont like contracts and if you want to go that way im sure you can get a good model on adverts.

EGriff

There is a mid-range phone too called the desire x so it's not the same as the one X flagship. I'm not sure but I reckon you could get any android phone out there for €200 if you sign an 18 month contract depending on the plan. Check out the galaxy S3 as well as the HTC oneX mentioned above, those are the top two at the moment. If you find them too big there's the HTC one S or the Motorola razr i.

On your point about sharing chargers with the wife, most phones (except iphones) use that same connector now (micro usb) so I wouldn't worry about sticking with HTC just for that reason.

MOH

the whole year inn wrote: »

When you say the desire x I presume you mean the htc onex ?If so its a great phone.
I started with the Desire HD and upgraded to the Onex and I can tell ya you wont be disapointed,its a great phone and the build quality is superb.
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It was the mid-range Desire X I'd been talking about.
But came across the One X+ just after posting, been checking it out since, looks pretty good. Not entirely clear what the difference between it and the non-+ version is though, apart from a slightly better chip and camera - I've seen conflicting reports of the specs.

EGriff wrote: »

Check out the galaxy S3 as well as the HTC oneX mentioned above, those are the top two at the moment. If you find them too big there's the HTC one S or the Motorola razr i.

On your point about sharing chargers with the wife, most phones (except iphones) use that same connector now (micro usb) so I wouldn't worry about sticking with HTC just for that reason.

Found the S3 a bit too big alright, that's the only downside of the One X, nearly the same size. Must have a look at the razr, cheers.
Interesting point about the chargers, hadn't realised that , thanks.