HTC Desire

Key features:

• Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
• 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA
• 3.7" 16M-color capacitive AMOLED touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480x 800 pixel)
• Android OS v2.1 with kinetic scrolling and pinch zooming
• Slim profile and great build quality
• Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor
• 576 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM
• 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging
• WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) video recording @ 15fps
• Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
• microSD slot, bundled with a 4GB card
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
• Optical trackpad which doubles as a button
• Smart dialing

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10

Key features

• Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support
• 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
• 4" capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (480 x 854 pixel) resolution and scratch-resistant surface
• 16M-color ready (65K effective colors under Android OS v1.6)
• Android OS v1.6 with complete Sony Ericsson UI customization
• Timescape and Mediascape UI
• Excellent social networking integration
• Excellent build quality
• Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU, OpenGL ES 2.0 support; 384 MB of RAM
• 8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash, touch focus, image stabilization, geotagging, face and smile detection
• WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) video recording @ 30fps
• Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
• 1GB storage, microSD slot, bundled with an 8GB card
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
• Document viewer
• Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41) battery
• Great audio quality

      

Main disadvantages

• No DivX and XviD video playback
• No smart dialing
• Limited storage available to the user on the system partition (you are left with only 512 MB for installing apps)
• No secondary video-call camera (or videocalling whatsoever)
• No free GPS navigation solution
• No Flash support for the web browser
• No FM radio
• An extra xenon flash would’ve made the very good camera perfect
• Feeble loudspeaker

HTC Legend

Key features

• Aluminum unibody design
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• 3G with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA 2Mbps
• Android OS v2.1 with latest Sense UI
• 3.2" capacitive AMOLED touchscreen of HVGA resolution
• Qualcomm MSM 7227 600 MHz CPU, 384 MB RAM
• 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and VGA@30fps video recording
• Web browser comes with Flash support
• Multi-touch zooming in gallery and web browser
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and GPS receiver
• Digital compass for automatic navigation of maps
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and turn-to-mute
• Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP); File transfer over Bluetooth
• Standard microUSB port for charging and data
• Standard 3.5mm audio jack
• FM Radio with RDS
• microSD card slot with support for up to 32GB cards (2GB one included)
• Tethering support right out-of-the-box
• Social networking integration with Facebook and Twitter
• Direct access to the official Android application repository

Main disadvantages

• No video-call camera (or videocalling whatsoever)
• No dedicated shutter key or lens cover
• No TV-out port
• No voice dialing
• No DivX or XviD video support out of the box
• Dodgy flash video support