So when Can I expect the HTC Desire HD to appear on the irish market?

brendanL

Ok so I've watched the videos, read the threads on the specs... and I've decided that my first leap into the android smartphone range will be the HTC Desire HD, so I want to buy one, unfortunatly everyones staying pretty tight lipped about it. Although I saw a thread that carphone warehouse would be selling it from the 10th of this month..... I'll remain pessimistic of that ;D untill the 10th

Also I want to get it on pay as you go... I know it's mostly speculation at this point but does anyone think it'll be possible to buy it as payg as soon as it's released or will it only be bill pay only?

Keith186

If you want PAYG the best bet will probably be to buy online maybe...

ChopShop

brendanL wrote: »

It's mostly speculation at this point but does anyone think it'll be possible to buy it as payg as soon as it's released or will it only be bill pay only?

If any network offers this on PAYG, i'm guessing the price will be in striking distance of just buying it sim free.

As for CPW, i thought it wasn't out 'til the 15th or so?

brendanL

well the CPW rumour I read on a random tech blog at some stage...

but today I was in a meteor store with a friend who was picking up a mobile broadband dongle and I seized the oppertunity to ask the sales guy... who said they'd have it by 'the end of the month' I was hoping to wangle more info out of him but then the conversation descended into a phone war between him and my friend XD. The last perk my freind tried to best him with was... well my phone use's spare cpu cycles for cancer research... XD

Shane O' Malley

Meteor thinking they will have the Desire HD when they have not had the Desire for months?

I see even emobile have taken it off their list too.

They may get to list the phone but will they have enough stock?

Abelloid

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Meteor thinking they will have the Desire HD when they have not had the Desire for months?

I see even emobile have taken it off their list too.

They may get to list the phone but will they have enough stock?

Nobody had a steady supply of Desires, the AMOLED screen shortage sorted that.

brendanL

emobile took the desire off their list? I was literally holding one (HTC Desire that is) in my hand in the blanch store yesterday... and it was a live model to play with and if the very convincing sales person was anything to go by the five box's he had sitting on a shelf did not contain mysterious candy *waves arms around* but the phone... ready to be sold to me should I choose to not wait it out for the HD

Shane O' Malley

But not on their website any more.

Only the Wildfire left there.

Looks like supply not solid. Shops being supplied first.

Ample Free ...?

Seems to be a delay because of some red tape at Google, article here.

ChopShop

Due to carriers trying to dump old phones, demand from carriers able to put in larger orders.... I can see the HD not being readily available until after xmas.


/gloom.

shortys94

I'm pretty sure three have the desire in stock?

Brian

I would say end of October at the earliest. As for PAYG, no chance boyo. You'll have to get it sim-free if you don't want a contract.

Oafley Jones

Baza210 wrote: »

I would say end of October at the earliest. As for PAYG, no chance boyo. You'll have to get it sim-free if you don't want a contract.

I don't know if they've announced if they're getting it, but three will offer it on PAYG if they do get it.

Tea_Bag

Oafley Jones wrote: »

I don't know if they've announced if they're getting it, but three will offer it on PAYG if they do get it.

source?

5500

If your buying simfree clove.co.uk are now saying

First stock expected week ending 22/10

Oafley Jones

Tea_Bag wrote: »

source?

Here's a question for you; which one of it's phones doesn't three offer on PAYG?

Bluefoam

I'll be receiving mine in 3 weeks, o was just informed...

DGRulz

Heres a qs for someone. I plan on gettting the HD when ever it comes out, I'll be gettingg it on a Meteor Bill pay contract, but Im currently on PAYG, sould I switch to Bill pay a week or so before getting the phone or wait and do it on the day??

ChopShop

DGRulz wrote: »

Heres a qs for someone. I plan on gettting the HD when ever it comes out, I'll be gettingg it on a Meteor Bill pay contract, but Im currently on PAYG, sould I switch to Bill pay a week or so before getting the phone or wait and do it on the day??

I would've thought you have to sign for a contract at the same time you buy the phone in order to get a discount on said phone.


...Or did i misunderstand the question?

Walkman

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Here's a question for you; which one of it's phones doesn't three offer on PAYG?

Blackberry, SE Satio when they had it, N97 when they had that....

Oafley Jones

Walkman wrote: »

Blackberry, SE Satio when they had it, N97 when they had that....

So, only one phone at the moment and that's more than likely owing to Blackberry services. So given that, what do you feel is the probability that they won't offer the HD on PAYG.

vandammaged

Ive never ordered a phone online

which would be the safest site to buy off ?

Keith186 wrote: »

If you want PAYG the best bet will probably be to buy online maybe...

Brian

3 weeks from now in the UK according to someone in the know. So... before Christmas

Mits

I phoned both vodafone.ie and three.ie today both sales reps said the had no plans to get the HTC DESIRE HD. Both of the reps went of to check this for me.

I was left waiting 52mins before the Vodafone rep picked up the call.

After searching the web I can across this link

http://comingsoon.vodafone.ie/register/desirehd

ChopShop

I'd be fairly surprised if VF have it before early Dec.

rc28

Was speaking to a meteor employee who said they were emailed today to say that the Desire HD will arrive in at the "end of the month".

I'm not sure if I'll bother waiting that long and just grab a Galaxy S instead?

Bluefoam

Its up to you. I'm sure there is nothing wrong with the Galaxy S. What do you want from a phone? The two have different specs, but IMHO HTC have much better build quality...

rc28

Bluefoam wrote: »

Its up to you. I'm sure there is nothing wrong with the Galaxy S. What do you want from a phone? The two have different specs, but IMHO HTC have much better build quality...

Yes I have heard that HTC build quality is excellent but the SGS has 8GB onboard storage (whereas Meteor said they would only provide a 2GB sd card with the desire hd but obviously I can buy a bigger card myself) and the screen on the SGS is eye popping (the desire hd's screen doesn't look too great in any video I've seen of it and they are stretching the same pixel density as the regular desire over a 4.3inch screen). I also notice that the new HD7 has the same screen as the Android Desire HD and it has been criticised by Engadget already.

On the other hand HTC seem to provide better widgets and the new htcsense.com features seem like a really good idea.

I will probably wait till the hd comes out so I can compare it in person to the SGS.

artvandulet

Desire HD now listed on Vodafone. Prices start at €99 for billpay.
http://www.vodafone.ie/phones-plans/smartphones/phones/android/

"Coming Really Soon"

Abelloid

Yeah, yeah. Vodafone clearly haven't a clue.

ChopShop

Bluefoam wrote: »

Its up to you. I'm sure there is nothing wrong with the Galaxy S. .

Lack of flash on the camera was probably the only thing that stopped me buying one.

JustinOval wrote: »

Yeah, yeah. Vodafone clearly haven't a clue.

I guess anyone who needs to read VF's website to find out, probably won't know.

coolbreeze01

I see it's on carphone warehouse uk expected on the 19th.

www.carphonewarehouse.com/news/coming-soon

cullenswood

I was talking to someone in the 3 Irish upgrade department today and he said the desire HD would probably be months away from being on 3 considering it took them so long to get the basic Desire on their books

5500

Some stock the end of next week the rest in november according to clove, fingers crossed my pre order comes next week!

artvandulet

Spoke to Meteor today.
They will have the Desire HD and Desire Z this month!

Brian

artvandulet wrote: »

Spoke to Meteor today.
They will have the Desire HD and Desire Z this month!

Are you sure it was somebody in the know? They may have just read it from the announcement on the Meteor Facebook page which was posted before the TA failure.

Oafley Jones

Cnet have a review up. Overall positive, but they mention short battery life and a screen that's more washed out than HTC's other offerings.


http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/mobilephones/0,39051200,45305089p,00.htm

artvandulet

Baza210 wrote: »

Are you sure it was somebody in the know? They may have just read it from the announcement on the Meteor Facebook page which was posted before the TA failure.

It was just the local Meteor shop. The staff said they had received info that day on it and it said available in October.

davehey79

https://phones.meteor.ie/phones/

i see the meteor phones section is down at the minute i wonder are they updating to show the new Derires on it ?

Svetti Arss

I would not think so. It should not be necessary to bring a site down to add products.

The site is having problems because the SSL certificate expired today.

tetsujin1979

Svetti Arss wrote: »

I would not think so. It should not be necessary to bring a site down to add products.

The site is having problems because the SSL certificate expired today.

This. Firefox issued a security warning when I tried to open the page

Tea_Bag

spoke to a lady in the meteor shop today (castletroy) and she said "dont get your hopes up that it'll be in before january/late december at the earlyiest." also, she said they've fully stopped all desire1 orders, and wont be selling it again.

oh and my favorite, "we expect about 2 maybe 3 phones per store when it launches.

seems you're going to have to kiss ass and sweet talk your way into a phone, because, expectedly, there is usually one person who works at the store who wants one too. i know it was like that for the hero, legend and desire in my local store.

EDIT: oh and there is definitely no emails etc being sent to staff on pricing, except that there wont be a PAYG option.

NeitherJohn

Daryll posted on the O2 Community forums, claiming that Vodafone have exclusivity of the Desire HD, thus the reason why O2 aren't carrying it.

There's videos of people from the Netherlands on YouTube unboxing them, makes ya want one even more!:D

http://community.o2online.ie/t5/HTC/HTC-Desire-HD-not-on-o2-network/m-p/163874#M2420

Bluefoam

My understanding is that at least one network (not Vodafone) is currently testing them & they will be available before the end of Octobre.

Nision

Name the other Network? id heard Three were in the process of putting there software on them.

DublinKopite

Well my mate works for e-mobile and i've been on him about the HTC Desire HD almost every day for the past 3 weeks and he doesn't seem to know what exactly is happening with it. They haven't been given proper updates on pricing/release dates just yet. They had originally planned to release it mid-October (obviously not going to happen now :P) but since they were originally updated a few weeks back they haven't heard anything since. So I doubt it's e-mobile that will have them ready by the end of the month anyways.

But when they do i'll already have one stashed away for me!

Goldigga

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_hd_now_available_in_uk_online_stores-news-2011.php

Seems like you can already get it in the UK

Abelloid

Goldigga wrote: »

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_hd_now_available_in_uk_online_stores-news-2011.php

Seems like you can already get it in the UK

Clicking a link in that article - 'Estimated in 3 days'.

http://www.expansys.com/htc-desire-hd-203871/


'Pre-order. | Due for release on 25 October 2010'

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/16440100/HTC-Desire-HD-Android-Sim-Free-Unlocked-8-Megapixel-Touch-Screen-Mobile-Phone/Product.html

bogman

Enough said, im getting one, the Galaxy, Desire & Iphone dont rate in comparison, hope Vodafone get em in soon

Abelloid

bogman wrote: »

Enough said, im getting one, the Galaxy, Desire & Iphone dont rate in comparison, hope Vodafone get em in soon

Saw one on a Vodafone billboard this morning, from the image it appears to be loaded with useless VF bloatware.

cojomo2

bogman wrote: »

Enough said, im getting one, the Galaxy, Desire & Iphone dont rate in comparison, hope Vodafone get em in soon

Just curious, when you say that the current desire doesn't compare with the new HD, what makes you think this? As far as I can see, it's not much of an upgrade.

The display although bigger, is a lower quality display.

The current Desire has the same froyo and is due to get the updated sense UI before the end of the year.

Camera, although has more mega pixels will most likely be not much different quality wise.

Battery is smaller, has less talk time over 3g, though is supposed to have a longer stand by time(time will tell).