HTC Legend review

HTC Desire

I look forward to your review of the Desire - phone looks amazing

By EddyOS_2K9 on 23 Mar 2010

vs 3GS

Competition for Apple - Must be time for a lawsuit.
Oh, wait....

By DarrellJF on 23 Mar 2010

Not a cheap phone

By the time you have added some memory to this you don't have a cheap phone. Certainly dearer than Apples offerings.

I wonder if people will be prepared to pay the HTC tax for a smart handset.

By ForumCat on 23 Mar 2010

Memory...

HTC has now confirmed that the phone will come with a 2GB Micro SD card as standard (I've just modified the review). That still isn't great, but adding 8GB will only cost another £11, and a 16GB card is a mere £28. Compare this with the Orange iPhone 3GS, which costs £128 up front on a similar tariff to the Legend, or £45 per month if you don't want to stump up for the phone, and you'll see the Legend is indeed cheap in comparison.

By JonBray on 23 Mar 2010

HTC and Android

When I looked at the phone market, the reason I plumped for the HTC was that I believed they'd make the best hardware and that Google would (Eventually) make the best software. Looks like we're one step even closer to that perfect fit with this phone.

By CraigieDD on 23 Mar 2010

This is a smart looking phone! It's just a shame that the specs. aren't radically better than the Hero.

If the specs. were better I might actually consider upgrading from the Hero, but as things stand I'll wait for the Desire to come down in price and think about upgrading then.

By Linux_User on 23 Mar 2010

@ ForumCat

I think you need to either re-do your maths, explain your logic, or retract your statement.

The iPhone 3GS is available on Pay and Go on O2 for £449 for 16GB or £549 for 32GB. That's either £79 or £179 more expensive than the HTC Legend - which has only 2GB of memory. A very quick search has found a 16GB Micro SDHC card from Ebuyer for less than £34. Let's call it £35.

Therefore, the iPhone 3GS is either £44 more expensive, or £119, depending on whether you go for 16GB or 32GB and that's without even trying! Plus, the HTC Legend has the flexibility - you may have to swap one 16GB card for another one at some point, but unlike the iPhone, you can keep on swapping and carry several cards with you, if you want. For the extra £119 the 32GB iPhone 3GS would cost, you could buy 3 more 16GB Micro SDHC cards - giving you 2.5 times as much storage for slightly less outlay!

By bioreit on 24 Mar 2010

Wasting your time....

You can quote as many facts as you like you'll never disprove an Apple Fanboy....they're always right.

By everton2004 on 26 Mar 2010

Trouble with...

This does indeed look like a really nice device, but unfortunately I decided to drop HTC because, well, they dropped us!
The company is much more interested in releasing brand new handsets than supporting any issues present with their existing handsets. Plus their far-eastern tech support are impossible to deal with.
~Point of note - the original HTC Touch Diamond. prone to all sorts of issues such as slowdowns and such, just wouldn't deal with it, and in the end released a half arsed patch which most certainly didn't fix all the issues.
HTC aren't the only culprits, but at least Apple fully support their handsets simply because they only release one a year (save for the original iPhone any more it seems).
I understand its impossible for a tech mag such as Pukka Pro to mention the long term issues, but perhaps try giving THEIR tech support a simple problem to solve maybe? See how well they fair and even if they bother to help at all.
Maybe go so far as to ask for a firmware update or two.

By Heliosphan on 15 Apr 2010

Worries about quality and support

I was in a local phone shop today checking up on the prospect of an unlocked HTC Hero or Legend. The sales guy had until recently been working technical support.

His advice was to leave HTC well alone. The reason? Poor hardware quality compared to other smartphones as well as issues with the software and tech support.

He seemed genuine and gave advice that meant he wouldn't make a sale. I guess he didn't want to deal with Mr Angry coming back with a duff phone.

Combine this with the push back of 2.1 for the Hero and I'm sticking with what I have got.

Heliosphan has a really good point. I second.

By kaneclem on 23 Apr 2010

THE best phone i have had so far

i recently brought this phone and it is the best phone i have ever used. the screen quality is brill! it is super fast, super reactive and a joy to use. on the other hand my boyfriend has got the new iphone.

PAIN
it is constantly freezing, turning itself off, not sending text, sending texts, refusing to turn on, deleting its own apps.

i personally own a ipod touch and that has never worked either, being unable to download any apps. i think with apple it is a hit or miss situation. the phone will either work brilliantly or be hell on earth, however i can only sing the legends praises, it is truly a joy to use

By Daanii72 on 7 May 2010

Very disappointing

I went from the iPhone to the Legend, it is not even comparable, it has taken 2 days to get a google marketplace account in sync with my phone and its been downloading an app for 2 hours and counting. No information, not easy to use and I really really wish I hadnt gone for the 24 month contract now, I SHOULD HAVE GONE FOR THE IPHONE. Save yourself from this badly designed but nice looking phone.

By cheekychappy on 11 Oct 2010