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There's a lot to like about the Touch 3G, as despite being small and slim, it still manages to pack in a decent range of features. It feels pretty speedy, too, and the battery life is decent. However, because of the lack of full integration between TouchFlo and Windows Mobile, coupled with the small screen, it's still a long way from providing the silky smooth user experience of the iPhone; the handset that is probably its nearest competitor in terms of price. Read full review

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By Niall Magennis
Reviewed 04 February 2009
Updated 05 February 2011

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£329.99

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HTC Touch 3G details

Performance: 7/10
Value: 7/10
Features: 8/10
Design: 8/10
Overall: 7/10

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£329.99

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HTC

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interpleb

5:42 PM on 4 February, 2009

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Disappointing review. I have had one of these phones for a few months and really like it. The review score seems based on everything the precious iPhone can do that this can't. Well I like it for what this can do that the iPhone doesn't - it is fast, runs car navigation software, multitasks, has office compatibility, has cut'n'paste and voice control (not sure if iPhone has this), all wrapped up in a small very sleek bundle at nearly half the price of an iPhone. If this only deserves 7/10 for its shortcomings, then the precious iPhone certainly doesn't deserve 10.

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9:00 PM on 4 February, 2009

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"The closest handset in HTC’s range to the iPhone"

Eh? What's the Touch Diamond then?

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10:41 PM on 4 February, 2009

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Gotta agree with the above comment. The reviewer is far too hung up in discussing the iphone instead of giving this device a fair and honest review.

For example, when discussing its sceen, which is pretty standard and good resolution for a midrange phone and works just great, the reviewer drags out an irrelevant iphone comparison.

However, and curiously, then mentioning the medicre performance of the camera in this phone, the reviewer was clearly not interested in mentioning that the iphone has an even more mediocre camera.

Any dicusson of MMS capability? No? No mention of iphone either. Hmmmm.....why is that? I think we all know.

Mapping programs, the same.

Would be better if you focus on reviewing the device at hand in a fair and focused mannner - instead of what seems to be almost an iphone addvertisement. This is not really supporting the concept of "trusted" reviewing.

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11:30 PM on 4 February, 2009

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@ Kanu and Interpleb

The interesting thing here is that all the points you guys are making are brought up by Niall and he agrees on what the positive and negative aspects are. It's actually just the scores that are causing the upset and there is perhaps an argument for upping the overall to 8/10.

However, two things:

1. There is nothing particularly special about this phone. it's an alright mid-range smartphone and the review reflects that. You've got to remember the 10/10 score for the iPhone was given when it was reviewed. So to keep brining that up nearly 8 months after it was reviewed is nonsense.

2. where you get the idea the HTC Touch 3G is half the price, I do not know. On pay as you go it's almost identical and the cheapest I've found it on contract is £25 a month. All told, over an 18 month contract, an 8GB iPhone would end up costing you £625.73 while the HTCTouch 3G would be £450 (based on the two cheapest tariffs I could find). For the sake of approximately £10 a month extra each month, we'd not hesitate to recommend the iPhone, assuming you can afford it. If you can't, it's a no brainer to go for the cheaper option, but that doesn't mean it's a better device.

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7:48 AM on 5 February, 2009

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Not everyone wants a contract. Personally I use ASDA mobile's very cheap PAYG service, and bought the Touch 3g for £300 pounds.

I am not saying that the iPhone isn't a good device, and dependent on the needs of the user, in a lot of ways is superior. When the iPhone 3g was announced as having GPS, I was really excited, but then the reality transpired it just has a google maps style service, it dropped of my radar and I decided to stick with Windows Mobile as an overall more powerful platform but one that lacks the glitz of the iPhone.

I am not saying the Touch 3g is perfect, it certainly isn't, but it does pretty much everything I need in a nice small package that doesnt scream "nerd" as soon as you get it out.

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10:19 AM on 5 February, 2009

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Well, It's not fully fledged GPS but it is useable for on-the-go navigation. Besides, you have to pay for proper turn by turn sat nav software for WinMo, so it's hardly fair to compare.

Also, as I said, on PAYG it's almost identical in price.

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12:20 PM on 5 February, 2009

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It is fair to compare car navigation software when there are several packages available for Windows Mobile and none for the iPhone. Maybe you want to carry around a Tomtom and a phone, but some of us want just one unit that does everything.

The iPhone may do some things better than WinMo, but there are plenty of things that WinMo has been doing for years that the iPhone can't.

It is blinkered reviews like this that do a disservice to the title of your site.

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12:53 PM on 5 February, 2009

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It's just as blinkered to think that difficult to use and half-baked features are better than none at all. I've had WinMo devices in the past and have simply never got round to using half their features because they're more hassle than good. About the only thing I regularly miss on the iPhone is copy and paste but I'd rather not have that and have good sound quality, a better screen, a really easy to use interface, a wealth of easily accesible apps...

Ultimately, it's not just the hardware that makes the iPhone so beloved, it's the whole package.

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5:32 PM on 5 February, 2009

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"So to keep brining that up nearly 8 months after it was reviewed is nonsense"

Just to play Devil's advocate - The iPhone was 1-2 years behind a lot of other manufacturers as far as hardware features and(well reported)software exclusions at it's launch.

Still, I agree...this HTC is a so so phone, with good features. Ho-Hum, let's all wait for the Pre and the iPhone MK3 to do battle. I *wonder* who will win that one!

pssst...it won't be palm :)

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Personally waiting for the HTC phones to come with TEGRA platforms, I like the iPhone but it doesn't have a big enough focus on media playback (it's basically an iPod so the weak format support and average quality hold it back). Which is why I purchased the Cowon S9 recently, and after seeing the demonstrations of TEGRA last year I am really hopeful for the platform as the first true integration of phone and media. Which is simply much more convenient for me.

*crosses fingers for a cross between TEGRA, HTC Touch Diamond and Touch HD.

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