HTC takes its words back, Gingerbread for the Desire is a go

15 June, 2011
Now that's a bit of unexpected news. HTC all of a sudden has decided that Gingebread will eventually come to the Desire. Yesterday the company announced that due to lack of memory... UPDATED

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  • Minde
  • 3H0
  • 15 Jun 2011

that`s not really nice hyc....

    • ?
    • Anonymous
    • smx
    • 15 Jun 2011

    I don't care W.T.F happend, but desire will get it's update and only this matters.
    thank you HTC.

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      • OSagnostic
      • mxK
      • 15 Jun 2011

      reddeath, 15 Jun 2011I believe that all phones should be upgradable to the lates... moreI think it is good for manufacturers to support a phone for 18 months. 3 to 4 years is totaly unrealistic. For people on contract you replace your phone every 2years max.

        • q
        • quiver
        • P}v
        • 15 Jun 2011

        tomorrow, they will announce that the desire won't get another update.

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          • SFAN
          • x5@
          • 15 Jun 2011

          Anonymous, 15 Jun 2011To be honest the lack of memory statement may be true if th... moreFirst, Gingerbread uses less RAM than Froyo. Second, RAM is NOT the issue, ROM is the issue.

            • M
            • Marcus
            • dZv
            • 15 Jun 2011

            oh GSMARENA you've been pressing HTC this past few days, I've noticed ü

              • ?
              • Anonymous
              • Mww
              • 15 Jun 2011

              Install cm7 and forget the Sense crap,
              HTC - quietly lies.

                • m
                • mintvilla
                • 32y
                • 15 Jun 2011

                Anonymous, 15 Jun 2011To be honest the lack of memory statement may be true if th... moreLOL you dont know what your talking about, you need to learn the difference between ram and rom.

                ALso the desire has 576mb of ram, not 512.

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                  • Levin
                  • 39E
                  • 15 Jun 2011

                  Anonymous, 15 Jun 2011To be honest the lack of memory statement may be true if th... moreHTC Desire has 576MB of RAM actually

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                    • Anonymous
                    • jrY
                    • 15 Jun 2011

                    eventually? I think they made this statement to cover themselves..lies besides that have you seen what happens to a phone when its upgraded and does not have enough memory it becomes a very nice looking paper weight.(mytouch 1.2 was and still is horrible after it was updated)

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 3pH
                      • 15 Jun 2011

                      To be honest the lack of memory statement may be true if they going to use desire S gingerbread for desire. My desire S has about 250mb free. desire s has 768mb ram compare to desire 512mb ram. In order words desire has 256mb ram less compare to desire s. Which means htc has to do quite a bit work to trim down their sense ui otherwise desire will be struggling to run "fat" gingerbread.

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                        • Budgetblown
                        • Mx@
                        • 15 Jun 2011

                        HTC - WTH?

                        In order for a company to maintain credibility they have to give their products some longevity - it's good that HTC are listening to users, but worrying that they were on the brink of NOT bringing gingerbread to the Desire.

                        I have less faith in HTC than I had, for sure. I'm 8 months away from an upgrade, and will be considering other suppliers. I want longevity and ongoing support - I'd expect it for a £400 computer, I demand it for a £400 phone.

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                          • Sky
                          • 9y1
                          • 15 Jun 2011

                          Yep how i said this was a joke.

                          Yeah HTC is a joke

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                            • sebu
                            • 0Ua
                            • 15 Jun 2011

                            thank you HTC !

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                              • Ahmed
                              • n56
                              • 15 Jun 2011

                              HTC lied and thought they could get away with it. Even though they've changed their minds and will bring Gingerbread to Desire, that's not enough for me. I want a statement which says 'sorry we lied to you' but obviously this won't happen. HTC, their CEO and senior management have hit a low...

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                                • Alan
                                • HIJ
                                • 15 Jun 2011

                                it is good that htc takes its words back becouse i have desire too!
                                thankx

                                  • k
                                  • kamran abul
                                  • K2E
                                  • 15 Jun 2011

                                  finally go for it htc hip hip hurrah thank you so so much you realy made it for us coooooooooooooooooooooool

                                    • r
                                    • rands rodriguez
                                    • t7K
                                    • 15 Jun 2011

                                    just remove your bloatware apps HTC.

                                    please add app2sd for more memory space :P

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Nq9
                                      • 15 Jun 2011

                                      hahahahah last line xD ! COMM on HTC xD so good writer

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                                        • AnonD-1471
                                        • 0Bx
                                        • 15 Jun 2011

                                        "We will not update Desire with gingerbread" says HTC, then someone from there accidentally find XDA forum part, where 2.3.3 for desire is the standard now.