HTC Desire S hands-on
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We’ve just grabbed some hands-on time with the HTC Desire S, and the unibody update has done nothing to diminish the best-selling smartphone’s charm. Broadly recognizable as the Desire, but with a chassis milled from a single piece of aluminum like the Legend, it’s creak and flex free. More hands-on impressions and video after the cut
Responsiveness is the same as the Desire too, since it’s still a 1GHz single-core Snapdragon. Qualcomm and HTC did confirm at the press conference that the two companies were working together on multi-core models, though there’s no timescale attached.
HTC Desire S hands-on
The front-facing webcam is only VGA quality, but it does what you’d expect; there’s a video chat app together with a new Mirror app that shows you exactly what the camera can can see. While the production Desire S will be running Android 2.4 Gingerbread, these demo units use Android 2.3.2; the only difference, HTC told us, between 2.3.2 and 2.4 are a few bug fixes and some application tweaks so that single-core Gingerbread phones will play nicely with apps written for multi-core chipsets.
HTC itself is describing the Desire S as evolutionary, not revolutionary, and to be fair that’s all the market needs right now. The original Desire is still selling well, and this new model will only improve that.
Responsiveness is the same as the Desire too, since it’s still a 1GHz single-core Snapdragon. Qualcomm and HTC did confirm at the press conference that the two companies were working together on multi-core models, though there’s no timescale attached.
HTC Desire S hands-on
The front-facing webcam is only VGA quality, but it does what you’d expect; there’s a video chat app together with a new Mirror app that shows you exactly what the camera can can see. While the production Desire S will be running Android 2.4 Gingerbread, these demo units use Android 2.3.2; the only difference, HTC told us, between 2.3.2 and 2.4 are a few bug fixes and some application tweaks so that single-core Gingerbread phones will play nicely with apps written for multi-core chipsets.
HTC itself is describing the Desire S as evolutionary, not revolutionary, and to be fair that’s all the market needs right now. The original Desire is still selling well, and this new model will only improve that.
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