HTC Legend vs. HTC Desire

Two very new Android devices from HTC are competing to grab our attention — the HTC Legend and the HTC Desire, both priced quietly close to each other.

The HTC Legend sports a solid and sturdy aluminum unibody design in a nice silver-black color tone while the HTC Desire has a bigger screen and more powerful processor.

Here’s a comparison chart to give you a better picture of the two, spec-for-spec:

I think, the bottom line is, it will be the price that will draw the line between the two. The HTC Legend might look better than the HTC Desire but with merely Php3,400 in price difference, people will find it hard to pick the former over the latter.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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38 Comments

alvin says:

15 years ago

ganda ng legend~! it will blend perfectly with a macbook pro.
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the yawner says:

15 years ago

Since I’ve never tried the Desire hands on, I’m not really sure how it would feel in my hand. Pero with the Legend, it really has a nice sturdy built and the size is just right for one hand operations.
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Teknisyan says:

15 years ago

Yeah.. sa Desire nako. Big screen, powerful procy, better resolution and battery.
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JP says:

15 years ago

Last I heard, HTC phones are having both screen separation issues and uber-sensitive display panels, so yeah, if I had the money, I’d buy the much more reliable iPhone 4 or Dell Streak.
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Lexty says:

15 years ago

I’ll choose Desire. with more processing power and also for future proofing. sa bilis ng development ng Android OS mas okay na yung safe ka na sa hardware. atleast for now safe ka na sa 1GHz.
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snpklsdmbldr says:

15 years ago

HTC Desire is better than Legend.

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@JP afaik, only the evo has screen separation issues, but it was only a minor thing and can be solved, also HTC will release an update for the sensitivity of the screen due to different temperatures.

iphone 4 reliable? apple said that it is “scratch proof” with all the fancy special designs/glass cover. but look at the article in engadget or gizmodo, an iphone4 with a BIG scratch at the back just after delivery. LOL xD
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John Ray Cabrera says:

15 years ago

if only HTC Legend has the size and hardware of the HTC Desire, i would have grabbed it.
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John Ray Cabrera says:

15 years ago

and if only NexusOne has an optical senseware joystick, i would have considered it too. perhaps only things that would make me think twice is HTC Sense UI.

that will lead to my question: if one can root his NexusOne, can he port the HTC Sense into the device?
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enzo says:

15 years ago

if di naman talaga heavy user and 600Mhz is ok na rin kasi snappy rin ang HTC legend, mas maganda ang construction ng legend kasi full aluminum body yan and maganda design, maporma tingnan lalo na yung red na htc legend. ang pangit lang dyan at di nalagay sa blog is 2.5mm ang audio jack ng HTC legend.

pero kung raw processing power lang at ram ang habol edi mag desire nalang.
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cris says:

15 years ago

Their still expensive…
Androids should be priced at the 20k range.
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