The Official HTC Desire Thread

[Stringent]

Seeing as I got my Desire offline, and my contract is up I rang O2 and asked what they could do. In the end I got a 1 month rolling contract with 600mins (rarely go over that) 1200 texts (yup will do me!) unlimited Internets, voicemail and roaming for £20 each month. Not bad considering I have been paying over £40 a month for stuff.

I can upgrade my tariff whenever I want should a phone come out I like, but the lady I chatted to said a lot of people were now buying phones offline and then taking out his kind of deal, then trading them in 8 months down the line for a newer handset. Me being a must have the latest gadget geek am thinking of doing this anyways. So it all suited me. Plus I kept my number, SIM and didn't have to go down the PACS route.

Being roped into 18/24 mo contracts is ludicrous for me. I understand people what a 'free' phone or to pay less up front, but I like to have the latest thing.

[AndyCr15]

Being roped into 18/24 mo contracts is ludicrous for me. I understand people what a 'free' phone or to pay less up front, but I like to have the latest thing.

But I do this AND have all the latest gadgets. Just because they give you one phone, doesn't mean that's what you have to use...

I bought my own Nexus One for example, in 6 months my upgrade it due and they'll give me a free phone I can sell to fund my next gadget

[Singh400]

Just ordered mine. Went for the Black edition, on Orange (Dolphin 35). 24 months, 800mins, unlimited text, £30pm + 10% NHS discount. Orange Care for £1pm.

Sorted

[AndyCr15]

Cool, the black one came today for my house mate (although I already got the Legend for her, very nice) and it does look very good. You wont be disappointed.

My thoughts on the Desire vs Nexus One - http://www.andycr15.co.uk/

They have to be the best 2 devices on the UK market at the moment.

[Stringent]

But I do this AND have all the latest gadgets. Just because they give you one phone, doesn't mean that's what you have to use...

I bought my own Nexus One for example, in 6 months my upgrade it due and they'll give me a free phone I can sell to fund my next gadget

True, but then you are still paying for the phone you had when you took out the contract in the first place.

[AndyCr15]

But I'm paying £20 a month, which would be hard for me to get any cheaper without a phone I would think.

[tincaman]

Cool, the black one came today for my house mate (although I already got the Legend for her, very nice) and it does look very good. You wont be disappointed.

My thoughts on the Desire vs Nexus One - http://www.andycr15.co.uk/

They have to be the best 2 devices on the UK market at the moment.

You should get a good price on Ebay for the Desire, people are nuts over this phone. Loving it myself, but then I never had a similar device to compare against, its so much better than my Touch Pro, I thought I might miss a physical keyboard but that hasn't proved to be the case.

[AndyCr15]

Well, I have 3 people at work after them. I'm asking for £320 and £330 for the black, both will be unlocked. I could perhaps get more, but I'm generally looking to just cover my costs.

[Rob_B]

Well, I have 3 people at work after them. I'm asking for £320 and £330 for the black, both will be unlocked. I could perhaps get more, but I'm generally looking to just cover my costs.

Seems a reasonable price looking at ebay, at least you save on fees Isn't the black one only just out though?

[Ruggerbugger]

£1 for Orange care? How? Typing this from my desire, god I love this thing

[Jay]

If you put this next to the IPhone (First gen) what would be better?

[AndyCr15]

My opinion would be this is better than any other phone out there right now (except maybe the Nexus One )

Granted, the iPhone App store is bigger, but Androids Market is catching up rapidly.

[Jay]

to be honest I never use the app store (my Iphone is hacked so I can't be bothered to update the firmware)

Does this have 3G for some reason I can't seem to find it in the spec

[Singh400]

£1 for Orange care? How? Typing this from my desire, god I love this thing

Just said I wasn't too keen on the £6 a month she wanted, she was like "ok, how about £1". Naturally I bit her hand off

[AndyCr15]

Does this have 3G for some reason I can't seem to find it in the spec

What, as in the connection speed? Are you even allowed to release a phone these days that's only 2G?

Yes, it goes up to 3G+. (Is that HSDPA or something?)

[Jay]

I was going to get this on 3 Mobile but looking at my wifes signal on her phone it looks like I am not going to bother seems she has loads of issues with 3.