* The Official HTC Desire (Bravo) Thread! *

SteveOBHave · 6 Apr 2010 at 10:51

OK -weirdest thing.

I called up T-Mobile to upgrade my phone to the Desire and they tried to get me to go on a 24 month contract £20/month and still pay £230 for the phone. I even tried the 'I'll have my PAC please' and they went - 'fine... here you go'.

I jumped online and had a look at a few websites and found one that would do the phone for free, £25/month and 18 month contract and unlimited internet. Just bizarre...

No idea when the phone will arrive but there you go... pays to search around sometimes.

ejr22 · 6 Apr 2010 at 10:51

MadMossy said:
Except in this case they have had numerous emails (4 in total) over the span of 5 days which have all been read and the order has not been cancelled.

As for cancellation rights under consumer protection I have a right to cancel within 14 days by writing (email or letter) as stated in their T&C's.

So if they do not cancel the order as requested the goods are unsolicited as I have proof of them reading the cancellation emails.

Out of interest, why are you cancelling? I can't be bothered to read back through the whole thread to find out.

MadMossy · 6 Apr 2010 at 10:54

ejr22 said:
Out of interest, why are you cancelling? I can't be bothered to read back through the whole thread to find out.

Got the phone from somewhere else.

SteveOBHave · 6 Apr 2010 at 11:29

SteveOBHave said:
OK -weirdest thing.

I called up T-Mobile to upgrade my phone to the Desire and they tried to get me to go on a 24 month contract £20/month and still pay £230 for the phone. I even tried the 'I'll have my PAC please' and they went - 'fine... here you go'.

I jumped online and had a look at a few websites and found one that would do the phone for free, £25/month and 18 month contract and unlimited internet. Just bizarre...

No idea when the phone will arrive but there you go... pays to search around sometimes.

Stoked - delivery tomorrow! Still can't believe that T-mob are so reluctant to retain customers.

admoo · 6 Apr 2010 at 11:35

SteveOBHave said:
Stoked - delivery tomorrow! Still can't believe that T-mob are so reluctant to retain customers.

Who did you go with in the end?

SteveOBHave · 6 Apr 2010 at 11:38

admoo said:
Who did you go with in the end?

Mobile Phones Direct - excellent deal.

admoo · 6 Apr 2010 at 11:39

Cool beans. I'm currently mashing F5 every few minutes to see if they've shipped mine yet..maybe I should go do something more productive :rolleyes:

maddog · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:21

Someone on the xda-developers forum got theirs today from mpd :eek:

i don't know whether to go out or stop in now just incase.

ejr22 · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:25

SteveOBHave said:
Mobile Phones Direct - excellent deal.

When did you order? As they are saying "First come, First served"

The Asgard · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:39

Just thought I would give some unbiased opinions coming from a 3G Iphone for any people thinking of moving over to the Desire.

When I first got the Desire I was pretty unimpressed with the default setup compared with the Iphone. Yes the hardware is fast and browsing is much better but everything else seemed less polished. Certainly out of the box for general features the Iphone is head and shoulders above Android. I have since spent some time downloading a few free apps and setup the phone and I now love it. Battery life seems on par with the 3G. Call quality is excellent but the speaker is a tad small and needs to be over the ear the Iphone seems much better in this repsect. Build quality is excellent, the frame looks and feels like it's made of alu, feels well in the hand. I would say a better build quality than the Iphone. It also feels slightly lighter than the Iphone to me. Pretty impressed with the camera, flash works well. The display is excellent, very vivid and bright. So in summary I would say if your prepared to spend some time setting it up you will love the Desire.

What I like
Display
It's Fast
Build Quality
The best browser support.
Seems reliable
Multi tasking
Removal Battery
Great camera

What I don't like
Small Speaker
Volume up down. - too easy to catch
Limited Apps - I'm sure this will improve.
Needs some work out of the box.

gumbald · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:41

T-Mobile still waiting for their stock delivery, just spoke to them on the phone. Expecting it today still though.

HumbleCoder · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:44

Does anyone use a Google Apps for your Domain account with their Desire?

I keep getting a notification that i need to sign up but it's still syncing fine with my account.

SteveOBHave · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:46

ejr22 said:
When did you order? As they are saying "First come, First served"

This morning - Website says in stock.

SiD the Turtle · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:50

Orange are still telling me 'mid-April'.

gumbald · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:50

SiD the Turtle said:
Orange are still telling me 'mid-April'.

It's a complicated process, that printing the logo on.

SiD the Turtle · 6 Apr 2010 at 12:55

gumbald said:
It's a complicated process, that printing the logo on.

Annoys me that they're promoting the phone, releasing the leaflets in stores, telling me not to cancel my contract as they'll have it soon, but they can't give me even a semi-precise date.

gumbald · 6 Apr 2010 at 13:04

SiD the Turtle said:
Annoys me that they're promoting the phone, releasing the leaflets in stores, telling me not to cancel my contract as they'll have it soon, but they can't give me even a semi-precise date.

Panic because T-Mobile and Voda seem to have got it out way ahead of them? I got the same impression from O2, they were pushing the SE rubbish (

) but have now had to try and bring the Desire launch forward.

ejr22 · 6 Apr 2010 at 13:21

SteveOBHave said:
This morning - Website says in stock.

That's annoying as I placed my order on March 23rd and I haven't had any confirmation of shipping. Seems a cancellation may be coming their way...

admoo · 6 Apr 2010 at 13:31

ejr22 said:
That's annoying as I placed my order on March 23rd and I haven't had any confirmation of shipping. Seems a cancellation may be coming their way...

It is fairly annoying. I did the live chat thing and they said they'd be here by Thursday.

However, a few guy on the xda forums had their phones delivered this morning, with no dispatch email :confused:

They placed their orders around the 24th/25th of March, and as MPD said it would be first come, first served (and I preordered on the 17th), I'm gunna use that crackpot theory to say mine should be here today too!

Bossk128 · 6 Apr 2010 at 13:45

The Asgard said:
Just thought I would give some unbiased opinions coming from a 3G Iphone for any people thinking of moving over to the Desire.

When I first got the Desire I was pretty unimpressed with the default setup compared with the Iphone. Yes the hardware is fast and browsing is much better but everything else seemed less polished. Certainly out of the box for general features the Iphone is head and shoulders above Android. I have since spent some time downloading a few free apps and setup the phone and I now love it. Battery life seems on par with the 3G. Call quality is excellent but the speaker is a tad small and needs to be over the ear the Iphone seems much better in this repsect. Build quality is excellent, the frame looks and feels like it's made of alu, feels well in the hand. I would say a better build quality than the Iphone. It also feels slightly lighter than the Iphone to me. Pretty impressed with the camera, flash works well. The display is excellent, very vivid and bright. So in summary I would say if your prepared to spend some time setting it up you will love the Desire.

What I like
Display
It's Fast
Build Quality
The best browser support.
Seems reliable
Multi tasking
Removal Battery
Great camera

What I don't like
Small Speaker
Volume up down. - too easy to catch
Limited Apps - I'm sure this will improve.
Needs some work out of the box.

The_Asgard, mind mentioning what apps you donloaded or changes you made that persuaded you it's a good device?

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