HTC Desire retro review: 2010 phone vs 2020!

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  • @liamredekop2461
    @liamredekop2461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Those old things give me those 2010's nostalgia.

  • @DarisT-qc1fw
    @DarisT-qc1fw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    HTC Desire will always have a special place in my heart. Easily one of my favourite phones of all time.

  • @safiullahqureshi3196
    @safiullahqureshi3196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Those HTCs had so much personality 😍

  • @tomrachellesfirstdance7843
    @tomrachellesfirstdance7843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I loved this phone I still love the clock widget. One feature I loved is when you unlocked it the weather widget would show rain on the screen and be wiped away by window wipers I loved that feature

  • @karenjonesinsc
    @karenjonesinsc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I loved my HTC Desire!

  • @russelljf56
    @russelljf56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
    Managing the storage space was a constant battle. I had spreadsheets of app usage to compare before and after an update

  • @nelsonw9483
    @nelsonw9483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Holy shit that's my first phone. I'm getting all kinds of nostalgia right now.

    • @Ententinii
      @Ententinii 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here

  • @frankjuuh
    @frankjuuh ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was my very first and most memorable smartphone. Absolutely loved it, and it was great to see it 'alive' again for a couple of minutes. Cool video.

  • @CarrCab
    @CarrCab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I still miss my HTC Hero, with the little round ball for scrolling. Mine didn't have the chin, and I loved it.

  • @akramlouifi3308
    @akramlouifi3308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was my first smartphone, it have a special place in my heart 💜

  • @ESCO2
    @ESCO2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My last HTC phone was the HTC 10. Compared to Samsung's UI, LG's UX ... HTC Sense was always ahead of it's time

  • @MikeTXBC
    @MikeTXBC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One thing this phone (and many others in its generation) have over modern smartphones is that you can easily replace the battery.

  • @cristisun184
    @cristisun184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Most beautiful devices of that time.I hope HTC will be able to come back.

  • @callmev.2397
    @callmev.2397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I miss that clock widget. If there is something similar on the play store let me know.

    • @selw0nk
      @selw0nk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Try Fancy Widgets and Beautiful Widgets.

    • @thegenderfaerie
      @thegenderfaerie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sense widget

    • @callmev.2397
      @callmev.2397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks but none of those actually flip (have the flip animation)

    • @CalaTec
      @CalaTec 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@callmev.2397and the animations like drops on the screen getting wiped when the weather widget would show rain 🌧️

  • @Garrettdx1988
    @Garrettdx1988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    God I’m getting old lol. The HTC One X+ from 2012 is still my favorite phone of all time.

    • @sanchitvarma1282
      @sanchitvarma1282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely. I loved my white and red one x+. The SLCD screen was brilliant and 64gb storage was massive at that time. Till date, its the phone I have used for the longest time(2+ years).

    • @Garrettdx1988
      @Garrettdx1988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sanchitvarma1282 that awesome. The white and red one was pretty rare. Almost impossible to find on the used market

    • @sanchitvarma1282
      @sanchitvarma1282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Garrettdx1988 Yeah, India was one of the very few markets to get the white one. I still remember a lot of people at that time on the internet terrifying to believe the white version was a Plus variant because it was so rare.
      I wish I had not sold it off though.

    • @Garrettdx1988
      @Garrettdx1988 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sanchitvarma1282 that is a bummer, it'd be a nice collector item

  • @bradavon
    @bradavon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such a shame HTC couldn't keep up. They were the OnePlus of their day.

  • @MA-th4ts
    @MA-th4ts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh how all these video with references to HTC and its brilliance. Thanks for the flashback AC.

  • @jamesw2831
    @jamesw2831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was a treat. I was a huge HTC fanboy back then. Even though I rocked with Windows Mobile devices, I was still an HTC fanboy. I rocked HTC til I couldn't anymore. I miss them.

  • @trailblazer_ss
    @trailblazer_ss 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Those flip clock and weather under on it. No other brand can do more better

  • @bradavon
    @bradavon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    HTC Desire was my first non-Windowa smartphone. Such a good phone. The first phone that could take on iPhone.

  • @ashleymcavery4132
    @ashleymcavery4132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I didn't have one of these, I had the HTC wildfire as my first Android but I wanted this so bad at the time!

  • @B3ansGuy
    @B3ansGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To this day, the most aesthetically pleasing OEM Android screen ever

  • @KongGig
    @KongGig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Htc desire was my first smart phone, is one of my favorite phones I've had and it still works :)

  • @mickyeverton
    @mickyeverton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Where has the last 10 years gone? Many Thanks, have a peaceful Christmas, Peace From London. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @nathanhextreme
    @nathanhextreme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember loading the desire rom on to my rooted nexus one. Overclocking the processor. Good old days.

  • @pankoza2
    @pankoza2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was my first smartphone
    I recently found it after ~5 years still working

  • @RazeenMujarrab
    @RazeenMujarrab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for making a video on this. This was my first smartphone :) brought back a surge of memories.

  • @emailshafihusain
    @emailshafihusain ปีที่แล้ว

    I still have my first Android phone - HTC Desire S (successor of Desire). It still works exactly as designed. Just that I had to replace batteries a couple of times since. Mine is a LCD screen but the colours are really amazing. I remember people carrying iPhone 4S being jealous of this phone's features like amazing screen quality, Bluetooth, customisation, etc. The camera was fine for me. No complaints. The shutter was really fast so it did well for me thanks to its 1.1GB RAM and 1 GHz processor.

  • @bradavon
    @bradavon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HTC Sense still looks great. People loved this Android launcher because it was so well thought out.

  • @BleakVision
    @BleakVision 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The internal storage situation was so bad, that installing facebook, Whatsapp and updating the built in Apps would ruin the experience completely. After two years, it was not even worth using as a hand me down device, as it would flood the inexperienced user with warnings and crashes due to memory running out and the person you gave it to would turn back to you for advice. Even an sd Card extension hack would not bring much relieve, as part of the apps would always stay on the internal ROM. Beyond 2011 and a few behind the scenes updates to the android market or Google Play Services this device crawled to a halt.
    So HTC basically made a self destructing phone and I never bought from them again…

  • @vasilyp
    @vasilyp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The HTC Desire was my first Android phone! I loved that phone!

  • @meijiturtle3814
    @meijiturtle3814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember when an HTC was my heart's desire but way out of my league! Now so quaint beside a Note 20 Ultra. Still love that clock and weather app though.

  • @jumbeaux1
    @jumbeaux1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG. My first Android. Very good build quality.

  • @Birmingham_racing
    @Birmingham_racing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember really wanting one but bought the Nokia n8 instead because of its amazing camera. Finally joined Android after with the galaxy s and fell in love with the s2

  • @richardbudai1827
    @richardbudai1827 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dad had an HTC Desire S. Ten year old me found it the coolest thing ever.

  • @danielhenzphotography
    @danielhenzphotography 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved it very much. Did flashed it with so many alternative Android builts

  • @cassia_cries
    @cassia_cries 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my first smartphone. I still miss that little trackpad thing.
    Pretty awesome phone until it ran out of system memory, you noticed the lack of a selfie camera and it was completely superseded by the galaxy s2 and multi core processors

  • @wcmarchese
    @wcmarchese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So nostalgic. Love it.

  • @sparx2391
    @sparx2391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had this phone, unbelievably strong,, the internal memory was ridiculously low though, something like 250mb after the operating system was taken off. I thought this screen was massive at the time, got the 6.8 " s 22 ultra now, thank god Samsung pioneered large screen phones. My first phone was the Samsung V200, flip phone with a swivel camera, and the best physical keyboard, with a slope to all the keys.

  • @rhettoracle9679
    @rhettoracle9679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Still have mine, in my stack of 25+ smartphones and still works. Updated to Kitkat, all apps from that time, including TH-cam still work because I stopped any updates after Kitkat. Updates of all apps are bloatware designed to slow performance so you'll buy more ram and rom in a vicious circle. Windows 98 had more features and is tiny compared to 10. Cheers

  • @ciprigeorgiu
    @ciprigeorgiu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was my first android phone. Really enjoyed it.

  • @maarts665
    @maarts665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I desired this when it came out but it was way out of my price range. Got my first Android when HTC Wildfire came out, Desire's little cousin. Damn, I miss good old HTC Sense and ton of physical buttons 😍

  • @bukowskii
    @bukowskii 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah the phone that create an HTC fanboy within me. Sure she lacked storage but the custom rom scene was awesome. Replaced it with a HTC one M8, rooted, super CID and Android 10 and still rocking it.

  • @RichardRatner.1972
    @RichardRatner.1972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Alex, good memories, kind regards Richard U.K

  • @semarakgeo
    @semarakgeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My desire z still works till now...tho not much can be done with it...
    I love it's build, the slide out keyboard, the track pad, the shutter keys for camera, the sense UI with full screen widget and lots more
    If htc would want to make a come back, please remake these beautiful timeless htc classic....

  • @sefy76
    @sefy76 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just "resurrected" two old HTC phones that I found in my drawer, the "HTC Magic" which is literally the 2nd Android device ever, still charges and boots (Android 2.3.7!) and the "HTC Desire S" which is by far my most favourite version and comes with HTC Sense UI 3.6 and Android 4.0.4 and my contacts and gmail still actually worked!
    HTC Sense UI design, that gorgeous elegant (weird idiotic stupid name: "skeuomorphism") 3D design that still runs smooth with all it's stunning animations. Comparing that to today boring flat-ass lack of any design (another stupid name: material design), and i'd go back to the old phone in a heartbeat!

  • @lewiscrise-walker8227
    @lewiscrise-walker8227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watched on my Motorola Edge S! 👍🏼🧡🤍😍

  • @dgattenb
    @dgattenb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My desire still works, the worse thing about the phone was the centre button, it's not... It was pointed out to me on a forum, it slightly to the left... Blew my mind for years... Still does...

  • @sinisamojsic6760
    @sinisamojsic6760 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My first android phone,thanks for this one...

  • @rob12841
    @rob12841 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Two phones I remember having back then is the HTC magic and the desire HD later on. I was a lover of the sense skin and loved the HTC browser. To date the best text re wrapping browser I used

  • @mxmus08
    @mxmus08 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still have this phone and booted it up. It kinda works but some apps will not work. As a digital detox phone, it's great.

  • @SilvioBritto
    @SilvioBritto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm not sure if I had this one or the Wildfire. Amazing device in his days. Great hardware.

  • @ROLLINGFANATICS
    @ROLLINGFANATICS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember I wanted the HTC Desire and the EVO 3D so bad

  • @tomppahonkis
    @tomppahonkis 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still use Nokia c2-01 today as my main phone. I could qualify this device easily for today's use. Especially if Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and basic internet surfing work.

  • @chrissully
    @chrissully 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video. Had this phone and loved this

  • @hory-portier
    @hory-portier 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For me HTC Desire Z was a pinnacle of the mobile phone technology.
    - Compact size
    - Handy physical qwerty keyboard
    - Android system
    - Great button that had also touch sensor and could be used as a touchpad mouse
    - LED diode for signalizing stuff (It was around the time that those diodes started returning to phones)
    - Battery that could be taken out and replaced with a new one bought online in just seconds
    After that phone companies just stopped caring for making good stuff and started looking for ways to make more money instead, so no jack, because they get more money selling Bluetooth headphones. No access to the battery because they want you to boy a new phone and will even make sure that replacing just the battery won't be affordable. Removing more and more physical buttons because it's cheaper to produce a phone without those. (in 2021 we're down to 3 as standard, I wonder when we will have just 1 or no buttons at all).
    They just want to make the cheapest device that will be able to hold the pest possible CPU, GPU and camera and people go for it because there is no other choice.

  • @docyagamikiko
    @docyagamikiko 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first youtube videos i've watched was on the HTC Desire! My first android smartphone!

  • @regulareverydaynormalguy6479
    @regulareverydaynormalguy6479 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:03 I had the HTC desire back then, and now I have the 8t, the big screen really feels much better

  • @jeffscomp
    @jeffscomp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just watched an old unboxing video of the desire hd from technobuffalo earlier today for memories of when I watched it back in 2010.

  • @Uejji
    @Uejji 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Baked in apps can be updated. The update just installs to the regular app storage. Even back then.
    You can't uninstall the apps, however.

  • @coreylaplant3048
    @coreylaplant3048 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Miss my HTC phone haha was my first phone ever that I actually kept for myself

  • @danieia4029
    @danieia4029 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember this phone - good times!

  • @tykendrick800
    @tykendrick800 ปีที่แล้ว

    I use to mod my samsung to have the sense dock😂😂😂😢😢 miss those days. Flash a new rom everyday. I was addicted.

  • @atakandiren
    @atakandiren 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    HTC Sense UI was the best Android skin at the time IMO.

  • @OV3RDRIVE24
    @OV3RDRIVE24 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a HTC Desire C. I might try and get it up and running again, shame 3G networks are going down.

  • @chrisb9345
    @chrisb9345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved the Desire. The battery life sucked beyond all comprehension, and it had 512mb for the OS and all apps, which also sucked pretty hard.

    • @Aleww
      @Aleww 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah battery was so shit. I had to recharge every few hours. It was super slow laggy as shit for even just doing normal things like texting.

  • @legolas7r
    @legolas7r 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    HTC Desire was my dream phone at the time. Unfortunately I never had the money to buy it

  • @pierrostation
    @pierrostation 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My first steps into Android. What a journey.

  • @ETCNK
    @ETCNK 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    HTC Desire S was my first smartphone 🙂

  • @Itzeldirem
    @Itzeldirem 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was my first smartphone. I still have it. I paid $600 and it was worth every penny. I now have a Samsung A71 which drops the calls all the time. Simply put, it does not compare to my old HTC.

  • @gice6556
    @gice6556 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best phone ever htc desire I miss this phone

  • @KamilG225
    @KamilG225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man, this was my first Android phone. What a throw back. I remember repartitioning the OS constantly and messing with everything internal on a nightly basis. Good times.

  • @joleny72
    @joleny72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved mine, but battery life was abysmal. This was my first smartphone too

  • @Litepaw
    @Litepaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    HTC desire was my first android. It was so cool back then.
    Before that i had a nokia 6120 classic, and the nokia n86 8mpix.
    But compared to 2020, i'd rather use my oneplus 8 pro tho 😂 This would've been like a $50k prototype device back then. Better than most pcs at the time.

  • @starcade90
    @starcade90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brings back memories I had one of these. I remember the scroll pad didn't work that well and yes the internal storage was terrible.

  • @ProudiPhoneOwner
    @ProudiPhoneOwner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel like the first gen AMOLED displays looked really colorful. Even in this video, the Desire’s AMOLED looks more colorful vs the 2020 phone next to it. I miss those 1st gen AMOLED displays. Not color accurate, but they were pure eye candy. Am I the only one who has noticed this??

  • @MegasXLR
    @MegasXLR 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first Android version I saw was Ice Cream Sandwich so idk what it was like to use anything before that. And the first version I used was Jelly Bean 4.1.1.

  • @selw0nk
    @selw0nk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HTC Evo was the best!

  • @jiten2023
    @jiten2023 ปีที่แล้ว

    My first phone❤️

  • @coopermazy
    @coopermazy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First! I had the HTC Legend... Repping Canada

  • @jimmyfiredragon8582
    @jimmyfiredragon8582 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder how it compared battery wise to the iPhone SE. Or like the original battery vs the SE

  • @kensington1199
    @kensington1199 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I miss HTC

  • @pksohail72
    @pksohail72 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    my 1st smart phone

  • @EdouardTavinor
    @EdouardTavinor 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Plastic backs and removable batteries :) so much better than coating a smartphone in glass. Sometimes plastic really is the better material.

  • @Ikuzuno
    @Ikuzuno ปีที่แล้ว

    My first smartphone

  • @thagenral32
    @thagenral32 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bring back HTC, please

  • @bastirauchful
    @bastirauchful 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Htc was great back then, today almost away

  • @Xmoo123
    @Xmoo123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    720p was not enabled by default. It came later on with a SW update.

  • @louis8072
    @louis8072 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big up Chester

  • @brankojelic391
    @brankojelic391 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still have mine at home ☺️

  • @erick-gd7wo
    @erick-gd7wo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have an old Sensation XE as a gift from friend, but the touchscreen broke 1 month after use, now it is stored. If only the screen not being defect, could have used it as a feature phone

  • @Hobo_X
    @Hobo_X 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2010 phones had soul, today's modern design principles are completely soulless

  • @azbrown821
    @azbrown821 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss HTC please we need a new phone

  • @edwinfndz
    @edwinfndz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember having the calculator as a widget. Why can't Google do that with their default calculator?

  • @mohafaisal86
    @mohafaisal86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Used to love Htc .. i had htc wildfire S .. similar to this.

  • @daydream605
    @daydream605 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That HTC desire with root was a great device, psx emulator, ps3 wireless controller, ambled screen. And mouse track was sick.
    But the multitude sucked balls and suffered from tracking.
    Massive upgrade from a w200i Sony Ericsson.

  • @Ententinii
    @Ententinii 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best phone ever! 😊

  • @scotty28653
    @scotty28653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reply if I had one? Hell im still using mine. Lol. But I'm getting a new phone next week... :)

  • @hzshortspk
    @hzshortspk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My First Android in 2011

  • @aburisnestoris
    @aburisnestoris 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still use this as a substitute to my dead S10