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The outstanding physical feature of HTC’s HD2 is the 4.3-inch, 800 x 400 pixel resolution screen, which dominates the device. It is capacitive rather than resistive – there is no stylus here – and is extremely responsive to the touch. It is a 3.5G/HSDPA device and delivers the closest to a desktop-like browsing experience one could get on a mobile.

The phone measures 67mm x 120.5mm but amazingly is only 11mm thick – 1.6 mm thinner than an iPhone. It has a rubberised finish and metallic back and weighs a hefty157g. The accelerometer ensures the screen image flips between portrait and landscape automatically as you tilt the screen. There is a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, FM radio and digital compass.

Running Windows Mobile 6.5, it has Pocket Office with all the associated applications: there is automatic integration with Facebook, you can share videos on YouTube and use HTC’s own Peep for Twittering. A sobering thought is that the HD2 has the same processor and RAM specifications that would have graced a top-of-the-range desktop PC about a decade ago.

The media player supports all the popular file formats and there is a standard 3.5 mm jack so you can choose your own headphones.

Battery life is rated at up to six hours’ talk time (GSM); five (3G) and around 450 hours on standby from a full charge; video playback can run to eight hours and audio up to 12 hours.