MWC: HTC Hands-On (Legend, HD Mini, and Desire)

Firgured I would round up the HTC hopefuls for you in one place. The new phones that HTC has launched at MWC (Mobile World Congress) are as follows (will update this page if and when more surface):

HTC Legend:

Specs (GSMArena):

GENERAL

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2010, February
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, April

SIZE

Dimensions 112 x 56.3 x 11.5 mm
Weight 126 g

DISPLAY

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
– Sense UI
– Multi-touch support
– Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
– Optical trackball

SOUND

Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
– 3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 384 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash) up to 16GB

DATA

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, miniUSB v2.0

CAMERA

Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes
Secondary No

FEATURES

OS Android OS v2.1 (Eclair)
CPU Qualcomm MSM 7227 600 MHz processor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Gray, Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
– Dedicated search key
– MP3/eAAC+/WAV player
– MP4/H.263/H.264 player
– Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
– YouTube, Google Talk
– Document viewer
– Photo viewer/editor
– Organizer
– Voice memo
– T9

BATTERY

Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh
Stand-by Up to 440 h (2G) / Up to 560 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 7 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 10 min (3G)

Hands-On Video (Engadget):

HTC Desire:

Specs (GSMArena):

GENERAL

2G Network    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network    HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced    2010, February
Status    Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, April

SIZE

Dimensions    103 x 57.7 x 11.7 mm
Weight    110 g

DISPLAY

Type    TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size    320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
– Sense UI
– Multi-touch support
– Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
– Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

SOUND

Alert types    Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone    Yes
– 3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY

Phonebook    Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records    Practically unlimited
Internal    384 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot    microSD (TransFlash) up to 16GB

DATA

GPRS    Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE    Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G    HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN    Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth    Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port    No
USB    Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA

Primary    5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus
Video    Yes
Secondary    No

FEATURES

OS    Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Professional
CPU    Qualcomm 7227 600 MHz processor
Messaging    SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser    HTML
Radio    Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games    Yes
Colors    Black
GPS    Yes, with A-GPS support
Java    Via third party application
– Digital compass
– Dedicated search key
– MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
– MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9/DivX player
– Facebook, Flickr, Twitter applications
– Voice memo

BATTERY

Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh
Stand-by
Talk time

Hands-On Video:

None available yet

HTC Desire:

Specs (GSMArena):

GENERAL

2G Network    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network    HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced    2010, February
Status    Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, April

SIZE

Dimensions    119 x 60 x 11.9 mm
Weight    135 g

DISPLAY

Type    AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size    480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches
– Multi-touch input method
– Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
– Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
– Optical trackball

SOUND

Alert types    Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone    Yes
– 3.5 mm audio jack
– Dolby Mobile sound enhancement

MEMORY

Phonebook    Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records    Practically unlimited
Internal    576 MB RAM; 512 MB ROM
Card slot    microSD (TransFlash) up to 16GB

DATA

GPRS    Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE    Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G    HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN    Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth    Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port    No
USB    Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA

Primary    5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Video    Yes, D1 (720×480 pixels) @ 30fps
Secondary    No

FEATURES

OS    Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
CPU    Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor
Messaging    SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser    HTML
Radio    Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games    Yes
Colors    Black
GPS    Yes, with A-GPS support
Java    Via third party application
– Digital compass
– Dedicated search key
– MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
– MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9/DivX player
– Facebook, Flickr, Twitter applications
– Voice memo

BATTERY

Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh
Stand-by    Up to 340 h (2G) / Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk time    Up to 6 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)

Hands-On Video (Engadget):

So all pretty nice designs, but they all seem to me a bit like upgrades rather than new phones, no?

I mean the Legend is the Hero with a slight bump in specs and a slimmer design, the Desire is basically the Nexus One with an optical pad and Sense UI, and the HD Mini seems weird to me all around (the HD’s big appeal is the large screen, so why shrink it?).

What do you guys think so far?