HTC Desire is a cousin of the Google Nexus One. Both smartphones share common roots (HTC made them both). While most of their specifications are the same, the major differences lie in their native applications. The HTC Desire being a HTC branded phone offers the HTC Sense user interface, which makes socialising, searching for information and organising contacts and interactions under one roof. The Nexus One has more widespread access to Google's services like Gmail, Google Voice, Google Calendar and so on.

The HTC Desire phone is based on the Android 2.1, popularly called Eclair. It has a 3.7" AMOLED capacitive touch-display. It has multi-touch capability and a resolution of 480 X 800 pixels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor is used within. On the networking front, WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth are supported. There's integration with popular social networks like Facebook. A-GPS is also supported. There is a microUSB port for syncing with a PC. Plus memory expansion with microSD cards of up to 32GB is as well offered. Other HTC Desire specs include a multimedia player, an FM radio, a 3.5mm headphone socket, a 5MP camera.

Some of the other details in the Google Nexus One vs HTC Desire aspect are - the HTC Desire supports more number of multimedia file formats. Plus this smartphone also comes with Flash Lite 4 pre-loaded, which gives it the ability to play any video without needing downloading of other applications.

The new HTC mobile phone will be available with all the major UK networks like O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and 3. The HTC Desire release is expected to happen in March 2010 on T-Mobile and April 2010 on the remaining networks.

The HTC Desire price (unlocked) is speculated to be about £440.

Update:- These best  mobile phones is set to retail at £528.68. Amazon UK is taking pre-orders for it currently. The HTC Desire release has been scheduled for April 1, 2010.