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[Desire HD General] slateac:
The X10 with 2.1 can't even cope up with the original Desire, and the update for it hasn't even been released yet.

Ive had an X10 and a Desire and the differences are quite noticable, I'd advise you to get the Desire HD
[Desire HD General] d0pefish:
Congratulations mate :)

I'll be following in your footsteps after work!

Sod MPD, frankly. This is the last time I preorder anything, ever.
[Desire HD General] oawalker:
If you really want it i would suggest you sell your phones and add on the rest and buy it simfree. if you can afford it

when they update it, its only going to be 2.1 not 2.2.
[Desire HD General] scotia_rfc:
Slightly off topic to the thread, but if it was me i would sell my handsets and put towards the DHD. There is always going to be a better handset coming out. You have to take a stand at some point or you would be waiting forever.
[Desire HD General] eboni:
Just rang them up, spoke to a woman that just repeated the dispatch dates verbatim. I am hoping she did not know what she was talking about, and I can trust you and the other (more knowledgeable) Expansys employees.
[Desire HD General] eboni:
I am way too jealous, I will have to remember the technique of forgoing pre-orders when / if I next get a HTC phone.
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
OK, so.

I had preordered with MPD (whoever was on that preorder list is now 1 handset closer to getting it! You're welcome!).

DHD on 18 month T-Mobile contract, 600 mins, unlimited text, unlimited web. £35/month, £19 for the handset.

I just went to phones for you, and got the phone for free as below:

Free phone, 18 months, 800 min, Unlim Text, Unlim Internet, £40/month. However, they have given me £60 cash to make up for the extra cost in the contract (which I can reduce after 12 months), 2 free PAYG handsets (samsung and nokia junk!) with £10 credit on each, and a £5 prepay credit card! I got to pick my phone number and walk out with my shiny new DHD!

I'm pretty chuffed if you ask me!
[Desire HD General] apprentice:
Always a waste of time waiting for the 'next best thing' because you will NEVER have the best phone in the world for long. There will always be something bigger/better around the corner. I bought my HTC Desire in March and I am already upgrading what I feel is the best phone ever 7 months later!

Whilst I am a phone junkie and always want the next best thing I can only afford to do it by much selling on eBay! My current Desire will fetch a very reasonable price as I always look after my kit.

My advice is definitely ditch the X10. It's not a brilliant phone. HTC make the best phones simply because of HTC SENSE UI which makes the whole Android experience very comfortable indeed.

If you are on a tight budget, go for a Desire but if not and you can lay your hands on a Desire HD then go for it. They are the next best thing and will be for some time I am sure. But don't waste time waiting as you'll never get what you want.
[Desire HD General] :
Just cancelled my preorder with handtec, i think i will take my chances with the shops in the next week;P

JD
[Desire HD General] eboni:
HTC Confirms the Desire HD IS LCD

Just looking at their facebook page after much debate, and they have confimred it IS LCD.

Shame on you HTC!

http://www.facebook.com/htcuk/posts/161836427179180?po=1&notif_t=feed_comment
[Desire HD General] apprentice:
That sounds like one hell of a deal mate! The only fly in the proverbial is possible T-Mobile branding. They tend to go overboard with all things pink!

I went with carphone warehouse as all their phones are unlocked and unbranded. Also Orange is a better carrier for me for various reasons.

But hey you're getting your hands on a fantastic phone (as am I tomorrow!)
[Desire HD General] MarkieSA:
Will you please let us know when you receive the phone, I would also like to know if the phone has Orange bloatware on it.

Thanks.
[Desire HD General] Evostance:
I just called them up twice.

The first person said they're not in stock and are awaiting delivery from HTC but should hopefully be there tomorrow. Then it would be 3-5 working days.

The next person said I would get a delivery confirmation tomorrow and would then be 3-5 days because they don't do next day delivery :confused:
[Desire HD General] lac75:
Unlimited web hanged to max 1Gb!!
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
I actually got it on Orange. Handset is unlocked and completely unbranded! And it's BEAUTIFUL.

The screen sucks up fingerprints like a mofo though! Zagg need to hurry up with their invisibleshield!

Also yeah, I know it's capped - but so is everything else. The T-Mob I was gonna end up on was 1Gb too...
[Desire HD General] crossbox:
Argh ! Handtec can't offer any update other than they're expecting stock this week and will dispatch soon as arrived. Seriously thinking about phones4u. Nearest one to me is sold out already though :-(
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
I picked one up in Phones4U today in Glasgow. Last one in the store. I LOVE IT! Amazing phone. Totally unlocked (GSM stock) so I'm VERY happy. Phone is black btw. Will post some photos later :)
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
This is so unfair. No stores in Sweden have it, not even if you want to sign a new contract. No one knows when it'll be here either.

About it being LCD, the display can still be good.

What's your impression so far dazultra2000?
[Desire HD General] vrgngns:
waiting for your photos :)
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Viewing angles (especially on the vertical) are very good compared to my Touch Pro 2.

I'd say brightness is on par, but vibrancy and black levels are much better too :)

Loving the phone so far. Gonna take me a while to get used to a capacitive screen though!
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
Goody :)

My whole family's got iPhones, one of my brothers even got the 4. Need to show them that Apple are the suxors :p
[Desire HD General] scotia_rfc:
Just called my local Phones4U (Greenock). They have it in stock but won't sell it SIM Free! :(
[Desire HD General] m7svk:
deal of the year, vodafone just rang me about my upgrade: 24 months contract , £20 a month, 600 minutes, 3000 text , 750 mb internet, phone free of charge, it will be with me on friday.., I can't wait.. !!!
[Desire HD General] eddyrick:
Although its a 24months contract, that is a fantastic deal. what's the catch ? lol
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
actually i live in Cyprus. Im paying only 7 Pounds for shipping.
[Desire HD General] m7svk:
no catch,really , I am already 6 years with vodafone, very good customer..., HTC desire HD in black, and free 24 months warranty too... , very good day today..
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
I'd love to see some decent quality photos of these "black" handsets. According to the Phones4U inventory (and therefore my receipt) my DHD is black, but it is most definately the brown one we all know of...
[Desire HD General] lare:
Anybody received delivery or any other news from Clove? I placed my order already 17 Sept.

with regards,

Lare
[Desire HD General] Devilsduck:
All phones in Europe have to have 24 month warranty its the law, but the contract does sound very good
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
i would love to hear your thoughts on the phone. If you've seen a Galaxy S in person, how does this compare? Does yours have the small gap on the back where you pop the cover off for sim and microsd card. Could you test to see if you have the proximity failure problem?

Thanks!
[Desire HD General] eddyrick:
This is my 5th year with Orange so lets see what they can offer me...
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
I don't think there's a black one. The pictures of the black ones just looks like they've pulled up the contrast level.
[Desire HD General] m7svk:
took me nearly hour to gone down from £35 to £20 and get phone for free, but deal is done, order number received, just need to wait if it's really come in on friday.., but still happy with deal..
[Desire HD General] Linnyuk:
Hi I have black desire from Orange and I have just picked up the Phones 4 u "black" desire HD and it is defiantly the brown version as people are saying.
[Desire HD General] Craptastical:
I called Elgiganten this morning and they don't even know when they'll get them.

I started to wonder if they're staying on top of date slips etc so I checked the estimated date on their webpage just now... The dates went from the original Oct 15 date, then Monday last week they listed Oct 26, and now they changed the date again to Nov 5.

They have no clue. It's clear the dates they come up with are pulled out their asses. :mad:
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
Nice mate :) Hope you get it soon :)

As for my phone, it does look quite black to me. Will try and post a good photo of it later if I can.
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
Yeah, I think it's just some standard date change they make when a product's not in stock, they just add a few days to it until it's realy there.
[Desire HD General] m7svk:
Thanks... :)
[Desire HD General] mwright:
DHD on Orange upgrade

I think I just managed to get a back-order placed for an upgrade DHD from Orange!

The CS rep had no idea when they would be BACK in stock, but was sure they HAD been in stock and had sold out.
[Desire HD General] :
If its being sold openly and unlocked and unbranded in holland, i may take a little trip on friday to amsterdam, and buy one... can you buy it anywhere freely in holland, and what sort of price are they going for there?

JD
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
I think it's because it's unlegal to sell it branded/locked in the Netherlands. At least it's like that in Belgium.
[Desire HD General] eddyrick:
Was this from Orange themselves or via P4U or CPW ?
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
Here's what I've got this morning:
[Desire HD General] Leekster:
i rang up upgradeexperts.co.ukthe rep phoned t-mobile on my behalf and said that the t-mob rep didn't know when they'll be getting the dhd, all she knew was by 1st dec!

he managed to swing me the flext 30tariff (240pounds of calls and texts a month) free uncapped internet and free phone for 25 a month and a heavily reduced mostly charge on my current contract until the phone is released. best of all he said the stock will be direct from them which is unlocked and unbranded.

I personally can't see it taking a month to get stock and either since I would be sticking with t-mob I would have to wait just as long to get it direct from them
[Desire HD General] mwright:
Direct from orange upgrades
[Desire HD General] eddyrick:
That's brilliant, im ringing them now then haha

EDIT: yet again another story from orange... not being released until middle of November.. I wish I could get a bit of truth from them!!!
[Desire HD General] Buddhainuk:
The date for T-mobile was the 18thOct but they have not had any thing in as yet.

I have a big problem with my old HD2 as it was sold to me as brand new but it was secound hand so T-mobile said that they would upgrade my phone to the Desire HD for me as for the problems. so i have been phoning them up today said the had not turned up. so they r keeping and eye open as for the trouble i have i'll be getting as soon as it comes in :)
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
Handtech Customer Services says that HTC promised a huge shipment for them during this week capable of assuring any pre-orders done so far and more.
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
wow that is great, i can guess that all uk store like clove and so will get it on the same time, so the big wave are here :)
[Desire HD General] scotia_rfc:
I have emailed Clove asking if they can advise me if my order will be fullfilled with their initial stock or if i will have to wait till they receive further stock.

Awaiting their reply. Fingers crossed!
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
i hope that includes Amazon!
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
please tell us their response! :o
[Desire HD General] Leekster:
its just frustrating that because they have stock issues it means the likes of p4u and cpw cant issues upgrades
[Desire HD General] crossbox:
Yes I got this story from them as well. However, it's Monday and they have no idea when this shipment will arrive. If I was MD of a tech hardware retailer like Handtec and I knew people were watching (as they clearly are for this phone) I'd have been on the phone 1st thing this morning to suppliers to confirm/update any information.

Meanwhile, from various accounts posted here, you can walk into a phones4u store and pick one up on the spot for almost £20 less (if you're lucky enough to find a store with stock left). Starting to doubt Handtec a bit. Ho hum.
[Desire HD General] Evostance:
Pre-ordered from Play.com :)
[Desire HD General] Buddhainuk:
Well bud i know some pepole will have to wait till the orders are fullfilled but i will jump to the head of the Que as what has happened to me and they want to keep me happy and not go to tradeing standards.
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
i make the same thing last week and i got 2 maila back:

the first ong said that i will get it from the fisrt stock, the second said that

they can not promise that i will, so...
[Desire HD General] latte33:
Just now i rang MobileFun and they told me it will be delivered at 11 November or 1st week of the November. Bloody hell... i fed up to waiting... now ordered at play.com....see they got stock or not...
[Desire HD General] whulfcastle:
Every p4u store in my area had them in stock but only on contract.
[Desire HD General] scotia_rfc:
Just had my reply from Clove. No further forward! :(

scotia_rfc

We have been asked this many times over the last few days and I am sorry to say at present we simply cannot, because we have not been told what stock we will receive.

There is talk HTC UK will delay shipments until next week when they have some further stock

We will of course inform you as soon as we know and (hopefully) we are shipping your order!

Regards

Sales Team

Clove Technology

TEL: +44 (0)1202 552936

FAX: +44 (0)1202 552937

Email: sales@clove.co.uk

Website: www.clove.co.uk
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
NOOO so mach suffer :mad:
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
Im happy to say that i've preordered on Hantec :D

I also sent an email asking when they will recieve stock and they responded like this:

Customer Services (NF810) to me

show details 6:45 PM (30 minutes ago)

"Thank you for your email.

We are expecting the HTC Desire to be in stock sometime this week as HTC have informed us. "

Whoever dispatches my order first gets my money, Amazon or Handtec :p
[Desire HD General] Otterjasie:
If you can't wait for this phone...I think your best bet is to go to P4U and keep trying every branch that you can find...I've read that quite a few people on here have gotten their DHD, some sim free and some on contract.

I phoned a few branches near where I work and they had it in stock but only on contract.

On my way home this afternoon I stopped at another branch - unfortunately they didn't have anything in stock but they are expecting stock tomorrow morning (holding thumbs that it'll actually be delivered).

Anyway, they said they'll sell it as sim free for £449.99 (corresponds to what other people have said on these forums) - took my name and number and said if I don't hear from them, I can call them anytime after 8am - they'll keep the phone for me until I can collect it after work :)
[Desire HD General] Bumble-Bee:
Iv canceld my superEtrader order and got a desire HD from phones4u :D am ver happy :D

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5694/20101018162701.jpg

YAY
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
Thats why they have in the website the following:
[Desire HD General] BlameUREdiction:
SuperEtrader as it (possibly) stands...

This is from Paul O'Brien at the forums over at Modaco, posted today:

So they quite possibly have them in stock and are simply waiting for the go-ahead from Google. Lord knows why. Just send the bloody things out already! Getting most impatient here!

I foresee nothing moving until next week knowing my luck... does anyone have better luck with these things? :)

I may need some of it... :p

ApX
[Desire HD General] OdieS:
Technically Handtec already have your money as they charge up-front and in full for pre-orders. :p
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
Seems like they have the phone with AMOLED display :p

http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_contract_details.asp?ItemKey=421508&intcid=Homepage_Contract_P1
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
and 4GB internal memory O_o
[Desire HD General] Dentisst:
Its a mutated Chinese version of DHD :D
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
yeah i noticed after i posted. Hmm so this means i can't cancel my preorder with Handtec then? If so then i might as well cancel my Amazon preorder then?
[Desire HD General] havoc99:
Well either one, they'll refund in a day or so. Though do check with them first. :) ... I'm just waiting for Handtek to ship mine out. :D
[Desire HD General] OdieS:
You can still cancel, but it'll take 3-5 days for the money to go back onto your card balance.

I had an early pre-order in with Handtec, cancelled when there was the first delay with no solid date and realised that they took the money up-front. I then pre-ordered with Amazon and then last week I re-ordered with Handtec when Amazon pushed their date back to mid-November. *sigh*

The Phones4U store near me wouldn't sell me the Desire HD without a contract today, they had one unit in stock.
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
i see.

i think i'll stick with Handtec and see what happens. At this point any website is better than Amazon!

Havoc, when are you expecting them to ship it out?
[Desire HD General] :
Im off to holland to buy mine on friday, will bring me back a DHD and a honey;P

JD
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
Mind picking up one for me too and droping by Sweden on your way home, it's not that much of a detour :p
[Desire HD General] thcnunz:
Thanks Everyone!! and Phones4U!

Thanks everyone for pointing out that Phones4U had them in stock and were selling them sim-free and unlocked.

I also got an 8GB Micro SD with mine (i had already bought a 16GB) oh well :D

Man, Amazon, for the first time, have lost my business. I shudder to imagine how many people who have now cancelled their pre orders!!

Good luck to all!
[Desire HD General] :
Why not, im sure Sweden is lovely this time of year;P

JD
[Desire HD General] :
Dude, what p4u store did you buy it from, and how did you buy it... like pay as you go?
[Desire HD General] adwinp:
I might do the same. A quick week-end stop @Amsterdam.

Gotta check flights...
[Desire HD General] :
I will swim the channel if there is no flights;P

I cancelled my order with handtec today, p4u are selling it 30 pounds cheaper as well;/

JD
[Desire HD General] clooak:
From which company in Holland are you planning to purchase the phone from? =) I might aswell go there aswell, From Sweden it aint that far!
[Desire HD General] stiefa00:
So did I. I've canceled @ amazon. Gogo HandTec! :cool:
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Does yours work OK when you make outgoing calls?
[Desire HD General] oawalker:
For those of you who have the DHD or getting it soon Expansys have a case - http://www.expansys.com/htc-desire-hd-pouch-po-s550-204062/

and screen protector - http://www.expansys.com/htc-desire-hd-screen-protector-sp-p430-2-pieces-retail-pack-203639/

in stock now
[Desire HD General] Nameless_87:
It's probably a software issue, as the desire had originally,

Also the fact that it wakes up when inserting the headphones makes it more likely to be a software issue than a hardware one...
[Desire HD General] Leekster:
morning all. A quick fyi i phoned t-mobiles (uk) retentions dept yesterday evening and the lady on the other end of the line said that the release date they have for the dhd is october 18th. Of course i have no hard evidence to back this up but anyone can call to validate.

im not sure if the release date given is due to htc shipping or t-mobile needing time to cook up the bloatware we will be lumbered with. Eitherway it looks like us t-mobile customers getting upgrades have a 13 day wait. Whats more she also stated that they arent taking preorders and i would need to phone up on the 18th. im not sure which would net me the best deal and get the phone the quickest, to phone up directly or goto the local t-mobile or carphone warehouse/ phones4u store and pester them in person hoping stocks arrived
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
there is noting that we can do, jest wait patience, it will come until the end of the month
[Desire HD General] Beards:
Just received a message from Clove... It's been delayed until late October.

Read it here.
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Yup. Looks like the news is spreading. MPD are now saying 1st November. Pooey.
[Desire HD General] gavthebarman:
This is indeed not very good news. Only from a part of me being like a small kid before xmas and being so excited.

I just want to get this device in my hand to make my life complete lol.

Oh well. Good things do come to those who wait.
[Desire HD General] mafu6:
Vodafone UK have given a release date of 14 October which is good news but.... sim free phones im sure sim free phones should be available first before specfic networks get it IMHO
[Desire HD General] v-b-n:
Yup...Clove just confirmed the same via email to me....had a conversation ongoing with them for last two days...
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
damn, that is .... dono if i will wait or find something else...
[Desire HD General] mafu6:
what else are you gonna go for?
[Desire HD General] riz157:
mobilephonesdirect.com have delayed shipment by a week or so due to HTC delay tactics, so not the suppliers fault. :o

But life goes on:):)
[Desire HD General] KaidM:
For those who cannot wait

I am in the awful position that I really need to get a phone sorted out a few weeks ago and waited for the HD.

I am now wondering whether I can buy a Desire HD (secondhand) then sell when the DHD becomes available and wonder what the loss would be on ebay!!
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Our local store could not confirm shipping date, the importer has not confirmed date of arrival yet. :(
[Desire HD General] bmw-boy:
i Contact Clove today and the have sent the following mail

Not now unfortunately as it has changed again! You will be sent a separate email, but the HD's will be delayed until late this month now as Google testing has not been completed. This applies to all resellers, apologies about this.

Regards

Sales Team

Clove Technology

TEL: +44 (0)1202 552936

FAX: +44 (0)1202 552937

Email: sales@clove.co.uk

Website: www.clove.co.uk

Blog: blog.clove.co.uk
[Desire HD General] turkification:
Damn, must wait a month now! Ah well, luckily I still have my Hero.
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
this thread makes me a sad panda
[Desire HD General] Bumble-Bee:
Wonder what complicated the testing? Im guessing to do with scence seeing as the G2 passed
[Desire HD General] Bumble-Bee:
Just got this from HTC

Retailer will confirm shipping date, we can confirm the launch of the product in october , in regards to shipping you should contact your retailer.

Nither confirm or deny delays. .... But at least it will be in october :-)
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
If I'm honest, I'm surprised HTC were even allowed to announce the phones if Google hadn't given them the OK. What if Google out and out rejected it for some reason...HTC would be in a bad place if they promised a phone to market but Google shot them down...

All seems a bit fishy to me - I'm more inclined to go with the htcsense.com theory that it's not quite up to scratch yet and needs more work before they can ship out the devices that work with it.
[Desire HD General] apychan:
some internal news form a hong kong csl(mobile services provider), dhd will be release at the end of this month

so i think european area will release dhd much early then us
[Desire HD General] biolante:
week 44 for Denmark

I fond out that in Denmark in 3 carrier expect delivery in week 44.

So it will not be this mount for Denmark :(

I hope however that they put an extra week, how they usually do for does events. Who knows.:confused:
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
yeah that's what im thinking. I'll just put up with the battery pulls (if my DHD is affected) until HTC come out with the patch. I hope that doesnt badly affect the device...