HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1 (2008)
The world's first Android smartphone, released on October 22, 2008 in the US (T-Mobile G1) and on October 30 in the UK. It had a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2" HVGA display, a Qualcomm MSM7201A at 528 MHz, 192 MB of RAM, a trackball, and Android 1.0 (updated to 1.6 Donut). It sold more than 1 million units in six months. The codename was Dream, and in Europe it was sold as the HTC Dream.
HTC Magic / T-Mobile myTouch 3G (2009)
The first Android phone without a hardware keyboard. Vodafone sold it in Europe (April 2009) and T-Mobile in the US as the myTouch 3G. The Google Ion was a developer version at Google I/O 2009.
HTC Hero (2009)
June 2009. The first smartphone with the HTC Sense interface (see Proprietary Technologies), the first with Flash support on Android, with the signature "chin" on the body and a Teflon coating. In the US it was the Sprint Hero, and the T-Mobile G2 Touch in Europe. The codename was Hero; the CDMA version was the Droid Eris (Verizon).
HTC Tattoo (2009)
A budget QVGA device (codename Click) with swappable panels.
Nexus One (January 2010)
Google's first phone, designed and built by HTC (codename Passion). A 3.7" AMOLED 800×480 display, a 1 GHz Snapdragon QSD8250, 512 MB of RAM, a trackball and Android 2.1. It was sold only through Google's website for $529, a sales failure (~500,000 units), but it defined the format of pure Android. Production ended in July 2010.
HTC Legend (2010)
An all-aluminum body made from a single piece of metal (unibody), a 3.2" AMOLED display and an optical trackpad. The successor to the Hero.
HTC Desire (2010)
Codename Bravo. Essentially a Nexus One with HTC Sense and an optical trackpad instead of a trackball. A bestseller in Europe and Asia, it launched the HTC Desire Series (2010–2024) lineup. A 3.7" AMOLED (later SLCD because of the Samsung AMOLED shortage), a 1 GHz Snapdragon and Android 2.1→2.3.
HTC Droid Incredible (2010)
Verizon, April 2010. Like the Desire, but with an 8 MP camera and a red "inside". One of Verizon's biggest hits before the Galaxy S.
HTC EVO 4G (2010)
Sprint, June 2010. The first 4G smartphone in the US (WiMAX). A 4.3" WVGA display, a 1 GHz Snapdragon, 8 MP, HDMI, a 1.3 MP front camera and a flip-out kickstand. The most successful launch in Sprint's history at the time. The series: the EVO Shift 4G (2011), EVO 3D (2011, a stereoscopic display and two cameras), EVO Design 4G, and the EVO 4G LTE (2012, a variant of the One X).
HTC Wildfire (2010)
A budget "mini Desire" with a 3.2" QVGA display. The Wildfire S (2011) had HVGA. See Other Lineups and Models.
HTC Desire HD / Desire Z (2010)
The Desire HD (Ace) had a 4.3" WVGA display, an aluminum unibody, and was the Inspire 4G at AT&T. The Desire Z (Vision) was a QWERTY slider on a "Z-hinge", and in the US the T-Mobile G2.
HTC Thunderbolt (2011)
Verizon, March 2011. Verizon's first LTE smartphone. Known for terrible battery life and update delays (Ice Cream Sandwich arrived a year and a half later).
HTC Sensation (2011)
Codename Pyramid. HTC's first dual-core phone: a Snapdragon S3 at 1.2 GHz, a 4.3" qHD display, an aluminum unibody and Sense 3.0. The Sensation XE came with Beats Audio and 1.5 GHz. The Sensation XL had a 4.7" display and Beats headphones. In the US it was the T-Mobile Sensation 4G.
HTC Incredible S, Desire S, Wildfire S (2011)
Updated bodies on single-core Snapdragons, with Sense 2.1.
HTC Flyer (2011)
A 7" tablet on Android 2.3 with the HTC Scribe digital pen (sold separately for $80). In the US it was the EVO View 4G. HTC's only Android tablet until the Nexus 9 (2014, built by HTC) and the HTC Jetstream (10", AT&T, 2011).
HTC ChaCha and Salsa (2011)
"Facebook phones" with a physical Facebook button; the ChaCha had a QWERTY keyboard (AT&T Status), and the Salsa a touchscreen.
HTC Rhyme (2011)
A "women's" phone in plum with a glowing charging cube (Charm) and a dock. The first with Beats Audio.
HTC Rezound (2011)
Verizon, November 2011. HTC's first 720p display (4.3"), Beats and LTE. In effect a prototype of the One X.
HTC Amaze 4G, Vivid, Raider, Velocity 4G (2011)
Regional LTE/HSPA+ variations on the Snapdragon S3 with an 8 MP camera (the Amaze focused on the camera).