HTC Legend – Am I looking a the same pictures?

Now we all know the ‘ol “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” cliche, but I gotta tell you, I feel like I’m missing out on some practical joke here. This week, the Mobile World Congress is taking place over in Barcelona. You might have noticed, as there’s been a slew of hardware, software, and carrier announcements the past few days. HTC has been especially busy and just announced a handful of new phones, one being the HTC Legend. Now the device isn’t a bad looking piece of hardware, in fact I’d rank it well above Pontiac Aztek, but still below Concord. That said, I can’t figure out for the life of me why it’s garnering the following praise……

Gizmodo –

Not only is HTC’s Legend their best-looking Android phone to date, I’m going to throw my hat in the ring and say it’s the best-looking Android phone period. Created from a single piece of aluminum, it’s more than MacBook-esque.

Androidcentral

The HTC Legend is easily the best looking phone of Mobile World Congress.

Engadget –

The take away here is this phone is pure beauty and class, and an absolutely huge upgrade (as far as aesthetics go anyway, we’ll hold judgment til we can really test it out) from the HTC Hero it replaces

Mashable

… with its aluminum housing, the Legend definitely wins the beauty contest.

After staring at pictures of the phone for awhile, I decided to make this image.

I’m not sure if it’s possible to associate the words “beauty” and “ZOMG BEST EVERRR!” with the device pictured above, but hey, we’re all entitled to our opinions.