HTC Bravo renamed Desire, released March 26th

PotatoPotato

maxtweenie wrote: »

Hunted around a few techie type sites for you. Most of it went over my head but one guy said he'd tried SIM cards from all the major carriers in his phone and it was unlocked.

Oh cool, so the vodafone pay as you go option is exactly like the sim free option?
Thats strange the way they listed it like that then, £350 is looking good for that legend .

Do you know if it will have vodafone branding? As i think thats the worrying bit since there must be a reason for it being listed under pay as you go.

maxtweenie

PotatoPotato wrote: »

Oh cool, so the vodafone pay as you go option is exactly like the sim free option?
Thats strange the way they listed it like that then, £350 is looking good for that legend .

Do you know if it will have vodafone branding? As i think thats the worrying bit since there must be a reason for it being listed under pay as you go.

I have no idea about the branding, although unlike Apple, HTC seem quite happy for the carriers to stick their own software all over their phones. I read somewhere that each of the major carriers will have slightly different software, for instance 3 are having a Skype application built in.

Money-Saving-Monk

The other site has obviously been banned in the past for spam surprisingly so give them a slap

maxtweenie

I've never used Prepaymania so I have no idea how good they are, but they're taking orders for the Bravo for £373.81 sim free.

http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/htc-desire-bravo-unlocked.html

PotatoPotato

maxtweenie wrote: »

I've never used Prepaymania so I have no idea how good they are, but they're taking orders for the Bravo for £373.81 sim free.

http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/htc-desire-bravo-unlocked.html

kinda disappointed with the legend price there :eek: Its more expensive than the desire.

I like the form factor of the legend, but its not worth paying more for a legend when the desire is better all around for less.

note: the prices on mobilephonedirect has been taken down... wonder what happens to the pre-orders.

chicgeek

maxtweenie wrote: »

I've never used Prepaymania so I have no idea how good they are, but they're taking orders for the Bravo for £373.81 sim free.

.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/htc-desire-bravo-unlocked.html

Thanks for the tip. That's a great price especially considering the UK forecast price including VAT was in the region of £450.

Can anyone recommend or warn against prepaymania?
I'm right on the edge of taking the leap and preordering the Desire, but I've never heard of them. It's a lot of money to take a chance on a company.

/me goes Googling for reviews, good and bad...

randomtask_2

reviews are not exactly glowing for prepaymania:

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Prepaymania_co_uk__6861980
http://www.trustpilot.co.uk/review/www.prepaymania.co.uk

chicgeek

randomtask wrote: »

reviews are not exactly glowing for prepaymania:

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Yeah, my fears are confirmed. If only some more reputable place would take up the same offer...

Cheers mate.

randomtask_2

my pre-order is with mobilefun who I've bought sim-free handsets from on a number of occasions for work and they are a decent online retailer who I recommend you look at. Not as cheap, but reliable and largely hassle free.

BunifahLatifah

Amazon UK has now listed it in their website.
£528.68 sim-free