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So who have you or will preorder with?

It seems Best Digital offer the chepaest price and also HTC Direct. I am wondering if it is best to order through HTC Direct rather than someone I never heard of (Best Digital) in case you need a refund or return.
Also the shops in Tottenham Court Road in London may be a good place to buy and haggle for cash but I am guessing if a fault devleops in the phone, they won't exchange or give you hassle unlike dealing through reputable companies like Play.com, HTC Direct etc etc. I want to pay under £450 as over £500 is way too much for a phone.
I so want one now and HTC Direct says they will get stock in in under 2 weeks (31st Sept) whereas others say mid November. I have told myself after buying this phone I wont buy another phone again as this really seems to the best phone ever in what I want from a phone.
I just don't know who to preorder with or just wait and haggle in Tottenham Court Road.
Who are you pre-ordering with or have you already preordered?
tboy2000

I ordered it at www.digitec.ch.
BTW, it looks that they updated the delivery date to early november for the english version, up to end of november for the italian version...keep ready...

Never dealt with HTCdirect, and just in case you were wondering, they are NOT htc themselves, they are just a shop.
Expansys are usually ok, apart from the odd occasion where they buy dodgy grey import stock and sell them to get to the market early, and you end up with warranty issues.
Devicewire.co.uk are owned by brightpoint so they are usually pretty quick out of the gate with stock, and a good guide for the proper retail price and release date.
If you want to buy on TCR in London, then INKINO is your best bet. they are very good and knowledgeable and happy to help. There is another one around there that is owned by handtec (I think) and they can't get you out of the door fast enough once they've taken your money, and refuse to do anything to help if there's a problem. Best to avoid them like the plague....!

I order it yesterday here : http://www.pixmania.com/fr/fr/1761264/art/htc/pda-phone-touch-hd.html

My preorder has been in with Clove.co.uk for weeks now (over a month). It was £590+ (inc. tax) when I placed the order and it has dropped to £523 inc. tax now ....I hope they charge me the lower price when they do finally ship!
The site is still saying price and availablity TBC but they are also saying it is expected 11-Nov.

Jbs_Israel said:
I order it yesterday here : http://www.pixmania.com/fr/fr/1761264/art/htc/pda-phone-touch-hd.html
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same for me, i changed because Pixmania is the cheapest

Jbs_Israel said:
I order it yesterday here : http://www.pixmania.com/fr/fr/1761264/art/htc/pda-phone-touch-hd.html
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It's just a pity that pixmania don't sell HTC outside of france...

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The site is still saying price and availablity TBC but they are also saying it is expected 11-Nov.
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They buy their stock from Brightpoint UK, so they nearly always say the day after devicewire/Brightpoint....Surprised they haven't updated their date to the 1st of November yet. These two companies are only a couple of miles apart in Bournemouth and Poole.

I'll probably be ordering with Expansys USA.

I ordered at expansys germany. I guess they will be the first to get HTCs new device..
We'll see...

Ordered 2 from Expansys - usa

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Ordered 2 from Expansys - usa
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Can I know the Price that you Pre-Ordered?

VizagDude said:
Can I know the Price that you Pre-Ordered?
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it was $785 at the time i did it, but now has changed to $799
the credit card has not been charged yet

Im getting mine via Portix in the uk 12th Nov delivery Date, £413
Bloke

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Im getting mine via Portix in the uk 12th Nov delivery Date, £413
Bloke
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Just tried them they said not selling to retail
Trade only

Preordered it from Amazon.de for 619€. No delivery date set yet

bloke said:
Im getting mine via Portix in the uk 12th Nov delivery Date, £413
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That's a fantastic price. Would love to pay that but other post says they wont supply retail.

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Preordered it from Amazon.de for 619€. No delivery date set yet
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Amazon.de has a very good price. The guys from a german o2-Shop said, that the HD will cost about min. 700,- Euros without a contract.
nick

I don't know who are you guys going to preorder the Touch HD from but I just saw a broshure from one of the big mobile phone sellers here in Bulgaria and the HD was listed as avaliable and at a good price!!! 1299lv. Or 650 Euro! This is verry interesting and I'll check it monday when the shops open! Keep fingers crossed!

I get mine as a present, but know that official German retail is 660 euros. So Amazon incl. shipping is not too bad. I hope the HD lives up to its promises, since it marks my return to the WinMobile world, after exiting with Tytn I.

Telstra 850 where to buy

Can all the people who bought one post where and how much you paid for it. so others can purchase. ive searched google but all i get is the regular version .
thanks

Purchased a few phones and other things from here and can say they provide an easy and fast transaction, though dont know about International warranty and just a small word of caution Techoni are another large retail site but their customer service is bloody awful to say the least!

I bought mine of Ebay.
I wouldn't recommend using ebay if you're new. But if you have experience with Ebay then buy your phone from there by all means.
Recently I've seen Touch HD's go for about $900 AUS b.new in box on ebay.
That's way cheaper than any retailer that I know of.
Hell i got my Telstra one cheaper than any retail price here in Canada (all of them are selling the T8282 version rather than the T8285).

Bought mine on ebay as well. www.ebay.com.au This is an Aussie ebay site specifically to Australia. You still need to verify that it is an telstra touch hd you are getting. The T8285 and not a UK or Asian T8282 version. Let them know were you are from and if they will sell it to you from outside of Australia. I checked with five different sellers and three would sell to me in the US. I ended up getting one for $1070 AU dollars or around $730 US dollars. I ended up paying around $55 US dollars for Fedex priority international shipping and It got here in about 4 days.
Here is a link for one on ebay.au for $1000 AU which is about $686 US and it is a 850 mhz/T8285 version.
Again, a lot of the touch hd's on the Aussie ebay site are still T8282 UK versions. You have to do some digging to find out which one it is.
Love my telstra touch hd.

I bought mine from personaldigital9 on ebay and paid a little under $900 for it. I got received it in about three days super fast shipping. Very good seller.

Telstra
Directly from Telstra $1098

I also bought mine from personaldigital9, but i called and ordered over the phone... mine arrived in 3 days as well and is working great!

rdster said:
Directly from Telstra $1098
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says: Outright purchase for $1,499.00 (no plan)
http://shop.telstra.com/webapp/wcs/...parent_category_rn=30919&displayType=Advanced
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Corporate Pricing
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says: Outright purchase for $1,499.00 (no plan)
http://shop.telstra.com/webapp/wcs/...parent_category_rn=30919&displayType=Advanced
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As a Corporate Customer Telstra give us discount pricing over the full retail pricing so yes our outright price is less than the advertised price of $1499.

I bought a Telstra T8285 from an Australian eBayer. He is selling brand new phones for $1000 AUD (around $800 USD) right now. The price is still negotiable. The guy responds to your questions nicely and quickly, and the shipping is fast too. If you are interested, please send me email at [email protected]
Thanks,
Frank

Advice - Looking to buy imported Desire HD from Ebay

Hi guys,
I am looking to buy a Desire HD from an ebay seller (based in HK I think, although it says Australia).
eg:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-Unlock-H...51917?pt=AU_Mobile_Phones&hash=item2eb0b07ccd
Are there any other Australian users that have done this? Do you think I will have any dramas using it on Australian 3G network? (Optus)
Any advice would be much appreciated...
Thanks!

I bought my from the UK through clove.co.uk
Here's the product page http://www.clove.co.uk/htc-desire-hd
It cost $507 AUD atm
Personally i wouldn't buy a phone off ebay (even though that's where i got my psp) but it's up to you. Clove is cheaper and i've had good experience with them

Got mine sealed brand new from ebay £280 bargain of the decade.

Thanks for the advice.
Can I ask how much shipping cost you from Clove? Apparently I cant get the price until checking out.....
Sounds like the way to go... depending on the shipping cost

Pondy said:
Thanks for the advice.
Can I ask how much shipping cost you from Clove? Apparently I cant get the price until checking out.....
Sounds like the way to go... depending on the shipping cost
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DHL was around 30 pounds last time I bought from them, which was a DHD by the way. I would also recommend them as I've bought a Hero and Desire before from Clove and they are both got to Sydney in perfect condition.

Thanks for that, just gotta wait for the iphone4 to sell

$20-30 for DHL

Samsung S2 [AUSTRALIA] (OZ) Thread

Expansys Australia has just put a pre order on thier page for Samsung Galaxy S II pre order. Its priced at $1145. Sorry guys just not worth it.
http://www.expansys.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-black-16gb-209648/?partner=banner&se=s7341
Everyone keep discussion in this thread to Australia zone only.
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Mobicity.com.au has phone listed but no price tag.
Here: http://www.mobicity.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s2.html
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tids2k said:
Expansys Australia has just put a pre order on thier page for Samsung Galaxy S II pre order. Its priced at $1145. Sorry guys just not worth it.
http://www.expansys.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-black-16gb-209648/?partner=banner&se=s7341
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Yeah its rip-off!! But its inline Expansys UK.

Holy Cow! Thats US$1200!

eskasi said:
Holy Cow! Thats US$1200!
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Yep, and given that for $741 USD you can get it in Switzerland/Germany, there's no way I'm forking out over $800 for it.

Seems that in the netherlands they list it for €590 (us$815)
I always hate it when a device is more expensive in specific regions

mobicity and smoothmobiles.com.au both have them now.
mobicity- $899
smoothmobiles- $895
im not sure whether to get one or not, its a extremly hefty price. i was planning on getting a normal galaxy S again, ( other died, no warranty cause i bought it 2nd hand and the owner is not here no more ) so i was going to get a brand new one
not sure what to do now.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to buy one me thinks - I'm addicted to my SGS and an upgrade will be awesome

Techrific has it for $889
http://www.techrific.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=1031&cPath=114#myshopping
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Big bump.
So the Australian release will be around June, you guys going to get it now or what?
If its on the Optus $59 I will, if its on the $79 its too much imo, I'd rather get the Arc

I'm selling my iPhone 4 and will just buy it outright from uk, Australia is just such a ripp off.
I'm half way through my contract with optus so, I sell my iPhone for $700 and the gs2 was $724 so for $24 dollars I have upgraded. to top it of when my contract runs out I'll get the sgs3 lol yayyyyyy

Yeah replacing my Atrix with my SG2 which will hopefully be here by Friday. Ordered from Handtec as i didn't wanna get ripped off by Aus online resellers lol

Hey guys, who's getting their SGSII from where?
How much did/will it cost you (in AU$)
Is it NextG?
Which processor?
NFC?

Anyone here ordered a UK versrion of the sgs2? I take it ill have to get an adapter for the charger considering the sockets are different?
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I bought from Mobicity, $900 (yay for disposable income). It says NextG compatible, no NFC and with the Samsung CPU (not NVIDIA Tegra 2)

hmmm.... I might get one from expansys.... will probably wait until next week and scope out a few other places as well.
I was upset that it won't have NFC because I believe NFC will become common use in everyday life sometime soon.... but after a bit of research I think NFC will be more commonly built into sim cards instead of phones themselves, so it's not so much an issue for me now. Also it's probably not going to hit mainstream until after the London Olympics by which time I'll have a new phone anyway.

handtec, price was AUD $700, i don't care about NFC, it is gonna be switched off constantly anyways, don't think it will get popular soon

Where to buy
Hey guys,
I've been doing some research on where to buy, I'm listing them in cost order, cheapest first. If I've missed out on a site, let me know.
If there is any reason why you wouldn't buy from the cheapest, please let me know.
I've never bought a phone online before and I'm kinda anxious about it.
I've gone as far in the checkout as I can, and prices include shipping to Melbourne, the cheapest option (no more than 7 working days).
Not VAT. Is that correct?
Currency conversions using Google on 4/05.
Unlocked Mobiles £435 $663
Handtec £456 $695
Clove £464 $707
Expansys $720
Mobiciti$914
Smooth Mobiles $924
So the cheapest is from Unlocked Mobiles, and the cheapest Australian store is Expansys.
Which store are you going to buy from, and why?
!!!!!!! I had it all nicely formatted, and the name of each site was a direct link to that website's listing for the SGSII.
But I can't post links.
Spent ages typing it up too...

my DHL online tracking still says Departed Facility in LONDON-HEATHROW - UK, same as 30 hrs ago... hm..... hope i can get it tomorrow

SuperTheMando said:
Hey guys, who's getting their SGSII from where?
How much did/will it cost you (in AU$)
Is it NextG?
Which processor?
NFC?
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I can't afford to buy outright just now, so I am waiting patiently for it to be released so I can grab it on my plan with Optus! Waiting, Waiting, WAITING!

Pre-Orders come with $200+ headset MDR-100ABN

Was waiting for the pre order item and here it is; MDR-100ABN
It was already a fair price for what you get without the headset, but now I'm sold and pre ordered mine. Often the xperia's get an expensive pre order item but when the promotion is over they barely drop in price at all, so either pre order or wait up to 6 months before you are in the sweetspot again price wise.
What do you think of this promotion?

Pre order with Headset MDR-100ABN
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Was waiting for the pre order item and here it is; MDR-100ABN
It was already a fair price for what you get without the headset, but now I'm sold and pre ordered mine. Often the xperia's get an expensive pre order item but when the promotion is over they barely drop in price at all, so either pre order or wait up to 6 months before you are in the sweetspot again price wise.
What do you think of this promotion?
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Sounds like even a better deal. What company did you preorder with or did you go through Sony directly?

x10Mark said:
Was waiting for the pre order item and here it is; MDR-100ABN
It was already a fair price for what you get without the headset, but now I'm sold and pre ordered mine. Often the xperia's get an expensive pre order item but when the promotion is over they barely drop in price at all, so either pre order or wait up to 6 months before you are in the sweetspot again price wise.
What do you think of this promotion?
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I went for the best service webshop in my country, because pre order prices are all the same while usually you pay a premium for their service so not a hard choice.

I have reached out to Unlocked-Mobiles to see if they are doing this promotion, will let you know when I receive a reply. I think Clove will be doing it from reading between the lines on another query they answered for me.

1&1 in Germany (and another company, think it was called OS?) have opened up preorders and say that all orders up to 31st May will get the headphones for free. They are giving a phone delivery date of June.

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1&1 in Germany (and another company, think it was called OS?) have opened up preorders and say that all orders up to 31st May will get the headphones for free. They are giving a phone delivery date of June.
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1&1, Vodafone, O2 - basically 3 of the 4 big Telecommunications companies in Germany offer this preorder deal. Also some shops and Sony Germany aswell.

In Poland the offer is limited by the number of sets.
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After 2 days promotion is closed. Only in GSM networks like Orange is still active.
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Sony UK preorders have opened and they are throwing in the MDR-NC750 earphones as a promotional item.
Bit gutted by this, as the Bluetooth headset the Germans are getting are worth over 3 times as much - if you're going to over a promotion to various countries then you should really make it the same product, or you're just going to invite complaints!

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Sony UK preorders have opened and they are throwing in the MDR-NC750 earphones as a promotional item.
Bit gutted by this, as the Bluetooth headset the Germans are getting are worth over 3 times as much - if you're going to over a promotion to various countries then you should really make it the same product, or you're just going to invite complaints!
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Damn, feelsbadman.
I'm ordering mine in two days, when the pricecut kicks in for a certain carrier and I'll be able to get 10gigs/month for two years long for a total of 100 euro's, including the mdr-100abn with my phone.
I never thought I'd ever buy a subscription, but it's simply cheaper when I do the math...
749 xzp & 8 euro a month for 500mb pre-paid.
Or
409 xzs & 17 euro a month 10gb subscription. (2year)
Wonder where to spend all those gigabytes on, I could get half of them full maybe but all 10?
But who knows what the future brings.

I'm gutted the UK isnt getting the more expensive headphones

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I'm gutted the UK isnt getting the more expensive headphones
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Just to add it's put me off buying the handset as I feel this isn't right. Everyone should be equal.

figo_rulz11 said:
Just to add it's put me off buying the handset as I feel this isn't right. Everyone should be equal.
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Does anyone know if Sony Germany ships to the UK.
Im thinking of pre-ordering from Germany just to get the headphones.

kamalaggi said:
Does anyone know if Sony Germany ships to the UK.
Im thinking of pre-ordering from Germany just to get the headphones.
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Also would they honour the warranty in the UK? Plus you'd get a two pin charger not UK plug

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Also would they honour the warranty in the UK? Plus you'd get a two pin charger not UK plug
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The plug is not important as I already have one for my Z5 Premium.
Sony do a EU warranty so they should honour warranty in UK.

kamalaggi said:
Does anyone know if Sony Germany ships to the UK.
Im thinking of pre-ordering from Germany just to get the headphones.
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According to the terms and conditions the headphones are only for the residents of Germany, so even if you do get the phone shipped over, you won't be able to claim for the headphones (you have to send your receipt and claim separately, they won't come at the same time as the phone).

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According to the terms and conditions the headphones are only for the residents of Germany, so even if you do get the phone shipped over, you won't be able to claim for the headphones (you have to send your receipt and claim separately, they won't come at the same time as the phone).
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Count me out for the xz premium then, such a shame Sony! Now I shall wait until September/October.

Just to add you get a Bluetooth speaker (screenwriter) not sonys high end one unfortunately. But yes I still would of preferred the wireless headphones Germany are getting. .

In Norway we have two offers, XB30 Speaker or MDR-1000X Headphone.
Bought with the XB30, maybe sell it and buy a XB40 instead.

In Ireland carriers are giving a set of MDR 10RC headphones with pre order. No idea what kind of quality or tier they are. Ordered mine today.

We have the same offer in Romania, in the official Sony store, xzp + MDR-100ABN