From what I have heard, the Google Nexus One is supposed to be the best, but the HTC Desire is just slightly behind (by a fraction at that) and is cheaper.
Desire, own one. Love it. All friends have iPhones but the desire was designed to BEAT the iphone and it does. Only thing it cant compete with is the apple market store..
The Samsung Galaxy S. http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s-689293/review?artc_pg=1 http://androidandme.com/2010/07/news/droid-x-vs-galaxy-s-and-more-with-quadrant-professional/
Galaxy S is supposed to be the dog's, but I think the upcoming Motorola Milestone XT720 looks pretty sexy. The Nexus One looks nice too. Personally I'd prefer 0 physical buttons on my smartphone, the Desire has eliminated itself with four nasty looking buttons on the front.
If you want to wait a little bit have a look at the Samsung Beam http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i8520_galaxy_beam-3150.php
If you're considering a Nexus One or Desire, try to find somewhere to look at it in real life. The display uses a different subpixel matrix than other screens, and some people say it has a negative impact on text readability and general clarity. For more details, read this Ars Technica article. In short, instead of having a subpixel for red, green, and blue, each pixel is composed of either RG or BG.
I didn't realise there were some new ones coming out although think about it, I could have guessed... I thought so too until I saw the picture if it from behind. Ewww, blue! I much prefer the look of the iPhone4 over the 3 but i'm not really an apple sheep. Blackberry Cheesecake!
Wait for the Droid 2 (hopefully to be ported to the UK as Milestone 2) I have the original Milestone Alternatively, if you need it now - I'd say Samsung Galaxy S
It depends on what you require. The best phone for some is utter shite for some, I just don't go with the flow in the touchscreen hype and most phones posted so far lack the keyboard I find essential. The best one I've tried so far is the Milestone/Droid, going mainly by the physical feel of the thing (which is very important to me, wayyy more important than.. say.. having 1000000 apps available, none of which I want).
Despite the fact that I want an HTC Desire, I agree with Jipa and the physical keyboard. I have a ZuneHD and know how typing on it is not very easy whereas it's a breeze on my (pathetically bad otherwise) LG Rumor I've never seen the Milestone in real life. Is it solid ? Sliding mechanisms scare me a little. I gambled and bought the Rumor anyway but it keeps turning off by itself so I'm even more concerned about reliability of 'sliding phones' now than I was before I bought it
The slider on my N95 is pretty much the only thing that isn't broken.. Although ever since I started using the damn thing I've just been waiting for the slide to break down. It CAN be done properly and as far as I know, in Droid it has.
HTC desire owner here and its a pretty good phone. Although it does have faults, which ive stated on a different thread. http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?p=2345434#post2345434 But i dont know whether they are the phone or android. Other than the desire: Nexus one (supports 2.2 already) and galaxyS which ive heard good things about.
I have a Nexus one, great phone. While the UI is not as clean as that on the HTC phones (using HTC sense), however Android 3.0 is due out end of this year and will have a new revamped UI and as the nexus one uses this standard run of the mill install you will get this update months ahead of firms like HTC, Samsung and motorola giving you something to show off.
great responses guys gives me plenty to think about. i guess what i basically want it it is calls, email, music messenger or something similar maybe skype if its out for andriod ? im contract is up in 2 weeks so will be sorting a phone within the month.
I've got the legend. Slightly cheaper version of the desire with a slower processor. Great phone though but I'd get the desire if I had more cash
well i can grab the HTC desire for £30/month 24month for free from vodaphone and t-mobile but orange & O2 wanna charge me £50-100 for the privilege
Do you really need a full-fat smartphone for that? Something like the Samsung Tocco Lite will probably do all of that, and can be had seriously cheap.
