A word of warning on the HTC's longer term, I have a HTC and its battery died, my wifes friend has a shop at tuk com and replaced it, the normal price is 1200 baht for the battery, they said HTC are one of the most expensive for parts and batteries, the usb socket also needs replacing and only HTC can do it, none of the repair places have the part, HTC want 2000 baht plus for the socket which other phones is a 100 baht replacement part.

A word of warning on the HTC's longer term, I have a HTC and its battery died, my wifes friend has a shop at tuk com and replaced it, the normal price is 1200 baht for the battery, they said HTC are one of the most expensive for parts and batteries, the usb socket also needs replacing and only HTC can do it, none of the repair places have the part, HTC want 2000 baht plus for the socket which other phones is a 100 baht replacement part.

Not doubting your experience but I've had my Desire for over two years without any problems...when you produce millions of anything, there are bound to be a few duds in the mix but one's chances of buying that one is small (but still sucks if it's you). As for batteries, like any large screen phone with a fast CPU, batteries drain quickly, however, I bought a set of two replacements and a charger from a Hong Kong based eBay storefront for US$ 15.00 (including shipping) and now just always carry with me a fully-charged extra battery around with me. (I believe other Desire owners here have bought extra batteries from this same store.)

ok, so from the HTC Thailand website:

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   HSPA/WCDMA: 850/2100 MHz
   GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

so, would work 2G/EDGE no problems. 3G is a bust. dude, i'm always right. ask me anything

The HSPA/WCDMA is 3G and the Desire will work on DTAC 3G networks and True networks where available as they use 850 but not with AIS which uses 900. DTAC doesn't determine the frequencies allocated to specific phones so can't put the blame on them that HTC is using 850.

Indeed. But, I just wanted to make sure the guy who asked the question understood that the Desire S will indeed work for AIS One-2 Call. you just aren't going to get 3G.

A word of warning on the HTC's longer term, I have a HTC and its battery died, my wifes friend has a shop at tuk com and replaced it, the normal price is 1200 baht for the battery, they said HTC are one of the most expensive for parts and batteries, the usb socket also needs replacing and only HTC can do it, none of the repair places have the part, HTC want 2000 baht plus for the socket which other phones is a 100 baht replacement part.

Not doubting your experience but I've had my Desire for over two years without any problems...when you produce millions of anything, there are bound to be a few duds in the mix but one's chances of buying that one is small (but still sucks if it's you). As for batteries, like any large screen phone with a fast CPU, batteries drain quickly, however, I bought a set of two replacements and a charger from a Hong Kong based eBay storefront for US$ 15.00 (including shipping) and now just always carry with me a fully-charged extra battery around with me. (I believe other Desire owners here have bought extra batteries from this same store.)

Indeed. Both my wife and I bought the 2-pack 1900Mhz battery for $20 via Amazon. I'm an active member of the Desire (and now the Sensation) dev community and can attest that there is no running issue with battery problems or the USB socket. With that being said, if you compare part prices for the HTC over say, Thailand's favorite phone-of-choice-Nokia, you bet HTC is going to run you a little more. But, if you want a smartphone, Nokia is not your solution

I think its time to move this 2010 topic over to:

Internet, computers, communication, technology

I picked mine up at an authorized HTC dealer in Bangkok and later saw them at a dealer in Pattaya but I can't remember which one.

I did a short review on it here.