I really can't wait for tomorrow morning, because Dr. Who comes out! It looks fantastic, from all the clips I've seen, and I hope it is

Anyway, I'm really split over which phone to get. It's a rather difficult decision, because it's almost $600 overall I'm paying for it (and that's just straight off). I've managed to narrow it down to two phones, both by the same company: The HTC Desire and HTC Legend.

They are easily the two best Android phones on the market (in my opinion, I mean, spec-wise, the Nexus One trumps the Legend). Both have the newest Sense UI and Android 2.1, with multitouch, the same number of buttons and an optical trackpad, and both are around $550, excluding shipping and mobile plans. The Desire has fantastic specs, with it's 3.7 inch screen, 1GHz processor, and nearly double the Legend's pixel count, but the Legend is just so sleek. That aluminium unibody makes it one of the best looking phones (in my opinion) ever. I'm not a fan of the 'graphite' colour of the Desire, and while a silver version is available, I can't find any store that stocks them.

So, basically, what I'm looking for is a good phone that I can use to browse the web (not videos), take some pictures, and use apps with. I probably won't stress the phone spec-wise, because I don't think there are many spec-heavy games/apps on the market at the moment. I do sort of want the extra processing capacities, though, because my dad owns a HTC Hero, and it lags quite a bit, even on simple things like menu scrolling. I have a feeling this is a software rather than hardware issue, because I've heard of no lagging on the Legend, which has a very similar processor. I'm probably also going to be using GPS quite a bit, and the camera, sometimes, and I'll definitely harness the flash as a flash-light.

What I also want is a phone that will show up Apple fanboys, and specs and looks are both necessary, I think, for that.

One of my biggest worries is the screen size. I have never used any touchscreen device (well, phone-like) with a bigger screen than 3.5 inches (the iPhone), nor with more pixels than the Hero has (340x480, I think). I don't mind the Hero's size or screen, and both are pretty much the same as the Legend's. However, the Desire offers a much bigger screen, and a similar size, AND almost double, as I said before, pixel density. I want to know if the difference is notable, and if so by what degree, but I have no chance to hands-on with a Desire, certainly not a real one.

So, basically, should I go for specs or looks? I'm totally split here, but I think I'm swaying towards the Legend.

Comments would be much appreciated.

Rav