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?
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
sharp910sh said:
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.
lawalty said:
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
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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!
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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!
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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.
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Just seen on the t mobile site that they are showing the Touch HD2 coming out on the 9th of November with a ' 3.8" touch screen and loads of apps to download from ' Android market '
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/coming-soon/htc-touch-hd2/detail/
How can they be so wrong about a device ? Or am i missing something.
they do get a bit confused at T-Mobile - when I first rang to upgrade, they said the HD2 was in stock and then tried to give me a Touch 2 instead...
however, i've just noticed on THIS page http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/phones/windows-mobile-phones/ they do actually have a real picture of the real HD2
yay
*sort it out T-Mo*
Drunk webmaster
their customer services guys still don't know much - just spoke to one who went off to ask "our handset guy" about availability - he came back saying only that "he thinks it will be before the end of this quarter" - which is about as helpful as a snowplough in the desert.
I told him the last person i'd spoken to said 6th of November, but he said he'd seen that before and had since heard it wasn't correct.... Here's hoping that the truth will be revealed soon, I can't hold on much longer just re-watching the few video reviews out there...
Not sure if I'm going to be disappointed tomorrow or not... but I was able place an upgrade order this morning on the HD2 (after ensuring that I was getting the HD2 after the 10th time of asking), placed my order.
And apparently should be with me tomorrow morning... I guess I'll wait and see... more than likely be disappointed... but hey bonus if i'm not
Hmm, they told me I would get it for free on an upgrade. However, it won't be available till friday, at which point they will call me again to continue the upgrade process.
yup... free upgrade... had to pay £7.99 P&P
Cannot believe how T-Mobile makes such a ****-up in their website! Mixing an HD2 with an HD and not bothering to ractify the mistake is just ridiculous. Everybody is talking about it on the Net and they still haven't changed to the correct picture!? Maybe next year? T-Mobile is a great company with, in my view, the best plans around. But their staff is just dreadful! They just get confused and are unable to answer any straight, simple questions. Oh, and if you had any doubts about the (in)competence of their "web guys" these are now gone...
pangel83 said:
Hmm, they told me I would get it for free on an upgrade. However, it won't be available till friday, at which point they will call me again to continue the upgrade process.
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yup... free upgrade... had to pay £7.99 P&P
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What T-Mob package are you guys on, and what length contract are you getting the free upgrade on? I'm interested now, as I am due an upgrade as well...
I have just rung the renewals dept at T-Mobile. They are still saying 12th Nov, with no pricing info available yet. So i'd like to know who you actually spoke to to get that free upgrade...
The renewals dept at T-Mobile UK have just said there is a release date of 'December' for the HD2...
The wait goes on...
T-Mo USA
Does anyone know if the HD2 will work on T-Mobile US frequencies for 3G data?
Whoever maintains the T-Mobile website is an incompetent fool. The HTC Touch 2 also runs on Windows mobile.
http://www.htc.com/uk/product/touch2/overview.html
woohoo
phoned up just now and they had 96 in stock.
by the time my order went through it was down to the 80s
getting it tomorrow
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I have just rung the renewals dept at T-Mobile. They are still saying 12th Nov, with no pricing info available yet. So i'd like to know who you actually spoke to to get that free upgrade...
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Can you give us some detail about ?
What price did you get it?
Do you have the name of the person, I am calling then but the lady to whon I spoke did't know about it
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Does anyone know if the HD2 will work on T-Mobile US frequencies for 3G data?
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No current model will. There will be an american version released some time in the first quarter of next year; that might.
anyone get a new phone today?
Did anyone get a HD2 from T-Mobile today?
They got them in stock 10am yesterday morning and will be available within 48 hours.
They however sent me a Touch 2 and apparently I have to go through the returns process before they can send me a HD2 (by which time they'll probably be gone).
Perhaps it is time for another network...
I just ordered the last HD2 in stock from the T-Mobile renewals desk!
12 mth contract, £35 pcm.
300 mins / 300 texts
free upgrade to Web'n'Walk +
(plus a free photo frame)
£121.99 handset price. A small price to pay for a 12 mth contract - hopefully just in time for Windows 7 (or Android behemoth) this time next year!
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I just ordered the last HD2 in stock from the T-Mobile renewals desk!
12 mth contract, £35 pcm.
300 mins / 300 texts
free upgrade to Web'n'Walk +
(plus a free photo frame)
£121.99 handset price. A small price to pay for a 12 mth contract - hopefully just in time for Windows 7 (or Android behemoth) this time next year!
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Cool! So do you know what your fair usage policy soft cap is? is it 1GB like most of their phones or 3GB like their android phones?
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Cool! So do you know what your fair usage policy soft cap is? is it 1GB like most of their phones or 3GB like their android phones?
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3GB, use as a modem allowed
So here's the deal...
I've been with T-Mobile from the beginning - from waaaaay back when they were Mercury 121.
If I was to ring up T-Mobile as a new customer, I can get the phone for free, on the same tariff that I have now.
However, as an existing customer, if I want to upgrade to a HD2 I have to pay £140!
I think I'm gonna give OFCOM a call...
Yeah... I've had this in the past too. When I checked via the web for an upgrade to the Diamond from a Vario II, they quoted about £190. A new customer would have paid about £40. I thought it was a mistake, so went into my local T-nob-ile shop, and the girl said "Nope, can't do it any cheaper than £190". She made several phone calls to people, the manager came down, but nope, no can do. I said "OK, cancel the contract and I'll take out a new one please".... and then she says "But you do realise you will lose your number Sir?" I just replyed with "I'll group text all my contacts my new number. And I can remember an 11 digit number thank you."
It is a shambles of a system - I'll go in with a print out from Mobiles Direct too this time.
And I will kick arse....
Could you not just order a new phone as a new customer, whilst letting you existing contract continue, then get a PAC code from you old contract and move it to your new one? Yu would only have a few days of overlap...?
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Could you not just order a new phone as a new customer, whilst letting you existing contract continue, then get a PAC code from you old contract and move it to your new one? Yu would only have a few days of overlap...?
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Most of the networks will tell you that you can't go from contract to contract on the same network and keep the number. This is an absolute lie, and you could go down a lengthy legal process to prove it, but it's not worth it over a phone number.
The best way to do it is to get a PAYG SIM, transfer your existing number to that, and then get a new contract (as a new customer) and transfer the number from the PAYG SIM to the new contract.
It's a pain in the arse. It's yet ANOTHER way that the telecomms companies try to rape you into submission.
Rant over. That advice still stands though
I'm with T-mobile using Solo (£20pcm) and thought I could just cancel and get a HD.
I got my PAC as I wanted to keep my number and then I got a call and was told however that I would need to upgrade or give them the 30days notice and then come in as a new customer.
they then offered me a deal rather than waiting the 30 days cancelling and coming back.
I could Upgrade effective immediately with the phone for free on a deal 18 month contract with the normal rates as per site. (now paying £40pcm flext = £225pcm spend limit and free internet)
so its true you can get upgrade phone for free. even if you were paying as little as £20pcm
Well I've just checked online for my upgrade as I am now in my final month, and it dosen't give me the option to upgrade to the HD2 - the Compact 5 (Touch Diamond 2) is as far as I can go - and that's if I pay £214.26!!!
Time to ring and cancel I think.
Tw*ts.
As a T-mobile (UK) customer my self with HD2 on that contract what you have to do is tell them what they already know they have to match the contracts for new and exsisting users this is how i got mine when they were not even out on t-mob. This works and they know it just want to try get the £140 out of you if they can hope this helps
The HD2 has just shown up in my online upgrade.... it's mine for £340!!!!
LOL! LOL! PMSL!! Christ, I'd hate to work for Tmobile right now, 'cos someone is gonna get a bashing!
Sorry to dig this thread back up, but after ringing them and asking for my PAC (code), and saying £340 was just plain silly, thye did offer me the phone on the Combi20 with internet (total £25) for £130. I said I can go to mobilephonesdirect and have the phone on this contract for £93. I was put on hold for 5 minutes and they said they could do it for £100. So I accepted. Should be here before 1pm tomorrow.
Only downside is it's likely to be looked to a T-Mobile ROM - unless you're lucky to get an unbranded one...
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Only downside is it's likely to be looked to a T-Mobile ROM - unless you're lucky to get an unbranded one...
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It'll be flashed by the end of the day!
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It'll be flashed by the end of the day!
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You're likely to loose your warranty then. I just moved from 3 to Virgin after they gave me some crap upgrade deals. You can port your number no problem and its unlocked and unbranded so i'm quite happy. Plus Virgin uses t-mob's network so you'd get the same coverage.
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You're likely to loose your warranty then. I just moved from 3 to Virgin after they gave me some crap upgrade deals. You can port your number no problem and its unlocked and unbranded so i'm quite happy. Plus Virgin uses t-mob's network so you'd get the same coverage.
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I checked Virgin's deal on the HD2 a few days back, pretty good, seems like the best out of all networks actually (?)
Is the high speed (HSDPA) network shared too?
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I checked Virgin's deal on the HD2 a few days back, pretty good, seems like the best out of all networks actually (?)
Is the high speed (HSDPA) network shared too?
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yes, it is
iv never payed for a mobile phone and i never will. vodafone have tried it on a few times but after asking for my pac code they always gave in. iv now moved onto o2 as voda dont do 3g in my area (and their customer services is pathetic) and got my hd2 online for £30 a month, £7.50 internet bolt on and the handset for free.mind you, its a 2 year contract but i can live with that. it would break my heart to pay for a mobile.........
T-Mobile wouldn't move till I asked for my PAC
I got the HD2 for free with 600mins, unlimited net, lots of texts, for
£35 on 18 months on T-Mobile
I've had it for a month.
Plenty of different roms tried, etc.
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So here's the deal...
I've been with T-Mobile from the beginning - from waaaaay back when they were Mercury 121.
If I was to ring up T-Mobile as a new customer, I can get the phone for free, on the same tariff that I have now.
However, as an existing customer, if I want to upgrade to a HD2 I have to pay £140!
I think I'm gonna give OFCOM a call...
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FYI, my contract had a month left to run so I phoned them and told them I was going to cancel my contract, after a bit of bartering I got the HTC HD2 for £8 a month with unlimited text. It arrived the next day and I swopped the sim with my unlimited web sim. must have been my lucky day.
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I checked Virgin's deal on the HD2 a few days back, pretty good, seems like the best out of all networks actually (?)
Is the high speed (HSDPA) network shared too?
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I've tested this and I think Virgin only get limited bandwidth from T-mobile. Side-by-side tests using a HD2 with a Virgin sim, and a HD2 with a T-mobile sim showed Virgin to have less than a quarter of the download speed of T-mobile. Having said that, for every-day browsing from the mobile, the speed on Virgin is fine. But if you fancy high speed downloads, or streaming high quality video, than I don't think Virgin will perform as well as T-mobile per se or O2.
I was paying £40 pcm with three and expected a mammoth upgrade deal and got not even as much as a pound off the current advertised deals they have. One or two deals they offered were actually more. Anger isn't even the word... I wanted to kill someone! They had the cheek to tell me that with the new deal I would be making a huge saving on my old plan and that was the saving.
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I've tested this and I think Virgin only get limited bandwidth from T-mobile. Side-by-side tests using a HD2 with a Virgin sim, and a HD2 with a T-mobile sim showed Virgin to have less than a quarter of the download speed of T-mobile. Having said that, for every-day browsing from the mobile, the speed on Virgin is fine. But if you fancy high speed downloads, or streaming high quality video, than I don't think Virgin will perform as well as T-mobile per se or O2.
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Could be but like you said, doesnt really matter for every-day browsing
Hey,
Was just wondering where people are planning on getting their Desire Z from and if you are planning on going the contract route or just paying for it out-right and getting a sim-free phone.
As of yet it looks like Play.com , handtec and clove look the best for sim-free.
As for carriers I am yet to see this being advertised on any, only the Desire HD is showing as coming soon.
I had a chat with someone from T-Mobile today and the think they should have them in October and wouldn't say when.
Contract options are going through my current contract with T-Mo and getting a locked and branded handset and keep my unlimited data (3gbs) or going through any of the other carriers through a dif website and their max unlimited data seems to be on T-Mo but is down to a ridiculous 1gb/mnth.
What your thoughts?
Getting mine sim free. Had a Touch Pro 2 which I bought outright, and just got a contract o2 sim from carphonewarehouse which I swapped out to sim only... Running at about £5 p/m... Anyway, TP2 died, sent to insurance, who gave me money towards my new phone
So, looking to get the Desire Z. Prolly gonna go to handtec... Was told that htc only offer the 2 year warranty when bought from authorised htc resellers, otherwise, it's only a 1 year warranty. Anyone know how true this is?
Can't wait till they're released tho Looks a great phone...
Good point about warranty. But I'm going to pay by Egg Money Card to get extended warranty to 24 months.
I remember my last phone from T-Mobile had 2 years warranty. But when I tried to check Handtec and Clove websites I couldn't find anything about warranty period for this phone. But other HTC phones have 2 years warranty.
handtec sell UK stock and is covered by 2 year warranty via HTC. I have my past 4 HTC phones from them.
Sim free from ebay
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Hey,
I had a chat with someone from T-Mobile today and the think they should have them in October and wouldn't say when.
Contract options are going through my current contract with T-Mo and getting a locked and branded handset and keep my unlimited data (3gbs) or going through any of the other carriers through a dif website and their max unlimited data seems to be on T-Mo but is down to a ridiculous 1gb/mnth.
What your thoughts?
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I was reading somewhere that the date got pushed to October 16th I think for anyone buying from tmobile. I could be wrong though seeing as they have already postponed it once.
As far as contract vs outright, I know I dont have 500 dollars or so lying around and am already tired of ATT service, so im going with the discounted handset and improved service
Always buy sim-free. In Poland contract is installment purchase with very high interest rates in fact. I prefer unlimited internet & text + 1000 minutes instead of new phone with poor plan.
definitely SIM free...in Australia, I would have to wait until around 2011 before I could get this phone on contract - and even then it would be very expensive!
Looking at expansys...which will be selling it for around $760AUD including shipping..but i'll also see what ebay sellers can do! Hopefully around $700!! (or less)
Amazon.co.uk. They won't be available in my country (Slovakia) at launch, plus they will be overpriced as hell. Expansys has it overpriced too (even including the postage fees i will be around 510 euros from Amazon, vs 535 euros from Expansys).
On contract ? LOL. HTC Desire was added to my T-Mobile SK phone list just 2 or 3 weeks ago .
I have a free handset upgrade just sitting in Telstra's system in hopes that the Z will come to them. Either the Z or the Droid 2 World edition or whatever other bad ass phone may come.
I am from New Zealand want a contract free phone i doubt Telecom/Vodafone releases it .They just released Desire & X10
If i buy from UK or any other international seller where is the warranty applicable?? .
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I am from New Zealand want a contract free phone i doubt Telecom/Vodafone releases it .They just released Desire & X10
If i buy from UK or any other international seller where is the warranty applicable?? .
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Generally the warranty wont be valid outside the country the device was purchased in.......but I cant guarantee that
Best thing might be to email HTC about it???
Whiterin said:
I have a free handset upgrade just sitting in Telstra's system in hopes that the Z will come to them. Either the Z or the Droid 2 World edition or whatever other bad ass phone may come.
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The question you got to ask yourself with this question is if you like to play around with your phone like flashing roms and all sorts of other stuff on your phone (since you're on here I'm guess that could be a yes)
Do you want to have that process be easy then go with the Z or if you prefer jumping through many hoops and possibly not having that ability you could go with the Moto.
I got to say I love Moto hardware, they have some of the most rock solid build quality and design but how they lock down their devices and have that rubbish blur on it annoys me....not to mention I was about 2 seconds away from buying a Milestone last year when it was released and seeing that it might never get its 2.2 update really makes me glad I didn't.
Got mine from MobilePhonesDirect
Network O2
900 minutes
Unlimited Texts
Unlimited Internet
£40 a month with 8 months at half price on an 18 month contract; works out at £31.11 per month.
First three months free insurance.
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Got mine from MobilePhonesDirect
Network O2
900 minutes
Unlimited Texts
Unlimited Internet
£40 a month with 8 months at half price on an 18 month contract; works out at £31.11 per month.
First three months free insurance.
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You might want to have a closer look into how much that 'unlimited internet' is that they are giving you. I was doing one of those chat things with one of their sales team and turns out that even though they were offering me a T-Mobile contract that it would be through mobilephonesdirect and so their unlimited internet is only 1Gb instead of T-Mobiles 3Gb which I though was a total rip-off.
Let us know when your phone finally arrives, not heard many good things about that company. Hope everything goes well.
by contract, vodafone NL 200, €25 pm for free, hopefully by the 15th oct, otherwise 8th nov
Still waiting for offers. Currently only vodafone is offering a not expensive contract here in Holland. Now €25.
Problem is that the " unlimited" internet here is limited, except on t- mobile. So ill wait a bit since my contract will end in the beginning of November.
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Got mine from MobilePhonesDirect
Network O2
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Unlimited Internet
£40 a month with 8 months at half price on an 18 month contract; works out at £31.11 per month.
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How did you get 8months half price, I don't see anything like that on there site?
StuRoid said:
You might want to have a closer look into how much that 'unlimited internet' is that they are giving you. I was doing one of those chat things with one of their sales team and turns out that even though they were offering me a T-Mobile contract that it would be through mobilephonesdirect and so their unlimited internet is only 1Gb instead of T-Mobiles 3Gb which I though was a total rip-off.
Let us know when your phone finally arrives, not heard many good things about that company. Hope everything goes well.
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I shall be giving them a call during business hours tomorrow to check on the fair usage policy for the mobile internet. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
elliott_stocks said:
How did you get 8months half price, I don't see anything like that on there site?
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Their deals have changed. When I went into work the next day after ordering this package, my boss asked why I didn't get a phone through our company, as he can claim money back or something. So I had him look into a deal for me and if it worked out better, I'd cancel this one. I went back to the site to double-check what the deal was so I could give my boss the full details and I couldn't see the package I had ordered the night previously. So by the looks of things, it is no longer available.
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Czech Republic:
HTC Desire HD available at Vodafone for preorders (777CZK/month ~ 10500CZK price for phone)
HTC Desire Z not sure
Thought there should be a thread for all the info we can share with each for all of us who have bought a SGSII from abroad, and are using it here in the US.
Any information regarding software upgrades for such located devices etc. and anything else.
Got mine on the 5th, so far no problems with AT&T. Yesterday I switched to the $10 unlimited data plan.
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Just so everything clear, I'm pretty sure its only $10 if you have unlimited.messaging. att will switch to $15 nonsmartphone after awhile.
BoostedSR20 said:
Got mine on the 5th, so far no problems with AT&T. Yesterday I switched to the $10 unlimited data plan.
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intruda119 said:
Just so everything clear, I'm pretty sure its only $10 if you have unlimited.messaging. att will switch to $15 nonsmartphone after awhile.
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I do have unlimited messaging, but that's still good to know.
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BoostedSR20 said:
Got mine on the 5th, so far no problems with AT&T. Yesterday I switched to the $10 unlimited data plan.
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Same here (got it on the same day as well)! But I have the $30 unlimited smartphone plan from my old iPhone. Now the cost actually seems worth it since I am getting pretty decent H+ speeds.
I just hope Samsung keeps the updates coming for this phone. There seems to be a lot of interest since they got over 3 million preorders (http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/08/samsung.galaxy.s.ii.at.3m.pre.orders.by.may). I showed a few of my friends and they are going to get it when it comes out here in the US.
I'm still pulling the same H+ speeds I was getting on my 2GB smartphone plan. All the AT&T guys were like little kids looking at the phone. Had 6 employees gathered around.
Using it on Att still using my unlimited data for $15. Loving the phone so far, excellent speed data and phone performance.
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mine arrived on May 6
Still paying $10 for 1000 messages and $25 for 2GB data fro HSPA & 4G with a $10 extra charge when i exceed 2GB. I seem to do that every month. Is there a way to lower my cost?
Purchased for $756 from Clove UK.
Yip, getting H+ and loving it! Though in northern California (Bayarea), its a bit spotty, but loving it nonetheless. More so loving the non AT&T tainted or touched device. No issues so far, I wonder how the international updates are going to affect us.
You lucky SOBs. Still wondering if I should hold out for Samsung tab. So tempting.
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also sharing where/how it was purchased and for how much it will be nice
DBBGBA said:
also sharing where/how it was purchased and for how much it will be nice
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I purchased though Handtec May 2nd via Google Checkout payment for $748 I believe. Had clearance/FCC paper that needed to be filled out with FeDex, but still received the device on the 5th of May. Happy with both Handtec (first time ordering with them), and FeDex considering the logistics involved.
I usually order my devices from negrielectronics.com, who have great service as well. No issues getting my Nexus S with NAM 3G band from them. Fast, and on time as well, Handtec just had the SGSII a week early.
FtrV8 said:
I purchased though Handtec May 2nd via Google Checkout payment for $748 I believe. Had clearance/FCC paper that needed to be filled out with FeDex, but still received the device on the 5th of May. Happy with both Handtec (first time ordering with them), and FeDex considering the logistics involved.
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+1 exactly all this for me as well, only I preordered in April.
FtrV8 said:
I purchased though Handtec May 2nd via Google Checkout payment for $748 I believe.
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Just order from handtec for the same cost with paypal. Awaiting for their shipping notice now.
@buddylee, I remember you when I purchase my X1, you always get the new phone so quickly.
I should be getting mine tomorrow, a day late, because they didn't have the FCC forms for customs clearance. I had to call FedEx like 5 times in order to get the form through haha. Ended up faxing it to someone, they called an hour or two later and said I would get it tomorrow.
My only concern is: What is the phone has defects? How will I have to do to return it?
Would I have to find an individual living in the UK to exchange it for a new one for me?
I'm coming from T-Mobile and their plague on humanity, the G2X. Truthfully, LG should stick to TVs but that's another story. I ordered my SGS2 from Cleverboxes and it's shipping tomorrow via NCS (whatever that means). My remorse period for the G2X is up on 5/19 so I'm getting an Inspire on 5/15 to establish service for the SGS2 on AT&T. I should be able to make a couple of hundred dollars selling a new Inspire on eBay to help offset some of the cost of the SGS2. The SIM will never have been used so the SGS2's IMEI will be what's registered with AT&T when I activate it (assuming their process is the same as T-Mobile's).
Part of what screwed up the G2X is all the T-Mobile crapware that's installed on what's supposed to be a vanilla Google phone. I'm glad to pay the extra money for an unbranded SGS2 just not to have to deal with carrier software, OS modifications, and dependency on them for updates. I also checked and the Samsung warranty is valid since it's a UK phone purchased in the UK. It can even be serviced in the U.S. under their global warranty program. That's something to consider for those of you buying overseas products and getting invoices from a company here in the U.S.
I can't wait for it to get here and be rid of T-Mobile and to have a high quality phone again. I was thinking of getting a Sensation on T-Mobile when it comes out 6/8 but the whole G2X debacle did me in.
I will never get a device from my carrier even with a discount. I am more happy with my device paying full price and without all the carrier bloatware and/or hardware removal!
Sebring5 said:
Still paying $10 for 1000 messages and $25 for 2GB data fro HSPA & 4G with a $10 extra charge when i exceed 2GB. I seem to do that every month. Is there a way to lower my cost?
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This is the blueprint
1. Drop your text plan and switch over to google voice (optional)
2. Call up att and tell them you have a device you want to activate on your account with your sim. They will ask what phone it is, lie and say razr or some **** like that ... they will add it on for you then you will lose your smartphone data.
3. The rep will ask if you wish to optionally add the dataplan for non smartphones, you can add it then for $15 unlimited data.
I burn through about 15gb a month
jackleung said:
Just order from handtec for the same cost with paypal. Awaiting for their shipping notice now.
@buddylee, I remember you when I purchase my X1, you always get the new phone so quickly.
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whoa, whats up brother, I remember you from back then with the X1.
Well since we doing purchase information, i preordered mine from expansys april 27th. had it delivered may 6th, didnt have any customs information to fill ... just went straight through customs.
with 750 total for me including shipping from UK to US.
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This is the blueprint
1. Drop your text plan and switch over to google voice (optional)
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I've seen this mentioned before, but I don't know much about it. How does this work?
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Did some googling and found some good info....
Anyone here who placed pre order via Orange website got a dispatch confirmation?
I am not happy with Orange at all, they would not let me pre order it as I am upgrading early. I am ready to pay fee and cost and order one but still they refused to reserve one for me.
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Anyone here who placed pre order via Orange website got a dispatch confirmation?
I am not happy with Orange at all, they would not let me pre order it as I am upgrading early. I am ready to pay fee and cost and order one but still they refused to reserve one for me.
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Im in the exact same boat. Have you had any update on this? No one seems to know when it will be arriving for Orange. Its stupid!
same boat no news yet?
When I called on Friday they said they had stock.
I did not upgrade as they would not do me any deals.
Mine arrived this morning from EE. Also Voda guys have theirs too...
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weeo said:
Mine arrived this morning from EE. Also Voda guys have theirs too...
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Interesting
Is your an upgrade or are you a new customer.
I was told on Friday that they have them in stock but are testing the handsets
FUNKIT247 said:
Interesting
Is your an upgrade or are you a new customer.
I was told on Friday that they have them in stock but are testing the handsets
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Upgrade... I know quite a few people with it on EE now
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weeo said:
Upgrade... I know quite a few people with it on EE now
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When did you order?
Had mine on ee since 9th
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smarty2322 said:
Had mine on ee since 9th
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Ordered mine from P4U but on Orange / EE, silver and loving it
What sort of deals (not standard prices but real haggle deals) are people getting on P4U?
I have been forced to stay with Orange but have continued to complain due to false information and managed to get, what i think, is a great deal.
Originally,
£36 per month
£69 Handset cost
Unlimited Minutes,
Unlimited Texts,
1GB of Data
Total Cost : £993
I got this down to:
£26 per month
£29 Handset cost
Unlimited Minutes,
Unlimited Texts,
1GB of Data
Total Cost : £653
Now i have it at:
£26 per month
£NO Handset cost
Unlimited Minutes,
Unlimited Texts,
2GB of Data
£60 account credit
Total Cost : £564
However, with that, i dont actually have the phone yet!! haha
Im just wondering if i should ditch the deal and go to P4U?
Got mine about a week ago on EE as an early upgrade from Orange had so much trouble getting my EE sim working though! But 4G is definitely worth it
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jjc1992 said:
Got mine about a week ago on EE as an early upgrade from Orange had so much trouble getting my EE sim working though! But 4G is definitely worth it
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I would agree if I thought i was going to get EE in my area any time soon! haha. I dont even have Fibre Broadband!!
What sort of deal did you get through EE?
radeonorama said:
What sort of deals (not standard prices but real haggle deals) are people getting on P4U?
I have been forced to stay with Orange but have continued to complain due to false information and managed to get, what i think, is a great deal.
Originally,
£36 per month
£69 Handset cost
Unlimited Minutes,
Unlimited Texts,
1GB of Data
Total Cost : £993
I got this down to:
£26 per month
£29 Handset cost
Unlimited Minutes,
Unlimited Texts,
1GB of Data
Total Cost : £653
Now i have it at:
£26 per month
£NO Handset cost
Unlimited Minutes,
Unlimited Texts,
2GB of Data
£60 account credit
Total Cost : £564
However, with that, I Don't actually have the phone yet!! haha
Im just wondering if i should ditch the deal and go to P4U?
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That is a great deal you have there... Did you talk to the upgrade department of was it another department who approved that? I'd love to quote what you have if you don't mind? when you say false information what do mean? Did someone give you misinformation?
Sorry for all the questions but I'm due an upgrade and my current deal Canary of £15 per month (loyalty discount been with orange years) plus £6 insurance, 1400 minutes, unlimited text and 1GB of data is currently all I need but my Sensation running CM10 is starting to show it's age do you have a name of agent who got your final package?
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That is a great deal you have there... Did you talk to the upgrade department of was it another department who approved that? I'd love to quote what you have if you don't mind? when you say false information what do mean? Did someone give you misinformation?
Sorry for all the questions but I'm due an upgrade and my current deal Canary of £15 per month (loyalty discount been with orange years) plus £6 insurance, 1400 minutes, unlimited text and 1GB of data is currently all I need but my Sensation running CM10 is starting to show it's age do you have a name of agent who got your final package?
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Several different people and several different conversations and calls I’m afraid.
I’m not sure you will be able to get a match on the deal but it’s always worth a try.
To give you some basic background info on my account.
I have 4 contracts on my account and have had for around 8 years.
I pay them in the region of £110 per month for those with a £40 loyalty discount per month (£10 on each contract so would be £150).
I initially spoke to a guy on their online chat back at the start of the month, he was unable to let me pre order the phone as it wasn’t released yet. I could pre order on their website but that would have been at full price with not discounts or loyalty dc.
He offered to call me back and never did.
With that I called and politely complained about the lack of call back and was told I still couldn’t pre order the phone as their systems wouldn’t let them.
Then after a series of calls speaking to various different people where I was quoted various different dates and times for delivery with a tonne of different reasons for the delay, I finally managed to place the order early last week with a compensation of a free phone and double data and a promise that the phone would be delivered last week.
That never happened!
So I called them up again and after some further polite complaints, they offered me the credit on my account and said the phone would be with me by the end of this week.
I never raise my voice or say anything out of line. I just repeat the story and express polite frustration for the lies and they can never really do anything but compensate.
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Several different people and several different conversations and calls I’m afraid.
I’m not sure you will be able to get a match on the deal but it’s always worth a try.
To give you some basic background info on my account.
I have 4 contracts on my account and have had for around 8 years.
I pay them in the region of £110 per month for those with a £40 loyalty discount per month (£10 on each contract so would be £150).
I initially spoke to a guy on their online chat back at the start of the month, he was unable to let me pre order the phone as it wasn’t released yet. I could pre order on their website but that would have been at full price with not discounts or loyalty dc.
He offered to call me back and never did.
With that I called and politely complained about the lack of call back and was told I still couldn’t pre order the phone as their systems wouldn’t let them.
Then after a series of calls speaking to various different people where I was quoted various different dates and times for delivery with a tonne of different reasons for the delay, I finally managed to place the order early last week with a compensation of a free phone and double data and a promise that the phone would be delivered last week.
That never happened!
So I called them up again and after some further polite complaints, they offered me the credit on my account and said the phone would be with me by the end of this week.
I never raise my voice or say anything out of line. I just repeat the story and express polite frustration for the lies and they can never really do anything but compensate.
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That's how i got my contract so low... grind them down play the long game... let the fun and games begin!!!
I eventually gave up.
They would not give me any sort of deal and kept saying I would loose loyalty discount if I upgraded early. So decided to order the phone sim free and wait until free upgrade date and get something else and sell it to make my money back.
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I eventually gave up.
They would not give me any sort of deal and kept saying I would loose loyalty discount if I upgraded early. So decided to order the phone sim free and wait until free upgrade date and get something else and sell it to make my money back.
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I probably would have done the same if i wasnt in my upgrade period. I always seem to hit the every other mobile releases quite nicely. I missed the One X last year and got this. It was the desire the firs time round. Never been impressed with the Sensation though!
I wonder what ill have in two years?! Hang one a minute... lets get hold of the HTC One first before I start thinking about the next one!? haha
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I probably would have done the same if i wasnt in my upgrade period. I always seem to hit the every other mobile releases quite nicely. I missed the One X last year and got this. It was the desire the firs time round. Never been impressed with the Sensation though!
I wonder what ill have in two years?! Hang one a minute... lets get hold of the HTC One first before I start thinking about the next one!? haha
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My upgrade period is in June so dont want to wait until then for the One!
Some people have got good deals upgrading early but just depends on luck I guess and I was starting to loose patience.
I first had Desire then upgraded free to Sensation XE and now getting One.
XE is not a bad phone but showing its age due to low res screen!
This lunch time should be fun... charging the Sensation for some verbal warfare. Fingers crossed i'll get a helpful Orange rep. I want 2 handsets this contract so maybe that might sweeten the deal and get the price down. I just don't want to lose my loyalty discount. And what happened to all the 12 and 18 month contracts?