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[Q] Desire HD on Orange

So another day another lack of phone
Went to the Orange stores in London and was told....
"We will have the Desire HD on Saturday. Its being delivered to only 400 stores across the UK"
Saturday
Oxford st - no Phone
Woking - no Phone
Oxford Circus - on Phone
Southend - on Phone
Anyone seeing a pattern there???
So the next Orange store delivery is Tuesday so I'll update later..
Anyone else got one on preorder?

update from orange customer service
spoke to their customer service on Thursday and they said they should get it first week of Nov, worst case 2nd week. Hope its by the 1st

Every time I ring Orange I get told it will be here in Nov. They don't know a date and won't let me pre order
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Its comming very soon, you can pm me for more info.
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I preordered mine on Orange through Phones4U. I got it on Friday. It's unbranded and unlocked.

I can't get it for upgrade as I'm due it in Dec but can upgrade with Orange, but noonday else
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Success.......almost
Ok so here's the update.
Went to orange shop last week who said it would be in last week.... lies.
So while walking past the shop in Woking thought I'd chance my luck.... One in stock SUCCESS!!!!!..... or so I thought.
When the assistant asked for £100 I explained it was an upgrade and he pointed out that you cant get it for free upgrade!!!!!!
Called customer service who said I COULD have one for free but they are out of stock......... so still waiting till next weeks delivery now.
Good news though. It's officially out now and anyone pre-ordering one from Orange will get a txt message when they are in stock. You then have about 4 seconds to call and order before they go out of stock again....
So wish me luck for next week. Hopefully should have one in my hands by Tuesday..... fingers crossed...

I'm on Orange.
I enquired with Upgrades on Tuesday about the phone and they said they would call me when it was available.
Wednesday I got a call from the guy I spoke to in Upgrades he said their first batch had come in and he was sending me mine.
It arrived on Thursday at 1pm.
I didn't pay anything for the phone, I'm on a 12 month contract £40 as I upped my Internet to 1GB I could have stayed on £35 but only 500MB. Very happy with it so far, I've had none of the issues reported so far. My friend just picked one up today at the Orange Shop in the Birmingham Bull Ring

I'm after some advice. My contract ends next Saturday. I've already bought a Desire HD SIM free, but am wondering if I can wangle another HD (and sell one obviously to by a Galaxy Tab!) or maybe get a Z.
I've been with Orange since they weren't even Orange (anyone remember Wabbit?) and I don't recall I've ever threatened to leave. My bill is only £22-£26 a month so I would imagine they want £200 for the HD.
Do I simply say 'Vodafone say for £30 a month I can have a free one!' ? I don't really want to leave Orange I don't think. Is there any way they call my bluff and I'm booted?
What advice can anyone give?

AndyCr15 said:
I'm after some advice. My contract ends next Saturday. I've already bought a Desire HD SIM free, but am wondering if I can wangle another HD (and sell one obviously to by a Galaxy Tab!) or maybe get a Z.
I've been with Orange since they weren't even Orange (anyone remember Wabbit?) and I don't recall I've ever threatened to leave. My bill is only £22-£26 a month so I would imagine they want £200 for the HD.
Do I simply say 'Vodafone say for £30 a month I can have a free one!' ? I don't really want to leave Orange I don't think. Is there any way they call my bluff and I'm booted?
What advice can anyone give?
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I've just took out a new contact via phone with Orange, new customer, £22.50 pm 24 months and £99 for the phone, which I thought was ok

Well another week and another lack of f....ing phone...
So here's where I am with it.
As of this morning Orange customer service have said there is a batch in testing that will be released next week. As for price, I'm paying about £22 per month and I'm getting it for nothing... Customer service have the ability to waiver the £100 the shops are charging for the same upgrade... shops have stock but cant release it to upgrade customer for free as they have different rule regarding upgrades. ie if someone wants to 'pay' for an upgrade who are they to stop them.... pretty sad really but that's the world we live in. Hoping to see one by the end of next week... wish me luck.

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As for price, I'm paying about £22 per month and I'm getting it for nothing... Customer service have the ability to waiver the £100 the shops are charging for the same upgrade...
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Are you an existing customer? Did you have to threaten to leave or anything? That seems a very low monthly bill to get it for free?

AndyCr15 said:
Are you an existing customer? Did you have to threaten to leave or anything? That seems a very low monthly bill to get it for free?
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That does seem very cheap

AndyCr15 said:
Are you an existing customer? Did you have to threaten to leave or anything? That seems a very low monthly bill to get it for free?
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I'd recommend always phoning through to Orange retentions when your contract ends. Dial 150, then 1, 4 then 2.
You need to do your research first and check other deals out there. Depending on how long you've been with Orange and what your normal usage is will depend on your loyalty reward.
I've been with orange for nearly 7 years so my loyalty reward is quite good. I managed to get the following deal:
24mth contract
HTC Desire HD for free
600 xnet mins
1300 texts
500Mb ("unlimited") data
5 photo messages
and a free 3G dongle with a 1Gb data usage per month.
For £22.50 per month
So it really does pay to phone them up! I am concerned about Orange's data fair use policy as 500Mb isn't very much. However you can pay another £5 to bring it up to 1Gb. Also, one guy said that they don't usually start charging you over the first 500Mb until you go over 750Mb and they charge you 60p per day you over which isn't too bad.
You need to say you've been looking around and are thinking of leaving Orange. Ask them what the best deal is they can offer and haggle if you like. They have some special deals that aren't advertised.
For more info check out the Money Saving Expert here- http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cut-mobile-tariff
and this one on the forum which is titled "Orange Retention Offers" - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=627683
(it's a long thread so you're best going towards the end!)
Hope that helps- let us know how you get on.
Personally, I don't understand why people buy the phone out right and then go SIM only- as it's not cost effective when compared to the deals you can get through retentions.

Some great tips, thanks. I've been with Orange for around 17 years so hopefully they'll cut me a deal.
Just wondering if i should wait to see if they get the Desire Z now I already have the HD.... or get the HD and sell it...

I got mine from Orange the day it was out. Their cs rung me to tell me it is in so I got it within a day.
Ring them and tell them to ring you when they have it in stock.
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I got mine on Saturday from three. The good point is it unbranded and unlocked how cool. No more wait for updates.
Has anyone ended up with a branded phone?

Nope three is unbranded .. had to take my first one back cos of reboot problems and lag , new one no reboot so far but lag is still bad HTC better sort it out quick
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The only carrier getting the desire z is vodafone.
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Anyone know if the hd comes unbranded from mobile s.co.uk?? (part of carphonewarehouse).
Seen some good deals for my bro who needs a new contact and my galaxy s from there was unlocked and unbranded.
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[Q] Buymobilephones.net

Has anyone received their handset through Buymobilephones.net yet?
I placed my order 3 weeks ago on a £25 T-Mobile tarrif and just keep receiving Stock Expected Soon e-mails.
I phoned them today as my O2 PACnumber expires soon and they told me that they were not expecting stock for a few weeks as T-mobile had pulled the phone for software issues. This is strange as I went to my local T-mobile shop at the weekend and they had 2 in stock which they were keen to sell me (well one of them at least) but I wasn't willing to pay the additional £10 per month or the £150 phone cost to keep the £25 contract.
So what's going on?
Buymobilephones.net defined a few weeks for me in case I needed any help in that regard as 4-6 weeks - that's a lifetime.

I think it might be time to cancel your order and buy elsewhere.
Judging by comments here on XDA and elsewhere, the vast majority of UK users experienced no more than a few days of waiting for their Omnia 7s, a week in some cases, but very rarely more than that.
3 kept me waiting for ten days before I cancelled my order with them and went with T-Mobile; my own experience with T-Mo was that the handset was out of stock when I ordered, but 24 hours later I was told that the handset was back in stock, and the morning after that, I received my handset, and that was ten days ago.
It's also worth noting that T-Mobile hasn't installed any software on the phone, so the usual network customisation delays don't apply here; the only soft customisation they've applied is a T-Mo logo splash screen on start-up.
Seems to me that you can either accept buymobilephones.net's explanation and sit tight until they deliver (£25pm with a free handset is a pretty good deal after all, and you can always request a new PAC from O2 once you've got a delivery date); or you can get on to buymobilephones.net and ask them why they're keeping you waiting when T-Mobile have been shipping these things out to their customers for a while now.
By the way, looking at the small print of that deal you've got, it appears that you can either have the unlimited text booster that they've 'included' in the £25pm price, or you can swap that for a web ('unlimited internet') booster. If you want to have both the unlimited texts AND the web, you'll have to get an additional booster for an extra £5 a month, so the total cost will be £30pm, not £25pm. You WILL need a web booster though, you can't do without it on this phone - but as long as you're happy to live with web but without the unlimited texts (you'll still get 500 texts included), you can keep the price down to £25pm.
If you need BOTH web and unlimited texts, maybe you can find an alternative deal elsewhere with a free handset for £30pm?

Right - you prompted me to act.
I phoned T-mobile and asked if they could improve their £35 per month Tarrif - they agreed to reduce it to £30 per month (600mins, 500texts, unlimited internet +an additional booster). Then I agreed and proceeded with the order and informed them that I was an existing customer - so they agreed to reduce it further. In the end I had to pay £35 for the handset but I received the above tarrif for £25. And better than that - my phone will arrive tomorrow.
Big fat smiley face.
Just hope the phone is good now.

de5perate said:
Right - you prompted me to act.
I phoned T-mobile and asked if they could improve their £35 per month Tarrif - they agreed to reduce it to £30 per month (600mins, 500texts, unlimited internet +an additional booster). Then I agreed and proceeded with the order and informed them that I was an existing customer - so they agreed to reduce it further. In the end I had to pay £35 for the handset but I received the above tarrif for £25. And better than that - my phone will arrive tomorrow.
Big fat smiley face.
Just hope the phone is good now.
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That's an excellent deal.
I noticed today that the 10 day delivery had gone from the T-Mobile website so I rang them up to check and stock was back in but the best they could do for me was 30 pounds, the phone free, 3gb but at 2 years
I am never ever going to be tied into a 2 year contract, I hate having to sign up for 18 months as that is too long really. So I will have to wait until buymobilephones get them in stock as at least I can get 18 months at 25 pounds with the phone costing 10 pounds.
A plus for you is that you get the 3gb and high speed without having to phone the sales reps until one switches you over - they shouldn't really as its only for T-Mobile sales and not resellers.
Have fun tomorrow with your new phone.

de5perate said:
Right - you prompted me to act.
I phoned T-mobile and asked if they could improve their £35 per month Tarrif - they agreed to reduce it to £30 per month (600mins, 500texts, unlimited internet +an additional booster). Then I agreed and proceeded with the order and informed them that I was an existing customer - so they agreed to reduce it further. In the end I had to pay £35 for the handset but I received the above tarrif for £25. And better than that - my phone will arrive tomorrow.
Big fat smiley face.
Just hope the phone is good now.
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I was in the exact same boat. Decided to call Orange (who I'm currently with) and quoted my "friend's" (your) t-mobile deal.
I managed to get 600mins, unlimited texts, internet, 3 extra magic numbers (I'm now on 6) and orange wednesdays ofcourse for £22.50 a month with the phone costing £15! Thanks "friend"!
I have a feeling that I may be on the rubbish 500mb internet but she didn't day. If I am then I will moan and see if I can get it to 1gb.
Phone arrives tomorrow. Can't wait. And buymobilephones.net, I want my 3 weeks of missed WP7 awesomeness back!

Think of it this way, by waiting 3 weeks you have saved money each month over the next 2 years
And anyone waiting on buymobilephones they have said the T-Mobile Omnia 7 is in Monday with enough stock to clear all back orders.

Looks like buymobilephones are expecting them from Tmobile on monday . Can't wait to play with mine. Check out their twitter feed!
Edit: As posted above by root beer.
Does anyone know if Tmobile know that the phone has been bought from a 3rd party reseller? I'm wondering because I want to try and get moved onto the 3gb fup. If I pretend I bought direct they might be more cooperative.

c-bone said:
Does anyone know if Tmobile know that the phone has been bought from a 3rd party reseller? I'm wondering because I want to try and get moved onto the 3gb fup. If I pretend I bought direct they might be more cooperative.
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Well, surely they'll know that you didn't buy it from them, as there will be no record of the transaction. A third party reseller is a shop, don't forget. Buying from shops is normal.

Yes but the contract is with T mobile regardless of where I bought it from. I will be paying them directly for my contract. Its just I will only get the 1gb fup for buying from 3rd party.

Just called Orange and got the data increased to 1GB from 500MB free of charge with no hassle. If anyone here is on Orange and is a returning customer it should be no problem as you can't really expect to fully utilise this operating system with 500MB and I think the highest they have on their online plans is 750MB. Just be polite to the person on the phone.

i asked at upgrades and they said they couldn't do that for me but gave me a dongle for mobile internet for 500MB instead??
i guess i won't need the mobile wifi hotspot feature now but i think i still would have prefered 1GB or more

Chimp Safari said:
I was in the exact same boat. Decided to call Orange (who I'm currently with) and quoted my "friend's" (your) t-mobile deal.
I managed to get 600mins, unlimited texts, internet, 3 extra magic numbers (I'm now on 6) and orange wednesdays ofcourse for £22.50 a month with the phone costing £15! Thanks "friend"!
I have a feeling that I may be on the rubbish 500mb internet but she didn't day. If I am then I will moan and see if I can get it to 1gb.
Phone arrives tomorrow. Can't wait. And buymobilephones.net, I want my 3 weeks of missed WP7 awesomeness back!
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Nice one friend - another happy Omnia 7 owner - mine should have been delivered yesterday but I am working in Milan so I won't get to play with it until tonight - try and get mtself a few Xbox achievements.

Chimp Safari said:
I was in the exact same boat. Decided to call Orange (who I'm currently with) and quoted my "friend's" (your) t-mobile deal.
I managed to get 600mins, unlimited texts, internet, 3 extra magic numbers (I'm now on 6) and orange wednesdays ofcourse for £22.50 a month with the phone costing £15! Thanks "friend"!
I have a feeling that I may be on the rubbish 500mb internet but she didn't day. If I am then I will moan and see if I can get it to 1gb.
Phone arrives tomorrow. Can't wait. And buymobilephones.net, I want my 3 weeks of missed WP7 awesomeness back!
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Odd. When I phoned them, they said they couldn't price-match. Maybe it's cause I'm not on orange at the moment.
Had pre-ordered the HTC Mozart, but it's still out of stock on orange. Might see if I can swap it for the Omnia 7 on T-mobile, seeing as it's in stock.

Well after 4 days using my new toy and after all that messing with BMP.net I have phoned T-Mobile to arrange for it to be shipped back to them. I am not happy - primarily with WP7. I hope it will improve given a few updates but having used various incarnations of WM6 I am not hugely confident.
So my phone is going back and I have ordered an HTC Desire HD to replace it - I love my Desire so I am sure the Desire HD will be fantastic. I will miss the AMOLED screen most of all - I do so like black to be black.

Do not buy from these people if you want proper internet!

I just got mine from them, and it's brilliant. Got a T-mobile 18 month contract with 600 min and 500 text and unlimited internet for £30 and free phone! Also, 5 month rental is half price! I just couldn't find a better deal than this!

sergioiacobucci said:
Do not buy from these people if you want proper internet!
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I wouldn't order from anyone else.
Ordered an Omnia 7 on H3G at 2.30pm and received the phone at 1pm the following day. Superb, quick service.
I really like WP7. The interface is clean and very quick. Internet, e-mails, text etc are all lightning fast.
I can't understand all those people who get a WP7 based phone, and then complain it doesn't do this or that. If you want a customizeable phone, go with Android or WM6.5.
WP7 devices are brilliant IMHO. At the end of the day it is a PHONE. If you want all the other bells and whistles.... Get a laptop!!!

geddeeee said:
I wouldn't order from anyone else.
Ordered an Omnia 7 on H3G at 2.30pm and received the phone at 1pm the following day. Superb, quick service.
I really like WP7. The interface is clean and very quick. Internet, e-mails, text etc are all lightning fast.
I can't understand all those people who get a WP7 based phone, and then complain it doesn't do this or that. If you want a customizeable phone, go with Android or WM6.5.
WP7 devices are brilliant IMHO. At the end of the day it is a PHONE. If you want all the other bells and whistles.... Get a laptop!!!
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Got mine on Virgin, 800 mins Unlimited SMS, 1Gb data for £30 per month.
Ordered online late on a Thursday and delivered on Saturday morning.
Love the phone...

Galaxy Note- Expected delivery Date T-mobileBuymobiles.net

Is anyone else waiting for their Galaxy note to be delivered by buymobiles.net on t-mobile. I have been waiting a long time! it says expected by 19/11/2011. I called yesterday and they said wait till next week! when will i get this device. Its killing me!

Yup, also ordered from them here! Looks like early next week before we see our devices, I'm guessing we'll have it by Tuesday/Wednesday!
Anyone know if it is unlocked? (Should be easy to unlock as far as I know.)

Yes hopefully its unlocked. Cant see why it wouldnt be. What contract did you get?

Looks like a great deal except it doesn't include HSDPA. The 'unlimited web' is 3g (384kbps) only. I think you can add HSDPA for £5 a month (?) but then T-mobile isn't any better value than any other network.

My order has been dispatched, if the email is to be believed.
I popped into town today, as Phones4U had them in stock when i rang, got there and the idiot i spoke to thought i meant the Nexus
He then preceeded to question why i want a Note. He clearly didnt know much about them, as he was telling me the Nexus is better, and screens are the same.
I then went to all the other high street stores. Carphone Warehouse had a display model, which was awesome. Guy said they had them in stock, then after trying to buy one, his manager said they are demo models, and cant be sold.
I would have gladly bought one, and just sent the buymobiles one back.
Ho hum, lets hope it arrives Monday, and that my gf actually answers the door!

s-keeper said:
Looks like a great deal except it doesn't include HSDPA. The 'unlimited web' is 3g (384kbps) only. I think you can add HSDPA for £5 a month (?) but then T-mobile isn't any better value than any other network.
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REALLY? Its capped! Jesus. What a con. hmmm, I have been on t mobile and i get the full hsdpa. The guy just said it comes with 500mb internet for downloads. hmm. I am not happy payign an extra 5 quid a month. let me see.

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My order has been dispatched, if the email is to be believed.
I popped into town today, as Phones4U had them in stock when i rang, got there and the idiot i spoke to thought i meant the Nexus
He then preceeded to question why i want a Note. He clearly didnt know much about them, as he was telling me the Nexus is better, and screens are the same.
I then went to all the other high street stores. Carphone Warehouse had a display model, which was awesome. Guy said they had them in stock, then after trying to buy one, his manager said they are demo models, and cant be sold.
I would have gladly bought one, and just sent the buymobiles one back.
Ho hum, lets hope it arrives Monday, and that my gf actually answers the door!
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I tried Vodaphone, O2, Carphone Warehouse and a few others in town yesterday and none of them even knew what the Note was, a few suggested the Nexus and I wasn't having any of it.

sharp910sh said:
REALLY? Its capped! Jesus. What a con. hmmm, I have been on t mobile and i get the full hsdpa. The guy just said it comes with 500mb internet for downloads. hmm. I am not happy payign an extra 5 quid a month. let me see.
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with T-mo there's a "fair use" policy that says 500mb, check the fine print. I expect most carriers have something similar if they aren't stating a limit in the tarrif. It's aimed at curtailing heavy streaming use.

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with T-mo there's a "fair use" policy that says 500mb, check the fine print. I expect most carriers have something similar if they aren't stating a limit in the tarrif. It's aimed at curtailing heavy streaming use.
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I am on the 3gb android limit, currently with t mobile. I used to stream loads of stuff download hd films with ease. Speed never dropped. hmm. I have read a thread which says you can call t mobile up, as them to put you on hsdpa speeds for free.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061895&page=10
I will try that, see what happens!

Can someone who ordered theirs from buymobilephones.net explain what sim free means? I don't want a plan. Does sim free come with or without a sim?

Also, I thought the GN doesn't officially support the T-Mobile 1700 spectrum that gives you H+ speeds. I learned (mostly by reading these threads) that if you are on T-Mobile you can use it as a phone, but you'll only have Edge speeds.
Is this correct?
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Yes hopefully its unlocked. Cant see why it wouldnt be. What contract did you get?
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Well, its basically the 25 quid a month contract, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19400511&postcount=60
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Can someone who ordered theirs from buymobilephones.net explain what sim free means? I don't want a plan. Does sim free come with or without a sim?
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SIM free means the phone without any SIM card and no carrier customisations.
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Also, I thought the GN doesn't officially support the T-Mobile 1700 spectrum that gives you H+ speeds. I learned (mostly by reading these threads) that if you are on T-Mobile you can use it as a phone, but you'll only have Edge speeds.
Is this correct?
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Ah, I think you're referring to T-Mobile in the USA? We are talking about T-Mobile in the UK which we have 3G/HSDPA access on the Note. (Though the speed is artificially limited to 384kbit/s )

384kbps?? I just did a speed test while on a moving train and got 1.8mbps on the t mobile package your talking about.
The 500 mb cap only counts for downloads and streaming. Once you go over the 500mb you can still surf etc. but they block any downloads or streaming for the rest of the month.
I ordered my note in the last week of October and was told I would receive it the first week in November! It's now the 21st and they still can't even tell us when we are going to get it! If we'd bought this phone on Orange we'd have had the phone for nearly 3 weeks by now!
I'm going to question them on their Twitter feed again later today (@buymobile_help). I'll report back what they say.
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These dudes take the pee. I will call them up again today see when im getting the phone. Its been too long! The dude told me I will get it on saturday!

I got a reply from twitter. Two other people asked the same question at the same time i did on their feed.
They told one us it would be another 7-10 days for delivery and then me and the other person they had no ETA.
Reading between the lines.... They don't have a clue when they will have stock.

I just want to clarify what I've read elsewhere about the 384kbps 'cap' on the T-mobile unlimited web bundle. I haven't experienced it myself, as I don't have a T-mobile account.
Apparently if you buy an Android phone direct from T-mobile, you will get full HSDPA speeds. However, if you buy from a reseller like Buymobiles.net, it will be limited to 384kbps only. People have apparently been charged an additional £5 or £7.50 a month to get a 'web and walk plus' bundle that gives them full HSDPA speeds. There is also one post where someone says he managed to get HSDPA enabled for nothing. I cannot verify these claims. I can only suggest that once you get the handset you make sure you have HSDPA before the cooling off period finishes.
I myself have ordered a Note from e2Save on TalkMobile. £379.99 for the phone + £12 a month for 24 months for 200 mins/200 texts/1Gb data
Andy

They have idea. Yet they have taken my 49.99£ b---ds!

I just cancelled my order, it's taking too long! I ended up ordering from O2 at 3.40PM today, will be getting the phone tomorrow

DarkStone1337 said:
I just cancelled my order, it's taking too long! I ended up ordering from O2 at 3.40PM today, will be getting the phone tomorrow
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what contract are you getting? the only reason i want this contract is it is cheap! 650 total cost over 24 months. 900 minutes, unlimited texts with 500mb data.
with o2 that would cost me much more!
I twittered them, they said they are sending more items out this week. on their website theyr chanegd it to "in stock" hmmm. i shall wait and seee!

sharp910sh said:
what contract are you getting? the only reason i want this contract is it is cheap! 650 total cost over 24 months. 900 minutes, unlimited texts with 500mb data.
with o2 that would cost me much more!
I twittered them, they said they are sending more items out this week. on their website theyr chanegd it to "in stock" hmmm. i shall wait and seee!
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I went on the O2 50 plan. 24 month contract, £13.50 Monthly, £279.99 Handset cost.
I'm not planning to use this SIM, I just got this contract to get the handset.
Apparently it is possible to remove data from the monthly bill after the first month. This would reduce the monthly bill to £10.50.
£10.50 * 23 months = £241.50 + £13.50 for the first month = £255.00 for the contract.
£255 + £280 handset cost = £535.00 - £50 QuidCo cashback = £485.00.
Not bad if you think about getting the contract for the handset on its own
I plan to use GiffGaff instead of O2.

www.affordablemobiles.co.uk

Hi everyone. I would like to ask if anyone has used this site... its simply to good to be true
http://www.affordablemobiles.co.uk/contract-mobile-phones/t-mobile/mrc_%C2%A335/samsung/n7000/25494050.html
Thanks

I ordered one from them, my first time ordering from that company, the phone showed as being available for dispatch the next day. I ordered it on the 9th and I still don't have it.
I'll let you know how i get on.
Update: 0 in stock, no idea of when they'll have more, i'll wait until i find a better deal to cancel

I tried from them but thry didnt have stock and didnt let me know so i cancelled and went elsewhere
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Not that cheap. Not better than http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/basket/cart.jsp?_requestid=43351

jah said:
Not that cheap. Not better than http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/basket/cart.jsp?_requestid=43351
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There is no note there, what's the problem?

Thanks for the replays. i bought one from BuyMobilePhones.net got the delivery next day, and now i'm enjoying my note. the problem with the site in question is that is too good to be true plus i red some very bad revues.
thanks

Just spoke with them:
0 in stock
NO estimated delivery time on new stock
Website still shows as in stock

cpam said:
Thanks for the replays. i bought one from BuyMobilePhones.net got the delivery next day, and now i'm enjoying my note. the problem with the site in question is that is too good to be true plus i red some very bad revues.
thanks
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i ended up getting mine from buymobilephones.net aswell

Richy99 said:
i ended up getting mine from buymobilephones.net aswell
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How long will you have to wait?

Richy99 said:
i ended up getting mine from buymobilephones.net aswell
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Any problems? And are you not in the u.s.?

I ordered mine from affordablemobiles.co.uk on the 11th of Jan and it arrived today. Great deal + free accessories too!

Received my Note today! Ordered a couple of weeks ago from affordablemobiles, seemed too good to be true compared to all the other o2 deals around but so far so good. I read up a little on them and the customer service is not the best and apparently the money back and gifts can be a pain, I just went for the best value o2 with decent data.
Anyone one considering the phone; going from dell streak I am very impressed, especially the screen sharpness and colours are beautifull, cant wait to start flashing random roms

Why do some people have to wait a couple of weeks and others have to wait less than one?
The better the deal the longer the wait?

I got mine out of a phones 4u store. I ended up getting it on o2 for £32 a month, 600 mins unlimited texts, 500mb data, plus bonus 500 o2 to o2 minutes.
No upfront cost.
Just go in and have a brass neck and don't take no for an answer, they DO have the power to make you a deal regardless what they say. You have a lot of power at contract renewal time because the market is saturated. Your network wants to keep you, and other networks want to poach you, so milk it for all its worth.
It might feel a bit uncomfortable telling them that the deal they're offering isn't good enough, but it;s worth it.

newg said:
I got mine out of a phones 4u store. I ended up getting it on o2 for £32 a month, 600 mins unlimited texts, 500mb data, plus bonus 500 o2 to o2 minutes.
No upfront cost.
Just go in and have a brass neck and don't take no for an answer, they DO have the power to make you a deal regardless what they say. You have a lot of power at contract renewal time because the market is saturated. Your network wants to keep you, and other networks want to poach you, so milk it for all its worth.
It might feel a bit uncomfortable telling them that the deal they're offering isn't good enough, but it;s worth it.
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Was this a renewal or a new contract? I'm thinking of switching to O2, I initially wanted to because they offered £5 off O2 residential broadband if you have a phone contract but prices went up and we've kept the old plan without a price increase which is a better deal than the new O2 broadband contracts with a £5 discount.
But i noticed that they have new phones in stock much sooner than other carriers so i'm interested again.

cpam said:
Thanks for the replays. i bought one from BuyMobilePhones.net got the delivery next day, and now i'm enjoying my note. the problem with the site in question is that is too good to be true plus i red some very bad revues.
thanks
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got mine from them as well, ordered it on 26th december, expecting to wait unil after new years bank holiday, had it that Saturday.
managed to get it as £25 a month, 900min, 500txt, 500mb+Unlimited Web and Email Booster and no cost for the phone 24month T-mobile.

Mine finally arrived today, the phone looks like its already been opened, i'm going to have to check this properly before i accept it

Get your phone from 3 UK now!

http://store.three.co.uk/New_HTC_Ph...303FF8D20493F3A04B809FC?priceplan=PAY_MONTHLY
£0 up front now according to their site!

The War Horse said:
http://store.three.co.uk/New_HTC_Ph...303FF8D20493F3A04B809FC?priceplan=PAY_MONTHLY
£0 up front now according to their site!
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Pre-order today.
Estimated delivery date:
Thursday, 28th March
Not exactly now, is it :silly:

@home said:
Pre-order today.
Estimated delivery date:
Thursday, 28th March
Not exactly now, is it :silly:
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No but it's not a long wait and the price is a pretty good one though yes you can get the same contract elsewhere for less at least you'd be getting if direct....Noticed it so thought I should share!

well thats p****ed me off!
Just pre ordered few days ago and it was £70! looks like im canceling that then

Phil750123 said:
well thats p****ed me off!
Just pre ordered few days ago and it was £70! looks like im canceling that then
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Yeh right, I have actually heard reports of 3 refunding the £70 recently so just yell at them a little and I'm sure you'll get sorted!

Gonna do the same here with tmobile they said delivery friday

Having just got off the phone to the 3 upgrades team they told me that although the website shows the end of the month they're expecting some Silver handsets in today so I could have my new phone by Tuesday. They did say that they couldn't confirm this however and would be in touch to let me know as soon as they could confirm or deny it.
I am however holding off until the 5th of next month anyway as I currently still have to pay £26 early upgrade fee....And they don't seem to want to budge on that haha!!
Oh I've also emailed CPW to see if they're up for matching the new deal released on the 3 website as they're still showing a more expensive tariff so I'll be interesting to see if they do drop the price.

just spoke to 3 - anybody who has pre ordered the black or silver will be refuned the £69 off their bills.
sorted
mine is out for delivery between 2.30-3.30 today

Phil750123 said:
just spoke to 3 - anybody who has pre ordered the black or silver will be refuned the £69 off their bills.
sorted
mine is out for delivery between 2.30-3.30 today
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Good news and good to hear about the refund. Thanks for the info

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Gonna do the same here with tmobile they said delivery friday
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Spoke to tmobile and the sales lady couldn't even confirm when stock will arrive!

Hey just wondering. Has anyone that ordered with 3 managed to ever get them to compromise on anything? It seems they're the only company not willing to bend even the slightest on their deals!

mabye because they have really good deals anyway?
i mean £34 a month for 500 mins 5000 txts and unlimited data and a free phone is pretty good to me.

Phil750123 said:
mabye because they have really good deals anyway?
i mean £34 a month for 500 mins 5000 txts and unlimited data and a free phone is pretty good to me.
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It is very good but when a third pary website is offering the same contract at £32 a month saving £48 over the contract term it's almost enough to entice me over (be it a small amount) I'm thinking surely 3 could let me off the small amount I owe seeing as it's clear the contract can be offered for less?

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It is very good but when a third pary website is offering the same contract at £32 a month saving £48 over the contract term it's almost enough to entice me over (be it a small amount) I'm thinking surely 3 could let me off the small amount I owe seeing as it's clear the contract can be offered for less?
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point made!
You tried speaking to them? They seemed to have no problem with refunding the £69 for me, all depends how desperate they are to get
our orders i suppose!

searens Beck
3 have recently not been very helpful re. small discounts off contracts. I mean their deals are really great, the ultrafast One on the One Plan for 36 a month when LTE is available at the end of this month is a really good deal.
but even though you may have been an old customer, they just offer the same deals that are available on the website for new customers.
i pain 69 upfront day before, and have to collect from the store today. called them on 333, they 'have no record of the 69 payment, please discuss with the store you purchased from, they may be able to help you.'
Bah.

Yes I hear you. I spoke to them a little while ago and asked why if I was leaving 3 would the cost be £26 and if I was to upgrade it would be the same price? Surely as I'm staying with you by upgrading you should be able to sort me out? They just basically said no lol. I don't get it, I know for a fact they can afford to move on this, it's pennies to them!

Yeah three look after new customers, yet current ones get sweet fa.
I'm confused about their lte. The one uses dc-hspa yet 3 says it's lte ready despite the phone not having it listed?!

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Yeah three look after new customers, yet current ones get sweet fa.
I'm confused about their lte. The one uses dc-hspa yet 3 says it's lte ready despite the phone not having it listed?!
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the One is def LTE ready and will get it as for no extra cost on 3 as soon as they upgrade to LTE.
Just got off the phone to 3 again and they've said the lowest they can take my pay-off to is £23....I just don't get why they can't just ignor that last little bit, I mean come on! lol

The War Horse said:
It is very good but when a third pary website is offering the same contract at £32 a month saving £48 over the contract term it's almost enough to entice me over (be it a small amount) I'm thinking surely 3 could let me off the small amount I owe seeing as it's clear the contract can be offered for less?
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What site is this on ?
Also, do threes contract prices include insurance ?
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vizzy said:
What site is this on ?
Also, do threes contract prices include insurance ?
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that's on buymobilephones.net some brilliant deals on there.....and no they don't include insurance
Anyone know of any contracts that do include this?