Just got my Desire S last night from Maxis.

So, let's start an official Thread?


Review of HTC Desire S by GSM Arena

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This post has been edited by exkay: Jun 25 2011, 04:05 AM

Nice. Post review?

HTC seem to make their new & latest device an all out exclusive to the telco... Anyone can confirm this thing not exclusive only for Maxis..?

when exclusive to Maxis means we wont get it forever..... just like Desire Z

That what i'm afraid for... because the latest trend between telco show it point that way... (DiGi lock the IS, Maxis lock the DZ)...

Seems like its exclusive for Maxis ...been asking around about this phone, and they say only Maxis gonna carry this set

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Added on April 16, 2011, 8:52 am@exkay
Care to give some rough review for the phone, the build-quality and all, smooth or not...and after using it for few days, maybe can give us a detailed one

This post has been edited by monza84: Apr 16 2011, 08:52 AM

@monza84, was charging the phone yesterday after reaching home.

gonna do some read up then start using it. then shall write a short review.

maybe in a couple of hours.

can anyone with stock non-rooted desire with latest updates check the radio version number?

also need a recommendation guys - i miss the HTC calendar widget - the one which fills the whole page and you can click any date directly on the widget to add appointments and such. Im on CM7 and cant find a suitable calendar widget replacement.

This is the Desire S thread...for Desire, here's the thread ----> http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1812108

Try S2 Calendar Widget

lol how in hell i overlooked that

TS, the color of your desire S is black or same as the one in the engadget picture?

DS price from Maxis quite ridiculous compared to IS price by DiGi... On 12 month contract both also RM1499 but on 24 month IS much cheaper...

But on telco point... Maxis got larger coverage compare to DiGi... (Or i am wrong...)

Well, finally had time to play with the phone.

Build is rigid and solid, Rubberized back on the top and bottom section is quite nice on the touch. the small lil bend on the bottom of the phone ( as compared to the Hero/Legend ) is much subtle and doesn't seem so intrusive this time around.

Open up the rubberized battery cover is not a feat but putting it back could be tricky at times, other wise everything is fine.

1ghz Snap dragon seems to be doing it's work well, everything seems to be very smooth.

in the apps page, while scrolling, app icons are seen to move from page to page in rows of 4 instead of random rows. Guess that's one ui updates of Gingerbread.

The rest are pretty good. So far I have no complains. I've used both Desire and SGS and I would say it's comparable in terms of performances with a slightly smaller size.

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Added on April 16, 2011, 4:35 pmWell, on one look it's black but if you look at it from different angle it has shades of dark grey

Well, I've both a Maxis and Digi line. Let's just say no matter how cheap digi could offer a phone, I shall not go near it. What's the point of having a good phone but lousy coverage ?

This post has been edited by exkay: Apr 16 2011, 04:35 PM

+1 on that one... that why i mention Maxis has larger coverage if compare to DiGi... but then again... Maxis could make it a bit cheaper...

Should be cheaper, as IS plan is the same with DS plan, i guess in terms of performance & spec-wise, people will go for IS instead of DS..if Maxis lowered down the price for DS plan, that would be

maxis always sell their phone with ridiculous price

actually besides a 8mp camera, I dont see much difference between the 2 tho, care to enlighten me?

screen . operating system .

screen size different only the OS is the same and what make it worse is this new phone of urs will not get Sense 3.0...

Wat a big NO for HTC.... launching a new phone for a month plus then telling their customer tat they will be no new Sense for u guys or gals.... only the new phone tat gonna launch like a month or 2 away gonna have it....


Do u think this will affect their sales?