7 Reasons Why HTC Desire Will Beat Google's Nexus One

(4) Available sooner

Google has already said that the phone will be available in Europe (and in the UK) via Vodafone as from "early" Spring 2010 - which is in exactly 32 days from now - but strangely enough you cannot register your interest or even preorder the phone.

It is not even available on their coming soon page although Sony Ericsson's Vivaz and the X10 (which is launching in April) are. The HTC Desire is already available for preorder in the UK via Expansys and will be launched on the 12th of April.

(5) More memory

The HTC Desire has 12.5 percent more onboard memory compared to the Nexus One (576MB vs 512MB). Why this slight increase? We don't have a clue but we know that it might come handy under some circumstances.

Also, the HTC model has a 8GB card thrown in the bag compared to a 4GB vesion for the Nexus One.

(6) No trackball

Again a very subjective point of view, but an optical tracking device is better than a ball one - which is why optical mice have all but killed ball ones.

Trackballs are notoriously susceptible to dirt and have higher levels of failure because of their mechanical parts. They can also become less precise over time due to their accumulated dirt.

(7) Price

The Nexus One costs £400 when shipped from the UK, complete with the VAT but expect it to be significantly more expensive when it reaches our shores, especially given that there is a 20 percent increase in price on average (check Microsoft and Apple products) when a product crosses the Atlantic.

We expect the Nexus One to cost around £499, which would make it £50 more expensive than the HTC Desire. Furthermore, because the Desire will be available on a number of networks at launch, contract prices are likely to be less as well.