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[Desire HD General] HTC_GLOW:
Anyone had a txt or email from t-mobile Upgrades to say there DHD has been dispatched?

they said that they would txt before 5pm to confirm dispatch for tonight,

Think they may be holding stock back until HTC comes up with fix for prox sensor error
[Desire HD General] Eurks:
Contract or sim free? Also when did they say this?
[Desire HD General] Leekster:
didnt ask if it was on contract or not and he said it yesterday morning

not had any texts asides from the one confirming my contract change after i got off the phoe with them. The rep never said to me that i would recieve a text confirming dispatch and iirc i didnt get any on my last upgrade which was direct through t-mob
[Desire HD General] s32bauer:
Just got an email from Phones4U saying my order has been delayed, and they will get it sent as soon as possible :(
[Desire HD General] eboni:
back luck. Will they get another batch tomorrow?
[Desire HD General] @home:
Makes me want a HTC device less & less - Bias towards contracts - not impressed
[Desire HD General] s32bauer:
When I called them, they advised that they should be getting another batch in later today, but I got the email after I spoke to them, so I shant hold my breath!
[Desire HD General] lurkindoc:
just got off phone with t-mobile , they have had stock come in this afternoon so i ordered the dhd , was too late to dispatch to arrive tommorrow but will get it thurs morn 8am-1pm
[Desire HD General] eboni:
I just want to know from Desire owners if HTC pulled this cr4p when the Desire came out, as I only remember delays not bias towards certain stores and contracts.
[Desire HD General] mwatson:
CPW Basingstoke have them in stock. Contract only! No news on when they will become sim free or PAYG.

At least they are filtering through. In two weeks we'll all prob be discussing our experiance of them on here cos we'll all have one!
[Desire HD General] Evostance:
2 weeks to long. The release date was today
[Desire HD General] OdieS:
People need to stop blaming HTC for some Phones4U branches only wanting to sell the handset on contracts rather than sim-free.
[Desire HD General] Guitarfreak26:
No one had stock in bham today, well they did but contract only...

have to wait for superetrader but there random estimate dates has become very annoying.. the free gifts better be good in the modaco package lol
[Desire HD General] darrenjdoc:
Guys n gals. Its well worth the wait. Brilliant handset :D
[Desire HD General] Danifamous:
Handtec.co.uk have been taking pre-orders, and have been saying they are expecting deliveries in this week for the sim-free dark brown version. They have been reliable before with their dates (got a hero and desire classic from them before)
[Desire HD General] eboni:
Please do not try and give HTC a way out. HTC decided to give the first batch of phones to the stores instead of the online retailers / other stores. The fact that HTC did this IS bias towards contracts and certain stores as I stated.
[Desire HD General] Axiol:
Seems like it's in stock, but HTC asked to wait for the 25th October for the official released date (http://gummobile.com/)
[Desire HD General] Moondod:
I got an email from T-Mobile at 6 tonight to say my Desire HD had been posted.

They better not send me the Desire by mistake...
[Desire HD General] msx999:
anyone know of a P4U branch in London that sells this Sim Free - all the ones I;ve tried are selling it as contract only.
[Desire HD General] Nameless_87:
Just got an email from GumMobile were the phone was supposed to be in stock today:
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
Amazon.co.uk just changed their description to "HTC Desire HD Sim Free Mobile Phone - Mocha". They added the Mocha part, maybe it's a sign of a better things to come soon (HD to my hands to be exact :D)
[Desire HD General] mick90:
Hi gents

To the people who have ordered from tmobile directly as an upgrade, how did you pay for the phone?

did you give your card details or is it added to your next bill?
[Desire HD General] Axiol:
Hope so ^^
[Desire HD General] HTC_GLOW:
Got the handset for FREE on £30 month for 24M on T-mobile Direct

900Mins

500TXT

3Gb not 1Gb fairuse

Unlimited landline calls

£10 off each months line rental for 3 months

just play it hard and don't take there deals

Total cost £690 - DHD £470 Contract cost £220/24=£9.16 Month

Delivered Thursday 8AM - 1PM
[Desire HD General] Leekster:
its added to your next bill
[Desire HD General] Jellzy:
Good haggle. Managed to get the £40 deal for £35.

Free phone

1200 minutes

500 text (unlimited with the booster)

Unlimited Internet

4 months free insurance

To be delivered by thursday. :D
[Desire HD General] bogstandard:
Just went to my local CPW to see if they had any in stock (Merry Hill FYI). They do and are offering it on Orange. Rang up T Mobile in store to get my PAC and they beat the CPW deal there and then - phone to be delivered on Thursday! Free handset, and a better deal than they are offering online too!

CPW lady not too happy :) Shame, she was quite fit...
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
This is not true, no stores or operators have the phone for sale (or in stock) in Sweden. And as far as I know there's no units to be bought in Belgium either where it's not legal to sell phones on contract (at least my girlfriend says so :p).

About the proximity sensor problems, HTC confirmed that and said they're working on it. Hope that means they're stalling the release to fix the software on them.

I wonder where GumMobile.com got those dates from Realy, I can't find that information anywhere else. They've not even replied to my mails :p
[Desire HD General] guinnes.s:
I ordered mine from T-Mobile uk online,£90 for the phone,18 months contract,£35 a month,3gb data,plus the free buster that can be changed every month. 7 days return if I change mind.I think is a great deal.now waiting to be delivered LOL,stressful.

sent from my HTC MAGIC UK
[Desire HD General] Dentisst:
Well, if its software problem they don't need to stall release. Just release fix.
[Desire HD General] ramadanatt:
Update:

To those who live close to Nottingham - UK

I have trsuted information, Phones4u who is inside Victoria shopping center will have stock thursday morning and simfree for £449. you can come and pick up one. today i was there and I paid them in advance and will get mine on thursday 10am.

I paid them just in case I go on thursday and they change their mind and say only on contract. now I have the receipte saying HTC Desire HD Sim Free £499 to be collected on Thursday. woooooooooooooooow can't wait !
[Desire HD General] adwinp:
I will allow myself some OT:

http://synapse-phones.com/node/9

A pity they will only start shipping in Q1 2011...

This could be the answer to manufacturer f-ups.
[Desire HD General] Eurks:
Does anyone else have any information around the Bristol area where there will be stock, i have 6 days to go Until my iPhone is sold, so it could be sold anywhere between now and 6 days time :/ then I'm without a phone, Oh dear.
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
Erm middle Q1 2011 xD
[Desire HD General] Leekster:
carphone warehouse will start selling in store nearest tesco metro in town on friday, wasnt said if it would be sim free or contract though
[Desire HD General] msx999:
well i was in two CW today, both had in stock, but only on contract.

Maybe the friday date is when they start selling sim free stock
[Desire HD General] Evostance:
As I mentioned earlier. They said its going to be at least 2 months-ish before they started selling them sim free
[Desire HD General] msx999:
I honestly think that the managers/staff at individual branches don't have a clue. Over the last few weeks the amount of different stories I've heard from staff at various branches - it's ridiculous.

Last friday, a

manager

at CW told me they will be in this week, and available sim-free....
[Desire HD General] Eurks:
Yeh I really think knowone has a clue and there all just guessing, From what I have heard alot that the 25th is the official release date for the phone, so hopefully that means sim free aswell in "some" stores.
[Desire HD General] latte33:
Just received email from play.com this morning....

Thank you for your recent Play.com order for HTC Desire HD Android / Sim Free / Unlocked / 8 Megapixel / Touch Screen Mobile Phone

We have recently been informed by the manufacturer of this product that the release date has been changed to 25-Oct-2010. We have updated this information on site and will endeavour to process your order in readiness to arrive with you on the release date.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused to you in this matter and thank you for your patience and valued custom.

Kind Regards,

Customer Support Team

Play.com
[Desire HD General] SW7:
I just got one from them too but points to a later date:

Thank you for your recent Play.com order for HTC Desire HD Android / Sim Free / Unlocked / 8 Megapixel / Touch Screen Mobile Phone

We have recently been informed by the manufacturer of this product that the release date has been changed to 01-Nov-2010. We have updated this information on site and will endeavour to process your order in readiness to arrive with you on the release date.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused to you in this matter and thank you for your patience and valued custom.

Kind Regards,

Customer Support Team

Play.com
[Desire HD General] latte33:
that's weird...

Website written 25 October 2010...

And your mail written 1 Nov 2010...

weird weird weird....
[Desire HD General] scotia_rfc:
Was thinking the same. I recon latte33 will get a device from their initial stock while sw7 will have to wait for further stock.
[Desire HD General] ardsar:
Maybe not...... yesterday the play.com website had several changes to the release date. Initially they were showing 1st Nov before moving it back to 25th Oct. I guess it depends when they sent you the email.

It appears that no phones will be sent out until Friday this week, even if the stores have stock of the item. It was reported that Clove has started charging cards, with one member stating that he was told he would receive the unit on Friday (even though he is abroad).
[Desire HD General] braby:
Just spoke to Superetrader, I have preorder with them...

They will start shipping them on Friday and the second batch beginning/middle of next week, but they told me that all existing preorders should be fulfilled by the end of next week.

Hopefully no more changes.
[Desire HD General] chaps:
Woohoo, Ordered mine with t-mobile on an upgrade. 18 Month, £35p/m , £180 call allowance (900 mins), unlimited internet and the phone for free. Delivery is tomorrow.

I'm a happy bunny :-)
[Desire HD General] Ethania:
I have just confirmed that the phone is avaliable for order in sweden.

The phone is unlocked, but ofcourse there is a catch.

You have to have a AB company to register with them.

Was about to place my order, but changed my mind. The total price

would be 4750SEK including tax.

So if you have a stock noted company (AB) - Check out ATEA if you live in Sweden.

Anyway this proves the phone isnt far away for us liveing in Sweden.
[Desire HD General] latte33:
Yea, I just received the email this morning....

Hopefully can receive the handset next Monday XD

By the way, anyone know what delivery service that Play.com use?
[Desire HD General] SW7:
I think this way too. I only placed my order recently with Play.com - I had my pre-order with Amazon UK but their release date is 15th Nov, so I double pre-ordered with Play.com on the 18th as they had a release date of 19th :p It seems like my cunning plan didn't work :)
[Desire HD General] Gig11gs:
man i feel depressed loool I pre-orderd from amazon at the 17 of September and i'm gonna have to wait for it to get to my UK mail box on the 17 of November then wait for it to ship to Kuwait and clear from customs that will take about 2 weeks.

so i'm getting my phone in December :(
[Desire HD General] oawalker:
They use a 2 day delivery service with hdnl.

Thats what they used in the past when i ordered a phone from them
[Desire HD General] SW7:
Yes, their website does show 25th. I think my order isn't on the first batch of their stock (yours IS). At lease Play.com is keeping me informed about the order where Amazon UK didn't send me anything since they changed the date to 15 Nov last week. :(
[Desire HD General] SW7:
2 weeks to clear the customs?! I feel your pain. Maybe it'll be in time for a Christmas/New Year present! :p (only joking, I hope you don't have to wait that long)
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
From what store?
[Desire HD General] Eurks:
So if I order from Play.com I will most likely not get it the 25th? Since I have pre-order it so late? I'll be in the second/third batch of phones?
[Desire HD General] Gig11gs:
yep...pretty much. now if you have a preorder stick with it because canceling it will only get you in the black of the line.
[Desire HD General] SW7:
I think 25th is their first stock. If you only placed you order with them recently I think you are more likely on their early Nov. stock - like me.
[Desire HD General] latte33:
When did you receive the email? This morning? Lets hope we can receive it next Monday ;)
[Desire HD General] andrewd1:
My T-Mobile one has arrived, Has no branding on it at all and no T-Mobile software on it, Is however sim locked.
[Desire HD General] latte33:
I just placed my order at 18 October.... but email told me i can receive it 25 Oct... means that i m lucky? XD
[Desire HD General] SW7:
I received the email at 8:37 this morning. Yeh I hope we can our phones next Monday! I hate waiting! Especially uncertain waiting - you thought you were getting close but nope, they've changed it again! Errrr!
[Desire HD General] SW7:
WHAT?! I placed my order on the same date! :confused: I hate you now :)
[Desire HD General] BryPeps:
Just upgraded with T-Mobile. Getting the phone tomorrow. £70 for the phone, 300 minutes, 300 txt, unlimited data, £20/mth.
[Desire HD General] darrenjdoc:
Cracking deal here for £25 per month plus Quidco -

*FREE PHONE*

- 600 mins

- 500 texts

- 1GB internet data

- 24 month contract

http://www.e2save.com/mobile-phone/contract/htc/HTC-Desire-HD.html?tariffcode=C35TEAPR10 - then click T-Mobile to see their deals only.
[Desire HD General] Spaky:
For Italian users only..

I've received an email this morning from HTC that states that DHD will be available for Italian customers starting from 15th November and will also provided by H3G (3Italia) and Fastweb under contract.

Hope this helps someone
[Desire HD General] Leekster:
same here been hunting around for bloatware for the last half hour and cant sniff any out.

am dissapoint that htc didnt provide any screen protectors in the box
[Desire HD General] adwinp:
Any SIM-Free deals (P4U, CW) in Cambridge?
[Desire HD General] m7svk:
I ordered mine on monday from vodafone uk, they told me phone will come unlocked to any network and I should receive phone on friday, but today vodafone told, maybe will be delay, then I want just let to know everyone looks like will be another delay ?! possibly another week - for vodafone customers in uk..
[Desire HD General] latte33:
Don't hate me.... let's pray.... :p

probably email problems? If you want... try call them to confirm the date XD
[Desire HD General] mupet0000:
Thanks for posting this, exactly what I was wanting to know :)
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
any one get email from clove with the shipping date and stock ?
[Desire HD General] scotia_rfc:
I'm still awaiting an email from Clove.

There was a post earlier that advised of someone receiving an email saying their handset would be delivered on Friday.

Have not heard of anyone else who has ordered from Clove that has had confirmation yet.
[Desire HD General] SW7:
I hope that was a typo in the mail but I doubt it...I think you are one of the lucky ones to get the first batch of stock...I'll try contact them by email/phone to find out what's going on...
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
Okey, just got a reply from HTC about when the phone's expected to be in stock in Sweden:

Dear ***,

Thank you for contacting HTC Europe.

Right now there is no confirmed delivery date for the HTC Desire HD.

Sincerely,

***

HTC
[Desire HD General] eddyrick:
Off Topic alittle here but...

I'm still waiting for DHD to be released from Orange, my Tocco Ultra has give up the ghost and Orange are replacing it with the SGS, so I get to play with that until the DHD is released, the SGS will be my first android phone.

Im actually looking forward to playing with the SGS and android although I know that in 2-3 weeks ill be getting my upgrade anyway :)
[Desire HD General] jhenrikj:
And at the same time idg.se claims HTC has confirmed release in Sweden november 3:rd....
[Desire HD General] clooak:
I ve spoke to superetrader about the release of the phone, here is what they said

"HI,

This device is available in phone shops but not as a sim-free phone yet, the sim-free is due to be released on the 29th of this month, we cannot tell you your position as our system does not tell us.

We cannot guarantee you being in the first batch as we serve on a fair first come first served basis, if you ordered the HD early then you should be in the first batch, if not then you will be in the batch 1 week after.

Regards,

SuperEtrader"

This reply sounds pretty good imo but what worries me is that you ve gotten diffrent dates about release from the same company.

Eg one gets 25th and so on.

UPDATE from Superetrader

"

Hi,

We found out late last night that we could possibly be receiving the item this week or early next week, we are keeping the date at the 29th just in case we don’t receive the device in this time.

Regards,

SuperEtrader."

So lets cross our fingers that they will start shipping this week :) After all now its up to HTC to give the green light!
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
Haha, way to go!

I posted that link as a reply to my arrent.
[Desire HD General] :
Just got my hd from Phones4u In Lewisham, fooking amazing piece of kit;) Proximity sensor works fine! The only thing that annoys me a biit is the battery cover not being flush and locations not being that great, but the phone is snappy as fook, and the screen is quality, even in direct sunlight it performs as well as AMOLED;)

JD
[Desire HD General] Evostance:
Went to P4U after I called them saying they'd sell it me. Got there and they refused to sell it me without a contract.... :mad:
[Desire HD General] Ethania:
Not a store for privat buyers.

As I mentioned, you have to have a company.

Byt they are called ATEA.
[Desire HD General] BlameUREdiction:
Had the same thing. On the phone they say 25th (apparently I could receive mine by Saturday), by email though they swear blind that it's 29th. I trust the phone calls and Twitter feed more.

Waiting...
[Desire HD General] sub69:
If I didn't have a MoDaCo special on pre-order, I'd be on my way to the same store to pick one up myself, followed by a quick dash up the hill to Blackheath... but I can wait another week.

Don't flash it around though, I might change my mind if I see someone toting a Desire HD on the mean streets of Eltham... ;)
[Desire HD General] :
was just in eltham p4u, guided to the lewisham store where i made my purchace;)
[Desire HD General] latte33:
Kill the operator that told you to sell you... :p

Try your luck with play.com or handtec then....
[Desire HD General] Eurks:
So P4U are shipping this phone on contract before 22nd? and I am more likely to get it on contact then sim free.
[Desire HD General] Evostance:
Already got it on Play.com but its cheaper from P4U and I can get it earlier than next week.

Going to call P4U tomorrow, they said they would reserve one for me to pickup
[Desire HD General] s32bauer:
Well, just got the following email from Phones4U:

Good Morning,

Thank you for your recent e-mail regarding your pre-order of the HTC Desire HD. I can confirm that more stock will be available from today, your order will be dispatched within the next 24 hours. We look forward to your future custom.

Hopefully I should have it before the weekend then. Now I just have to hope it's not Orange branded and suffering from the proximity sensor issue!
[Desire HD General] latte33:
Good then, I call P4U store around my place. No one want to sell it with Sim Free. I just have to wait untill next Monday.

I don't mind the £20 difference for the price.... as long as the handset no problem and reach to my hand :p
[Desire HD General] clooak:
My e-mail to superetrader was one day old appearently they got some new info during the night that they might get some devices in already for the 25th but not later than 29th. =)

So hopefully we will have our device 29th at latest =)
[Desire HD General] kcris22:
I think that 15th November is not realistic! First we can buy from Expansys, Redcoon etc. in next days, before 15th. November. Second Mewdiaworld and Unieuro flyers says that we can buy DHD from tomorrow!

I think that 15th November is only for the Italian contract!
[Desire HD General] Eurks:
Just orderd my HTC Desire HD from P4U on contract.

£40

600Mins

Unlimited texts

500MB Data (scared about this cuz I know HTC eats this up)

Vodafone

18 Months

Hopefully get it this week.
[Desire HD General] iamamoose:
I'd preordered with Expansys with the bundle of desktop cradle etc, but when I called them they said the extras were not expected until November so I'd have to wait for the phone to become 'in stock' then authorise a part shipment through the web site, so not get it in the first batch (the only reason I ordered with them). So back to hunting.:(
[Desire HD General] havoc99:
Update from Handtec

I replied back today again for an update and got this reply. Looking good. But should be next week delivery.

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

Thanks for your email,

Stock is due immenantly, but the retailers you have mentioned do not sell sim free products and as usual the network providers do get priority release on these products, but the good news is that this means the sim free release will only be a few days after and we hope to be shipping immediately.

Please advise,

Kind regards.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us by replying to this ticket.

As always, it is our pleasure to assist in any way possible!

Thank you

Handtec Customer Services

www.handtec.co.uk
[Desire HD General] eboni:
Just ask them to talk to your account manager, and they can assign an auto part-shipment like my order.
[Desire HD General] crossbox:
Brilliant - thanks Handtec, another weekend without a phone :-/
[Desire HD General] ardsar:
and why is any of this Handtec's fault?!?
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
This does sound a lot more plausible. HTC would be very stupid to announce two phones that hadn't been OK'd by Google.

HTCSense.com is quite a big part of these new phones, so it would make sense to delay them until it's fully operational. They don't want to release a phone, and have one major feature not working properly.
[Desire HD General] lostboy42:
Mobilephonesdirect

Just noticed Mobilephonesdirect has changed its delivery information on the DesireHD page from

PLEASE ALLOW 10 DAYS FOR

FREE CITYLINK DELIVERY

to

PLEASE ALLOW 25 DAYS FOR

FREE CITYLINK DELIVERY

another one joins the waiting!
[Desire HD General] :
If Vodaphone release first, it means that its definitely the ROM that has failed testing, as they use a different ROM...

JD
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
Ace. Might still get the phone next week :D Get in!
[Desire HD General] :
Yep,

I remember when the Desire was released, all the sim-free phones had to be reflashed, and the t-mobile stock went out first due to having a pre passed google ROM;)

JD
[Desire HD General] Donny1987:
I received an email today from the company where I pre-ordered the Desire HD and they said HTC postponed the release and the phone was expected to arrive on October 29th :(
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
yep in the end of the month, its make sense (HTC hehe) :D
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
Just hope Vodafone haven't put a silly logo actually on the phone.

Should be ok though, as my HD2 didn't have one.