Have seen a good deal online for a HTC Desire HD, on offer for £99 for phone plus £22.89 a month. Of course there is cashback involved of £80 which i think makes this a cracking deal. Anyone have a Desire HD? Still in contract till Aug but tempted by this and maybe paying off the remainder of old contract which is about £60.
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Panter
Just call me Chris...
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That's a cracking deal, even without the cashback!
Have a good read up on the HD, it's big & battery life isn't great (although mine is improving by the day) to see if it's for you but personally I love mine to bits, highly recommended
Have a good read up on the HD, it's big & battery life isn't great (although mine is improving by the day) to see if it's for you but personally I love mine to bits, highly recommended
I have just seen the announcement of the Desire S and decided I will wait for this instead of getting a Nexus S. It's basically the same hardware as the HD but back to the smaller screen, which is great for people like me with smallish hands.
Comparison here: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3776&idPhone2=3468
(smaller screen, bigger battery, fewer megapixels, front-facing camera, newer OS version, same CPU+GPU, same RAM)
Comparison here: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3776&idPhone2=3468
(smaller screen, bigger battery, fewer megapixels, front-facing camera, newer OS version, same CPU+GPU, same RAM)
the wifes reckons we may as well see out our contracts first but................ its a bloody good deal, unlimited txts and 500m internet as well. Just had another look on the new BB Bold 9780 is on the same deal. Wonder if its a pricing error?? Seems to good to be true!!
Rouge Penguin
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Brilliant phone, posting from it now. You soon forget its size, yes it big, but once used everything else just seems far too small. Battery could be better, but it easily does 36 hours with moderate use.
Iplayer, YouTube etc work great. Love that its so customizable, cleared all 7 home screens and set it with all sorts of widgets and bookmarks.
Iplayer, YouTube etc work great. Love that its so customizable, cleared all 7 home screens and set it with all sorts of widgets and bookmarks.
a_n_t
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got one today, been having a play with it and it blows my old N96 away!
ColinJ
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Perhaps I'm thick, but what exactly is 'Cashback'?
It surely can't be "Here's my £99, now please give me £80 of it back" because there wouldn't be any sense to that. I suspect that the cashback would be in the form of a voucher or a credit that you have to spend with them, is that right?
It surely can't be "Here's my £99, now please give me £80 of it back" because there wouldn't be any sense to that. I suspect that the cashback would be in the form of a voucher or a credit that you have to spend with them, is that right?
Rouge Penguin
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Quidco maybe? Or a phones for you deal?
Quick tip for you ant, and the power widget to the desktop. You can then turn off the wifi, gps, Bluetooth and screen brightness to extend battery life.
Quick tip for you ant, and the power widget to the desktop. You can then turn off the wifi, gps, Bluetooth and screen brightness to extend battery life.
yep it was with quidco, £80 cashback from network provider on signing up for a new contract, also just phoned up three to get my fee for cancelling and its less than I thought! So this maybe a goer, trading in my Nokia E63 and 6220 classic is worth nearly £99 alone! Fancying a BB Bold 9780, it comes in at same price as well.
OK, got my wife one of these after doing it 'my way'. Her way was to commit to the first shop we went into as she liked the staff who demo'd the phone but they did offer an okay deal, just I am more patient.
If your a new customer you wont be able to get the Desire HD for less than £35 pm on contract. My wife's old Blackberry Storm contract was consting us £35 pm anyway. The upgrade deal from the shops was £30 a month, free handset and some cashback for the old phone if traded in.
After two shop visits both trying to out-do one another I rang the retentions (a few hours after requesting my PUK code) when I got a more helpful gentleman this time round. I slightly blagged him deliberately using a competitor as the tariff/handset deal I was offered exaggerating the package a wee bit.
I ended up getting the new Desire HD couriered next day (which to my amazement was honoured as said and they texted within an hour of arrival) on £25 pm with 6 months of free picture messages. Very happy as this has dropped the monthly DD by ten pounds and she has a better tariff with of course a new handset keeping her happy (for another year or so).
If your a new customer you wont be able to get the Desire HD for less than £35 pm on contract. My wife's old Blackberry Storm contract was consting us £35 pm anyway. The upgrade deal from the shops was £30 a month, free handset and some cashback for the old phone if traded in.
After two shop visits both trying to out-do one another I rang the retentions (a few hours after requesting my PUK code) when I got a more helpful gentleman this time round. I slightly blagged him deliberately using a competitor as the tariff/handset deal I was offered exaggerating the package a wee bit.
I ended up getting the new Desire HD couriered next day (which to my amazement was honoured as said and they texted within an hour of arrival) on £25 pm with 6 months of free picture messages. Very happy as this has dropped the monthly DD by ten pounds and she has a better tariff with of course a new handset keeping her happy (for another year or so).
I thought those phone 'cashback' deals were supposed to be a con, where they make it impossible to actually get the cashback?
Tip: NEVER buy a phone or contract through anyone other than the actual network provider. No Carphone Warehouse, no Phones4U (ugh), in fact I wouldn't even use the franchised high street stores of the networks. You ALWAYS get a MUCH better deal and much better service phoning the network directly.
Example - I bought a HTC Desire last year (now belongs to my mum). For the same (low usage) contract it would have cost
£399 from Carphone Warehouse
£349 from an O2 high street shop
£280 from O2 over the phone.
No discussion really.
Tip: NEVER buy a phone or contract through anyone other than the actual network provider. No Carphone Warehouse, no Phones4U (ugh), in fact I wouldn't even use the franchised high street stores of the networks. You ALWAYS get a MUCH better deal and much better service phoning the network directly.
Example - I bought a HTC Desire last year (now belongs to my mum). For the same (low usage) contract it would have cost
£399 from Carphone Warehouse
£349 from an O2 high street shop
£280 from O2 over the phone.
No discussion really.
Those numbers are only half the picture, though. What are you paying per month, how long are you locked in for, and what would the same usage cost you on a sim-only deal?
And when they decide to unilaterally change your contract terms (e.g. by cutting your data allowance in half - cough - T-mobile) what comeback do you have?
And when they decide to unilaterally change your contract terms (e.g. by cutting your data allowance in half - cough - T-mobile) what comeback do you have?
Panter
Just call me Chris...
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That wasn't my experience?
When I bought my Wife a Desire HD on contract, it was substantially cheaper from carphone warehouse on 18 month contract, with an Orange sim card, than from the Orange shop right next door!
Plus, of course, it doesn't have all the awful branding on it.
When she asked why they couldn't get close to the carphone warehouse price, let alone match it, the response was "well it's not a proper Orange phone, it doesn't have all the Orange support" i.e all the crappy Orange apps that you have to root the thing to get rid of!
phil_hg_uk
I am not a member, I am a free man !!!!!!
I always try to get a deal from carphone warehouse first because like Panter says all the phones they sell are unlocked.
When I got my Blackberry 9700 from carphonewarehouse it was way cheaper for the phone and o2 didnt have it in stock for another 2 months after I had mine.
When I got my Blackberry 9700 from carphonewarehouse it was way cheaper for the phone and o2 didnt have it in stock for another 2 months after I had mine.
