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HTC Desire HD vs. HTC HD7

We’ve got two similarly spec’ed smartphones with similar sizes and built but of different mobile OSes — the HTC Desire HD and the HTC HD7. So why the price difference?

HTC Philippines officially puts the MSRP of the HTC Desire HD at Php35,000 and the HTC HD7 at Php36,900. HTC then allowed resellers and retailers to set their own final price.

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HTC HD7 specs:
4.3″ display @ 480×800 pixels
Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor
576MB RAM
16GB internal storage
Bluetooth 2.1 w/ A2DP
802.11 b/g/n
HSDPA, HSUPA
5MP camera w/ dual-LED flash
720p video recording
GPS w/ aGPS support
Motion G-sensor
Proximity Sensor
Ambient Light Sensor
Li-Ion 1230 mAh
Windows Phone OS 7

HTC Desire HD specs:
4.3″ Super TFT display @ 480 x 800 pixels
1GHz Qualcomm 8255 Snapdragon CPU
1.5 GB internal
768MB RAM
up to 32GB via microSD
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 2 Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth
GPS w/ aGPS support
FM Radio tuner
8MP camera with dual LED Flash
720p video recording
Li-Ion 1230mAh battery
Android 2.2. Froyo

If we review the specs-sheet, there are a few differences in terms of internal storage, camera megapixel and inclusion of microSD card slot.

Considering that Android OS is supposed to be free and that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 comes with a premium license fee, it would only make sense that the Desire HD will be selling at a much lower price.

However, I’ve been checking the local stores and turns out the Desire HD is still at the Php34,990 level while the HTC HD7 already went down to Php29,990.

I think it’s all about supply and demand — looks like the Desire HD is the more preferred unit of the two and thus there’s no price adjustments yet for the handset. To make things worse, there’s a huge gap in the supply of the Desire HD.

I’ve been told only 50 units were delivered by HTC Philippines to resellers last December while the rest of the shipments will be coming in this January (another batch of 50 more). Once the new shipments come in, the price should go down a bit and level out at around 30+k while the HD7 will be pushed back a few thousand bucks more.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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  2. Avatar for carl carl says:

    im selling my HTC desire HD for P21k. I bougth it 2 weeks ako. Let me knw. 0917 979 9094

  3. Avatar for Alain Alain says:

    sa www.widgetcity.com.ph 23500php nlng un dhd..

  4. Avatar for glenn glenn says:

    anyone here knows the price of htc desire hd in taiwan?

    bka mura kc dun, htc is from taiwan

  5. Avatar for Jonathan Jonathan says:

    Wow! Ganda! These are the two phones I’m thinking of buying now. Pwede malaman, which one do you advice me to buy? Medyo lito ako parehas kasi maganda para sa akin hehehe… salamat ng marami =)

  6. Avatar for carlo carlo says:

    Share ko lang. Sa Baguio, Tiongsan Harrison Mall, 24,100 lang ang DHD. Kaso last piece na yung nabili ko for my gf.

  7. Avatar for Jay Jay says:

    share ko lang… sa Ambassador, Park Square 27.5k ang DHD

  8. Avatar for Mat Mat says:

    @Somnambulist If you are unable to install/transfer apps to your memory card its the fault of the program designer. Froyo above has the ability to install apps on both the phone memory and removable storage. You do not need Apps2SD. My wife has a Desire and she has little problems with newer apps.

  9. Avatar for Somnambulist Somnambulist says:

    San nag iinstall ang apps ng Android phones? Sa RAM ba? I have an HTC Desire (running on Froyo) and I can only install a very limited number of apps due to its memory storage limitations (even with Apps2SD already being utilized).

  10. Avatar for Suplado Suplado says:

    Awww! Thanks for the correction @ Alexei. My bad. I chose the best HTC phone for me then. Haha!

  11. Avatar for realjarley realjarley says:

    both phones are great. kahit isa wala ako nyan..

  12. Avatar for gg gg says:

    I’ll just wait for the xperia play! hehe.. para kakaiba nman android phone ko.

  13. Avatar for joeyoliver joeyoliver says:

    Wait up for the next wave of phones coming out this February or March. They’re a whole generation better than the current phones in the market.

    The Xperia Arc is one of the latest handsets that have leaked even before announcement!

    Check it here.
    http://terraoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/01/is-this-sony-xperia-arc.html

  14. Avatar for Micks Micks says:

    Good point about the warranty. I guess it doesn’t bother me since I’m not a permanent resident of the Philippines. I can’t avail of local warranty anyway..

    I wonder if HTC Singapore accepts FedEx-delivered phones for repair? Let me ask.

  15. Avatar for lawrence m. lawrence m. says:

    I’m buying my desire hd tommorow in widgetcity.com.ph for 27,000. Im excited.

  16. Avatar for lawrence m. lawrence m. says:

    woooohhh.. im buying my htc desire hd sa widgetcity.com.ph tommorow for only 27,000. excited na ko. :D

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