HTC Desire - best deals I've found

avevers

Still hanging in there for my desire from beepy. Wondering how much longer I can wait.

4 1/2 weeks now. Is this a record?

katie1986

Hi

My contract ends with Orange in October, but I can upgrade my phone/plan now. Just spoken to them and I've been offered the HTC Desire for £25 per month on a 24 month contract. This includes unlimited texts, 600 minutes, 500mb data and insurance. No initial outlay for the handset.

Is this a good deal? Never had a smartphone before so unsure as to whether the inclusive 500mb data is good?

currently on £25 per month on a Sony Ericsson C905 for unlimited texts, insurance and 300 mins, no data included. I always go over that each month though.

Thanks in advance for your help.

daindian

hi its a good deal but the desire comes with a lot of orange software rubbish built in which slows the phone down

Reubo

I am looking to get an HTC Desire and my contract with Orange ends in a couple of weeks, and when I called them for my PAC number I was offered no incentive to stay with them, I got my code a few days later,ws asked to call them again,called Orange, and again was offered no deal to stay with them, so why ask me to call??
Anyway so I go into my local Carphone Warehouse to see what other options I could get and find there is a shortage of HTC Desire phones.....and they dont know when they are coming in......
Does anyone know why there is a shortage?

daindian

Htc cant keep up with demand hence the shortage! Also samsung supply the amoled screen and they are not producing enough instead focusing on the super amoled for the galaxy s which as good if not better than the desire! This has resulted in htc having to use sony for desires from now on

Greatexpectations_2

My OH bought an HTC Desire on -3- via a reseller . Turns out to be an unbranded one. We are paying £20 a month for 500min or text with 500mB "unlimited" internet. With cashback the phone cost £50 so giving a total cost of £530 over 2 years. Which given it replaced a PAYG which was topped once in a blue moon is big jump.
The phone is excellent and reception is generally no worse than the other networks.
By the sound of things we were lucky to get the phone at all as stocks keep running out, I wil lbe leaving 02 soon to go to 3 as the unlimited 3 to 3 min make it worthwhile and also getting the parents cheap PAYG handsets for free unlimited calls to other 3 mobiles. The skype is a good idea but seems a bit unreliable but call quality is as good as "regular"

AdamBrunt

daindian wrote: »

hi its a good deal but the desire comes with a lot of orange software rubbish built in which slows the phone down

Which orange software rubbish is this ? I have a HTC Desire with Orange (via mobiles.co.uk) and it has no Orange branding nor anything that looks like it is Orange specific ?

Jon_01

AdamBrunt wrote: »

Which orange software rubbish is this ? I have a HTC Desire with Orange (via mobiles.co.uk) and it has no Orange branding nor anything that looks like it is Orange specific ?

If it's from mobiles.co.uk it'll be a sim free model as issued by HTC.

Orange have messed with the installed apps on their own model (the one sold by their own stores and from the Orange website), some installed HTC apps have been hidden rather than removed (so they still take up space!). And they've replaced the HTC apps with their own versions which I understand you can't remove. . .

fireice

Where is the cheapest place you can get the desire (over the length of the contract) for an 18 month contract?

flyingscotno1

fireice wrote: »

Where is the cheapest place you can get the desire (over the length of the contract) for an 18 month contract?

Try https://www.mobilephonechecker.co.uk