The HTC Desire HD has leaked out plenty of times already, but the massive Android Froyo phone has still yet to be made official – and we might have to wait a full month for that, if it’s to be unveiled at HTC‘s press event in September. Not content with waiting around, we’ve gone back and pored over all the video of the HTC Desire HD we’ve seen so far, to see what’s really new about this epic handset. Read on to check our findings.
First off, reacquaint yourself with the HTC Desire HD video that popped up earlier this month, courtesy of 247Android. If you’re at work, we suggest you turn the speakers off or your colleagues will question your music taste.
Ready? We’ve been comparing this HTC Desire HD prototype clip up against our own HTC Desire Android phone and 4.3-inch HTC HD2 phone to see what’s new. Naturally there’s the disclaimer that this phone isn’t official and could be a fake, but all signs point to this being legit, and coming out next month.
The front
The front of the HTC Desire HD looks much more like the HD2 than HTC’s current flagship Android phone, the Desire, at a glance. But look a little bit closer and you’ll see the HTC Desire HD is a fusion of the two. Obviously, it has the standard Android buttons along the bottom, (Home, Menu, Back and Search), but the rounded top has the curvature of the HTC Desire to go with the HD2′s speaker grille, and what appears to be the Desire’s LED light as well. Note that there’s no front facing camera, as the Android powered but US only HTC Evo 4G sports up here. While the shell of the Desire is actually its worst aspect, HTC looks like it’s struck a good balance here.
The back
The HTC Desire HD breaks away from both the HTC HD2 and Desire on the back. It appears to have a panel like the HD2′s removable middle section, but also what would appear to be a (possibly teflon) grip on the left hand side. All the better to not drop the HTC Desire HD? The speaker grille has also changed to a new design – it’s small and thin, rather than a perforated band – we’ll have to see what that does to loudspeaker call quality. Possibly the most pleasing aspect is the lack of a raised lump at the bottom to house the charger, as on the Desire.
Finally, the camera has changed, though the protrusion remains. The HTC Desire HD sports the same powerful flash as the HD2, but it’s switched sides. We can’t tell what resolution the sensor is, but previous HTC Desire HD leaks have pegged it at a very respectable eight megapixels. Fingers crossed.
The top
The HTC Desire HD appears to have a pleasantly large lock/power button on the top left, just like the HTC Desire (The HD2 has nothing long the top). Unfortunately, the 3.5mm audio port for shoving in your headphones isn’t to be found here, as on the Desire. Instead, it’s been moved to…
The bottom
The HTC Desire HD has port placements identical to the HTC HD2 on the bottom, with a micro USB slot slightly off centre, and the audio port to the right of it. We can see one difference – there’s no ridge to protect the exposed side of the headphone socket, but somehow, we don’t think it’ll be all that missed.
From what we’ve seen so far, the HTC Desire HD looks like a finely judged mix of HTC’s two top line phones in the UK at the moment. The screen is still a mystery of course, but if it’s not a WVGA LCD display like HTC uses on the 4.3-inch HD2 and Evo 4G, we’ll be very surprised.
Did we miss anything in the HTC Desire HD video? Let us know in the comments below!
