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[Desire HD General] s32bauer:
Apologies if this has already been posted, but Phones4U have advised me that this will be in stores tomorrow - seems a bit odd, didn't think many stores would have received stock on weekends!
[Desire HD General] scotia_rfc:
Was in Carphone Warehouse today and the guy said they would have their stock in on 18th, BUT, they were only using their initial stock for people taking out new contracts.

He said if i wanted to buy one SIM Free then it would have to be ordered in.

Weird! :confused:
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
Weird shop.. they say

4.3 inch AMOLED Touchscreen

480 x 800 pixel resolution

4GB Internal Memory

720p Video recording

8 Mega Pixel Camera

is it really amoled with 4GB? I've been sold out =^_^= .

BTW they offer only operator models, not sim-free
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
update, expansys is deley the stock date to 8 more days - 26th.
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Clock had his today and sent pictures, its in the sticky in the ("HD General)

We still cant say 100% but it looks like the screen is a S-LCD with 1.5GB of internal memory.

EDIT - just seen who you are, sorry, you will already know this info.....
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
MPD website now says "end Oct"... How can the phone be shipping but still take 2 weeks? They're an "ultimate partner" too!

Bah!
[Desire HD General] oawalker:
Yea the wait keeps getting longer and longer at this rate i might have to go on contract if i want it early
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
for what ? day, 2 days - a week ??? keep wating my friend :)
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
Just got fooled by a Swedish retailer (almost). The site states that it has it in stock for online orders but not in retail stores. But if you then read a bit more, they say that it's only availible for pre-orders which you only can place if you pay now with a credit card. They also say that they've got a (realy) few units in some retail shops and that you should contact the support to get info about which. The support's not open on weekends and they put this up today after their closing hours. Whats up with that? And this company is actually big!
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
We need to place on the first post the summary of ship release dates because at the moment this thread is a mess imo.

Carrier’s:

Vodafone UK

“ October 14th came and went, with no sign of the Vodafone HTC Desire HD arriving as initially promised. Now, the carrier’s site has been updated to suggest the new Android 2.2 smartphone isn’t expected to ship until October 22nd.” by Androidcommunity.com on 15-OCT-2010

T-Mobile

“thought id try my luck with t-mobile renewals this morning and according suzanne on the phone there have been "nationwide delays affecting all networks and it should be stock on the 25th".” By Leekster on the 15-OCT-2010

Retailers:

Expansys

“update, expansys is deley the stock date to 8 more days - 26th.” by liorra3 on 15-OCT-2010

Carphone Warehouse

“Was in Carphone Warehouse today and the guy said they would have their stock in on 18th, BUT, they were only using their initial stock for people taking out new contracts.” By scotia_rfc on 15-OCT-2010

Clove

“yep, jest email clove, they say that the first one will get to stock at the 22th, i hope that they get is sooner” by Apache14 on 15-OCT-2010

Play.com

“Play.com has it up for the same price and they stated that its due 19 Oct!” by slateac on 15-OCT-2010

SuperEtraders UK

“superEtrader are still saying the 29th ..... but if they get stock early they will ship early :-D” by Apache14 on 15-OCT-2010

Amazon UK

“I understand that 90% of other companies posted a release date within a week for this item. However our latest information indicates that this title has not yet been released. The expected release date is November 15, 2010, however please know that publication dates are always subject to change at the discretion of the publisher.” By Amazon Customer Services 14-OCT-2010

Mobile Phones Direct

"The latest information regarding your delivery has not changed - ‘we are still expecting to be able to fulfil your order by the end of October’.

This will have no impact on you being one of the first customers to receive this amazing new phone!" by MPD Customer Service Email on 14-OCT-2010 to many of their first clients.
[Desire HD General] Xartz:
I'm not a pre-order veteran like you seeing as I only placed my order

on the 11th of October. I do hope this upcoming shipment will provide

enough handsets to satisfy the insane amount of people who have

placed orders.
[Desire HD General] ramadanatt:
Hi

it is really confusing !

Today I went to a Vodafone store today in Leicester where I live. I asked the satff about DHD they told me it will not be available before the End of November. Then I just went to another Vodafone store that is 500m away from the first one and asked them too about the DHD and they said it will be available next week. Then I went to a T-mobile store and asked about it and they said it will be available in ten days. then I went to another T-mobile and they told me it is expected to be in Stock tomorrow.

so how can this be??????????? I went crazy. No two store are giving the same answer.

I sent an email to Clove.com where I pre ordered my DHD and they replied that they are receiving limited stock next week and a huge stock on early November
[Desire HD General] Craptastical:
Was this Teknik Magasinet? I searched on prisjakt.nu to see if anyone claimed to have it in stock, and they're the only ones. So I called one of the shops here in Stockholm to ask where the couple are located... There's none in Stockholm at all. She said none of the shops here have received it yet, but they're supposed to be in the shops "any time now".

Now I don't want to sound like a typical 08, but why the hell aren't they located in Sweden's largest market? Even Samsung figured this out (get people to be seen with the product, ie on the subway in London). Grrrrr.

Oh well. I guess I still have to hope El Giganten ships my order out before the end of October. At the rate things are going, I'm tempted to order a couple more and throw them up on Tradera when they're finally shipped to me. That is if HTC didn't learn from their last supply & demand FAIL with the Desire.
[Desire HD General] s32bauer:
Well, both of my local Phones4U stores have the phones in stock, but aren't prepared to offer the same 18 month deal as they have on their website, only some really bad 24 month contracts.

Would order it online from their website, but I really don't want to end up with a branded handset!
[Desire HD General] riz157:
have you managed to see the product in Phones4u store
[Desire HD General] :
Handsets will only be branded in software, not in hardware...

JD
[Desire HD General] s32bauer:
Not a working one, as they had sold out by the time I'd got there they only had a non-working display model.
[Desire HD General] s32bauer:
I really don't want any software branding either. I've spoken to Phones4U on the phone though, and they've assured me that it won't be branded at all - fingers crossed!
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
Yes, I was talking about Teknikmagasinet. About store stock, I believe it's just a pile of bull ****.
[Desire HD General] slateac:
Most of the time phones from Phones4U or Carphone Warehouse have no branding unless the phone is exclusive to a specific network
[Desire HD General] darrenjdoc:
Heading into Belfast to have a look at one. My order hasn't come through today and its still hasn't showed thats its been shipped. So hopefully i will be home with one this afternoon and cancel my other order :)
[Desire HD General] Bumble-Bee:
I get really anoyed that the first lot is reserved for new contracts. And pre orders have to wait a week or two. Why do they allow pre orders that they wont forfill :-|
[Desire HD General] s32bauer:
Well, I've just preordered with Phones4U over the phone, and been told that it will be delivered on the 22nd, or the next Monday. Guess all I can do now is wait, and hope that it's unbranded!
[Desire HD General] Bumble-Bee:
UPDATE

-------- main/first post updated with date info ----------​
[Desire HD General] Nameless_87:
GumMobile have 19th OCtober as release date of this Sim Free Phone

MobileFun have 1st Nvember as release date of this Sim Free Phone
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Handtec.co.uk says: EXPECTED WEEK COMMENCING 18TH OCT
[Desire HD General] Wafster:
Why is it so bloody hard to know when its going to released. I have heard almost all dates from today until the end of November. Its confusing and annoying.

I just want my Phone, the company BB is killing me slowly but surely:confused:
[Desire HD General] Dentisst:
Its just doesn't go together what it stands written. They say that they have phone in net store, but then it stands pre-order it today......
[Desire HD General] turkification:
I finally got my Desire HD. Thanks Vodafone Netherlands! :D:D:D
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
Yeah, det irriterar skiten ur mig.

Sorry for the Swedish :p

I Hate you :(
[Desire HD General] turkification:
You have hotter women, we have the phone first. I think that's a good deal :p
[Desire HD General] Ethania:
For some reason I dont belive you.

Anyway: What is cool about saying you have it if you dont?

Would be great with a picture on your beauty. ;)
[Desire HD General] jords12:
You should. The Netherlands has gotten the phone first for some reason, most of the people around who have gotten them live there.
[Desire HD General] willk22:
Phones4u contracts are looking nice and cheap...

http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_contract_details.asp?ItemKey=421508&intcid=Homepage_Contract_P1
[Desire HD General] Ethania:
How come none of the DHD buyers have comented wether or not the screen i SLCD or even put up something on youtube?

Edit:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=809322

Just read this thread again.
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
My woman is from Belgium, so can I please have the phone now? :p

Maybe I should call my uncle and ask him to buy it and mail it to me, hehe.

The Netherlands get stuff first pretty often because they have the biggest port in Europe (which pretty much everything is transfered from to the rest of Europe).
[Desire HD General] HacKage:
I picked up my DHD earlier today from Phones4U who kept the phone by for me. It was the only one they had in stock, but I know the guys well so it was no bother. Phone they gave me is a unbranded GSM handset
[Desire HD General] vistagamer:
Has anyone a brandet phone and can say wether it´s Black or Brown?
[Desire HD General] themonkster:
I'm hoping Orange release a black one they manage to do it with all their other HTC phones.
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
Very jealous here. Will have to find out if they have phone up here or not. What colour is the handset? The black?

Bit confused, as Carphone Warehouse is saying brown phones, but the colour looks the same as the Desire HD on the HTC website. So very confused there.

I just want the phone already! :(
[Desire HD General] HacKage:
Hi, it said on the contract that it is a black GSM handset, but the handset itself looks like really dark brown. I didn't know there was 2 different colour varients of the phone :/
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
I don't think there are to be honest. It just looks a bit more brown than totally black. The metal on the HD2 is similar I guess, it's very dark, you could maybe call it brown, just, but it's a black/brown colour really.

What's the phone like in general? Is it really nice yeah? :p
[Desire HD General] HacKage:
I seen here http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/15/htc-launches-the-desire-hd-an-evo-for-the-rest-of-world/ that the press photo is showing total black, but the pics in the gallery are showing the same dark brown that my handset it. I think maybe that for some reason the press photos and early leak photos are showing all black, but the browny colour will be the only colour available at the moment
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
Yeah. I think it's just the same metal as the HD2 then. The colour looks very similar. As long as it looks nice, I'm not fussed :)
[Desire HD General] Beards:
Why are you bothered what it looks like?

Providing it does it's job surely that's more important.
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
I don't think there's any other color than the brown one. The black onens looks just like the brown one but with higher gamma level (at least it seems so to me). Just compare the colors on the display.
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
Amazon UK changed from the 15th of November to ... the 14th of November....
[Desire HD General] eozen81:
LOL, big development :)
[Desire HD General] Axiol:
Nice, we can see some progress, one month to go again ^^
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
Expansys all over the place even tho they have announced a delay still have 18th October as release date.
[Desire HD General] Smartmob:
Ok, but when will it came to East Europe? On April 11' or what... I'm on frikin dummy for 4 months and i cant take it any more.... :mad:
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
That is true beards. But looks are also important. I'm just very picky :(
[Desire HD General] adwinp:
Would you guys stay on topic?

Please remind yourself of the thread title. It's a real ***** to read this thread, considering the amount of OT.
[Desire HD General] Craptastical:
This is possibly relevant to the other Swedes on this board too... El Giganten emailed me receipts last night for my order. It's possible that this means they've filled the order and are just waiting to send it out.

Hopefully that's the case anyway :)
[Desire HD General] Dentisst:
Did you got email that they have send it? What it stands when you log in to Elgiganten?

I've pre-ordered from CDON.COM. No news there yet.
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
Hi guys,

I just wanted to ask if you think Amazon will really only get stock on the 15th november like it says on their site, or will they get stock the same time as Clove, hantec, play etc. I can't imagine why they would get it 2-3 weeks after the rest!
[Desire HD General] Craptastical:
There's no ship date listed in the email or online, but something that is encouraging is what's written on the receipt. The only date listed is the purchase date (the day I placed the order).

First, at the top it reads: "Kvittot är ditt garantibevis". For non-Swedish speaking people that means "This receipt is your warranty certificate". It's pretty much the same thing as a proof of purchase.

At the end of the receipt it has a paragraph about the 30 days return policy blah blah blah (aka "Ångerrätt"). Considering that this receipt has to be used for returns it would be screwed up to email something like this if the product hasn't been readied for shipment... especially when I already received an order confirmation email/credit card receipt at the time I pre-ordered.

Then again, some Swedish businesses have a tendency to do things bass ackwards. I'm hoping this isn't one of those cases.
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
Its the 14th now :|
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
I ordered from Komplett, and I got that message just after I placed the order, so I'm sorry, but I don't think it means anything :(
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
it still says 15th for me :confused:

But do u think that date is worst case scenario or are they really going to be that late to receive them?!
[Desire HD General] Godo_PPL:
I suggest someone send one to pocketnow or engadget so they can get a good thorough review!

I guess the americans will have to wait 6months for this like they did with the Desire :)

I love HTC for releasing in europe first. :)

Personally I am waiting for their WP7 phones to release, want to know how the wp7 stacks up compared to the froyo regarding cloud sync...

I think this is the most important feature , scince I spend more time behind the monitor then on the road.

I want to see smarter photo syncing, and ofcourse flawless outlook sync!

Have tried gmail for a year now with android, but it lacks the experience that I have with Microsoft's software, I am sad to say..
[Desire HD General] isaw:
We-ell, that's not entirely true.

The Americans had the EVO 4G which is, really, the HTC DHD. And we, Europe, were pretty annoyed that we had been left out of the release, as many people wanted an Android version of the HD2.

Now HTC have responded with the DHD, modified for the non-US market (lack of 4G) and so on.

I suppose they just pitch things across the pond every so often, see what generates which amount of interest, etc.
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
you know, its same device except:

screen (not size), building design, cpu and graphics chip, battry, memory, os, sound

opps - its not the same, the DHD - is better.
[Desire HD General] koolkalangdude:
anyone have an idea to when DHD be released in ASIA? SEA in particular.
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
http://www.eurodroid.com/2010/10/sim-free-htc-desire-z-launch-moves-back-to-november/

the Desire Z has been pushed to November now. Maybe the same will happen to Desire HD?? Hope not
[Desire HD General] isaw:
Ok, let's be anal about it.... :rolleyes:

The *point* was, the EVO4G was the Android version of the HD2 - what we in Europe had been moaning about for ages. So we were a bit narfed that the US got the EVO first.

Yes, the DHD is a better phone, but it's the "European" version of the EVO4g in that it's a large screen with Android...
[Desire HD General] ardsar:
According to handtec there are UK wide delays on sim free devices. First stock appears to be headed to the carriers.
[Desire HD General] mafu6:
Emailed HTC last night after finding this thread and got a reply today directly from HTC stating that the sim free version of the DHD will be released on Tuesday 19th October. So if everyone expects it then but gets it early Bonus! im never wanted a phone so much though on the plus side it should be worth the wait!!!!
[Desire HD General] KaidM:
Pre-ordered on Clove UK

Clove UK have changed their first stock due to next week now. I will give them a ring tomorrow to try to understand what is going on!

Disappointed here, but the good news is that before I receive my phone there should be some good reviews out there by then so that I can make an informed purchase.

:(
[Desire HD General] @home:
I Emailed Clove today & was told the 11th October for the first shipments but having read the statement above I'm not holding out much hope for the 11th
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Ugh I always do this. I start off with a very conservative idea of release (I posted in another thread I expected actual release late October).

Then I let excited forum posts get my hopes up that HTC might actually come through with a proper on-schedule release date.

Then my newly built hopes get shattered only days before and in fact I have to wait even longer than I originally anticipated.

What a complete let-down by HTC. Not impressed, but there's naff all I can do about it other than sit and wait like a patient little boy until one day when I have given up hope I miss a delivery and have to haul myself halfway across the county to pick up my phone from the depot and forgive HTC for shattering my dreams because I'm overwhelmed with joy as I finally have my mythical device.

Hmm, that was a bit ranty wasn't it!
[Desire HD General] riz157:
Come on pal I think you got more going on in your life then HTC. Meditate pal empty yourself and breath! Look around you and enjoy the wonders of creation.:)
[Desire HD General] liorra3:
keep us updat :)
[Desire HD General] :
Its the Desire release all over again;( flawed;(((

JD
[Desire HD General] PhoenixAG:
What is worrying is the fact that no devices have been sent to ANY of the major sites for review!

You would think that the flagship Android HTC phone would get some sort of a review before its release. I really hope it gets shipped sometime this week, but am losing hope by the minute.
[Desire HD General] v-b-n:
The biggest indicator at present seems to be htcsense.com

Normally the site should become active before the shipment leaves HTC for retailers because they dont wanna end up with the first customers not being able to login to htcsense.com which they have really hyped about...

For now, we are able to register/login from the phone ROM itself and also see stuff started updating in there for which I already posted a thread...

However, the same login is not active yet on the website ...
[Desire HD General] PhoenixAG:
You are right. One would think that the services side of the phone would be ready much before.

Hmm, I really don't think its the retailers' fault this time. HTC might be having problems with the shipments. I often wonder, is it really so hard to announce a date when a phone will be released and then actually ship the thing on that date? Why does only one company (Apple) do it?
[Desire HD General] Smigit:
Well where is the white iPhone 4? Also it wasn't a phone but the iPad had delays too I'm sure. I hate it as much as the next guys, but pretty much every company falls victim to it, Apple inclusive.

Ahh well, first post here anyway. Looking forward to the device. The delay probably won't hurt too bad given I need to have it shipped to AU. If it ships around the 11th I'll likely get it late next week instead of early.
[Desire HD General] stiefa00:
Yesterday I wrote to amazon.co.uk and here is their answer:

Time will tell... -_-
[Desire HD General] adwinp:
This will be addressed to all the desperates out there :>

"

Thanks for your email,

Currently HTC are showing a release date within October, although not fully confirmed we are expecting our stock to be shipping around this date, please see our website for updates as they will be posted on the item page when available.

Please advise there is anything else we can help with?

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

"

AND the announcement on the product page:

"

STOCK DUE: UK WIDE DELAYS ARE EXPECTED FOR SIM FREE STOCK. THIS WILL EFFECT ALL UK RETAILERS. STOCK DUE WEEK COMMENCING 11TH OCTOBER

"
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
This is what they answered me in the 2nd rage email ive sent them :|
[Desire HD General] Craptastical:
I received an order confirmation etc when I placed the order too. It's kind of strange that they would send this different email out out the day after they originally said they would have them in stock. That's why I have my hopes up again.
[Desire HD General] Dentisst:
I got this from CDON before I pre-ordered:

Hej XXXX

I andra halvan av Oktober kommer vi få in HTC Desire HD.

Det kommer komma in väldigt begränsat antal av denna mobil till alla återförsäljare under hela detta året.

Hur många vi får in exakt är okänt men som det ser ut nu så kommer vi kunna leverera till alla som står på kö.

Vi rekommenderar dig att ställa dig i kö så fort som möjligt.

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

Hi XXXXXX

In the second half of October, we will get HTC Desire HD.

It will come in very limited number of this mobile to all dealers throughout this year.

How many we get into exactly is unknown but as it stands now, we will be able to deliver to all who are in the waiting list.

We encourage you to join the waiting list as soon as possible.

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

About the colour:

Hej XXXXXX,

Vi kommer att ta in den svarta versionen i första leveransen.

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

Hi XXXXXX,

We will take in the black version on the first batch.

------------------------------------------------------------
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
Japan got it ?!

EDIT:

They will have it in early November *#%$*#& Amazon UK...

Translated Source
[Desire HD General] abrasive:
Cool, I wonder what color Komplett will have. Mailed them now. Also put a pre-order on CDON too :p
[Desire HD General] Guitarfreak26:
I ordered from superetrader :( gutted if it's the 29th. I havnt had any update since I paid 475 :(
[Desire HD General] Bumble-Bee:
They said the will ship it sooner if they get stock
[Desire HD General] Guitarfreak26:
I hope so, voda UK said the 22nd so you never know