HTC HD2 vs IPHONE 3GS

mjumrani

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hey guys.
i need to buy a phone for my dad. since im looking for finger touch phones instead of stylus, i need to decide between HTC HD2 and apple iphone 3gs but i cant decide. both are totally different platform. i personally own a 3gs n love it but wht shld i get him???
please give me ur inputs n suggestions...
TIA :)
 
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iPhone is the shizint man !!!

Ive got 2 iPhone 3g phones & i might get myself a 3GS from Airtel pretty soon. Trust me man , after jailbreaking the thing is the mai baap of all the people at XDA.

BTW, i use a Mac to sync my phone so since both are apple products the overall experience is very good, i cant say the same for iTunes on windows. But then any kind of Mobile data transfering software on windows is boring/buggy.
 
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Zero Cool said:
iPhone is the shizint man !!!

Ive got 2 iPhone 3g phones & i might get myself a 3GS from Airtel pretty soon. Trust me man , after jailbreaking the thing is the mai baap of all the people at XDA.

BTW, i use a Mac to sync my phone so since both are apple products the overall experience is very good, i cant say the same for iTunes on windows. But then any kind of Mobile data transfering software on windows is boring/buggy.
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hmm. true fanboyism. how can you say that about XDA? have you ever tried a winmo? have you even looked at HD2?

dineshnadar said:
You can also wait for Sony Xperia X10

@ Some1 ....Is HTC HD2 Released in india officially ?
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yes. It is officially available in India.
 
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HTC HD2 any day my friend, the hardware it has is no comparison for the iPhone and the biggest advantage is that HD 2 will be getting a Windows Phone 7 Series upgrade.
Also your dad will have Office Mobile 2010 available once its released which will be handy.
 
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Wow that's news for me, my pal has a HD2 and he was told that there will be an official update available, need to inform him :( but anyways it would not matter much as XDA-Dev will have an answer ;)
 
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desiibond said:
A happy user of HD2 who picked it instead of iphone: Digit's Technology Discussion Forum - View Single Post - iphone vs htc hd2

trust me, don't go for a 30k phone that doesn't have support. go for HD2 and you won't be disappointed!
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Dude I am that happy user bond mentioned.I have got few things to say,whoever is telling that 3gs is better or easier than hd2,has probably not seen or used hd2,personally I never used win mo or iphone before,heard many bad things about win mo and was biased towards 3gs.But when I got hold of both these babies I was absolutely blown away by the hd2,I am not saying that 3gs is bad,in fact it is wonderful,but hd2 is from a different league,and with sense ui even my supernoob wife can operate it.

Zero Cool said:
iPhone is the shizint man !!!

Ive got 2 iPhone 3g phones & i might get myself a 3GS from Airtel pretty soon. Trust me man , after jailbreaking the thing is the mai baap of all the people at XDA.

BTW, i use a Mac to sync my phone so since both are apple products the overall experience is very good, i cant say the same for iTunes on windows. But then any kind of Mobile data transfering software on windows is boring/buggy.
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Buddy,you do not know what are you talking about.BTW transferring process is mostly same for both windows and mac i.e boring.
 
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desiibond said:
hmm. true fanboyism. how can you say that about XDA? have you ever tried a winmo? have you even looked at HD2?
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I have a motoQ for a Winmo device and its like a snail in front of the iphone 3G. The ui is pathetic and it often hangs.

I am not a fanboy, even though I do marvel at Apples quality control, I still find certain phones like 5800 (which I again own myself) & N79 good value for money. Overall my rule of thumb is (are) -

1.However powerful may a Winmo device may be, it will always have its issues as far as stability goes. Also Microsoft never gives us the software upgrades that Apple offers us... a la... we get iPhone OS 3 even on the first generation iphones and lets see if Microsoft allows people Windows phone/mobile 7 on their winmo devices released since 2007 or even HD2 !!! .

2. Apple sets the benchmark in the industry for UI presentation and innovation. I mean just look at the iphone UI, it is beautiful, fast and fluid. Now after the iPhone suddenly all manufacturers are copying them. I agree that Touchscreen winmo devices have been out since stone ages but they all had been optimized for stylus usage. It is only after iphone that all manufactures are paying attention towards making their phones more and more finger friendly. The Apple's lawsuit over HTC justifies this.

BTW have you even tried iPhone 3G ?
 
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Isn't motoQ something that is from stone age? it doesn't make sense to compare a decade old OS with current gen OS. You seriously need to check HD2 and other newer winmo devices with SenseUI. Atleast check the video that I posted in earlier post.

I have ipod touch (3rd gen) and now Apple's iphone OS is fast becoming old and boring. When compared to HD2, iphone 3G or 3GS gets blown away. I have also tried Maemo 5 on N900 and I felt that it is better than iphone OS in many ways.

And coming to benchmarks, some company sets the benchmarks which become stale and later that same company will be after another company's benchmark.
 
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desiibond said:
Isn't motoQ something that is from stone age? it doesn't make sense to compare a decade old OS with current gen OS. You seriously need to check HD2 and other newer winmo devices with SenseUI. Atleast check the video that I posted in earlier post.

I have ipod touch (3rd gen) and now Apple's iphone OS is fast becoming old and boring. When compared to HD2, iphone 3G or 3GS gets blown away. I have also tried Maemo 5 on N900 and I felt that it is better than iphone OS in many ways.

And coming to benchmarks, some company sets the benchmarks which become stale and later that same company will be after another company's benchmark.
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Guess its no use to argue, you can be Bill's lover while i can be a Mac Zealot.

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BTW, Dont you have an iPhone 3GS ? Comparing an mp3 player to a phone is sheer ignorance. Its like owning a HTC Touch 2 which also has the Sense ui & then coming up with statements like ''sense ui is slow and buggy , my nokia 6600 still kicks ass '' .

You gotta try both the phones (HD2) (phone 3Gs) side by side .

As far as im concerned Winmo & sense UI are boring ,stale & plain Jane looking .

And yes i was a regular visitor of XDA forums, the illegal roms that they provide are more often than not, buggy & unstable.

Lets see how you feel after 2 years when your pals brag abut the new features in their winmo 7.5/8 device whereas you shall be stuck on your boring winmo 6.5 interface. Being an iphone user im assured that apple will always keep me upto date with their latest OS & feature ( like they have been ) & i wont feel left out at all.

Hmm, maemo the OS of the future , which has been ignored by all major mobile software developers & has no future regarding 3rd party apps at all ....... no ill pass that one . My Dad has a N770 or 700 whatever that is , after using it all i can say is that Maemo 3rd party app support is ZERO !!!

As far as touch interface & ease of use goes , no matter who does it, you cant beat the touch experience on an Apple device.

Not to mention iPhone resale is FANTASTIC as compared to the DISMAL resale of Windows mobile phones
 
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desiibond said:
Buddy, unless you stop looking at everything through Steve Jobs eye, I can't help you nor can I explain to you.
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LOL, I've already made my decisions, remember mate im a Mac user not a windows user , so using an iPhone is a very natural experience for me. I do believe that using iTunes on Windows is not as good an experience as we get on Snow Leopard but, using all kinds of mobile sync utilities on windows are crappy be it the default HTC manager or Nokia Sync or Ovi utilities.

Most importantly, I dont need your help !! mjumrani needs our help :)

 
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Zero Cool said:
Guess its no use to argue, you can be Bill's lover while i can be a Mac Zealot.

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BTW, Dont you have an iPhone 3GS ? Comparing an mp3 player to a phone is sheer ignorance. Its like owning a HTC Touch 2 which also has the Sense ui & then coming up with statements like ''sense ui is slow and buggy , my nokia 6600 still kicks ass '' .
You gotta try both the phones (HD2) (phone 3Gs) side by side .

As far as im concerned Winmo & sense UI are boring ,stale & plain Jane looking .
And yes i was a regular visitor of XDA forums, the illegal roms that they provide are more often than not, buggy & unstable.

Lets see how you feel after 2 years when your pals brag abut the new features in their winmo 7.5/8 device whereas you shall be stuck on your boring winmo 6.5 interface. Being an iphone user im assured that apple will always keep me upto date with their latest OS & feature ( like they have been ) & i wont feel left out at all.

Hmm, maemo the OS of the future , which has been ignored by all major mobile software developers & has no future regarding 3rd party apps at all ....... no ill pass that one . My Dad has a N770 or 700 whatever that is , after using it all i can say is that Maemo 3rd party app support is ZERO !!!

As far as touch interface & ease of use goes , no matter who does it, you cant beat the touch experience on an Apple device.
Not to mention iPhone resale is FANTASTIC as compared to the DISMAL resale of Windows mobile phones
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Hello Mr.zerocool
Have YOU tried hd2 and 3gs side by side yourself?Dont think so,if you really ,you would never compare them, 3gs is good but hd2 is better,infact way better.
Now, regarding XDA,most of the cooked rom posted there are perfect,users experience freezes,crashes etc due to their ignorance,they forget to wipe off the ramnants of previous stock roms leading to conflicts and crashes,go to XDA or modaco,they have huge threads regarding this.
Cooked roms are illegal alright,but blackrain etc are not legal either.It is really funny when iphone users specially 3gs users talk against illegal stuff
 
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red dragon said:
Hello Mr.zerocool

Have YOU tried hd2 and 3gs side by side yourself?Dont think so,if you really ,you would never compare them, 3gs is good but hd2 is better,infact way better.

Now, regarding XDA,most of the cooked rom posted there are perfect,users experience freezes,crashes etc due to their ignorance,they forget to wipe off the ramnants of previous stock roms leading to conflicts and crashes,go to XDA or modaco,they have huge threads regarding this.

Cooked roms are illegal alright,but blackrain etc are not legal either.It is really funny when iphone users specially 3gs users talk against illegal stuff
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No I haven't tried HD2 next to iPhone 3GS myself, but then have you ? Most importantly dont advise me , advise the person who opened this thread. I am an Apple loyalist & i shall remain so why , because any animator worth his salt will swear by Apple devices.

BTW, can you explain that in spite of the high price why is the iPhone the largest selling phone in the world & not something from the WinMo stable ?
 
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Zero Cool said:
No I haven't tried HD2 next to iPhone 3GS myself, but then have you ? Most importantly dont advise me , advise the person who opened this thread. I am an Apple loyalist & i shall remain so why , because any animator worth his salt will swear by Apple devices.

BTW, can you explain that in spite of the high price why is the iPhone the largest selling phone in the world & not something from the WinMo stable ?
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buddy, if you are apple loyalist, please stick to the threads where people ask solely about apple products and please stop trying to rub Apple loyalty on others!

Check this post from the same thread in TDF Digit's Technology Discussion Forum - View Single Post - iphone vs htc hd2

it is from iphone 3GS user who compared both 3GS and HD2. Do you need any more proof?
 
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Zero Cool said:
No I haven't tried HD2 next to iPhone 3GS myself, but then have you ? Most importantly dont advise me , advise the person who opened this thread. I am an Apple loyalist & i shall remain so why , because any animator worth his salt will swear by Apple devices.

BTW, can you explain that in spite of the high price why is the iPhone the largest selling phone in the world & not something from the WinMo stable ?
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Yes my friend.I have tried 3gs,hd2 and n1 side by side last week before buying hd2.I didnot advice you mate,but do not mislead others specially the o.p with biased opinion of yours.
Iphone sells more because of the flaunt factor,people use it as a toy.
 
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