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HTC Desire HD
just ordered mine
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Wish I held off now a few months ago instead of signing up on a 12 month SIM only plan. Love my HTC Hero but starting to find that newer apps are pushing it to the limit.
Desire HD looks amazing, I hope you enjoy it.
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just ordered mine
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That's sooner than mine
![]() mines 14th - 18th so just over 2 weeks to wait for me at £469 inc delivery. |
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Anyone know when this will hit networks? Orange?
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Anyone know when this will hit networks? Orange?
Fair to assume others will get it when the dust settles |
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Voda have got first crack at it - free phone, 300 mins/unlimited texts/1 gig data @ £30/month.
Fair to assume others will get it when the dust settles |
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That deal does look incredible, where did you see that?
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Where did you order yours from and how much?
mobilephonesdirect on 02 300 min,unlimited texts and unlimited mobile web for £30 a month |
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Voda have got first crack at it - free phone, 300 mins/unlimited texts/1 gig data @ £30/month.
Fair to assume others will get it when the dust settles ![]() Desire HD £30/month |
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that ties you into a 24 month contract...not ideal
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that ties you into a 24 month contract...not ideal
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Fair point. The same tariff on 18 month = £35/month + £35 for the phone. Thinking about it that's quite attractive but for whatever reason 99.9% of people go for free phones/lower rental on 24 month - especially if the phone is brand new.
Here is a list of 18 month deals. The cheapest being £35/month, £15 for the phone, 600mins/unlim texts on Vodafone. |
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I know what you mean. Personally I would prefer a 12 month deal, 18 I can live with, 24 is just too long.
Here is a list of 18 month deals. The cheapest being £35/month, £15 for the phone, 600mins/unlim texts on Vodafone. O2 can be right slow sometimes, not nearly as fast as 3. But 3 only did 3G and not GPRS (owing to the fact that Orange would provide calls and texts only) T-Mobile is only £4 extra for the phone, Picture Message inclusion and texts when I'm abroard could come into play too. I know what you mean about the lengths too, I usually get bored of my phone after a year - the way things are going I can see 36 month deals coming up - whereas 12 months was the norm before, it's now 18 and slowly creeping up to 24 |
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I know what you mean about the lengths too, I usually get bored of my phone after a year - the way things are going I can see 36 month deals coming up - whereas 12 months was the norm before, it's now 18 and slowly creeping up to 24
Orange have been trying 36 month deals but the market just doesn't seem to like them at the moment, maybe that will change. Also of course a lot of people are not "tech savvy" so don't mind - or even know- if their phone is not cutting edge. Either way there isn't the margins in 18 month deals to make them attractive for the networks to push hard on high end phones. |
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What are the prices sim-free?
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This thing is rediculously expensive. The only way i can afford it is if Vodafone do a similar deal to the one they did for the Desire on twitter. I think it was something like £20pm for the first 12months then £30pm for the last 6. Hopefully someone pulls something out of the bag.
£30pm on a 24month contract? Are they insane? The 24 month contract is bad enough. |
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What are the prices sim-free?
They do look good but there's not enough extra to justify that amount when I already have a Desire. |
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This thing is rediculously expensive. The only way i can afford it is if Vodafone do a similar deal to the one they did for the Desire on twitter. I think it was something like £20pm for the first 12months then £30pm for the last 6. Hopefully someone pulls something out of the bag.
£30pm on a 24month contract? Are they insane? The 24 month contract is bad enough. |
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This thing is rediculously expensive. The only way i can afford it is if Vodafone do a similar deal to the one they did for the Desire on twitter. I think it was something like £20pm for the first 12months then £30pm for the last 6. Hopefully someone pulls something out of the bag..
When the dust settles in a few weeks there'll be some good deals with line rental redemption probably getting it down to low 20s per month on 24 months but I can't see it getting any lower. The original Desire is ~£16 now and the HD has to be more expensive. |
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Typical mobile phone companies. Hopefully people are now starting to cut down the excess, what with jobs being lost left right and centre. First things to go will be unnecessary pay tv channels and mobile phone contracts
The thing people would give up last is their mobile phone probably not surprising. Next to last was Sky TV - go figure
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£469 at Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/HTC-Desire-F.../dp/B003ZDP5YK
They do look good but there's not enough extra to justify that amount when I already have a Desire. £465.90 incl. delivery here - http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/sim-free-...-hd-p26004.htm |
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Does anyone know if the voice guidance is free? I think I heard it was, but then watched a youtube video where they referred to it as an addon.
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Great piece here from CNET on the best contract network deals on the HTC Desire HD - work in progress but a very good read.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/best...eals-50000949/ |
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