Why I never Bought an Android Phone Again

https://www.techadvisor.com/article/3149057/why-i-never-bought-an-android-phone-again.html

Publish Date: 2026-05-27 05:45:00

With the HTC Desire, 2010 finally saw the arrival of an Android smartphone that was on a par with the iPhone, which had been available since 2007. For a long time, I was an enthusiastic and proud owner of one such Desire until I began to feel the drawbacks of the Android world at that time and switched to the iPhone – here’s why it all went wrong.

As soon as it became available in 2010, I bought the HTC Desire and picked up a few accessories to go with it: a Brodit car mount with a charging cable and a phone case. After all, my new treasure needed to be well protected, and I was using the HTC Desire with Google Maps more and more often as a replacement for my old TomTom sat-nav.

My old HTC Desire

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The Desire quickly became my indispensable daily companion. Admittedly, there weren’t as many apps in 2010 as there are today, and many of the existing Android apps were poorly programmed or simply awkward to use. But overall, the Android smartphone shone as a reliable and powerful workhorse. I was happy, especially as the Desire was a real pleasure to hold and felt very comfortable.

I wasn’t the only one to think this and HTC went on to make many popular Desire models over the following years, but it hasn’t launched anything since the HTC U24 Pro in 2024 (below).

Back then, I eagerly collected the best tips and tricks for Android and also shared them on YouTube. I even defended Google’s mobile operating system in a TV debate against my colleague, who was championing the iPhone (I would even have won the vote if the presenter hadn’t miscounted).

My satisfaction lasted a long time. Android 2.2 was even released for the Android 2.1 that came pre-installed on my Desire. But that was the end of it; Android 2.3 could only be installed with a great deal of fiddling. What’s more, I then had to do without some apps because the storage on the Desire was too limited. This significantly restricted its usability and…

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