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[Desire HD General] Riceburner:
Just got this email :

Quite frankly, I'm rather angry at this. When I spoke to MPD on Monday I was told they had received enough stock to satisfy my order. As this is not the case I can only conclude that they've lied to me. I don't like companies lying to me. :(

At this rate my PUK code will be out of date before the new contract starts

Can anyone recommend me a trustworthy company where I can match MPD's offer of a free DHD, with a data enabled contract at £30 a month. (not too concerned about minutes or texts).

(MPD were offering T-mob at 900mins, unlim txts, 1Gb data, free DHD, at £30 a month)

Addendum : Orange are offering me a £22.50 a month contract, 600 mins, unlimited texts and 500Mb data, with a free phone, if I renew with them. That's a significantly cheaper contract, albeit with less data. (I'm not worried about minutes & texts, I barely use 100 of each a month).

If I make a new order with anyone else (Handtec/e2save etc) I'll be at the back of the queue.

So I'm pondering accepting the Orange offer, hoping that as an actual phone supplier (as opposed to a reseller), I might get the item quicker. (Currently Orange are fulfilling pre-orders...)

Any thoughts??
[Desire HD General] lordmaul5:
I got my desire hd from the norwegian website mpx.no yesterday. But ofcourse my postal office is closed untill thursday so i still got to wait another day. :( but it looks like they ar shipping out phones as they get it inn because on their site the phone it still unconfirmed on the 16 of November.
[Desire HD General] Planescape:
Mine has arrived! See what people mean by flimsy back plate, managed to crack mine :(

Did you complain to MPD?
[Desire HD General] sromer:
Yeah, same

the wait is killing me, lol

Hopefully it gets shipped on the 8th and i get it by the end of that week
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Got mine this morning from Handtec :)
[Desire HD General] Riceburner:
Not really - just cancelled and accepted the Orange offer.

Am on the "back order list", with any luck I may get a text from them sometime this week, as opposed to waiting another 10 days!
[Desire HD General] blackb1ade:
I'm still waiting as well...I usually am able to buy mine prior to them being available on contract or by internet on Tottenham Court Rd (London) at one of the main HTC dealers there - however they are reporting issues with HTC supply also and [unusually] have not had one unit yet.

Thoughts appear to be that - HTC have realised there are 'issues' with the first batches and are urgently trying to fix the problem by blagging the supply chain, whilst attempting to produce 'good' stock to finally fill the market orders that are backing up now.

Just one interpretation of course. I'm still waiting though :(
[Desire HD General] Chimero:
Guess what I'm using. Lol. It just came in. One word Amazing!!!!

I pity the fools who are still with Apple.

Make is good. No issues with back overs. The phone has come with the latest released updates. Stick with it guys. You'll are waiting for a beauty.
[Desire HD General] profixit:
I will be getting my Desire HD 2moro. On orange UK.

They've just sent me a text saying it's been despatched and will text me again when the driver is close.
[Desire HD General] profixit:
If you don't get a text call them. They had a delivery today.
[Desire HD General] Riceburner:
When?? I was talking to them this afternoon around 2:30.....

nada - they've got a list, and by golly they're sticking to it...
[Desire HD General] prank1:
HandTec have delayed the 3rd batch of the Desire HD once again (well, HTC UK has)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

STOCK UPDATE:

First Shipment: Shipped all orders placed in September.

Second batch: Arrived 1st November : We are expecting to ship all orders upto and including the 13th October 2010

Next Delivery Due: Week commencing 15th November 2010

Handtec Note: All September backorders have been shipped and orders up until the 13th October. The next batch has been delayed (by HTC UK) to arrive week commencing the 15th November - we opologise for the delay. We would like to thank all our customers for their patience.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

We will have to wait until November 15th now. I bet they are going to delay it even more.
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
does it mean that clove also wouldn't make it on 8th November? I've been anticipating this date, have been said I'm on top of the list for 2010-11-08 <_<
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
Set up another contract with Vodafone yesterday, the guy on the phone got realllly excited and said they have just recieved stock and they have been waiting for weeks for these.

Cam home 30minutes ago and it was delivered already!! WOOP ! lol

(DHD number 3 lol)
[Desire HD General] Hussien7:
allllllll we hope they will dispatch the order on this date

from the videos that i already see it on this phone i feel i already have :)
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
that really is devastating! im so disappointed now :(
[Desire HD General] guide144:
Will go to Order @ CPW tomorrow...

I'm one of many people who keep walking many store in UK and ask for DHD and never got any luck. So I desire to order at CPW store tomorrow after work. let hope that I can get one by this week :D
[Desire HD General] Hussien7:
If i live in uk why i waiting for online stroe ??????
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
Just picked my DHD, delivered from Amazon, and oh boy! It's a monster!

No issues whatsoever! No proximity sensor issue (without OTA), no dust under screen, excelent build quality, no reboots (my SIM card is more than 10 years old!), SIM cover fits perfectly, no hangs, no slowing down, no nothing!
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
congrats my friend! when did you order btw? im starting to regret cancelling my Amazon preorder. Hantec are delaying it further!
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
Ordered on September 16th, dispatched October 25th, delivered yesterday :)
[Desire HD General] OdieS:
The latest Handtec delay is unbelievable, I have such rotten luck:

- None of the local Phones 4 U stores will sell it sim-free.

- Pre-ordered on the 30th of September from Handtec (i.e I would have gotten one from the first batch a few weeks ago if I had kept it)

- Cancelled around the 4th of October due to delays and lack of information, plus I was annoyed that they charge the full amount up-front, unlike most other retailers I have used.

- Placed a pre-order with Amazon.

- Got annoyed at the Amazon date delay till the 15/16 November so pre-ordered with Handtec again on the 14th of October (yup... one day out from the second batch cut-off point)

- Was going to stick it out till Monday/Tuesday next week as this was when the third batch of stock was due... the latest delay is a real kick in the teeth.

I am honestly hoping that the Samsung announcement on Monday comes with immediate availability and as long as the spec is even slightly better than the current Galaxy S I'm going to get it and cancel the Desire HD order. Absolutely shocking :mad:
[Desire HD General] Igor 3:
Its officially released now in Croatia :)
[Desire HD General] prank1:
The way I see it (and what's keeping me sane) is that the longer we wait, the more hardware issues HTC are resolving. I would rather have a unit from a new batch than an old batch.
[Desire HD General] jords12:
For clove people : My order from september 25th shipped on tuesday. Would have been friday, but had to get the authorization code to them, bank gave us the wrong one first time, and since we're on the other side of the world have to wait till our night to get a reply :).
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
Just canceled my order, so you have better chances. I take this (and all the issues reported) as a sign not to buy it and wait for something better, maybe the 8th of November will be a good day ?! ^^
[Desire HD General] Acaelus:
Heh, that's exactly what I've been telling myself :o

That said, T Mobile UK got their stock in this afternoon, mine's coming Friday :D Probably would've had it ages ago if I'd stayed with Vodafone, but as Prank says, that may have been a bad thing if I ended up with one with a bunch of hardware issues.
[Desire HD General] Gurps777:
when did you order yours???
[Desire HD General] bteljuice:
Anyone know when it ll hit the middle east?

Yeah, waiting for 8th of November as well.

When you are waiting for something anxiously, the day seems soooooooooooooo slow

EdIT: Though this is what I got for 8th of november :(, I so hope its not true :(

http://www.t3.com/news/samsung-nexu...annel=rss&ns_source=t3&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

http://www.t3.com/news/samsung-cont...annel=rss&ns_source=t3&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
Handtec become just like the other online retailers, where the delay without telling the customers, thats just ****ed up
[Desire HD General] ran_k:
any one know when and where can i buy the Desire HD in singapore?
[Desire HD General] emreeken:
And in Turkey, we are still waiting for the release. And have no idea about the date except "before the end of the year".
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
i semi agree it would be nice if they emailed their customers to let them know however they are very informative on their product page and update it often so imo they are still better than most others especially because they explain what is going on, ie latest delay is because of HTC UK ect..
[Desire HD General] wineds:
vodafone australia have also announced it will be in stores tomorrow
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
i expect simfree it would be considerably higher than what i paid at handtec i remember when i went in there earlier this year and just for curiosity enquired about the outright price for the magic they wanted $800AUD im expecting the DHD to be like $899 outright similar to all the other aus stores taking pre orders and that is way too much
[Desire HD General] wineds:
actually it is not available sim free in australia. only on contract and exclusive to vodafone. so if you want sim free you would need to order from clove or handtec or other online stores.
[Desire HD General] GeoMil:
agggh, this is torture!

no Uk shop or site has current stock for sim free DHD's though do they?

There is no advantage to me cancelling a handtec order to get from somewhere else is there?

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[Desire HD General] Wedge85:
I'm still waiting for mine (Perth, Australia)

Pre-ordered last month, got an email today saying it has arrived and will be sent out today, then just got this email.

Sent:	Thursday, 4 November 2010 5:41 PM

Apologies for the late notice but we are emailing you to let you know that your handset has just failed QA, a critical step prior to shipping and will not be sent out to you today.

This has occurred because the region ROMs of this particular batch of stock obtained are not fully compatible in our region and present several issues that are below the high quality requirements of (name Removed) stock. Re-flashing with a more suitable ROM is not possible at the moment as there aren't any stable and tested versions available due to the new-ness of the product. Normally this wouldn't be a major issue as we normally replace with compatible stock the same day or following one, however given the extreme demand for this item, non-existence of alternate stock on the market and long production lead times due to multiple new HTC products on simultaneous release, this is just not possible at the moment and the batch is being sent back to the supplier.

We have several other shipments (with different region ROM's that we have previously shipped and tested as compatible) scheduled over the coming days so are confident of providing you with high quality stock very soon. We have now also sourced Desire HD screen protectors and will be providing these free with your order when we ship, probably next week.

We will continue to keep you updated by email and even though things may have not gone fully to plan, are confident that we currently have the most consistent and highest quality supply of unlocked Desire HD's in the region and quite possibly the world. Please reply to this email directly if you have any questions and we will ensure that you receive priority response over the standard system on the website.

Kind regards,

**

Just got another email and stock will be arriving on the 11th and 21st of November..
[Desire HD General] krakajak:
Ring up 3 stores! I did today just for the fun of it and my tiny local store is selling them payg/sim free for 450 pounds, I am absolutely chuffed! Dunstable store this was.
[Desire HD General] GeoMil:
I just called a 3 store in NW London - they said contract only :(
[Desire HD General] krakajak:
Ah balls. Well Dunstable is only 45 minutes on the M1 north from London, if you could be bothered you could always bomb there, obviously ringing up beforehand to reserve one!
[Desire HD General] bobbyphoenix:
It has arrived!

I thought ordering, waiting for stock to get in, and even waiting for delivery was bad. Not as bad as it sitting there charging before I can even turn it on! It's so pretty!!!! Come on charge light. Turn green already!!!!
[Desire HD General] Acaelus:
October 15th, I think. I was hassling them over the phone about it every two minutes though.
[Desire HD General] FrikyBCN:
Thanks for the reply. Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear - I should have said "sim-free" not unlocked. I was asking more generally what are the pros and cons of buying sim-free (from somone like Amazon) versus buying on an 18 month contract with Vodafone etc. Is it just that it is cheaper in the long run, or are there other advantages?

thanks!
[Desire HD General] kafkatamura:
DHD is out in UAE

I just checked my local store here in Dubai. They got some stock. They are selling DHD for 3000 AED. Those were sealed. They didnt want to open. I wanted to check if DHD has Market place app on the phone.

Usually in the UAE Android phones dont come with Market place!! :(

So I am not buying until make sure of this.
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
Hahah, someone played with yours too. DHD comes with battery initialy charged to some 40%. One of the DHDs my friend and I ordered came opened and completely drained :D

I guess customs officers took the liberty to play with it a little :D
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
but you'll be having the official Arabic version, which will be handy for us after sorting the rooting things
[Desire HD General] bteljuice:
Thank you for the update. But 3,000AED = 860$. Thats way steep. But that's not a surprise in the UAE.

I hope the price lowers by Christmas time so I can get it from there.

Are you sure they don't come with market place? I thought it was standard on all Android based phones
[Desire HD General] bteljuice:
Like what we have for windows mobile, I am sure there's an app that can be installed that allows phones to read arabic.

Please, can you elaborate more on the rooting? What problems are you referring to.

And thank you again for the PMs :)
[Desire HD General] hager420:
Don't know who's lying but ive just got off the phone to T-mobile uk and apparently they have no stock until tomorrow and then there only getting 200 more desire HD's

Not happy at all!
[Desire HD General] OdieS:
The 3 stores in Bristol wouldn't even pick up the phone when I tried earlier today.
[Desire HD General] rselva_kr:
Got one from Dubai today. It is having Marketplace;)

I got for AED2950.

Was sealed & got a old firmware.

I have immediately updated to latest 1.32 firmware:D
[Desire HD General] Magnus3D:
My device is apparently (and hopefully) currently shipping and if all goes as planned it should arrive at the postoffice tomorrow. If so i'm gonna be one happy puppy. :)

I'm really looking forward to this after months of waiting for it.

/ Magnus
[Desire HD General] cheesinar:
I have checked with CSL, City Link and Wilsons Communications in Hong Kong and the general consensus is that the Desire HD will be released in Hong Kong around the 10th - 14th November.
[Desire HD General] :
Just got a call off T-Mobile, phone will be here Monday. Ordered 27th Oct.
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
about the Rooting, let say some1 bought the Arabic version, and then we got a root, then all of us can get the Arabic version from him:p
[Desire HD General] planner.ahmed:
from which store?
[Desire HD General] eozen81:
Wow, that's great If really it will be in Hong Kong arount these days.
[Desire HD General] Axiol:
Just got mine from Amazon UK, ordered on October 3rd.

Happy =)

But, the battery compartment cover is really hard to remove :/ Anyway, let it charge now ^^
[Desire HD General] Hussien7:
congrats brother wish u happy life with the dhd but please inform us about ur opinion

any new news from clove ??? I order from 17th october !!!!!!!!!
[Desire HD General] hatemk:
I ordered from them on Oct 8th and still nothing. They even stopped replying to my inquiries. The status on their product page is significantly misleading. I've been thinking of cancelling my order but I'm afraid of having to wait on a longer queue with another retailer. I wish I ordered with Handtec, at least they post fairly decent updates on their site.
[Desire HD General] Axiol:
No prob ;) What I can allready say is that the earphones are not so bad. They look cheap, but they're quite correct :)
[Desire HD General] sromer:
That's exactly why i'm getting mine from clove, it's cheaper aswell

They get more stock on the 7th & that's meant to fill all backorders up to approximately the 20th of october
[Desire HD General] hatemk:
are you sure? because here's what clove told me on their last email:
[Desire HD General] Prad001:
Got this mail from clove wooohohhhhhhh!!!! Finally..... i ordered on 30th September...;)

Dear Mr XXXXXXX

We are pleased to inform you that your order (Ref: XXXXXXXXX) has been dispatched.

Your order was dispatched by DHL Int Courier (1-6 Days).

If you want to track your order then please visit the following web site using the tracking ID XXXXXXXXX

Thank you. We look forward to doing business with you again.
[Desire HD General] hatemk:
congrats Prad, this gives me hope that I might see mine soon :)
[Desire HD General] Hussien7:
WE Hope as they said on 8th but just today they start send phone who take pre-order from 30th September ??????

but i think they will take time more than we expect :(

i hope they will do their promise regard to 8th
[Desire HD General] Hussien7:
congrats prada
[Desire HD General] Prad001:
I hope all your orders are dispatched from clove soon and when i last spoke to them they were sure about a big order on 8th November so cheer up ;)
[Desire HD General] Hussien7:
thanks Dear
[Desire HD General] ardsar:
Handtec were expecting delivery on the 8th but changed it to the 15th earlier this week.....
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
yeah that took me by surprise. But at this stage im really just hoping my unit comes with none of those build issues.
[Desire HD General] onesolo:
Yes!!! i think probably by monday I'm going to have a new toy :p

I bought it a week ago on a spanish store, http://www.mundopda.com/comprar/167-pda-htc/7414-htc-desire-hd-ace , and I received the confirmation that it was sended today!!!

It's going to be a dreadful weekend... I want it to be monday already!!! :cool:

By the way, they have stock and send to the rest of europe...
[Desire HD General] Axiol:
Start playing with and ... whowww ! The screen is really good ! First Quadrant test, without killing apps : 1936. Nice ^^
[Desire HD General] Hussien7:
clove updated blog

This Blog from CLOVE

Given the very high level of enquiries on the shipment dates for orders of the Desire HD we have put together this blog post which we hope will keep you informed. We will update it regularly and this should be your reference point for information.

As with many of the recent HTC launches the demand has been very strong and the supply has been both poor and subject to change in dates.

We therefore wish to try and advise of the current situation as best we can.

Due to the very poor supply and high demand, we have taken the very difficult but necessary action to disable the ability to purchase the Desire HD on the www.clove.co.uk website and will only re-instate this facility once we have cleared our backorders or had more positive news on supply.

If you have already placed an order do not be concerned – we still have your order.

We have been told that we should expect shipments to arrive from HTC as follows:

16 November – This should clear orders up to 06 October inclusive.

23 November – This should clear orders up to 15 October inclusive.

30 November – This should clear orders up to 31 October inclusive.

Further shipments – Dates to be confirmed but shipments in December should clear all orders and put us into an IN STOCK situation.

THESE DATES ARE CORRECT AS 5TH NOVEMBER AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

We process all orders as quickly as we can once stock arrives but can not guarantee dispatch on the above dates and may charge in advance.

We appreciate your patience in this situation which is very difficult and frustrating for all of us. Remember we are very keen to ship your order as soon as we can. We will keep this blog post updated with regard to shipping dates as best we can.

When your Desire HD ships you will receive despatch notification (including your package tracking number) by email. Due to the current situation we are getting a very high number of email enquiries requesting specific delivery dates on individual orders which we cannot confirm. Please use the above information, which will be updated regularly to find out the expected shipping date of your order.

We respectfully ask you not to email us about your specific order.

i will cancel my order in clove :(
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
Just wondering why it is that Phones4U seem to have the head start on this phone? Just called my local and although they have sold out of the ones they had yesterday, the chap did tell me they were expecting a delivery tomorrow and would maybe have some then.

Why are they ahead of the other big retailers?
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
sure am glad i didn't order from Clove..
[Desire HD General] supapawa:
I ordered on the 11th. Please update everyone once you have received anything from them, hopefully it will be next week. crossing my fingers for you mate :D

Edit:

Just saw the blog post. All I can think of in response is !@$#%_*#$^)(&@)#!()@&#%)*(&%

I should have placed an order some place else, they seem to receive the lowest stock and seem to have a bad fulfillment ratio. I don't know how many orders they have compared to other retailers, but it looks like they have a problem with HTC, and the latter is not supplying them adequately as a result of that problem...

this is insane to wait for a phone that much, I am starting to feel like an iPhone4 fan and this doesn't make me feel so good...
[Desire HD General] Fif23:
Anyone know a good store with the damn DHD in stock ? International shipping please.

Thanks
[Desire HD General] supapawa:
+ 1

Anyone?
[Desire HD General] Ethania:
I placed an order from Elgiganten this morning. Have received a sent confirmation and a package number. Finally! Cancelled my PC-City order. The same company is still getting the money tough :) Getting mine on Monday.

And would like to say this too: Screw you Mediamarkt! Get your employees to handle bookings the same way.
[Desire HD General] wineds:
Just an announcement that Vodafone Australia DHDs are locked. Alos has a VHA splash screen at boot up which slows the quick boot time by about 5 seconds :( But they do supply unlock codes for free. Is this the first known instance of locked DHD?
[Desire HD General] wineds:
I agree. Looks like they do have a serious problem with HTC. It is pretty drastic of Clove to stop taking preorders. I guess they are trying to send a strong message to HTC by doing that.
[Desire HD General] sromer:
That's what the last email i got from them said, lets just hope it happens that way.

Next weeks shipment is meant to be bigger than all their previous ones , so it could still happen

Let's just hope HTC gets the message and sends them more phones, cause alot of us are getting sick of waiting