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HTC Touch HD NL & FR delayed at Ingram Micro Belgium

The International English models already arrived early last week, and the NL and FR versions were set to arrive today or on wensday, but the status has changed and the delivery date has change to the last week of November.
Anywhere else where English versions are available but other language versions are delayed again?

Just bought my HD at the FNAC store in Brussels today. UK version, of course. Vendor told me FR/NL versions were due in store next week.

nl versions here in holland in the shops, just took i walk to the shop to look at one....

I bought my HD NL last Saturday in Vandenborre Belgium

I bought my HD FRL (benelux) Friday 07 november in Mediamrkt Belgium.

Ingram Micro is a supplier, the reason for this message is to tell anyone who ordered or waits for a store or company that orders HTC trough Ingram Micro, will have to wait for the NL and FR versions.

I can surely say it's here now.
It came in today, and I immediately bought it.

I was just on the phone with vodafone NL, and they told me it will come out end december begin 2009 if you want to get it with a vodafone contract. So i think thats also by Ingram Micro.
For those waiting for it to be supplied by vodafone, like me, this is bad news.
I think I will have to look for the phone without a contract. This will hurt my wallet.

Release date?

On some sites it says "at the end of April". There are rumors that it will be available in May... what do you think?
I'm from Switzerland and in one store it says "mid. of May"... I hope it will be available sooner.

From what I know (about the situation here in France), the initial launch date was April 16th. But it seems like it will be postponed to end of April... maybe April 22th on SFR website and April 26th in stores.
As usual, wait & see...

theres reports that due to a hardware change, the release date is now may, and some people claim they might be changing for camera (3.2mg to 5.0)
source (http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/02/...til-may?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_engadget)
and this is the reason why people believe they upgrading the cam, (look at pics)
source (http://www.tmonews.com/2009/03/htc-magic-passes-fcc-for-t-mobile-usa/)
welcome...

All is in the roadmap
When you look at the unofficial and leaked HTC roadmap for 2009, you can see three different versions of the Sapphire :
- Sapphire VF (VodaFone)
- Sapphire 1.5 DCM (DCM ?)
- Sapphire 2.0 TMO (TMObile)
The one with a 5Mp from FCC site is Sapphire 2.0 (T Mobile is written on). I presume VF (and maybe v1.5) will keep its 3.2Mp camera.
And concerning that quote from HTC ("due to a last minute hardware change"), my opinion is that it refers to the buttons layout changes between pre-series models (check CeBit photos) and the official one (press conference pics).
Or maybe the undisclosed service manual made HTC think over some last minute changes... as usual, wait & see

I was in my local Vodafone shop last weekend and spoke to one of the sales staff they have been told 1st May 2009 for UK launch.

Could DCM be for DoCoMo in Japan???
(just a guess, but figured i'd throw it out there)

Geniusdog254 said:
Could DCM be for DoCoMo in Japan???
(just a guess, but figured i'd throw it out there)
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It would make sens... a few HTC products are available through NTT DoCoMo, so why not the Magic

I think Sapphire 1.5 DCM, DCM means dopod China Mobile.
dopod is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HTC in China for China Mobile.

kavana said:
I think Sapphire 1.5 DCM, DCM means dopod China Mobile.
dopod is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HTC in China for China Mobile.
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That would make sens too... so DoCoMo or Dopod China Mobile ? Time will tell (although we've already hear about China Mobile's Magic )
By the way, Magic's release date (in France) which was supposed to be 'End of April' will surely be postponed... :/

HTC Legend ''in stock'' in Belgium

We are getting more and more surprises from HTC!
Astel.be the biggest Belgium cell shop listed the Legend ''in stock'' today
http://www.astel.be/HTC-Legend-FR-de-stock-sur-la-boutique-Astel_3574

WHouaua
Many thanks for the info !
Have you ever purchased at Astel ? Is it secure ?
Thanks

I didn't buy from Astel, it's in Belgium and I am in Lebanon.
Here phones are available 2-3 weeks in black market after European release, so I think I will have to wait to end of the month

Available in the Netherlands: http://www.smartphoneshop.nl/product/90878/htc-legend.html
I wonder if it's available in Asia already because our imported black market phones are either from Veitnam,Hong Kong or Thailand

I see a HTC Legend yesterday from Astel.be
Reliable web store

i have one here atm, we got them in stock @ Mediamarkt in holland

Hi! Hope u can help me. I'm looking for HTC legend in Beirut and can't find one yet. What's the official black market in Beirut? How can I contact them? Many Thanks. Hani

UK User with Czech Phone Advice

Just found out I have been sold a Czech phone by handtec.co.uk even though I am in the UK and so are they. Seems I can't get Manila 2.5 upgrade unless someone knows where I can get it from - or if I can HTC think it may change my language to Czech. Main question is do I have a claim against Handtec as I wouldn't have bought a Czech phone for the price I paid. Unfortunately I bought the phone in June 09. If I have no claim does anyone have any advice on upgrading a Czech phone please.

japeron said:
Just found out I have been sold a Czech phone by handtec.co.uk even though I am in the UK and so are they. Seems I can't get Manila 2.5 upgrade unless someone knows where I can get it from - or if I can HTC think it may change my language to Czech. Main question is do I have a claim against Handtec as I wouldn't have bought a Czech phone for the price I paid. Unfortunately I bought the phone in June 09. If I have no claim does anyone have any advice on upgrading a Czech phone please.
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Assuming its an authentic HTC you can flash hard SPL and change your ROM to whatever you want.
Not sure about the claim stuff, sorry.

The hardware is the same no matter what country you buy it from (assuming it's not a copy) You can download an official Eastern European manila 2.5 rom here: sunnysoft.cz/htc/ (it will be in English by default)

I too was sold the Eastern European (EE) version by Handtec. They claimed that they could legally source any unit from one EU country to another without breaking any consumer protection law. Not sure they are right but don't have time to contest it.
However, the EE versions also support English and you can upgrade from the relevant country site and still read it. Happily the upgrade itself has an English title even on the Czech site. I think you are prompted for the language you want when you run the upgrade - I've certainly done it without any trouble.
The only two issues are:
a) upgrades for minor markets (e.g. EE) lag behind the 'major' ones by some weeks (and I suspect some won't appear at all);
b) some ROM applications appear with EE defaults (eg the clock comes with Warsaw and Budapest times not London, Paris, New York).
b) is trivial but a) can be a pain. I certainly won't be buying from Handtec again as I think this is a con.

Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000 shopping in store? Austria, Hungary, Germany ...where?

Hello,
In my country (Serbia) this phone will show up for maybe 2-3 months or later. I can't order online because importing is too complicated (radio frequency etc..blah blah..) so I would like to buy this phone somewhere in Hungary or Austria. I will go on trip for few days from 3 july. Can anyone tell me is there any store in Austria (can't read germany) like vodaphone shop or something to buy this phone. I will visit Austria and Hungary. If there any place please let me know.
I made contact to this website
http://www.zippzarmobile.hu/
and they told me for 20 days they will have it but I need before that because I will be on trip before that.

Why is importing difficult? Amazon.de has it already in stock, sells it for 484,97€ (the 8gb version) and it uses the same frequencies as everywhere else in Europe. They charge 6€ for shipping to non-EU european countries, which includes Serbia. If you have difficulties navigating the amazon.de page, use www .amazon.co.uk as a guide, they look the same.
To look for stores in Vienna, see: geizhals.at/a535151. html. currently, nobody has it in stock yet. I bought it last week at an A1 outlet, but they only have branded versions.
In Hungary, i have also seen some ads, like www .220volt.hu/Samsung+GT-i9000+Galaxy+S+8GB , but it is expensive, almost 100€ more than in Germany or Austria. This was the same with the HTC HD2 back in 2009. It was available in Budapest some weeks before in Vienna, I even went by the store, but it was way too expensive to not wait for one or two weeks longer.
So I would recommend to use amazon.de. They have very good customer service if the device should turn out to be faulty and ship very fast. If mail order is really not possible, check out the geizhals.at/ a535151.html page for Austrian shops: if any of them turns green, it means, that they have it in stock.

importing is very difficult because they are asking me for some document from radio regulatory agency + for new products you need to make some test in some special facility + will cost me like 400euros....for 2 phones.
Anyway I ordering online a lot ...but when you order something with radio frequency that is ....really hard.
I will consider this Hungary. Thank you!!!

I bought it with 381GBP at HandTec UK

I would say it depends on when you will be in Austria. At the moment the phone is just launching, so most stores handle their pre-orders first. Here in Germany more and more shops claim it "in stock" so things seem to relax. But for now I can't find a shop in Austria. Are you in Austria before or after July, 3rd?