HTC Bravo renamed Desire, released March 26th

hrafndot

Woody75 wrote: »

Morning peeps

Just thought i'd give you some feedback after having had the phone since Friday now. The phone itself is fantastic and is by far the best piece of mobile kit i've ever used. If you've never used a smart phone before it will be a little overwhelming at first.

All this tech wizardry comes at a price and your battery wont be lasting 5 mins until youve tweeked your settings and turned off non essential apps updating themselves every 5 mins. Be prepared to be charging your phone nightly!!

To get the most out of it i'd say have a look at some of the forums already mentioned on here:

Android Forum

xda Developers

Threads on how to make the most of the battery are especially useful if not essential reading

Also download 3G Watchdog app from android market as soon as you can (or something similar). This will monitor your Internet data usage and give you an idea what your using daily which can add up surprising fast by doing very little and just having certain apps just auto updating constantly. This may not be needed with a T-Mobile 3gb data cap but if you have an Orange or Vodafone 500mb cap then you'll probably need it

Lastly if your with Orange then prepare to be disappointed and frustrated with the cr*py user guides supplied. There is only a quick start guide from HTC which will get you off the ground but not much else and pretty useless Orange guides

Here is the official downloadable HTC guide from the HTC website which is pretty darn good and easy to read

HTC Guide

Hope some of you find this useful

Thanks for this woody, they've obviously been hard at work as this is a definite improvement to the user guide I obtained from the same website a week ago!!!!very helpful!!

maxtweenie

hrafndot wrote: »

I think it is the new standard; however I'm not finding it easy to connect "cleanly" it feels as if I may be harming the unit connection and think that a "docking type" connection might be a little easier

I know what you mean. I have to physically look at the shaped end of the usb so I don't try and force it in the wrong way.

Keith

I tried to cancel my O2 contract at the weekend to get a Desire, they offered an iPhone to get me to stay (I've got it for 14 days before I need to decide if it's for me).

Having used it today, I'm getting annoyed at the lack of menu's, such as delete a contact.

Is the Desire similar? I'm tempted to send back the iPhone and get a Desire.

buenfoxa

buenfoxa wrote: »

3 are now doing a pre-order offer for exisitng customers who are eligible for an upgrade (their Blog confirmed this on Friday).

Well I rang them up just now and have been offered the following:

HTC Desire - £50.00
500 Mix & Match
300 3-3 Mins
Unlimited Internet (1GB Fair use)
18 month contract
£23.00 month.

How does this sound? Would be £464 in total.

Thought I'd have one last crack with 3 before I definitely left, got through to Customer Options Dept i.e the next dept after upgrades and agreed the following:

HTC Desire - £50.00
500 Mix & Match
300 3-3 Mins
Unlimited Internet (1GB Fair use)
18 month contract
£18.00 month.

£374 total cost - well chuffed with that when compared to T-Mobiles deals. :T

DCFC79

maxtweenie wrote: »

I think the OP means the micro usb connector? Isn't that the new standard for phones & chargers though?

yes i think the phone devs were going to make the chargers the same standard

DCFC79

hrafndot wrote: »

I meant the cable that runs between the plug and the phone which can also be used between the pc usb slot and the phone, is that any clearer?

was just asking what cable you were refering to,

hrafndot

maxtweenie wrote: »

I know what you mean. I have to physically look at the shaped end of the usb so I don't try and force it in the wrong way.

Thanks for understanding me!! It's bad enough having a phone that's more intelligent than me, but I thought I was going into complete terminology breakdown!

hrafndot

DCFC79 wrote: »

was just asking what cable you were refering to,

sorry I wasn't being terse, just stressed out by the phone!

Arch_23

anyone got an inkling of o2's possible deals for this phone?

I'm hoping for < £600 over a 24 month term but don't really know what to expect....

What i've seen so far from the other networks:

Orange: £749
Vodafone: £720
Three: £630
T-Mobile: £489 (maybe slighly higher now given recent increases)

(cheapest 24 month contracts for new customer if purchased directly from the network(s), totals inc. cost of handset if any).

gizajobby

I'm new to Vodafone and got one for 21 months at £25.54 = £536, for 600mins, unlimited txts and their usual 'unlimited' 500MB download. Also got 8GB card included, plus the 4GB already in te phone.
Was with T-Mobile with absolutely no signal at home. It's a bit better but not perfect with VF but rang to 'return' it and got offered a Sure Signal femtocell for £25 so now got that and can get HSDPA easily. Only need it for calls as have wi-fi.