HTC Bravo renamed Desire, released March 26th

Fifer

maxtweenie wrote: »

It seems that T-mobile are busy changing their prices upwards and removing the £10 a month plan which might be why they're saying they can't activate at the moment?

£10 deal is now £15 on T-mobile website. Same allowances but phone price slightly reduced to £157. Total cost increases by £113 over 24 months.

mils

anyone getting free insurance thrown in on any of these orange deals?

hrafndot

Response to Fifer

Yes, I'm lucky to have got the £10/£164 deal!!

No wonder T-mobile are revising "active plans", i.e. website is being revised to accommodate pricier deals!

Kyresa

hrafndot wrote: »

Response to Fifer

Yes, I'm lucky to have got the £10/£164 deal!!

No wonder T-mobile are revising "active plans", i.e. website is being revised to accommodate pricier deals!

Me too :j:beer: Some people baulked at the cost of the phone, but for what I'm getting for a tenner a month, I'm more than happy!

LeeSouthEast

Delivery confirmed 22nd April :j:

bubblesmoney

Arch_23 wrote: »

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).

you might find the deals on this website helpful http://mobiledeals.cnet.co.uk/phones/htc/desire/ i found the website more stable than the main omio website that MSE links to.

bubblesmoney

the 'outbound customer' team called me today (apparently the last port of call) and offered me 300 xnet mins on this phone for £5 a month for 18m contract on one phone number and the same package and phone for 10£ a month on my second phone number. told them i wasnt interested in that phone and wanted the desire. and then was offered 16£/month 18m contract(plus £150 for desire) 700mins xnet on one number and same package on 2nd number for 20£. the 2nd phone deal was worse off than customer options deals offered to me. i pointed this out to the 3 adviser, dont know what sort of training they get if they get muddled up between calls. then was told prev days offers were without internet!!!! which i pointed out was nuts if anyone was buying desire without internet option and insisted it was offered. then they agreed for one phone but not other as was prev advisers mistake but not possible as computer not giving that option! i asked to be put to complaints team then was put on hold repeatedly and was told offer on 2nd phone as computer error on my 2nd number and not giving same deal and go back to options team for that number. initially they tried to sell me the hero for another deal but I wasnt interested in that.

so initially agreed to 700xnet + internet + 300 3-3mins skype etc for 16£/m 18m contract 150£ for phone for only 1 hand set to be delivered on 22nd. 14 day cancellation period provided unused. 2y warranty. 4gb card.

got bumped back to customer options team for 2nd phone computer data entry error to be sorted out! they said couldnt offer 700xnet package as that package does not show up on their system. by which time i was fed up and he suggested he could do deal offered prev by options team 1100xnet + internet + 300 3-3 for 20£/m and 150£ for each handset for both the phone numbers. after i buy the deal then he tells me out of stock!!! and new stock coming on 20th and will ship out for delivery on 22 but will call to confirm date again.

i have confirmed this out of stock issue on the 3 blog as well. looks like the stock to be delivered before May will be the network unlocked version. after May will be the 3 network locked version.

Did any on here who got the discounted packages manage to wrangle the free spotify subscription for the duration of the contract. this isnt on their website but only mentioned on their blog. For new subscribers looks like it is on the 35£ contract for 2y, for other amounts it is free only for 1m. nothing said about upgrade offers though. tried to wrangle an extra MiFi dongle for free but no luck. will try the spotify package when get the next call back for confirmation from them. anyway have the 14day period offered by them for full refund if cancel after delivery. confirmed that 4gb card free with each phone, initially adviser wasnt sure and said didnt know then put me on hold and said yes. so if not there when package comes will call and say refusing goods as not as promised. thought would try for 8gb card but was exhausted after long wrangling and gave up. thought might move network but looks like a new cell tower has come somewhere where i live and signal better. think 3, orange and tmobile are sharing masts now as before t mobile said poor signal on website but even they said excellent signal for my address now. well atleast on paper supposedly, will see when handset delivered.

looks like some 3 network pricing is being revised soon as far as i can see on the pricing update on their blog.

Afc_2

got a pac code from 02.. and phoned t mobile, i think i got quite a good deal, £30 p/m 18 month. free handset, 900 minutes, unlimtd internet + texts.. basically the standard £30 deal, but they took off a £157 charge for the handset

they also said the handset was black? i thought only orange had the black handset?

hrafndot

has anybody come to a decision as to which is the best peripheral; I need to make a decision tonight about a screen protector at the very least, I have a number of options and will edit this post when I have found the links.

Screen Protectors http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/htc-desire-cases-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php

rubberised skin http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/flexishield-skin-for-the-htc-desire-black-p24206.htm?referer=criteo

Cases - no, too embarassing!

Desktop charger with spare battery slot http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/htc-desire-dual-desktop-charging-cradle-p24217.htm

DCFC79

Afc wrote: »

got a pac code from 02.. and phoned t mobile, i think i got quite a good deal, £30 p/m 18 month. free handset, 900 minutes, unlimtd internet + texts.. basically the standard £30 deal, but they took off a £157 charge for the handset

they also said the handset was black? i thought only orange had the black handset?

you sure he/she said black as according to this site it says "It has also been reported to be available exclusively via the carrier"

ive only seen reports of it being available on orange, why not wait and see, if it isnt black would that be an issue for you