HTC Bravo renamed Desire, released March 26th

Kau

Jon_B wrote: »

Just checked and mobiles.co.uk still have Desires in stock on all networks. They are part of the Carphone Warehouse group. I'd never used them before but couldn't believe it was delivered on Monday morning when I ordered it on a Saturday!

Actually that deal (Orange 24 @ £25) works out very well with 8 months 1/2 price line rental, coupled with Quidco £50. Works out around £18.75 per month, £450 total

rich_shot2003

Some people have seem to get the phone unlocked like me from Orange why are they doing them unlocked?

LeeSouthEast

The first batches most operators got hold of didn't have their custom firmwares installed. This means they were unlocked. The batches from Three from May will have Three's firmware, and will be network locked. I suspect other networks will be the same.

Early adopters did well here !

Jon_B_2

Yep, my Desire from Orange is unlocked.

skintlass

with it being an android phone it should be pretty straightforward to unlock it anyway.

zildjian

Orange are out of stock till next week.

karatedragon

Can you easily unlock them and dump off the networks pre-installed stuff?

Mine's coming from Vodafone

skintlass

there are a few websites that tell you how to do it - I googled unlock HTC Desire

DCFC79

Kau wrote: »

24 months is a long time
I'm still holding out for an 18 month

For anyone is interested dialaphone have a 12 month contract:

Free Desire
300 minutes
3000 texts
Unlimited Internet (500mb)
£40 per month
3 months free line rental (by redemption)

Works out at £360 total

Plus you can grab £35 Quidco from dialaphone, so £325 total. Works out at about £27 per month

I'm thinking of grabbing one

this on vodafone by any chance

karatedragon

DCFC79 wrote: »

this on vodafone by any chance

Sounds like it.

Isn't the £35 tariff direct from Vodafone with the Quidco £150 cashback better value? And if you use the promotion code PAYGMB at the checkout you get a free Pay As You Go USB Dongle.