HTC Desire and iPhone 3GS are always comparable to each other since the price for both phone are about the same. With the recent released of iPhone 4G, everyone hopes to get one of it now. But iPhone 3GS is not outdated yet. The performance of iPhone 3GS is good enough to handle the latest iOS 4.0 with over 100 features added. The drawback is that not all the iPhone apps able to support the newer OS and it will require some time for app developer to make sure it is tested working. Multitasking is a new feature in iOS 4.0 and many developers will need to acquire new knowledge of multitasking.
It would take some time for apps to fully support multitasking process. Now, lets compare HTC Desire and iPhone 3GS. Which phones are more worth to buy and match your interest and budget?
HTC Desire or iPhone 3GS hardware more powerful?
In terms of processing power, the 1GHz snapdragon processor is powerful enough than iPhone 3GS to handle a lot of multitasking jobs. With more processor power, you can watch higher quality of movie without experiencing problem like lagging. HTC Desire comes with 576MB RAM which is very good enough.
Price Comparison
HTC Desire and iPhone 3GS with 16GB storage are similar price in the market but due to iPhone 4G will be released soon, the price of iPhone 3GS in US market will be drop. The price for these two phones are still same in my country because it is just release not long ago. There are rumors that iPhone 4G will be available in Malaysia before end of this year. The question is how many people are able to afford that?
Hardware Specification Comparison
HTC Desire
- Size: 3.7 inches
- Resolution: 480 X 800 WVGA
- Weight: 135 grams (4.76 ounces) with battery
- CPU Processing Speed: 1 GHz
- Battery Capacity: 1400 mAh
- Camera: 5 megapixel color camera, Auto Focus, Face Detection, Flash, Geotagging
- ROM: 512 MB
- RAM: 576 MB
- Video supported formats: 3gp, 3g2, mp4, wmv
- Audio supported formats: aac, amr, ogg, m4a, mid, mp3, wav, wma
- Internal GPS antenna
Special Features
- Automatically lowers the ringer volume as soon as the phone is picked up
- Mutes the ringer when the phone is flipped face down
- Backs up certain data and settings to the microSD card automatically, such as SMS/MMS messages, bookmarks, Wi-Fi passwords, and more
iPhone 3GS
- Size: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches
- Weight: 135 g
- CPU: ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX535 graphics
- Battery Capacity: 1220 mAh
- Camera: 3.15 megapixel color camera, 2048×1536 pixels, Auto Focus, Geotagging, No Flash
- ROM: 16GB
- RAM: 256MB
- Video supported formats: mp4, H.264
- Audio supported formats: aac, Apple Lossless (a high-quality compressed format), mp3, wav, aa, aax, aiff
- Internal GPS antenna
So, which phones do you prefer more?
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ya off course HTC is best.