HTC Desire HD / HTC Ace

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 52 expert reviews

Excellent:

30
Good:

17
Average:

3
Bad:

2

Pros:

Great performance.
Solid Browser.
Good Build quality with Aluminum Unibdy.

Cons:

Poor Battery Life.
Strange Battery Panel Construction.

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Last revision on December 21, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Great performance
Solid Browser
Good Build quality with Aluminum Unibdy
Huge Screen
Android 2.2
Excellent social networking integration
Huge 4.3-inch HD display
Great web browser
Customisable HTC Sense UI
Support for Flash 10.1

Reviewers Didn't Like

Poor Battery Life
Strange Battery Panel Construction
Only four webpages can be opened at any one time
Lacks video call
Large form factor
XL size
No dedicated camera shutter button or lens cover

Expert reviews and ratings

The HTC Desire HD is easily one of the best Android smartphones currently available. It has a great camera and offers the best hardware among all Android phones. I would definitely recommend it. If you want a cheaper alternative, you could go...

By BrightHub on May 25, 2011

So what do we make of the HTC Desire HD? Well… it has pretty bad battery life, and the design could have been better.But it brings a whole lot of goodness to the table, with a very polished Sense UI on top of Froyo, with an update to gingerbread...

By ZOMGitsCj on May 08, 2011

A price tag of Rs. 26,990 would have been great 3 months back, but is merely good today. Don't get us wrong - the HTC Desire HD is a very nice phone, but it feels a tad overpriced, especially given dual cores have been sighted at a mere 5,000 bucks...

By ThinkDigit on April 25, 2011

A responsive, big screen and all the features you could ever want, but HTC's Sense software is becoming bloated, battery life is below average and it's expensive....

By Expert Reviews on January 10, 2011

As you might expect, all this large-screen loveliness comes at a price. Unlocked, the HD will set you back between £450 and £500. If you want the handset 'free', you're looking at committing to a talk plan costing £40 a month...

By RegHardware on January 05, 2011

The Desire HD's super-charged hardware, show-off screen and updated HTC Sense interface make it a great super-smartphone. So why does it have such appalling battery...

By DigitalVersus on December 30, 2010

T he HTC Desire HD is the top phone in HTC’s Desire Series. It is an interesting series that offers everything that the user could desire, especially thanks to the HTC Sense additions. The HTC Desire HD’s enormous screen gives a perfect...

By LetsGoMobile on December 28, 2010

HTC finally brings its 4.3in smartphone platform to Android 2.2, and with spectacular results...

By PC Authority on December 06, 2010

100

At the beginning of this review, we said HTC had its work cut out improving on the already acclaimed HTC Desire, but it's done it with abundance. Okay, it may not have the initial wow factor, but that's mostly because we have already been wowed...

By 3G UK on November 29, 2010

100

HTC shows why it is the daddy when it comes to Android phones, with debatably the best orchestrated offering yet....

By Mobile Choice on November 25, 2010

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