Originally Posted by j24:
“So in all then would you recommend the Desire over the HD?”
I have an HD and love it. The larger screen is beneficial if you are using the web browser or watching video or whatever. It has plenty of memory and processor power. It's a good platform for apps. The camera is better, if you tweak the defaults.
The battery is smaller, 1230 mAh at versus 1400 mAh, but the talk time is longer, at 550 versus 400, so I think the phone must be more efficient and that makes up for the smaller battery. You can buy 3rd party batteries that are larger but, from reports, don't seem to last longer, so I wouldn't pay much attention to the rated capacity.
I think the screen does use more power when you are using it. On stand-by I get better than 1% an hour. I charge it overnight, don't use it at work and when I get home it's at 93% after 9 hours. In use it's more like 20% an hour, so I use it for a couple of hours in the evening and its down to 50%, and I need to charge it overnight again.
But as it easily gets through a day the battery life is fine for me. When people have severe problems, they are usually suffering from a bug or a rogue app that's consuming all their power.