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HTC, T-Mobile & Dopod pricing demistified...

Don't worry all, it's all good. Let me start with the confusion by quoting a fellow Xda members concern about pricing, that was shared by myself and doubtless countless of other potentially interested purchasers of the new Athena, known as HTC X7500 (due out in April sometime), T-Mobile Ameo (available now) and the Dopod U1000 (available now in various parts of Asia).
cudo said:
hi, yup there is something definitely wrong on flext 35+webnwalk = 119 and on flext 50+webnwalk= 319 ))
cudo
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Right then....just had a rather lengthy discussion with T-Mobile about this. The information for the Flex 35 offer is absolutely legit!!
That's right 100% correct!!
I was going to send mine back and have this deal, but in the fullness of the contract, the price works out to be exactly the same...down to the penny!
Basically I get 1/2 price discounts on my bills due to my ties with T-Mobile, hence I pay more for the device..but it all amounts to the same, except I get considerably more minutes etc per month.
Bottom line: If your going to be a new customer to T-Mobile and can comfortably afforf the £40 + per month, it is a fair deal. Total cost for the device and perks of the Flext tariff work out to £839.00 or thereabouts.
Compare that to £600.00 for the cheapest deal the Dopod U1000 (add shipping cost), then your really only paying less than £239.00 for the contract over 18 months which equates to 239/18 = £13.20!!
It will actually work out less than that as in the Dopod U1000 you still have to pay for shipping.
So in reality, your paying (e.g) £600 for the device and about £12.00 per month for the tariff.
Another way to look at it is tariff is £42.50 x 18 = £765.
Therefore £839.00 - £765.00 = £74.00 (for tariff benefits)
74/18 = £4.11 per month over 18 months for Flex 35
Apparently HTC will be selling the X7500 Advantage for a bit over £700.00 SIM free, but no other perks like free minutes etc...hence the inclusion of TomTom6.
They all work out to be roughly the same. You get what you pay for and none is actually cheaper than the other.
You simply have to chose which 'package' best suits your needs. Whichever version you buy, no one has got any cheaper than you as we don't know their payment history and Loyalty points awarded in the form of £'s discounted and for what reason they got high or low discounts.
I get low discounts on upgrades or new device/contract, because I always get 1/2 bills on contract tariff, but someone else may have several low cost tariffs, but pay the full bill and thus gets a higher Loyalty reward in discounts (this applies to service providers only).
You may seemingly get the device considerably cheaper at T-Mobile or at a small SP signing you up with T-Mobile, but with a less fulfilling tariff or at a higher rate.
It all sounds terribly confusing, but it's actually quite simple when you think about it and makes perfect sense.
None of these companies lose, but neither do the customers, as we have different 'packages' or 'bundles' with service providers or sellers of other variants of the Sim free Athena.
It all works out fairly in the end....trust me.

WTF!!!! Your post is Very long & 99% garbage.... i dont want tomtom 6 in my htc x7500. also i dont want any whatsoever accessories with it. i only want the pocket pc possibly without the box so the price cuts down. bloody hell they prolly charge me £100 more for the tomtom sheit. Also the gps sux in athena. it heats up the device so much and drains the battery like mad sheit. i am going to disable gps and use my holux gps that i bought for my universal. also i already have tomtom 6 which is basically free on the net and you can download maps. who dont know how to do that can buy the sheit for £100 whatever (noobs). So the device really costs only £450-£500!!! hahahaha. Whoever get HTC X7500 for £700-£800 getting madly ripped off.

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WTF!!!! Your post is Very long & 99% garbage.... i dont want tomtom 6 in my htc x7500. also i dont want any whatsoever accessories with it. i only want the pocket pc possibly without the box so the price cuts down. bloody hell they prolly charge me £100 more for the tomtom sheit. Also the gps sux in athena. it heats up the device so much and drains the battery like mad sheit. i am going to disable gps and use my holux gps that i bought for my universal. also i already have tomtom 6 which is basically free on the net and you can download maps. who dont know how to do that can buy the sheit for £100 whatever (noobs). So the device really costs only £450-£500!!! hahahaha. Whoever get HTC X7500 for £700-£800 getting madly ripped off.
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man, what he say is very true, he basically just break down the price for all these three device. Advantage will cost the most, yes it will be over £700 so you won't get it under £500!!! Beside, i have the DOPOD U1000 with me and i can tell you this, GPS works really good, no heating up at all and is the same speed as my TomTom official BT receiver.
So if you really want to wait for the Black one, be prepare to spend over £650 at least!

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man, what he say is very true, he basically just break down the price for all these three device. Advantage will cost the most, yes it will be over £700 so you won't get it under £500!!! Beside, i have the DOPOD U1000 with me and i can tell you this, GPS works really good, no heating up at all and is the same speed as my TomTom official BT receiver.
So if you really want to wait for the Black one, be prepare to spend over £650 at least!
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Sounds like a challenge. I am sure it is £500 or less.

nuclear said:
Sounds like a challenge. I am sure it is £500 or less.
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btw, you do know i have direct relation with the HTC, i think i know what i am talking. So, shut your mouth....

nuclear said:
Sounds like a challenge. I am sure it is £500 or less.
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I'm beginning to realize from your posts that you really are a bit of a trouble maker and wind-up merchant. You don't seem to contribute anything of value on this forum until someone else has already done so. You only appear to be retarded, IMHO based on your comments...your actually quite immature and selfish in your way of thinking.
You don't even seem to consider that posts are meant to be of use to others. You haven't even got your X7500 yet do you? If you have, you should change your signature to reflect this and secondly...check yourself...because you obviously don't even understand the 'long' posts.
There is a huge difference between being pedantic, boring and detailed in ones instructions/description of things. You seem to comprehend only boring...showing your lack of maturity. Oh and for the record, my verbal abuse is a deliberate act of showing my frustration of some peoples stupid and thoughtless expressions of their flawed way of thinking or lack thereof.
U get me harry? Do u like it more like this?

wu5262 said:
btw, you do know i have direct relation with the HTC, i think i know what i am talking. So, shut your mouth....
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I like to fight. Well I will show the bill when i get my athena in april. I know someone else on this forum also posted pictures of their T-Mobile Ameo's shopping bill, it was 500Euros just as Arya had said with contract ^^... thanks Arya.
Also wu5262 i contacted the shop so many time and he told me so many times that device only costs $1000CDN without any addons. And i place my pre-order already. He already only has 5 pre-order. I am very lucky. I know wu5262 how you feel very sad you got ripped off on your dopod u1000

nuclear said:
I like to fight. Well I will show the bill when i get my athena in april. I know someone else on this forum also posted pictures of their T-Mobile Ameo's shopping bill, it was 500Euros just as Arya had said with contract ^^... thanks Arya.
Also wu5262 i contacted the shop so many time and he told me so many times that device only costs $1000CDN without any addons. And i place my pre-order already. He already only has 5 pre-order. I am very lucky. I know wu5262 how you feel very sad you got ripped off on your dopod u1000
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Talking what you don't know again? Talk when you can prove what you say...twat!

mackaby007 said:
Talking what you don't know again? Talk when you can prove what you say...twat!
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Yea okay i will ask him to send me a invoice or an official quote. Then I can post it here. btw stop picking on me because i havent got my athena yet. because i know when i will get it you all will trade me your athena's for mine ^^. The WOW effect

@nowclear..in the head.
Maybe you should stop fighting....you've taken too many blows when you've been beaten...it shows. Hahahahahahaha ROFL. LMAO.

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@nowclear..in the head.
Maybe you should stop fighting....you've taken too many blows when you've been beaten...it shows. Hahahahahahaha ROFL. LMAO.
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Man stop spamming already. i got my message through to you. you got blown off!

Enough already..
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btw stop picking on me ...
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Now you sound like a wimp...Mr I like to fight.
As I said to the last person who picked an argument with me here. It's all pointless bickering...I too have a tendancy to be up for a fight..but that's no way to be.
How about we start all over again...and you stop criticising other peoples posts. If you don't agree and actually know something to the controary, by all means say it...nicely...and people will have more respect for you.
If you've continues this nonesense whilst I've been reading this, I'm going to ignore it. Time to get back to the real world and start problem solving and sharing our findings with others.

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Now you sound like a wimp...Mr I like to fight.
As I said to the last person who picked an argument with me here. It's all pointless bickering...I too have a tendancy to be up for a fight..but that's no way to be.
How about we start all over again...and you stop criticising other peoples posts. If you don't agree and actually know something to the controary, by all means say it...nicely...and people will have more respect for you.
If you've continues this nonesense whilst I've been reading this, I'm going to ignore it. Time to get back to the real world and start problem solving and sharing our findings with others.
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Yea I woud like to see this problem of the micro-drive when i get my athena. maybe i can refer back to this thread.

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Yea I woud like to see this problem of the micro-drive when i get my athena. maybe i can refer back to this thread.
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OK truce it is then.
Oh yes..that is what wu has been referring to all along concerning the X7500's ROM...it doesn't handle writing to the Micro Drive well, with all sorts of issues, hence the delay in it's release. Hopefully they will have it sorted in time though.
My thread about WM5torage is not about WM5torage, as it is not knew software, but it is a brilliant workaround for direct file transfer to the built-in (non removable Micro Drive).
Hope you understand us now. You'll see anyway, when your X7500 comes.

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OK truce it is then.
Oh yes..that is what wu has been referring to all along concerning the X7500's ROM...it doesn't handle writing to the Micro Drive well, with all sorts of issues, hence the delay in it's release. Hopefully they will have it sorted in time though.
My thread about WM5torage is not about WM5torage, as it is not knew software, but it is a brilliant workaround for direct file transfer to the built-in (non removable Micro Drive).
Hope you understand us now. You'll see anyway, when your X7500 comes.
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finally, the fight is over.....anyway
mackaby007, the problem on your Ameo is not the same as Advantage, your issue is new and never been reported by the tester.
Let me say it clear again, the Micro Drive problem that the Advantage has is to do with their Rom, the problem is, for example if you are watching a movie from your Micro drive on the road, and you accidentally shake by any means, the Micro Drive should stop working for a tiny mini second and resume working after that. That's what Ameo and Dopod is doing, but with Advantage, it's not doing that, it doesn't stop at the correct moment and it doesn't resume correctly, this wrong behavior actually make the Micro Drive drain more battery and result in more bad sector on the Micro Drive. I can insure you this problem will be solve before they release it.
Anyway, i don't really care how much you will get your Advantage for nuclear, you haven't got it yet. And no, i do not want to swap mine to yours because i don't want the black one, so i simply don't care about it.

Hi,
Just wondering if there is any invoice/ bill can show to the community that the device is less than 750USD (1000Candian dollar)
I am very interest to see as I just get rip off by my telco in Hong Kong.
(1000USD with accessories included)
BTW, for people interest about the pricing, Hong Kong list price is 9880HKD with accessories pack. (GPS.. etc..)
Regards,
Jamess

jameshuang said:
Hi,
Just wondering if there is any invoice/ bill can show to the community that the device is less than 750USD (1000Candian dollar)
I am very interest to see as I just get rip off by my telco in Hong Kong.
(1000USD with accessories included)
BTW, for people interest about the pricing, Hong Kong list price is 9880HKD with accessories pack. (GPS.. etc..)
Regards,
Jamess
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no one got it at 750 USD right now, apart from the T-mobile Ameo, but that is with contract. The person who says he got pre-order for 750USD, well, he hasn't got his device yet. I think the price you got are pretty reasonable. The best price i can get for DOPOD U1000 in taiwan is £600

Girlfriend's Pantech Duo (how can I turn off 3g???)

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really all that's important now is that I can disable 3G on her phone, and I just cant figure out how. Is there a simple registry edit or a smartphone comm manager around? I tried a few comm managers but they didnt really disable it, I just want it off so it always uses edge
It was time she got an upgrade, so I had her get the burgundy colored Pantech Duo. So as I've heard there is no Roms for this phone yet, so what should I do to her phone? where would i find some compatible homescreens? perhaps the Vox (wings) homescreens would be compatible? I'm not sure yet what I can do with the phone, Im gonna put HTC Home on it if that works.

o man im pissed to find out it doesnt have wifi!
here I was excited she can finally have internet in her room.
makes her and I even more mad that her sister's BlackJack II has wifi.
damn...no secret wifi chip inside the pantech that we didnt know about?

See if you can get your hands on a MicroSD wifi card... They make them but I don't think they're on the market, not sure... But the Duo supports it. Also, there's something called HomeScreenBuilder (use google to find it), it's free and very customizable for her homescreen in WM6. I just sold my Duo recently, but here are a few other programs to check out...
DuoSTT (Answer calls by sliding phone open, hang up by sliding closed)
SmartToolKit (Better start menu, task manager, cleaner look)
TCPMP and there's a flash plugin for IE to play youtube videos, search the att forums it's posted under pantech by my username
Opera Mobile browser, if you download the trial I can get you a serial # (Just go to "register opera" and PM me your device ID)

hey thanks! i didnt know they had a wireless microSD card.
Now I just need to wait till it's avaible somewhere, I hope the price isnt too bad..
I'll put some of these programs you've mentioned on, as well as HTC Home. Is there a customizer for it like there is for pocket pc? or a way to change which icons appear.

I bought this phone for my sister. I think its crippled a lil without Wifi, but she doesnt care about anything but the cool red color and 2 keyboards... *rolleyes*
But to the point, if you are looking for other software, I would recomment using Conduits Pocket Player if you/she would like some music on it. Also, Newegg is selling 4 gig microSD cards (SanDisk) for 14.99. Worth looking into, wish you luck.

There is a 6.1 windows rom upgrade beta rom out for this phone. I have had this phone for a few weeks and am liking it from my 3125 that died. This was a warrenty replacment for me. Figured I could use it for a year and then when my contract is up look around.

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I bought this phone for my sister. I think its crippled a lil without Wifi, but she doesnt care about anything but the cool red color and 2 keyboards... *rolleyes*
But to the point, if you are looking for other software, I would recomment using Conduits Pocket Player if you/she would like some music on it. Also, Newegg is selling 4 gig microSD cards (SanDisk) for 14.99. Worth looking into, wish you luck.
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$14.99?? talk about a good deal! now only if they could make that WITH the wifi.
well at one point she too wouldnt have used wifi, but when i went over to her house and connected to the wifi at her house with my Tilt from "ANYWHERE INSIDE THE HOUSE **OMG**" now she really wanted it, i got her hopes up to cause i assumed every windows mobile phone had wifi, should make sense shouldnt it? well i guess not lol. she doesnt have computer in her room and the next best thing is if she could get on msn and look at her myspace from her phone in her room, lol.
As far as a media player, I'll probably just have her use tcpmp, being it's the best for music, although not the prettiest, maybe Coreplayer? but I've tried coreplayer and i wasnt able to add onto my playlist, only load a series of files at a time.

Will the Duo work with a 4gig card? I heard it will not read any higher then 2 gigs.

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her sister's BlackJack II has wifi
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WTF? Since when did the BlackJack II have wi-fi!?!?!?!

Kraize92 said:
WTF? Since when did the BlackJack II have wi-fi!?!?!?!
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does it not have it?
lol there I go assuming things again...
Am I really that out of the loop? when did HTC stop using wifi in their new devices?
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you know what also pisses me off, her call quality is horrible, can barely hear what the person is saying, sounds like she has a blown speaker, but from reviews I've been reading this is really what it sounds like.
and what has pissed me of since the very beginning, was I didn't want her to get this phone originally, I wanted her to get the nokia N75 (she would like it better) but it has been discontinued now.. and there are not any other s60 devices right now.

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Will the Duo work with a 4gig card? I heard it will not read any higher then 2 gigs.
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I put my 6gb SDHC card in and the card icon showed at the top, but I was not able to explore the card, so besides that it didnt show up anywhere.
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well, because there is no Wifi, horrible camera, and horrible sound quality, i would not recomend this phone. However it does have a nice Xscale 416mhz processor. I tried some games in Finalburn and they ran very nicely!
for a smartphone I would get a nokia phone, but for a touchscreen phone I would get a windows pocket pc.
In my book Nokia wins the non touchscreen phones, I'd like to see them pull of a s60 device with a touchscreen.

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does it not have it?
lol there I go assuming things again...
Am I really that out of the loop? when did HTC stop using wifi in their new devices?
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you know what also pisses me off, her call quality is horrible, can barely hear what the person is saying, sounds like she has a blown speaker, but from reviews I've been reading this is really what it sounds like.
and what has pissed me of since the very beginning, was I didn't want her to get this phone originally, I wanted her to get the nokia N75 (she would like it better) but it has been discontinued now.. and there are not any other s60 devices right now.
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Okay first off your avatar pic reminds me of a very good friend. But every skater looks like that. But secondly, The BlackJack II is made from Samsung. I dont know where you got HTC from Take the duo back and get a new phone. So far it's not that good. As far as I've heard. And I think that HTC stopped making smartphones and the BJ II is a smartphone. Well originally the BJ I had wi-fi (the european version anyway) but at&t decided to cripple it and take out the wi-fi chip. The BJ II was never actually released with a wi-fi chip. I actually suggest you tell her to get a BJ II or go for the Tilt since it's the only phone that at&t offers that has wi-fi (besides the iPhoney and the Crackberry)
Kraize

I dont recommend the tilt to anyone who isnt technically inclined and/or willing to tinker. It takes too much work to get the phone into a sweet spot. It will be a pain in the ass to update 2 - I barely have time to keep up with updating my own, lol.

I completely agree with you...my wife can't stand my tilt but she isn't tech savvy like I am.
I love the Tilt ONLY because of XDA though...if I weren't able to find the sweet spots I have I would have returned it long ago. I am spoiled...never again will I own a phone I can't customize as much as I do now.
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I dont recommend the tilt to anyone who isnt technically inclined and/or willing to tinker. It takes too much work to get the phone into a sweet spot. It will be a pain in the ass to update 2 - I barely have time to keep up with updating my own, lol.
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MrEous said:
I completely agree with you...my wife can't stand my tilt but she isn't tech savvy like I am.
I love the Tilt ONLY because of XDA though...if I weren't able to find the sweet spots I have I would have returned it long ago. I am spoiled...never again will I own a phone I can't customize as much as I do now.
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Really? I guess I'm just naturally tech savvy. My tilt is actually my second wm phone. I had the BlackJack first. I didn't find xda until maybe 2 months after I got my tilt. I had already customized it to my own knowledge, but this site made it even better. I guess you're right. It's probably best to stick with crackberry and nokia.

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Okay first off your avatar pic reminds me of a very good friend. But every skater looks like that. But secondly, The BlackJack II is made from Samsung. I dont know where you got HTC from Take the duo back and get a new phone. So far it's not that good. As far as I've heard. And I think that HTC stopped making smartphones and the BJ II is a smartphone. Well originally the BJ I had wi-fi (the european version anyway) but at&t decided to cripple it and take out the wi-fi chip. The BJ II was never actually released with a wi-fi chip. I actually suggest you tell her to get a BJ II or go for the Tilt since it's the only phone that at&t offers that has wi-fi (besides the iPhoney and the Crackberry)
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haha well if you live in washington that may be me..
well I have told her to return it and wait around the august - october area, but she says she will only return it if I can find a device now, well I have, but it's discontinued, the N75. But i know in a few months there will be more phones.
She doesnt like the blackjack II, and i dont blame her, I dont like phones that are wide and have the keyboard on the outside.
She likes my tilt but cant spend $300 - $500 lol

I also agree, i wouldnt like my tilt if it weren't for xda. the stock AT&T rom sucks, and it would be too plain!
well nokia requires just as much work, that is the fun of nokia, is you gota install the doom emulator and then customize it.

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haha well if you live in washington that may be me..
well I have told her to return it and wait around the august - october area, but she says she will only return it if I can find a device now, well I have, but it's discontinued, the N75. But i know in a few months there will be more phones.
She doesnt like the blackjack II, and i dont blame her, I dont like phones that are wide and have the keyboard on the outside.
She likes my tilt but cant spend $300 - $500 lol
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Not really :S Can't she upgrade? My friend recently bought a tilt. It was $100 instant (making it $199 from $299) and then $100 mail-in-rebate (making it a final $99+tax).

Kraize92 said:
Not really :S Can't she upgrade? My friend recently bought a tilt. It was $100 instant (making it $199 from $299) and then $100 mail-in-rebate (making it a final $99+tax).
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really? i know buying it outright is $550, then with the 2 year contract it's $350, then with the rebate it's $250, but that's as cheap as I saw it..
even then i had to pay $350 for mine cause I guess you had to buy either the internet plan or messaging or something to get the rebate, and my parents didnt wanna do that.
I guess her dad told her she has to stick with this phone, so. yeah, gay, lol.

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really? i know buying it outright is $550, then with the 2 year contract it's $350, then with the rebate it's $250, but that's as cheap as I saw it..
even then i had to pay $350 for mine cause I guess you had to buy either the internet plan or messaging or something to get the rebate, and my parents didnt wanna do that.
I guess her dad told her she has to stick with this phone, so. yeah, gay, lol.
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Guessing you're over 18? Random sorry lol. But how about the LG Vu? or the Moto Q global? The tilt is $149 /w 2 yr contract (after mir) in my zip code. Don't know why'd it be any different in yours. Well the refurb is anyways. The new one is $200. Link. Also check amazon.
EDIT: Wow, you bought your phone late. I bought mine in Feb 08 and it was $350 (/w tax) after rebates. (Although I payed for the phone myself and none of the monthly bills ha) If I didn't take messaging it would have been $450 for me. Some people were especially lucky. There was a time where the tilt was only $74.99 after rebate with a new contract on amazon. That also included messaging/internet. I really think it was worth it though. The rebate, not for you anyways since you would pay min $20 for 6months which would be $20 more than instead of getting the rebate. I had a employee discount which takes off 15% of my monthly bill, so it was a saving of about $25 so I took it. I mean what the heck who cares lol. At least I got messaging too. So my real total was about $425. Which is pretty hefty. Now going back, I could have bought a tilt from ebay or something for that price. :S well that's the problem with tech. It gets cheap too quick. Btw did you check out that slick new white BJII with the pink and the blue background? That totally looks sick. I would get that if it wasn't a BJII and a BJI instead lol

Do you reckon this would be a good deal on a HTC Touch HD...

Hi,
I dont know if this is the right place to ask this but I was planning on putting my HTC Touch HD up for sale (planning on buying a HTC Hero ). I've only had it a few months and not used it that much, as I use a work phone the majority of the time. No scratches on screen or phone itself at all. I plan on selling with a variety of applications I have downloaded over the few months. I am thinking of setting the asking price as £300. I was wondering if you thought this was reasonable giving this description.
Cheers for any responses
EDIT: Meant to add that the phone is locked to the orange network at the moment.

ExO_PoLiTiX said:
Hi,
I dont know if this is the right place to ask this but I was planning on putting my HTC Touch HD up for sale (planning on buying a HTC Hero ). I've only had it a few months and not used it that much, as I use a work phone the majority of the time. No scratches on screen or phone itself at all. I plan on selling with a variety of applications I have downloaded over the few months. I am thinking of setting the asking price as £300. I was wondering if you thought this was reasonable giving this description.
Cheers for any responses
EDIT: Meant to add that the phone is locked to the orange network at the moment.
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Thats a pretty good price, you could check what there selling for on Ebay too you may even get offers on here also there is a Marketplace thread you can post on which will draw interest, I wouldnt worry about the being on Orange as people can flash new Roms and not have to use Orange, I would attach Pictures of course.........Good luck, If i didnt have a wife I would buy a second HD from you lol

ExO_PoLiTiX said:
Hi,
I dont know if this is the right place to ask this but I was planning on putting my HTC Touch HD up for sale (planning on buying a HTC Hero ). I've only had it a few months and not used it that much, as I use a work phone the majority of the time. No scratches on screen or phone itself at all. I plan on selling with a variety of applications I have downloaded over the few months. I am thinking of setting the asking price as £300. I was wondering if you thought this was reasonable giving this description.
Cheers for any responses
EDIT: Meant to add that the phone is locked to the orange network at the moment.
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Price on E-Bay for 'real' sales rather then ones that sell then get re-listed a couple of days later have been dropping pretty consistently.
I'd say £220-£240 is probably a good target price now.

haha thanks man, i hope i get it sold too really fancy the hero!
tell your wife am disappointed just kiddin.
I'll give the market place thread a go, didnt know there was such a thread.
I guess i'd settle for £240ish for it if it came to it.
Thanks for the responses.

ozmoran said:
Good luck, If i didnt have a wife I would buy a second HD from you lol
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Why not buy a HD for your wife then?

Did anyone who got the free BT headset notice...

IT SUCKS! It has horrible static. Im sure its not the phone...
Anyone notice this? or did I get a bad headset.

Have not tried mine. Was going to today.

I was going to try and return it for store credit cause I really wont use it.

Let me know what happens when you try it.
Im curious to know.

I think mine glitched up on me already. The blue light is solid and hasn't turned off for over a day now. I can't connect, pair, or turn it off.
You get what you pay for. Of course they aren't going to give out Jawbones or even Jabras.

Mine was crap too. But hey at least it was free.
What I wanna know is did your bb offer you the sweet sweet con of your already free bluetooth, a zaag screen (only screen) and car charger (off brand) for 40 dollars- only available for that price to the pre-orders, originally 90. Gimme a break- and sadly people were jumping at it left and right.

aaronb1980 said:
Mine was crap too. But hey at least it was free.
What I wanna know is did your bb offer you the sweet sweet con of your already free bluetooth, a zaag screen (only screen) and car charger (off brand) for 40 dollars- only available for that price to the pre-orders, originally 90. Gimme a break- and sadly people were jumping at it left and right.
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No other offers...however, I would be pissed if I paid $40 for that piece of **** headset

aaronb1980 said:
Mine was crap too. But hey at least it was free.
What I wanna know is did your bb offer you the sweet sweet con of your already free bluetooth, a zaag screen (only screen) and car charger (off brand) for 40 dollars- only available for that price to the pre-orders, originally 90. Gimme a break- and sadly people were jumping at it left and right.
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I got that deal, but with a case included, for $30.

Dredge said:
IT SUCKS! It has horrible static. Im sure its not the phone...
Anyone notice this? or did I get a bad headset.
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it was free STOP *****ing

yup i didnt even pre order and they gave it to me for free.

Sporkman said:
it was free STOP *****ing
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Im ALLOWED to ***** when they wont let me substitute! Although Im glad to posted in here just to be make a smart comment! Thanks for the contribution
HOWEVER, the reason i asked, is because if noone else had this problem, i was going to return it for another

I tried to return it for something else since I don't need another BT headset and they wouldn't do it. First, they only take returns with receipts. My receipt showed it was a free promotional item and since I didn't pay for it they wouldn't exchange it for a different item. However, if yours doesn't work I would expect an exchange for a direct replacement shouldn't be difficult.

My BB gave us 2 Plantronix BT headsets and they work amazingly great.. I had sworn off BT after trying it a few years ago.
This free, cheapy headset sounds better than the phone's output. I just followed instructions for pairing. No problem..

The headset I got from bestbuy came with a charger that fits in my evo. Great to have at work.

Ordered a Aria

I ordered a Aria (refurb.) for a penny, now the wait. Fedex says the 29th.

Ok ok dog!

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I ordered a Aria (refurb.) for a penny, now the wait. Fedex says the 29th.
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same here but I did mine a day before you... so mine will be here tomorrow before 3 ;-)

Welcome to the club guys! What phones are you coming from?

I have a Fuze, I would like to move to Windows Phone 7 but I want to wait till it is developed further. Looks like a decent phone and can't beat the price. lol

I ordered a pair on the 23rd and received them on the 24th. Coming from Windows Mobile 6.5 and Palm Pre, the switch is very welcome. Lots of reviews call it a budget Android phone. That may be true, but this budget phone is much more functional than others I've used over the years. I'll bet you'll like it.

For the price it should hold me over till ATT comes out with something I really WANT. I need a new toy. Android seems like there is a lot to learn, which I welcome so should be fun.

Got my Aria
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I ordered a Aria (refurb.) for a penny, now the wait. Fedex says the 29th.
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I got my Aria from Wirefly.com online for FREE!!!

I found a few threads about wireless tethering but nothing about wired tethering. Is the Aria able to tether over usb out of the box from ATT or does something need to be done?

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I found a few threads about wireless tethering but nothing about wired tethering. Is the Aria able to tether over usb out of the box from ATT or does something need to be done?
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No, the AT&T Aria does not support wired tethering either out of the box. You will need to install a tethering app. There are a few options in the Market, but you will need to put your Aria in 'Airplane' mode and then make a WiFi connection and access the Market in that manner to search for tethering apps. If you connect to the Market via the AT&T network, they filter out searches for tethering apps.

Thank you, I had read about the airplane mode trick and "tethering apps" just didn't see anything about wired tethering.

HUH?
Doesnt blocking certain sites now violate the new net neutrality? LMAO

The Aria is a great phone with great potential. Despite being a 'mid grade' phone, it's awesome. Very reliable. GPS is great and Camera is great too. Screw Samsung

I agree the aria is a great phone it destroys my old HTC Touch and crappy windows mobile.

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Doesnt blocking certain sites now violate the new net neutrality? LMAO
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Not sure if it applies in this case, but wireless providers were specifically excluded from a large portion of the new FCC rules.

911jason said:
Welcome to the club guys! What phones are you coming from?
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dont laugh... but lg shine (lol). I have been using this one as my others broke. My previous was an orange mobile branded htc kaiser (with the 2 cameras). I brought an iphone for my aunt on my account, so now that my 2 year wait period is up, I now have an aria lol.

Does any kind of screen protector come with the phone, my Fuze came with 1. I don't see one listed anywhere.

OK Dog said:
Does any kind of screen protector come with the phone, my Fuze came with 1. I don't see one listed anywhere.
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being mine was used it did. You can order them for cheap off ebay. I just got a 5 pack for 3.45 (free shipping)

typically all you get with the new phone is a 2GB SD card, Headphones, user manual. thats it. protector film is pretty cheap to buy anyway

Yeah they are cheap, I can't stand a scratched screen, wanted to know if I needed to get something now.