Comments on: HTC Hero vs iPhone 3G/3Gs

By: yo

yo — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:33:55 +0000

i think they are both awesome

By: Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:40:39 +0000

We have have the iPhone 4 ,3Gs? 16GB and 32GB, in stock for sale at affordable prices.

iPhone 3G 8GB Cost……..US$250
iPhone 3G 16GB Cost…….US$300
iPhone 3Gs 16GB Cost……US$350
iPhone 3Gs 32GB Cost……US$500
iPhone 4G 32GB Cost…….US$600

1. Complete accessories(Well packed and sealed in original company box)
2. Unlocked / sim free.
3. Brand new (original manufacturer) box – no copies
4. All phones have English language as default
5. All material (software, manual) – car chargers – home chargers – usb data cables -holsters/belt clips – wireless headsets(bluetooth) -leather and non-leather carrying cases – batteries.

SPECIFICATION:

(ARAB/EUROPEANS/ASIA/US SPECIFICATIONS) GENERAL NETWORK GSM 900/GSM 1800/GSM 1900
PLATFORM – TRI BAND (GSM900 + 1800 + 1900 MHZ.ANY OF THE PHONES THAT IS NOT IN GOOD CONDITION SHOULD BE RETURN IMMEDIATELY TO US AND WE WILL BEAR THE RETURN CHARGES AND REPLACEMENTS FOR THE PHONES.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:07:07 +0000

I have owned an HTC Hero for 6 months and I would never replace it with an Iphone. I love my Hero. It works great for getting my emails, twitters and internet on the go. I also love and use the camera and video camera a lot too. Plus the phone service is good too.

By: wamps

wamps — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:28:21 +0000

i have a question…. how did you transfer your contacts from your iphone to the htc hero? i am using custom fields for my iphone, to be able to manage them much better, but later found out that i can’t transfer them to outlook… only the name gets transfered…
is there a way to get around this? thanks

By: larry

larry — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:38:54 +0000

Brand new, never used.
- Sent straight from from Iphone USA
- Come with a pouch, data cable, stereo headset, home charger
- Manufacturer warranty
This is a brand new never used Iphone 3GS . Still has the sticker on it with pictures to prove it. Comes with a full year warranty along with an extra in box never used pouch.
Brand New and unlocked to all networks..
Comes with full 12 months international warranty.
Sealed with complete accessories.
SAMSUNG Omnia 2
SAMSUNG Omnia I8910 HD
Sony Ericsson Aino
Sony Ericsson satio
Sony Ericsson X10
Google Nexus One
Nokia X6 32gb
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Original Apple Iphone 3GS 32GB In Black & White

By: bread

bread — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:56:55 +0000

Hey guys listen. Cut the iphone and htc fanboy sake. Iphones are good. HTC is better.
I got both but HTC always in my pocket wherever I go.

By: jatin

jatin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:54:52 +0000

i’m planning 2 buy a phone n confused between i phone 3g and htc hero plz guide as soon as possible ??????

By: jonno

jonno — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:16:05 +0000

Well I am into 4 months using a hero and the love affair is waning. I loved the feel of it, it sits in your hand beautifully, it does not feel like a brick in your pocket (iPhone) and it has the wonderful Back browser type button. Wonderful. The backups you can do to the SD card are great (with bought app)

Well I am getting irritated with it now. The problem is primarily the touch screen and the awful internet/browser connection. The touch Screen has turned out to be really cludgy and difficult cf iPhone. And now after a month where the calibration has gone wonky, I am sending the thing back for warranty work.

I love Android and the options it offers over the iPhone but fraid it was a delight to put my SIM back in the iPhone and get a responsive and easy touch interface even though UI wise the iPhone is worse

By: N

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:52:03 +0000

you are absolutely correct. its a capacitive touchscreen with a slightly notched down sensitivity :)

By: Gigis

Gigis — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:47:39 +0000

the hero has a capacitive screen not resistive :)

By: Triple-A

Triple-A — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:52:37 +0000

griffin, 3 months down the line its still like i wrote in the review, but in comparison with the other phones in the market now, you have the Motorolla Droid and Nexus One with much better specs and the updated Android 2.1 software. I will probably go with the Nexus One due to its much faster processor. You can check out a quick review we did by clicking on the link below. http://uptill1.com/2010/01/15/nexus-one-first-impression/

By: griffin

griffin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:17:11 +0000

Triple-A,

Three months down the line with your HTC Hero, do you still feel the same about it? I came across this review and found it rather balanced. I am making the switch to either iPhone or HTC later today and your article will probably way me towards HTC.

By: QuentinJS

QuentinJS — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:09:38 +0000

I believe that they initially went to Verizon and were more or less laughed out of the room….. ooops….

By: jayu

jayu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:41:27 +0000

Goldie: most apps are either free or have lite versions which most of the time are sufficient. The ones u have to pay for are usually $5 or cheaper.
I think android 2.1 will allow dling apps to the sd card. Im not sure though.
Ive only had the phone for 2 wks and so far im very pleased with it. The browser was a bit laggy when playing mafia wars on fb tho but thats a hog

By: Franny

Franny — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:18:00 +0000

Good review. I had the option of iphone 3G or HTC Hero.

I got the Hero and am glad I did. Only problem was the restriction where it installs apps on it’s own memory so you can only install a certain number of apps until the memory runs out…

Easy way to solve this was to root the phone and install a custom rom like Cyanogens or the Modaco one. I’m currently using the modaco ROM 2.9 and it’s doubled the speed of my hero!!

Interested to know if you guys use stock ROMs or have tried the custom ROMs which also enable you to increase the volume etc

By: Goldie

Goldie — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:31:15 +0000

What’s the deal with the Android apps? From what I can gather, with the iPhone ones you have to pay for pretty much all of them. Are most of the Android ones free as it’s an open source platform? I guess there will be some commercial ones too but I’d certainly choose free apps over paid ones, as long as the quality is not too bad.

By: mobiles2money

mobiles2money — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:08:13 +0000

I think for me it’s going to all boil down to price. I like both phones, from the brief play I’ve had in the shops, and they both seem to pretty much do what I want. As you say, the iPhone is better at doing music and I may well need that feature more in the future, but not at present. The apps I would look to get seem to be available for both but with the Android ones being free – another bonus! But, it’s down to cash. Cheapest iPhone contract is something like £30 a month for 24 months and almost £200 for the handset. 3 are offering me the Hero as an upgrade for £69 initial cost, then at just £20 a month for 12 months. I think that’s a clincher! I can then just sell the handset after 12 months and get an iPhone if I don’t get on with the Hero as well as I hope to.

By: Andy Troyer

Andy Troyer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:29:58 +0000

I’ve tried both the Hero and the iphone to do comparisons and I do believe the weaknesses of the Hero were definitely glossed over and the strengths of the iphone were downplayed. Basically my experience was that there are some nice things about the Hero with it’s customization and slick widgets. The things I have difficulty leaving behind if I were to stick with the Hero are the iphone app store (10X the apps than Hero Market) and even though Apple is restrictive the plus is that there are some really robust apps out there that the Hero really doesn’t have. What was amazing from the review and comments above was the statement that the browser was faster on the Hero. This is the first review I’ve even heard this stated because all other reviews I’ve seen say the Hero browser is slow and unresponsive. After trying it out for myself this is VERY TRUE that it is slow. I really miss the fast response of the iphone when pinching to zoom in and out. The double tap to zoom-in works fine but the browser seems too unresponsive to do much else. It might be the flash slowing things down considerably but not sure since the slowness was on every website I tried. I really wanted to like the Hero because I like Sprint much better than AT&T for what you get in your plan for free over AT&T (Sprint TV, Navigation, 7pm nights, call ANY mobile, etc. ) that AT&T can’t come close to… Oh I wish the Hero were better or at least good enough to make me forget the pluses of the iphone!

By: joooc

joooc — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:00:42 +0000

Thank you all for a great review, not in the article only but also including all the comments here. I went through several similar reviews, blogs and/or promo pages and what I can tell you – tomorrow finally I’m going to buy that super sexy HTC Hero too.

iPhone was the only one serious opponent so far and I’ve almost decided to buy 3G or 3GS, but the reviews and also my friends experiences are better fot HTC Hero. I’m really looking forward to it :-) Once more, thank you all – great article and discussion.

By: Jayadev

Jayadev — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:17:58 +0000

I was eagerly waiting for new HTC Hero and now after reading his i was rely impressed and its now favorite now, and i have seen so many reviews now regarding these two spectacular phones and each have their own places in market now.

By: Naveen

Naveen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:03:46 +0000

In India they launched it throuch official providers vodafone and airtel in 2008 still locked after paying full money. What I am saying here is that , this has to be blamed on Apple and not AT&T because apple has done this in every country except where law prevents it, even in 2008 1 year after launching iphone and after it was a proven success

I was using a 3GS now in UK now and sold it bcoz am going back to India. ina dilemma to buy HTC hero or 3G now or wait for 3gs because its not introduced in India yet or maybe a unlcoked one from Australia or hongkong and ebay. Too many things to consider but this make HTC hero attractive because it would cost me 50% less, when i buy a unlcoked one.

By: Triple-A

Triple-A — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:19:40 +0000

hi again Naveen, even in kuwait it was sold similairly as in india where you buy it at your own risk unlocked. but that was because apple never officially catered it to kuwait. on the other hand in saudi arabia and the uae it was sold under telecom providers similair to the way it was in the US. dont forget, that their aim was the US first, thats why the 2g never made it to india in the first place. They signed a lucrative deal with at&t not knowing how far sales would take them if they sold them at their high prices. unlocked 3gs phones are being sold for more than 1000 dollars in kuwait. at these prices they would have gambled with sales, unless they signed deals with a telecom provider, like they did with at&t. but now they know how much of a demand there is on the iphone, so they will not be renewing the deal with them. so we can just wait and see what happens with their new phone. i enjoyed the iphone with all its flaws, but i cant wait for a huge upgrade. this is just my theory of it all, but i understand what you are trying to say. did you buy the htc hero?

By: Naveen

Naveen — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:35:16 +0000

Hi Triple-A , i do not agree with you completely because , apple did that even in markets where it introduced a year later. Eg: In India there was no 2G phone introduced and strightaway 3G got introuced first in 2008 Aug and no subsidy and you get a locked phone by paying full money.

And again you get warranty only in the country of purchase which is sort of bad.(unless you buy a apple protection plan)

By: Triple-A

Triple-A — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:26:08 +0000

Naveen : thank you. keep in mind apple werent sure how the reception of the iphone would be, so they entered a deal with AT&T in order to protect themselves. if they had known it would have been such a huge hit and go back in time, they would have changed that i think.

By: Naveen

Naveen — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:47:30 +0000

One of the best review i have seen. Apple is stupid in selling the carrier locked phones. Even if u pay full money you cant get a phone which is unlocked except those few countries. So either they assume people to stay in their own country and not travel anywhere.

I hope HTC improves and teaches apple a lesson. Apple you have the best product in the world without the basic freedom.

By: Triple-A

Triple-A — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:58:38 +0000

UPDATE : HTC Hero and other HTC devices can be found at http://www.kuwait-mall.com

they will be about 15% more expensive than other places but they have availability.

By: Triple-A

Triple-A — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:41:47 +0000

Girish : i love the iphone i was not berating it at all, but all i did was say my opinion about something. i have read in more than one place the reason they negated flash from the iphone is it can act as a loophole to bypass the app store. but either way, thanks for your input as well, it was very informative. about people making money, there is nothing wrong with that, that was my point. good luck with your windows mobile developing career.

about social networking on the iphone, you are correct. the iphone has no rivals when it comes to apps for social networking. but the $9.99 beejive, which i reviewed earlier in the blog, is probably the best all in one messenger around on any platform (on the iphone that is). but like u said, there are many free apps like facebook, twitter, meebo, fring, nimbuzz and others which are great for social networking. The hero’s social networking apps are nothing compared to those of the iphones, but it wins with its integration of these networks into the phone itself such as contacts, email etc. All apple need is to get the background apps working without killing the battery, either way i will buy the next iphone, i just didnt think the upgrade from 3G to 3GS was worth it.

the music player on the hero is just like any other music player. i didnt use my ipod on the iphone 3g much to tell you the truth but im using the player on the hero more since i can just download any mp3 for free. i use TuneWiki which i also reviewed recently as my music player. its easy, simple and caters to all my needs as a music player. you can read the review and if you want to know anything else more specific just ask.

By: Girish

Girish — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:03:42 +0000

OK, besides the debate, How is the music player.
I love music on the go. I want to know if browsing through large collection is easy on the Hero.
Please review the Hero’s media player, would love to know more about it.

By: Girish

Girish — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:01:58 +0000

Sure everyone wants to make money, is there anything wrong in that. I’m a windows mobile developer and I wouldn’t write a single line of code for free.

But not enabling flash for iPhone browser was a decision purely based on performance issues, not because of app-store bypass issues.
Infact iPhone allows to develop some really good browser based applications through which you can totally bypass the AppStore, case in point being FaceBook, Gmail, orkut, meebo and many more. iPhone allows even the browser apps to store data locally on phone through app-cache, use the GPS through geo-location APIs etc.

By: Girish

Girish — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:58:30 +0000

On the Social Networking section: I never had to spend even a single dollar for anything on iPhone, be it yahoo messenger, facebook, twitter, all have brilliant free apps for iPhone.

I want to buy the HTC hero when it is released in our country, and it is definitely a good competitor to iPhone, HTC hero is decidedly better than iPhone in some aspects – background apps etc, but berating iPhone unnecessarily is not justified.