HTC Desire v Galaxy S?

I would select the Desire over the Galaxy. I own a Nexus One and the design of the Desire is very similar. I love HTC phones and I think they integrate Android into their designs batter than any other manufacturer.

I have a Galaxy S on o2.

The WiFi isn't amazing, but obviously depends on what you want it for. It doesn't have satnav but does have google maps which is just as good in my opinion!

The camera on the galaxy is good, but doesn't have flash.

The screen on the Galaxy is probably one of the biggest you will get for watching things on, and with expandable memory, you will be able to store more on it. The qwerty keyboard on the galaxy takes a bit of getting used to, and i still mess up a bit and I've had it for 4 months.

Overall the galaxy is a good phone but it does depend what you want from it!

If you are possible skipping the country for a while, seriously I'd look at a pre-owned Desire from somewhere like CEX, and staying on the sim-only contract.

Phones are around 200 quid in mint condition for desire, 350 or so for galaxy.

Definitely Galaxy S

I think that Galaxy S is a brilliant smartphone. It has the Android operation system, a 4-inch touchscreen, Wifi, GPS and MP3 player. Basically everything you want from a mobile phone.

You can find it at:

http://www.foneparadise.com/sim-free-mobile-phones...

Go with the Desire

build quality is better-I like my phones to have some metal on them not all plasticy like most of samsungs phones are

Runs 2.2 and is easy to root and flash a custom ROM

Samsung sucks-reasons i say that

Poor GPS performance with no official fix

been awaiting an update that they promised to be out like 6 months ago and its not

Galaxy S suffers from poor GPS performance. Given your requirement, I have a different phone in mind.

Nokia N8

1. offline maps with voice guided turn by turn navigation(no need to cnnect to internet for maps)

2. build in divx, drag-n-drop movies

3. USB OTG. connect a pen drive to the phone and copy content to/from pendrive

4. Dolby and HDMI out

5. 12mp camera that is best in mobile devices and even competes with entry level PnS cameras

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Galaxy S for sure!!! Great camera (dual side), mp3 n mp4 player..free sprint navigation, wifi networks n mobile hotspot!! :) everything ur looking for! :)

No Doubt Galaxy S is Best Mobile..........................