The HTC Desire has for a while now been the only real competitor for the Apple iPhone and has become the phone of choice for die hard Android fans. Today at the HTC Launch event in the UK, HTC unveiled two new models of the popular Android phone.

The two new models are the HTC Desire HD and the HTC Desire Z, the one a new high end device set to take on the new role of the iPhone 4 alternative and the other a bit more slimmed down version of the normal HTC Desire.

The HTC Desire HD features a new 8 Megapixel camera capable of 720p video recoding with 2 LED flashlights. It also features a large 4.3″ SLCD screen capable of 480×800 resolution, 1.5GB internal memory for storage and 768MB or RAM while maintaining the 1GHz processor.

The HTC Desire Z has a bit of a slimmed down processor coming in at 800MHz, it also has 1.5GB on internal memory for storage, 512MB or RAM, a 3.7″ SLCD screen, and 5 Megapixel camera capable of 720p video recording. The major difference with the HTC Desire Z is that it features a Z-Slider QWERTY keyboard.

Both new models of the HTC Desire will ship with Android Froyo 2.2 and will allow you to share videos, pictures and music to your TV or Display with the help of  DLNA.

Both the HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z will be available from next month overseas so we should hopefully see them here in South Africa within the next few months.