Help Will the unlocked HTC Desire HD work in India?

[kumar3234]

Desire HD and Desire Z not yet available in US yet.Not launched there....
Available in Canada though.....

 

[golu14]

hey there, im also in india and getting myself a desire hd soon.

buy the sim free/factory unlocked version from uk and it will work.
it is launching in india(and the rest of asia) sometime in november, but you never know how much they delay it because there is already too less stock for the europe.
initially it will only be available with vodafone but later it will come unlocked and with other carriers too.
vodafone is expected to offer 2gb/month free usage for 6 months with it. you can avail this offer even if you bring an unlocked version from the uk as to avail this offer you only have to send an sms from your desire hd.

the price will be about 29k rupees for the desire hd and 27k rupees for desire z.

some good websites to get desire hd to india are expansys.com, handtec.co.uk.
on both the websites you can buy the phone for about 435gbp including 3-5 day shipping to india by dhl/fedex/ups.
on handtec, you can also choose to save about 20gbp if you choose royal mail which takes 10-12 days to deliver once shipped.
about the customs duty, dont worry much, if you order by royal mail you wont have to pay a single rupee for the duty or tax and if you order by dhl etc. you will end up paying hardly 2k-2.5k rupees for duty. mobile phones for non commercial usage are greatly discounted from customs as such you may end up paying zero duty even by courier.

im getting the phone from handtec and choosing courier shipping.

 

[golu14]

DHD will never be released in the US.
for the US, theres 'droid incredible hd' which is exactly a dhd but with a front facing camera.

 

[golu14]

anyone know if its available in grey market in india ?

nope, not in palika at least.

 

[saj_2001ind]

hey there, im also in india and getting myself a desire hd soon.

buy the sim free/factory unlocked version from uk and it will work.
it is launching in india(and the rest of asia) sometime in november, but you never know how much they delay it because there is already too less stock for the europe.
initially it will only be available with vodafone but later it will come unlocked and with other carriers too.
vodafone is expected to offer 2gb/month free usage for 6 months with it. you can avail this offer even if you bring an unlocked version from the uk as to avail this offer you only have to send an sms from your desire hd.

the price will be about 29k rupees for the desire hd and 27k rupees for desire z.

some good websites to get desire hd to india are expansys.com, handtec.co.uk.
on both the websites you can buy the phone for about 435gbp including 3-5 day shipping to india by dhl/fedex/ups.
on handtec, you can also choose to save about 20gbp if you choose royal mail which takes 10-12 days to deliver once shipped.
about the customs duty, dont worry much, if you order by royal mail you wont have to pay a single rupee for the duty or tax and if you order by dhl etc. you will end up paying hardly 2k-2.5k rupees for duty. mobile phones for non commercial usage are greatly discounted from customs as such you may end up paying zero duty even by courier.

im getting the phone from handtec and choosing courier shipping.

hey do share ur experience when you do order from UK, how much you paid and how many days it took to be here ...

btw any news of it being available in grey market in india for now ?

 

[golu14]

not available in palika bazaar here but a few litsings were there on ebay india, it was going for min 40k and max 70k lol
the 70k listing came before 25oct, the time when it wasnt there anywhere in the world expect netherlands

 

[saj_2001ind]

not available in palika bazaar here but a few litsings were there on ebay india, it was going for min 40k and max 70k lol
the 70k listing came before 25oct, the time when it wasnt there anywhere in the world expect netherlands

I dont trust ebay india anyways...so did you order from a uk seller already ? can you give its details if you did

and any source by when can we expect it officially in india

 

[golu14]

yea i already ordered, from handtec.co.uk total 437.99gbp.

google it, theres was a press release i remember.

 

[saj_2001ind]

yea i already ordered, from handtec.co.uk total 437.99gbp.

google it, theres was a press release i remember.

hmm I saw the handtec.co.uk site, but it says they dont have it in stock, they taking pre orders...when did you place the order and how much time they said it will actually be delivered to india...I believe you from new delhi

 

[golu14]

hmm I saw the handtec.co.uk site, but it says they dont have it in stock, they taking pre orders...when did you place the order and how much time they said it will actually be delivered to india...I believe you from new delhi

they had got their first stock on 28 october i think then second on 2nd nov. till then they shipped all orders till placed on or before 13th october. mine will (hopefully) be shipped in the next restock on 15th nov

 

[golu14]

they say 5-7 days but expect it in under 4 days
yes me from delhi

 

[saj_2001ind]

they say 5-7 days but expect it in under 4 days
yes me from delhi

thats wonderful if they gonna send to you in 5-7 days...do post here after you get the delivery

for now they said its out of stock on their website...so you ordered way back when they had it ?

well...if you do get it in 5-7- days, I am planning to order it same say

will wait for ur feedback and overall experience...

 

[saj_2001ind]

strangely, HTC announced that in Nov 2010 desire hd and z will be made available in asia, but its no where available, neither in singapore, hong kong, malaysia etc and ofcourse not in india

 

[rad304]

they had got their first stock on 28 october i think then second on 2nd nov. till then they shipped all orders till placed on or before 13th october. mine will (hopefully) be shipped in the next restock on 15th nov

hi.. i'm planning to buy a htc desire hd from handtec.co.uk ..are you sure that the customs charges wont be more than 2k-3k ?..btw i'm from Pune.

 

[punk_19]

strangely, HTC announced that in Nov 2010 desire hd and z will be made available in asia, but its no where available, neither in singapore, hong kong, malaysia etc and ofcourse not in india

The DHD is not available anywhere.. let alone Asia... even Europe has a dearth of handsets.. all the sites sellin it in the US too don't have it.. they're jus takin orders and puttin customers on hold...
Maybe HTC is unable to meet the huge demand or maybe they are havin some problems manufacturin it.. scarcity of parts or smthng... maybe its just to create a marketing hype.. we can only speculate...
The DHD is not available in the grey markets even in mumbai..

hi.. i'm planning to buy a htc desire hd from handtec.co.uk ..are you sure that the customs charges wont be more than 2k-3k ?..btw i'm from Pune.

there are no customs charges when u get the handset from any UK/US based website.. they will charge you the delivery charges..
usually as far as i have seen they offer 2 kinds of delivery..
Fedex/UPS (delivery in 1-5 working days) will cost u arnd 30gbp..
Royal mail (delivery in 3-7 working days) will cost u arnd 24gbp..
However, considering the shortage of supply it won't matter which of these u choose.. u will have to wait until they have enough devices to fulfil their previous orders and den deliver to u... they will say 5-7 days but i guess u will have to wait atleast a month from the day u order..

hey there, im also in india and getting myself a desire hd soon.

initially it will only be available with vodafone but later it will come unlocked and with other carriers too.
vodafone is expected to offer 2gb/month free usage for 6 months with it. you can avail this offer even if you bring an unlocked version from the uk as to avail this offer you only have to send an sms from your desire hd.

nyc to hear atleast sm1's gettin it soon congrats...
could u tell me where did u get the tarriff info of vodafone.. if they have published such info over the net den v cn say dat the launch of d handset is nt too far.. den v can assume dat the major cause of delay maybe d shortage of devices worldwide..

frankly, HTC is just puttin off a lot of potential customers not only in India bt everywhere with such a poor supply.. hope the pull up their socks soon and make up for the damage already done...

 

[saj_2001ind]

check this out guys, its interesting

HTC HD Desire Is A Hit In Norway

 

[punk_19]

check this out guys, its interesting

HTC HD Desire Is A Hit In Norway

India.. a small market????

though i doubt that.. but considerin d festive season gone i guess it is now a small market.. if only HTC had d sense to launch it here by the end of October they would have known the capacity of Indian buyers

 

[saj_2001ind]

well...since their original desire is a hit in india even it came after a long time, they should plan to launch DHD preety soon, there is for sure a lot more customer for it...still waiting

 

[saj_2001ind]

they say 5-7 days but expect it in under 4 days
yes me from delhi

Hey did you get ur DHD delivered to india yet ?

 

[golu14]

vodafone and others in india do it with every phone such as iphone or desire or desire hd hd2 etc etc that they offer some free data usage so i was supposing that same will be with DHD.
the handtec 15nov restock has been delayed to 22nov, and till now they have covered only orders till 13 october so i dont think its going to ship on 22 nov thats why im considering canceling my order and buying a samsung galaxy tab instead which is also already available officially for 36.5k(street price) with 6k worth of goodies free! and if i order from handtec it will cost about 30k with no free stuff so its better to buy from india itself because of warranty. you also get mapmyindia free navigation here.

regarding htc desire hd, its everywhere here now in delhi, not officially but at grey markets and some local shops too like 't-mobile' (lol) in select city walk, saket, same shop in ansal plaza south ex etc. but no where its cheaper than 45k which indeed is a rip off compared to handtec price of 27k.

giving a final thought to galaxy tab then deciding P:

 

[golu14]

samsung tab is officially here since weeks, thanks samsung

 

[punk_19]

samsung tab is officially here since weeks, thanks samsung

were u looking for an android powered fone or any android device was enuf???

agreed HTC is havin problems with delivery of handsets.. bt its fyn wit me...
m ready to wait a bit longer...

neways even if u get the samsung tab.. jus share the experience hw it is

 

[golu14]

were u looking for an android powered fone or any android device was enuf???

im still asking myself for that lol
by the time DHD is in stock there would be gingerbread, nvidia tegra 2 phones lol

someone knows if the galaxy tab sends and receives text messages and RECEIVES calls?!?

 

[golu14]

expansys.com availability says 1 day, dunno if they will actually get the stock?

HTC Desire HD #99HLZ001-00 - eXpansys UK

 

[SHAIK]

lol 45K in delhi...I think its better to wait for Nexus S which is going to be available in India as it is made by Samsung.