yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] Jabbypants:
In the end i phoned T-Mobile and told him about some of the deals i had seen and as i only need 300 mins/texts a month he did me a free desire on £25 a month obviously with 3 gig internet usage for going direct with them and unlimited land lines, more than happy with that so got one coming tomorrow, now i can sell the Milestone.
[Desire General] skanj:
was that on a 24 month contract mate?
[Desire General] Jabbypants:
Yeah 24 months am happy with that i am not in the position to pay big amounts for a phone up front so have to do it this way but will do me.
[Desire General] Nmidia:
Hiya,

email from mobiles says that dispatch is still today, for my orange contract.
[Desire General] skanj:
still waiting for news...
[Desire General] skanj:
Just called them, now there saying probably monday
[Desire General] Nmidia:
website is showing stock.

curious
[Desire General] brummiesteven:
Cancelled my order, stuck with T-Mobile. £25 for the handset, 24 month contract 600 mins, unlim texts, unlim internet. Same as I would have got on Vodaphone except handset is £25 as opposed to free and internet FUP at 3GB.
[Desire General] skanj:
just got an email saying that it didnt come in today and is expected tomorrow
[Desire General] brummiesteven:
I think they're bullshitting, I cancelled after I read all the horror stories across the net and also when I rang them they were FAR from professional.
[Desire General] rodenal:
Hmm the site now tells me that my password is incorrect when i try to login

which it isnt - but i've tried to reset it anyway - and it now tells me they cant reset the password at present, odd.

It's maybe a coincidence but I have only this afternoon emailed them moaning as they are trying to use my pac code expiring as an excuse for the order not yet being fully processed/shipped (when i've already spoken with vodafone who told me just to call up with a new pac when i recieve the handset).
[Desire General] Nmidia:
my username and password failed earlier too, but working again now. Maybe site maintenance.

I havn't had any emails saying that its not coming. I'm going to leave my order in place with mobiles, and wait with it until orange official site launch theirs. Whichever launches first will get my order.
[Desire General] skanj:
apparently they have stock..

http://www.intomobile.com/2010/03/26/htc-desire-will-begin-shipping-friday-26th-march.html
[Desire General] Nmidia:
i've emailed them, but no reply as yet.
[Desire General] Nmidia:
Phoned them....they say that the stock only came in today, so won't be dispatched until Monday, delivered on Tuesday before 1pm.

RUBBISH, no consistent message from them. Not impressed.

Anyone know when retail stores are getting them in stock?
[Desire General] pphillips001:
To confirm NMidia

I've just spoke to one of their sales guys and he said that we should get notification of dispatch today and delivery either Monday or possibly Tuesday.

*GROAN*
[Desire General] rodenal:
I've had it with them too - just decided to do an online order with Tmobile so assuming that goes through ok i'll just cancel the mobiles.co.uk order, they just dont tell you the whole story, ever.
[Desire General] Nmidia:
i do sympathise with them.....we went with them because they were cheap, and going to be the first to ship. HTC could well have let them down. The guys on the end of the phone only work with whatever info they are told.

That being said...I WANT MINE NOW! so many people have theirs already! I'm so impatient:)
[Desire General] rodenal:
I'm not all that bothered about not having the phone today, but the way they've processed my order has annoyed me.

It became clear yesterday when they emailed me that the order was never going to be fulfilled and phone released then whether the phone was in stock or not. They have had a month to process all the administrative guff.

This couple with the fact that they aren't being honest about not having the phone in yet (which i'm sure people would prefer) has just annoyed me.
[Desire General] MazMx5:
Received an email at 10am today, the phone has shipped ans should arrive next working day by special delivery. I guess it will be Monday? 12 month contract with Vodafone. Not sure if anyone else has chosen Vodafone?
[Desire General] Nmidia:
no email here:( Was hoping that they might be available in shops today, could maybe have picked one up
[Desire General] carbuncle69:
Same with me, though how it squares up with "Tracy and Matts" post on supply problems (can't post external links, sorry) is anyones guess. Having said that, though the order is listed as "Dispatched" I haven't had the RM tracking code yet. I suppose all will become clear by Tuesday at the latest.
[Desire General] MazMx5:
carbuncle69, what network did you go with? I chose Vodafone, which wasn't expected to launch until mid-April.

I'm wondering whether the phone will be unlocked, and what ROM its using - assuming mobiles.co.uk haven't dispatched the wrong phone!

The phone was shipped today (Saturday), a day after Google apparently approved the latest ROM. I suppose it's possible they received stock on a Saturday? It suggests the Vodafone versions from mobiles.co.uk may be unbranded, posssibly even sim-unlocked.

We should find out very soon.
[Desire General] carbuncle69:
Vodafone too. They claim the phones will all be unbranded and unlocked. I suppose the best case scenario is that the new rom was approved Friday AM, and carphone warehouse have used there "muscle" to get the first batch of freshly flashed phones which they then dispatched to early pre-orders.

The worst case . . . . who knows! We'll know soon enough I suppose.
[Desire General] Nmidia:
mine seems to be stuck at order Received on their site, although I have had personal emails from them (not the automated kind) saying that it will be dispatched and with me on Tuesday. Having said that, I seem to be the only person who will be on Orange with it, so not sure whats going on!
[Desire General] sonandreas:
just need some advice

i want to get this phone and planning on using mobiles.co.uk

i found out i can buy out my vodafone contract for £130 i want to this and move to a new network as i can get better than what i am currently paying for but i want to keep my number

do i need to take out a new contract then tell vodafone i would like to cancel and port my number or is there a specific method of doing this?

another q also do the tariffs on the orange tariff on mobiles.co.uk include data???
[Desire General] skanj:
Ive got mine on orange as well mate.Got an email saying mine should be shipped on monday.
[Desire General] rodenal:
all you need to do is request your pac from vodafone, once that's used they'll send you a final bill and cancel the contract, the pac will also migrrate your number.

I've had an email from mobiles.co.uk today saying they dont have stock it's expected monday, a likely story but t mobile dont have any left either anyway.
[Desire General] skanj:
Some of the orange tariff's inc web and it says on tariff details if it does. Check the deals on buymobiles.net most of them inc a free gift.

http://www.buymobilephones.net/mobile-phones/HTC/HTC-Desire/85,35201
[Desire General] Arbk:
Dunno for sure but I would expect it to be similar to o2.

I asked for my PAC code, it arrived with a 30 day validity period, should i use it within that time to port my number to another network it'll also trigger my account cancellation from that day...with a final bill sometime thereafter.

If I don't use it then it'll expire and my account and billing carries on as was with my current carrier o2.
[Desire General] 400ixl:
I had the email on Saturday saying it was being despatched.

Not sure if this means Monday or Tuesday delivery though. Mine is T-Mobile.
[Desire General] youandwhosearmy:
What tarrifs do you guys choose? I want to stay on Orange but not sure which to go for.
[Desire General] skanj:
I went for the dolphin tariff 24 month. £35 a month,free phone, 900 min, unlimited texts and 500mb web with 10 month half price line rental.
[Desire General] paclives:
So has anyone got one on orange from mobiles.co.uk. I ordered on friday and even tho it states in stock on there site I've yet to receive any confirmation of dispatch or even that my carrier has approved it which some of you have received. I've still got plain old boring order received. Pending :(
[Desire General] pphillips001:
It's arrived! Finally!

I was kind of expecting a horse drawn cart, fanfares, tickertape and footmen and stuff to bring it to the door - or at least a couple of suited agent types with sunglasses : I suppose the DHL delivery guy handing the phone over in a plastic bag will have to suffice.

It's a phone.

It has no branding other than HTC - no sign of T-Mobile at all (other than the SIM card embedded in its gizzards).

However, it's still a phone.

It can predict my text, it can send my emails, it bends and turns to my whim at amazing speeds. It can work out my GPS position to fantastic accuracy. You do get the feeling that the device is one step ahead of you.

However, it's still a phone.

I have no speed issues downloading. Multitouch works like a dream. The camera face-tracks and focuses. Wallpaper swim and ooze in mesmerising patterns. Browsing is the best experience away from the PC - easily.

However, it's still a phone.

The thing is : iPhone was a one-trick horse. Its OS is limited to one company - about 3/4 of its apps are clones of clones of clones. What it has done is woke up moby manufacturers to the fact that we wanted the next stage - and lordy - HTC have delivered.

The thing that takes this device above and beyond its base functionality of phonecalls is the Android OS - it is good in its current form however I believe these are baby steps in relation to what is coming. The Desire (and Nexus) will pull in the interests of the talent to give the platform a very interesting future.

We've got the hardware - so: Bring it on!

:)
[Desire General] cez10:
im guessing its sim unlocked right?
[Desire General] skanj:
lucky git, still waiting for my dispatch email
[Desire General] MazMx5:
Mine has arrived too. Unfortunately I haven't switched it on yet.... No sign of any external Vodafone branding. fingers crossed its unlocked.
[Desire General] pphillips001:
The sim is unlocked - working on both t-mobile and orange alike.
[Desire General] cez10:
could you post your software/phone information to compare with t-mobile ones?

from what i've seen on the vodafone website im 99% sure i wont get a better deal of them than on the mobiles.co.uk site

guys will I be able to upgrade the phone with vodafone if I buy the phone from mobiles.co.uk?
[Desire General] pphillips001:
This was from mobiles.co.uk on a t-mobile contract

Firmware version: 2.1-update1

Baseband: 32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11

Kernel : 2.6.29-97da29ed htc-kernal@and18-2 #1

Build number : 1.15.405.3 CL150129 release-keys

Software number : 1.15.405.3

Browser version : Webkit 3.1
[Desire General] thedalmeny:
Does it have the google voice for text messaging bud?

Yeah your software number is higher than mine (I'm on a T-Mobile UK version - direct).

Don't think there is any difference in revisions really, except obviously my phone has a T-Mobile logo on boot.
[Desire General] nintendolinky:
I updated my phone with the leak that was put on here and its got the same info as posted here. So the update is the same as the phones that mobiles.co.uk are sending out.
[Desire General] cez10:
is the leaked rom an official desire rom or some pre release one?
[Desire General] nintendolinky:
It's official but you will need to create a goldcard as the original t-mobile software wont allow updates to generic HTC roms.
[Desire General] MazMx5:
The vodafone version I have does not have Speech to Text installed.

I suspect that the review posted on the 'Tracey and Matt' blog is correct... It isn't installed on the handsets because of difficulties translating the English accent, and other European languages.

I'm still hoping it can be added later, together with Google maps turn-by-turn navigation...
[Desire General] brummiesteven:
I don't think that's true, I think ALL Handsets we have now are running pre-release roms.

The phone wasn't even supposed to be released until April 1st:

http://www.desirehtc.com/

Expect an update in the next week fixing a few probelms and adding STT
[Desire General] cez10:
what if my phone will be unlocked and unbranded?
[Desire General] sonandreas:
im a bit confused on the mobiles.co.uk

under description it has "pending" but under status it has "despatched"

can anyone explain?

i ordered an orange 900mins, unlimited texts & 500mb data.
[Desire General] Nmidia:
Lucky you! I ordered exactly the same contract as you, over a week ago, and mine still says order received!
[Desire General] sonandreas:
hmmm dont know what to make of it will just have to wait and see tommorow if it has indeed dispatched or somethings up on their system

i just didnt even get a dispatched email, the only email i got was that it has been sent to the warehouse to be dispatched.
[Desire General] rodenal:
try over a month ago lol

to say i'm not impressed is the understatement of the year
[Desire General] skanj:
anyone received a dispatch email yet? Stock came in today apparently..
[Desire General] cez10:
anyone know if I'll be able to upgrade my phone with vodafone if i order it from mobiles.co.uk?

also is it actually better to get an unlocked desire in the way of future roms, fixes etc?
[Desire General] MjOnion:
I have just phoned up now and the sales person told me that the last shipment came in on Saturday, they are expecting more in today (although that’s what they said yesterday).

The thing that annoys me more than anything is that they are purposely misleading customers by saying that they still have stock on their website. When I ask them why this is they said it’s as we’re expecting stock. (Why not put expecting stock on the website then??)

Although I shouldn’t expect anything else from the Carphone Warehouse!
[Desire General] hungabunga:
I ordered yesterday just because they showed stock, should have learnt my lesson last year when I got the Touch HD and the same thing happened. Think it is just to get customers to order then they leave you hanging. I wouldn't mind waiting but showing you have stock gets your expectations up and you are mentally ready to recieve the phone next day. I can't believe that they don't know if and how much stock they are recieveing. I think it will be after 7th April as thats what most other places are saying.
[Desire General] K 7:
That's a routine 4 mobiles.co.uk, they always do so, my personal experience...

K7
[Desire General] paclives:
Apparently orange will be selling the phone on the 2nd of april. I'm torn between cancelling my order with mobiles.co.uk and just waiting until the weekend to order with orange direct, guarenteed saturday courier delivery instead of waiting until possibly next week to receive it from mobiles!....ofcourse theres the possibility that orange are infact not releasing it until the 7th also and I may get it early if I just keep my order pending with mobiles. decisions decisions
[Desire General] cez10:
which network you ordered your phone with from mobiles.co.uk?

cuz im thinking of getting vodafone which actually says in stock on the site, but had already emailed them about it and just waiting for the reply
[Desire General] hungabunga:
I ordered mine on voda and a friend ordered on Orange, mobiles do not have stock. If you really want to hear from them ring as it will be a while until they respond to your email.
[Desire General] paclives:
Update!

I've ordered as an upgrade and I'm with Orange, there website showed me that it was instock however that is not the case, see the email I received just seconds ago!!

Thank you for your email. We have been told today to expect stock on Thursday, so if we do receive them on Thursday they will be dispatched for Tuesdays delivery
[Desire General] quicksite:
Stop saying that!

I forbid you to say that again, or you will be dealt with.

--

In other matters: Tell us what we REALLY need to know: How does the optical trackball work? Is it more responsive and precise than the prior trackballs? I want 5 whole paragraphs JUST on the trackball's usage -- and improveablility of scrolling up/ down , left, right, angled NW, SW, NE, SE, NNW, SSW, NNE, SSE, and on and on and on.

5 paragraphs and nothing less. And no more "it's just a ppppp"
[Desire General] gettingtired:
If you mean right now, then no, mobiles.co.uk will be doing Vodafone Upgrades in the near future, but not quite yet...

If you mean at the end of your contract with the HTC Desire, then yes, it's still a Vodafone contract, meaning you get access to usual stuff like customer services, accounts, upgrades, etc...

Also, mobiles.co.uk have been saying getting shipment in Monday, then Tuesday, now Thursday?? What's going on? Starting to lose patience with them...
[Desire General] cez10:
i meant the 2nd option you listed :) so thanks for confirming my thoughts.

and yeah i just got an email from them saying: :rolleyes:
[Desire General] rodenal:
Basically, they're lying - they have absolutely no idea when they are getting more stock in.

i was emailed this at half 1 today:

"Hello,

Thanks for your email. We were told that that HTC Desire were going to be in stock yesterday however the supply was delayed and should be in stock today. You will be updated by email of your order status.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused "

Probably actually getting more on the 7th like everybody else and they're just reluctant to tell anybody that because they'll cancel the order and go elsewhere. I planned to do this until i got halfway through my t mobile order and they told me they also had none, I dont see the point in having another credit search on my file to get the handset at the same time anyway, however i'm almost completely out of patience and if the vodafone website updates to say when they're officially releasing the handset i'll be making a call to see if i can transfer the whole process straight over to them.
[Desire General] gettingtired:
Precisely, the only reason I'm sticking with my mobiles.co.uk order is that Vodafone is unlikely to get them until about 3rd week of April, and mobiles.co.uk's deals are still better than Vodafone direct.

We can only hope that if it's delayed for a week or two, that it means shipping with Speech to Text, Google Navigation, a pouch! and maybe even a screen protector...

Hope for the best, expect the worst... ;)
[Desire General] cez10:
i am waiting for direct vodafone offers but looking at what they got to offer right now for other phones its impossible i will go for them instead of mobiles.co.uk although i dont want to wait forever for it :rolleyes:
[Desire General] skanj:
I aint even got the email saying there receiving stock on thurs!
[Desire General] sethy43:
I guess im another person waiting for mobiles.co.uk, just got a quick question for anyone who knows, Does the contract you request start from the date of order or from dispatch? The only reason im concerned is that im porting my number and my PAC code expires on the 4th :S
[Desire General] cez10:
no idea mate sorry :S, however cant you try to get another PAC code ?
[Desire General] gettingtired:
The contract won't start until your number is actually ported over. If you don't receive the phone by the 4th, the PAC will simply expire and your current contract will continue. Just call up your network and ask for another PAC.
[Desire General] sethy43:
ok thanks for quick help, Guess its going to end up me paying for an extra month on my current contract and then getting the new PAC code and then passing that on to mobiles.co.uk via theyre email customer support system.

Thanks again.
[Desire General] rodenal:
They wouldnt use my pac code because it expired within 5 days (hence why they never bothered to send me a handset on friday) so if i were you i'd call your network and request a new one just now - o2 were happy to do this when i called
[Desire General] Nmidia:
same story here as well....no message from them, phoned them, expecting it in today, tomorrow at the latest. Will wait it out I think, nowhere else has them anyway, so may as well see what happens. Very annoyed though
[Desire General] skanj:
Rang em, now told coming in on thurs and will probably be dispatched for wed. Im guessing Orange themselves will have it then as well. No desire over Easter break:mad:
[Desire General] chappers-UK:
I ordered last night on 12 month VF plan as I knew VF would not offer 12m plans (looking at the pre-order plans for the legend and X10) and I was right............. now launched to pre-order on VF

Annoyingly though, as you all have been posting, the website states "in stock" where as they dont have any!!!!!

I called this morning to change delivery from RM to DHL and was told (this was 9am) that stock was due in today and would be used for back orders first!!

Now it looks like they didn't get the stock and we all have to wait untill next week now
[Desire General] Nmidia:
i guess we have to remember that stock issues are not their fault, thats HTCor whoever their regional distributors are. However, the utter lies about stock are their fault. completely. Guess non of their staff read these boards, or care either way!
[Desire General] gettingtired:
but that doesn't make sense? despatched before they receive it? or 6 days late?? :confused:
[Desire General] rodenal:
You wouldnt recieve until wed because it's a holiday friday and monday, if they get them on thursday they can't dispatch until the tuesday.

It's all lies anyway, they have no idea.
[Desire General] gettingtired:
ah yes of course, good point! :rolleyes:
[Desire General] cez10:
yeah that sux i forgot bout easter :( duno why this year its so early lol

anyone know how much data is allowed on vodafone from mobiles.co.uk? 500mb or more?
[Desire General] Redpizzi:
Hey guys

Ordered mine last night, all is well - how good is the 12mth £40 contract eh. liking that...

Spoke to the women on the phone and they say they are having a large delivery today and that will go out to the pre ordered customers, and then they will be getting another shipment for thursday which could arrive Sat - but will most likely be Tuesday or Wednesday.

If you pre ordered in time you will be ok - but like me who left it till the last min then hard lines, you will get it ASAP.

At least you know that what is coming is something special

Marc
[Desire General] cez10:
12 mth £40 seems like vodafone right?

do you have any idea how much data monthly allowance is?

I have emailed them and waiting for a reply atm, if she says its 500mb ill probably go to t-mobile if 1gb+ then ill order the 12mth £40quid ;)
[Desire General] Redpizzi:
from what i can gather i think it is 500MB

I was talking to a guy at orange who said he has never heard of someone been charged extra for going over there allowences. but i dont belive him...

i love the idea of having a 12month contract again... that is the only reason i am going with this deal.
[Desire General] cez10:
people here are saying that if you go over the limit couple times you will be restricted to use the internet i.e. between 4pm-9pm or something. so im not sure what to do cuz tmob has 3gb! however 18 vs 12 month :o
[Desire General] gettingtired:
I hate how these networks get away selling it as "Unlimited" internet access and then setting a fair use allowance, but then CHARGING on top?? Surely Ofcom should do something about that, Vodafone's the worst! 500 MB is hardly anything these days...

However, I know that O2 don't really care about the limit, they don't even really monitor it so long as you don't use something like 20 GB every month...