HTC Desire S user reviews

Yusuf Oddy 20 January 2012

Good: Design, interface, camera

Bad: no serious improvement over last model

Comment: Could be more advanced than original desire but still a fantastic phone

rostroj 28 December 2011

Good: Nice layout, easy to use screens

Bad: The bug in the Android system that means textx take up to 30 hours to apear and the phone is often on emergency calls only

Comment: I have owned this phone for 4 months and it has worked for just one of those months so I'm getting a replacement that is not HTC. There is apparently an issue with the Android 2.2.3 version that means receiving texts and calls is hit and miss. The longest I waited for a text was 30 hours and people constantly phone me and say they receive a message that the phone is off when it isn't. HTC have a fix but its being rolled out incredibly slowly. According to forums, its across networks, funny how the mobile phone companies are still selling it. Or maybe not.

Hubbs 19 September 2011

Good: Superb performance, great apps, good screen, Camera and sleek design

Bad: Nothing to report

Comment: My first smart phone. Looked at the I Phone which seemed like a brick by comparison to my HTC. Very easy to text, excellent touch sensitive.

vh6666 11 September 2011

Good: It has everything I ever wanted in a phone and more

Bad: the fact you cannot remove some of the programs it came with nor stop them from running eg maps or HTC report agent

Comment: The critisisms above are so minor they do not make me want to part with this phone. I bought it as soon as they came out in April 2011 and have not regretted my purchase. I keep finding more and things I love about it the more I use it. Slick, beautiful, swift and intelligent are all words I associate with my HTC Desire S. It is getting on for 6 months now and normally I would have hated my phone by this time so this is saying something!!!

Luke Stephens 28 July 2011

Good: Android

Bad: Nothing at the moment

Comment: I had a HTC Wildfire i liked it but needed some with a bit more power i was considering a Windows Phone 7 but they have no expansion for SD cards i looked up the specs for the desire S and looked around i found on the contract i needed and since have the contract i loved the phone had a few problems at the start but now working to the way i want it

cpnowell 25 July 2011

Good: It's physical size for a phone is optimum. Sensation is too big by comparison.

Bad: Very little.

Comment: This is what the HTC Desire should have been the FIRST time around. Gone are the lack of memory problems of the older Desire without sacrificing on what I think is the ideal size for a smartphone. I tried the HTC Sensation and the only things it has over the Desire S is a dual-core CPU and a bigger screen. The "3D" version of Sense on the Sensation is really no great shakes so I went back to the "S" because it just felt more comfortable and balanced in the hand. Oh and btw CNetUK, your review is wrong in one aspect. It DOES have HDMI output; although, like the Sensation, you will need to buy an adaptor from HTC to make use of it...

Janez Zorman 13 July 2011

Good: android software

Bad: GPS is really bad (comparing to galaxy 2) and i cant connect it to PC! battery is good for 4h!

Comment: GPS is really bad (comparing to galaxy 2) and i cant connect it to PC! battery is good for 4h!
i dont recommend it!

Callum Nairne 11 July 2011

Good: great design battery life

Bad: nothing

Comment: Pretty good phone easy to use fast etc...

artwooster 29 June 2011

Good: Looks great and feels good.

Bad: Unable to hold signal, breaks up in mid-call, won't find GPS, won't find wi-fi.

Comment: I've returned my HTC Desire S after 3 totally frustrating days trying to establish and maintain signals, which was no problem with my old Sony Ericcson. The Desire S lost contact repeatedly in mid-call, reverted to "emergency calls" time and again, kept text messages on hold for prolonged periods of time whilst it tried to hold a signal, refused to pick up GPS, refused to pick up wi-fi even immmediately in front of my domestic hub (in marked contrast to my friend's original Desire which performed faultlessly), and refused to accept my email addresses even after providing all appropriate details and authentications etc etc. I felt I had given enough of my life to battling with this mobile telephone and it just had to go. I guess I need to follow the well-travelled I-Phone route now!

sgold 21 June 2011

Comment: The design flaws with the phone are absolutely maddening and I wish I had just bitten the Apple bullet and bought a proper phone:
If you make a call the phone "immediately" locks, so you can't hang up. In a frenzied attempt to unlock the phone you will immediately lock it again, this process takes at least 20 seconds, by which time the call has been made and its too late. Although this may not sound like a big deal it really really is, and its made me write this review, trust me you will want to do evil things to your phone when this happens.
Keyboard is unusable - thats it, its completely unusable, much worse than the Iphone and not even mentioning in the same sentence as a blackberry, if you don't believe me pls TRY IT BEFORE YOU BUY IT !!!
Signal is not grt, my blackberry usually gets call when my android is somewhere on mars or jupiter and unable to pick up the calls. Probably no worse than the Iphone or other androids tho.
picture quality: ok ish but not amazing, iphone is certainly much better, also since the HTC is unusable you can't actually take a picture - again TRY IT IN A SHOP - seriously - goto a shop and try taking a simple picture - try a few times - you might succeed like 1 in 10 times - again unusable.
Internet - when it works its fine, actually pretty good, i was surprised by the slight outperformance there.

Thats it - basically don't buy this android/iphone rubbish - go and buy a blackberry - grt battery and most importantly it always works for calls....