I'd look on the web for HTC Evo reviews if I were you, I read an article last week where a reviewer struggled to squeeze a working day out of a single charge with normal usage (forget where I saw it) but for me battery life is important, it seems silly that a phone in this day and age can't go 24 hours without a charge. Plus the Evo is quite a bit bigger and heavier than the iPhone.

The Desire on the other hand, no complaints here from playing with it for a bit (I don't own one, but Marcel does).

Neobond, on 29 June 2010 - 10:00, said:

You need to remember HTC send out the phones without any calibration for the batteries, so it takes up to a month for the battery to reach it's maximum capacity.

@Neobond I completely agree with you regarding battery issues with these modern smart phones Steven.

@neo158 Didn't know that fact about HTC batteries.

malebolgia, on 29 June 2010 - 21:13, said:

+1 About the battery thing, wish someone had told me that when I bought a desire, and returned it within my 14 days...

I do love my iPhone 4, I think the screen, and Gyroscope are two possible winners, I know the Droids have some pretty awesome screens (I did use the desire for two weeks ) and they will get gyro's down the line (I think someone from HTC said that..) but there seems to be more of a market on the iPhone for 3D games (Though i've only played one so far that's taken advantage).

I'm also partial to the hardware, again, I can't actually fault HTC on the Desire or the Nexus, they were fantasticly thin, and beautiful to look at, but I just like the fact that the iPhone's pretty much metal and glass, I guess it just feels nice (the shineyness helps.. I'm like a child in that way )

I guess the main thing the iPhone 4 has going for it is the platform, its a little more focused in terms of application development than android (and I use the word little here understanding Androids still pretty focused) largley due to the fact there's really only two main devices (Counting the iPhone and iPod Touch to be similar in terms of GUI, and the iPad) rather than many different screen sizes and various form factors..

Androids big pro will always be innovation, despite numerous GUI (I actually didn't get on very well with Sense, and found the standard UI to be better, quicker and less buggy) overlays, Android's movement on new features is much quicker, and I suspect by the time iOS5 comes out, Apple may well have catching up to do again.

Oh, and we can do this really neat trick when we hold our iphones in our left hand with no cover on!

My Verdict:

iPhone 4, mainly because I can use the keyboard a lightning speed, it does everything I could possibly need it for, and the App Store has any application I could need, but I'll always want Android to do well.

Edit: My signature was created within the time period that I actually had my Desire.. and its out of date

What do you mean about different carriers (only for the time being if rumors are true...)?

The joys of Canada, where there is "competition" with "multiple carriers" selling the iPhone...

I like how the debate is about "UNIQUE" features and not comparing web browsers or something else that is subjective.

iPhone Only Features:
* Linked contacts - I can link the contacts stored on my iPhone, MobileMe, and GMail's Exchange server all together. Make changes in one spot hits all sources. I like that feature a lot.
* All iPhones get the new OS on day 1 of its release and not some undetermined cloudy future.
* iPhones have the largest selection of eBook stores available, with Kindle, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Stanza, and Zinio (for eMags).

Shadrack, on 01 July 2010 - 01:16, said:

Doesn't Exchange do that anyway? So any smartphone with an Exchange account will update your global address list anyway? At least thats how it works for me, or do you mean that your webmail contacts get updated too? Because I hardly use webmail anyway

Shadrack, on 01 July 2010 - 01:16, said:

In android it's the same. My google contacts are stored on gmail, my android phone, and my ipod touch. Along with the calendars. Any change I make in any of the 3 places (online with google, or on any of the mobile devices) will be almost automatically reflected on the other two places.

As for eBook stores... Kindle was just released for android. For whoever has the patience to read a book using a phone screen

It should be noted that the better screen opinion is subjective. The higher PPI is great for small text readability, but for anything else it's much less evident, and people might prioritize color and brightness, as well as energy efficiency, where the android exclusive Super AMOLED might just come out on top.

Hmmm... Typing speed, eh? Does the iPhone have anything like swype? Though that isn't exclusive to android. Windows mobile has it as well.

Iphone vs Android... Iphone is hardware, Android is software.
Your mixing hardware and software in something that should be a software only debate.

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Shadrack, on 30 June 2010 - 19:16, said:

Only I have to say here is, Android has an app for the 3 major sources of ebooks: BN, Amazon and Borders have all released E-Reader apps for Android. Also to the comment above me, I agree its an not a vaild comparison. Compare iOS to Android. Then it would be. :P