Desire HD from Orange

[amg_1969]

Been into the two Orange shops in Colchester today, both confirm that they will NOT be stocking nor selling the Desire HD, they said that Orange direct may, but they think it will not be available via them either.

On a positive note CPW in Colchester have said they will have it in the warehouse from Monday next week (04/10/10) and it will be in the shops from Wednesday although no prices have been set yet.

Andrew

 

[SpencerUk]

Been into the two Orange shops in Colchester today, both confirm that they will NOT be stocking nor selling the Desire HD, they said that Orange direct may, but they think it will not be available via them either.

On a positive note CPW in Colchester have said they will have it in the warehouse from Monday next week (04/10/10) and it will be in the shops from Wednesday although no prices have been set yet.

Andrew

Please see http://androidforums.com/htc-desire-hd/185306-desire-hd-orange-uk.html ..has been discussed

 

[AstralZero]

So thats 02 and Orange who are supposedly only selling the DHD through CPW now.

I've only heard bad things about CPW. Does anyone know; if I get a contract through CPW can I deal with the carrier directly? Or am I forced to use CPW support and billing?

Don't really want to go with Vodafone either since they seem to make up their bills with a random number generator. They have also started branding their Android phones with their own non-removable advertising software. It was very frustrating having demos on a previous Vodafone handset that couldn't be removed.

 

[SpencerUk]

So thats 02 and Orange who are supposedly only selling the DHD through CPW now.

I've only heard bad things about CPW. Does anyone know; if I get a contract through CPW can I deal with the carrier directly? Or am I forced to use CPW support and billing?

Don't really want to go with Vodafone either since they seem to make up their bills with a random number generator. They have also started branding their Android phones with their own non-removable advertising software. It was very frustrating having demos on a previous Vodafone handset that couldn't be removed.

I've never dealt with CPW personally. If your buying a phone through them, support for the phone if its not offered officially by the network would be through CPW, but billing would be through your network operator.

I believe Vodafone listened to consumer feedback on this one and they have now made it optional.

I've gone for the T-Mobile option as I know what my coverage is like and I tend not to have mass brawls with them.

 

[amg_1969]

So thats 02 and Orange who are supposedly only selling the DHD through CPW now.

I've only heard bad things about CPW. Does anyone know; if I get a contract through CPW can I deal with the carrier directly? Or am I forced to use CPW support and billing?

Don't really want to go with Vodafone either since they seem to make up their bills with a random number generator. They have also started branding their Android phones with their own non-removable advertising software. It was very frustrating having demos on a previous Vodafone handset that couldn't be removed.

You could always just buy the phone from them, if you can stump up the cash up front, or buy it from one of the other online retailers Handtec, Amazon Play etc, and then connect yourself via Orange direct, can then get a cracking deal on a 1 month sim only contract

Andrew

 

[gabbyevs]

i dont think anyone has the phone this week

mobilephonesdirect have said they will but i dont think they even know what theyre talking about

other online places have now said the end of the month

 

[SpencerUk]

i dont think anyone has the phone this week

mobilephonesdirect have said they will but i dont think they even know what theyre talking about

other online places have now said the end of the month

Case of wait and see

 

[amg_1969]

Copied off Handtec website:

STOCK DUE: UK WIDE DELAYS ARE EXPECTED FOR SIM FREE STOCK. THIS WILL EFFECT ALL UK RETAILERS. STOCK DELAYED UNTIL LATE OCTOBER

EDIT: play.com are now showing 19/10/10

Further Edit: Expansys have put theres back as well to 19/10/10

 

[SpencerUk]

I really do have to resort to this

I mean seriously, if you have ordered it, you will get it.

Also it would be wise For ANY Release Info to go into one nice thread. Ironically enough, there is already one http://androidforums.com/htc-desire-hd/177889-might-old-news-uk-release-date.html

 

[redshark313]

I get my phone through work and we are just about to rollover into a new contract, orange consumer informed us late this afternoon that the desire hd is coming to them in about 2 weeks, no news of if/when coming to orange business yet, but you'd like to think so...

I am having big trouble deciding between the SGS and Desire HD... I'm tilting towards the HD but it is a good bit heavier, thinking cap on again...

 

[gabbyevs]

cant see it red why would orange have it when its not even on their website as coming soon and people have been told by orange theyre not getting it?

then again some staff dont really know wot theyre getting

 

[SpencerUk]

I get my phone through work and we are just about to rollover into a new contract, orange consumer informed us late this afternoon that the desire hd is coming to them in about 2 weeks, no news of if/when coming to orange business yet, but you'd like to think so...

I am having big trouble deciding between the SGS and Desire HD... I'm tilting towards the HD but it is a good bit heavier, thinking cap on again...

Desire has more RAM so lean on that

cant see it red why would orange have it when its not even on their website as coming soon and people have been told by orange theyre not getting it?

then again some staff dont really know wot theyre getting

Agreed..Nothing in press room link either.

 

[ArthurIhde]

I really do have to resort to this

I mean seriously, if you have ordered it, you will get it.

Also it would be wise For ANY Release Info to go into one nice thread. Ironically enough, there is already one http://androidforums.com/htc-desire-hd/177889-might-old-news-uk-release-date.html

lol it is so funny!

 

[redshark313]

I've decided to order the SGS (bit of bummer, since Orange have just said it's gone out of stock, but are expecting a new delivery tomorrow) and then once it arrives within the 7 days deciding period I will return it and request a DHD.

Surely, I can't lose


IMO...

SGS pros:
nice display, size, weight, battery life
SGS cons:
build quality, no camera flash, touch wiz (although, I would probably throw on another ROM), (maybe lag?, GPS?)

DHD pros:
camera flash, RAM, 3G speed, new sense
DHD cons:
weight, little big?, battery life?

 

[SpencerUk]

I've decided to order the SGS (bit of bummer, since Orange have just said it's gone out of stock, but are expecting a new delivery tomorrow) and then once it arrives within the 7 days deciding period I will return it and request a DHD.

Surely, I can't lose


IMO...

SGS pros:
nice display, size, weight, battery life
SGS cons:
build quality, no camera flash, touch wiz (although, I would probably throw on another ROM), (maybe lag?, GPS?)

DHD pros:
camera flash, RAM, 3G speed, new sense
DHD cons:
weight, little big?, battery life?

Made it abit easier for you

HTC Desire HD vs. Samsung I9000 Galaxy S - GSMArena.com

EDIT: Engadget report GPS problems with Galaxy S but its easily on par with the current desire

 

[Vasilltino]

Operating system - Android
Anticipated launch - week 43
Launch price - free from £40 on PAYM, great with Dolphin

taken from a friend that works for orange

 

[alameals]

Operating system - Android
Anticipated launch - week 43
Launch price - free from £40 on PAYM, great with Dolphin

taken from a friend that works for orange

What do you get with that deal,minutes,texts,data allowance?

 

[Vasilltino]

will be the normal standard deals just starts free from

 

[alameals]

will be the normal standard deals just starts free from

 

[Vasilltino]

www.orange.co.uk/share see if that helps with the signal issues buddy!

 

[alameals]

www.orange.co.uk/share see if that helps with the signal issues buddy!

Already done it, it's only changed over to t-mobile on the odd occasion, my signal is normally one bar so won't change over to t-mobile till it completely loses my signal, can I go into my network settings and just change over completely and not use Orange at all?

 

[Vasilltino]

yeah you can do it manually

 

[alameals]

Well I'll wait to see what data usage orange will offer and go from there.see if I can get my hands on the HD soon as possible

 

[karnka]

You only get '2g' roaming. So you won't get 3G/HSPA data if you switch over permanently.

Apparently proper integration is coming next year some time.

 

[SpencerUk]

Operating system - Android
Anticipated launch - week 43
Launch price - free from £40 on PAYM, great with Dolphin

taken from a friend that works for orange

Will add this to the Official Release thread as rumour until confirmed.

That sounds like something from the Internal Matrix system..and I bet that is a 2 year contract too!.

What do you get with that deal,minutes,texts,data allowance?

Lets put it this way..Orange scrapped the "unlimited data" thing and put a FUP of 750mb on the iphone deals and all data offers i've seen with Orange is 500mb.

will be the normal standard deals just starts free from