[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbop:
I am thinking of getting either one and i am also undecided. I have read the whole thread but it looks like things are always changing (bugs being ironed out, froyo for the samsung etc). Also, my experience with android devices is limited to my archos 5 media player which is great but it is no way near as powerful as these phones and is also stuck on 1.6.

Firstly I have a couple of questions:

- Do either support usb OTG, officially or otherwise?

- Do they support 720p divx movies? I know that the samsung has built in codec support and I have also heard of rockplayer though have not used it myself. Is divx/xvid video a reliable experience on either device?

- I have read about the /init problem with froyo, but there is no mention of this in the galaxy s' forum - is there less of a problem with the samsung in this regard?

- Will there be more powerful android phones released before the end of december/begining of january that might replace these devices as the current best android phones?

I would really appreciate if this thread could be updated with the pros and cons of both devices as they evolve - im not planning to buy one until january when my current contract runs out anyway> I have seen that HTC has already been addressing issues such as the proximity sensor thing - I'm not sure about samsung's efforts yet, but there seems to be plenty of community support.

In both cases, as an outsider its quite difficult and not much fun to follow developments (specifically the community ones) as things such as FW references can be quite obscure and are in a state of constant change.

As such, I would be very grateful for anybody's input - this is going to be a very big purchase for me ( i am a poor musician :s )

I should also mention that:

A slick lag-free and complete experience is the most important thing for me. I use my symbian phone and archos media player more than my linux netbook and I am hoping that a powerful and capable android phone would help me avoid the netbook even more (the main problem with my current devices is the frustration of typing on resistive screen as well as the lack of flash support).

I don't care for GPS nor for the camera, nor for how the display looks in daylight(lol).

So far i would summarise the pros and cons as::

HTC DHD:

Pros:

-Larger screen

-Screen with more realistic colours

-Better OotB experience

-Much weightier and bigger (much less likely for me to drop)

-metal casing

-Good software support from HTC

-Sense UI

-Camera flash

-More RAM

-Processor's architecture likely to work better for standard android tasks and possibly have less compatibility issues overall.

-Gps

Cons:

-Internals are sometime out of line with the casing, leaving a gap, causing proxmity sensor and camera to be out of line as well as causing the backplates to not close properly

-crappy speaker

Galaxy S

Pros:

-Screen is more vivid

-Gorrilla glass

-Phone is slim

-Phone is lighter and smaller (more portable)

-Built in video codec support

-TV out

-Plenty of community support already (eg cyanogen mod)

-Processor is better at graphical tasks. However, i have noticed many comments from galaxy owners complaining of pretty standard apps not working.

-Front facing vga camera

-Sound quality from speaker

Cons:

-samsung software support

-poor OotB experience - custom rom and lagfix are a must

-phone is smalller and lighter (more likely for me to drop).

-mediocre gps

-touchwiz

Still to debate:

- Which phone will offer completley lag free experience and when? (currently it doesnt seem like either is completely lag-free but running froyo, it seems that the DHD has the upper hand. Apparently running eclair, the galaxy is also pretty lag free)

- Battery performance

- which camera is better - i have seen and read plenty of contradictory comparisons

Again any input will be greatly appreciated - i will be checking in to this thread regularly.