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Does anyone know if the desire will be sold unlocked? If so, how much would it cost?

Every single HTC Desire sold in the UK is sold unlocked apart from those bought from T-Mobile direct and PAYG ones from mobilephonesdirect.
I would suggest buying a PAYG Desire from www.mobilephonesdirect.com for £348.99 and paying £15 to get it unlocked. Total price for an unlocked desire = £363.99. Bargain.

shawon007 said:
Total price for an unlocked desire = £363.99. Bargain.
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Tmobile's' total price on the 10 pound a month deal is 400 pounds (use quidco cashback)
That includes two years worth of free internet, free text, and 100 mins a month.
That equates to about 2 quid a month for free net, txt etc!
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[Q] How much did you pay for your DHD?

Hello, I would like to ask, just out of curiosity, how much did you guys pay for your DHD's?
I payed about 480€ for it, got it from O2 telefonica. (sim-free)

£460 Sim-free from Play.com, first batch they had.

€500 euros first day of release in netherlands!

Free on a 17.50 per month 24 month contract. Orange upgrade.
420.00 in total bargain.
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I got mine yesterday for €110 with a contract (€58/month in business plan with unlimited calls, 3GB monthly data plan).

£333 from eBay!

499 euro off contract from store

159 euros - 12 months vodafone 40 euros a month - 450 minutes / 900 texts, 1GB data... =)

$650 USD sim-free.

550 euro, damn, you Dutch guys payed less by 50 euro...

Free. Got it from HTC
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Free £25/ month 24 month contract with T-Mobile (£600 total)

£150 for phone & £10/month for 18months on orange upgrade = £330
not bad

300 euro,new,locked with vodafone spain.

$720 AUD including postage by courier
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SGD$598 with contract.

Free. £24 per month on 24 month contract. Upgrade on 3UK
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Nadeo4441 said:
Hello, I would like to ask, just out of curiosity, how much did you guys pay for your DHD's?
I payed about 480€ for it, got it from O2 telefonica. (sim-free)
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I payed about ￥3650 for it

441€ +shipping from ebay.
New,sealed, O2 sim-free.
Software Branding barely recognizable.
But will be still debranded, sooner or later

£10 a month (24 months) + £240 for phone. Total £480 as a new customer - only 100 texts and 100 minutes but additional free booster and "unlimited" internet. Well pleased since Orange's upgrade offer was not as good and of course their internet access is more restricted.

HTC One X Tariff's - What Did You Get?

I just pre-ordered the One X from Phones 4U and got a fab deal:
Phone Cost: £109.99
£28.50 per month, 600 mins, 3000 texts, 1GB data
Free HTC Media Link HD adapter (bonus!!).
I then phoned up Phones4U and told them I was thinking of cancelling the contract and just buying the phone outright. They then offered me the phone for free so I got £109.99 refunded!
Just thought I would share in case anything was thinking of buying one
Also the Media Link HD adapter is only free whilst on Pre Order.

dr9722 said:
I just pre-ordered the One X from Phones 4U and got a fab deal:
Phone Cost: £109.99
£28.50 per month, 600 mins, 3000 texts, 1GB data
Free HTC Media Link HD adapter (bonus!!).
I then phoned up Phones4U and told them I was thinking of cancelling the contract and just buying the phone outright. They then offered me the phone for free so I got £109.99 refunded!
Just thought I would share in case anything was thinking of buying one
Also the Media Link HD adapter is only free whilst on Pre Order.
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Amazing!! I've ordered it with the £36 a month deal, free handset might ring them up to see if they can give me anything free
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hmmmm...
i've ordered from Amazon (£500 for the phone), and am planning to use a £10 monthly giffgaff contract (unlimited data), which works out at £620 over a year.
the phones4u deal is incredibly tempting, but i'd only want a 12 month contract, which limits me to vodafone, 500mb only, and £150 for the phone, £36 per month.
just not 100% sure i'll like the phone and stick with it when the iphone 5 / sg 3 announcements are out.

THFourteen said:
hmmmm...
i've ordered from Amazon (£500 for the phone), and am planning to use a £10 monthly giffgaff contract (unlimited data), which works out at £620 over a year.
the phones4u deal is incredibly tempting, but i'd only want a 12 month contract, which limits me to vodafone, 500mb only, and £150 for the phone, £36 per month.
just not 100% sure i'll like the phone and stick with it when the iphone 5 / sg 3 announcements are out.
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Get it done!
It's what I did.
Pre-ordered the white One X, & will use my giffgaff SIM.
... However, I will have to cut it down, as i believe the ONE X uses a micro sim like the iPhone.
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dr9722 said:
I just pre-ordered the One X from Phones 4U and got a fab deal:
Phone Cost: £109.99
£28.50 per month, 600 mins, 3000 texts, 1GB data
Free HTC Media Link HD adapter (bonus!!).
I then phoned up Phones4U and told them I was thinking of cancelling the contract and just buying the phone outright. They then offered me the phone for free so I got £109.99 refunded!
Just thought I would share in case anything was thinking of buying one
Also the Media Link HD adapter is only free whilst on Pre Order.
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Good deal, I didn't see the last bit! Was just about to point out the phone is free with cashback from dialaphone. Good stuff

It still works out cheaper going for the 12 month Dial A Phone deal why:
£109.99 for the phone,
£432.00 for year contract,
£541.99 total cost.
Minus Quidco -£65 (4 more days to go still)
£476.99.
Assuming Quidco pays out 99.9% it does.
You get the HD link thrown in for free. You could potentially sell this if you don't use it otherwise if purchased separately will cost up to £80.
What's more if you don't like it, just cancel the contract obviously you'd have to pay off X remaining months if your few months into it but works to be few quid cheaper than buying from Amazon with the benefit of the free media link.
Long winded but ya know!
This way it works out slightly cheaper buying from Amazon but can also have GG as main sim, think of it spreading your costs instead of one hit.

nikzDHD said:
It still works out cheaper going for the 12 month Dial A Phone deal why:
£109.99 for the phone,
£432.00 for year contract,
£541.99 total cost.
Minus Quidco -£65 (4 more days to go still)
£476.99.
Assuming Quidco pays out 99.9% it does.
You get the HD link thrown in for free. You could potentially sell this if you don't use it otherwise if purchased separately will cost up to £80.
What's more if you don't like it, just cancel the contract obviously you'd have to pay off X remaining months if your few months into it but works to be few quid cheaper than buying from Amazon with the benefit of the free media link.
Long winded but ya know!
This way it works out slightly cheaper buying from Amazon but can also have GG as main sim, think of it spreading your costs instead of one hit.
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Can you link this deal please?
dr9722 said:
I just pre-ordered the One X from Phones 4U and got a fab deal:
Phone Cost: £109.99
£28.50 per month, 600 mins, 3000 texts, 1GB data
Free HTC Media Link HD adapter (bonus!!).
I then phoned up Phones4U and told them I was thinking of cancelling the contract and just buying the phone outright. They then offered me the phone for free so I got £109.99 refunded!
Just thought I would share in case anything was thinking of buying one
Also the Media Link HD adapter is only free whilst on Pre Order.
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What contract length and network? - Orange 24 month contract?

xavier2k3 said:
Can you link this deal please?
What contract length and network?
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http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/basketnew.aspx?addoc=12VFONEX11&qty=1&ins=1
It seems all new Vodafone 12 month contracts include a free 3 month test drive for data. So for 3 months you can use as much data as you want.
http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/mobile-internet/on-your-phone/data-test-drive/?cid=rdr-4870-01
Then you have an option to add additional data which works out £5 per 500mb or decline and stick with the standard 500mb.

That is a bloody good deal!!! I'm definitely interested in that. 12 month contract is perfect, that's such a cheap deal! Gonna have to speak to Orange and see if they can match that as I've been with them for 10 years. Was looking at £36 a month for 750mb but 18 month contract (phone upgradeable after 15) and free phone or so. Hmmmm. Thanks for your help!

Interestingly Phones4u emailed me this message today (I have preordered the Htc ONE X):
Dear Customer
Thank you for your recent order. Unfortunately there has been a very small delay in despatching. Your handset is now scheduled to be delivered on or after 7th April. We will send you a confirmation email once it has been despatched.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused and we hope that you enjoy your new handset and continue to use Phones4u for all your mobile communication needs.
Yours sincerely
The Phones4u Customer Services Team
Anyone else bought from Phones4u and got this?

arii1986 said:
Interestingly Phones4u emailed me this message today (I have preordered the Htc ONE X):
Dear Customer
Thank you for your recent order. Unfortunately there has been a very small delay in despatching. Your handset is now scheduled to be delivered on or after 7th April. We will send you a confirmation email once it has been despatched.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused and we hope that you enjoy your new handset and continue to use Phones4u for all your mobile communication needs.
Yours sincerely
The Phones4u Customer Services Team
Anyone else bought from Phones4u and got this?
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Easter weekend so expect delays.
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Mine won't arrive until the 11th :\

arii1986 said:
Interestingly Phones4u emailed me this message today (I have preordered the Htc ONE X):
Dear Customer
Thank you for your recent order. Unfortunately there has been a very small delay in despatching. Your handset is now scheduled to be delivered on or after 7th April. We will send you a confirmation email once it has been despatched.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused and we hope that you enjoy your new handset and continue to use Phones4u for all your mobile communication needs.
Yours sincerely
The Phones4u Customer Services Team
Anyone else bought from Phones4u and got this?
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I received the same email, sucks I know as I want the phone now! :what:
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chrisjcks said:
Get it done!
It's what I did.
Pre-ordered the white One X, & will use my giffgaff SIM.
... However, I will have to cut it down, as i believe the ONE X uses a micro sim like the iPhone.
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It's done! Been playing with my giffgaff sim in my old iphone, all seems to be working fine, got mms etc set up. Will need to get my PAC code from o2.
Also happy in the knowledge that amazon + prime will get my phone to me as soon as humanly possible!
I've got a sim cutter I can use too

THFourteen said:
It's done! Been playing with my giffgaff sim in my old iphone, all seems to be working fine, got mms etc set up. Will need to get my PAC code from o2.
Also happy in the knowledge that amazon + prime will get my phone to me as soon as humanly possible!
I've got a sim cutter I can use too
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Just text 'settings' to 2020 I think & it does it for you.
GiffGaff is awesome, unlimited data is worth the tenner alone.
I use between 250mb - 500mb per working day through music streaming apps, so all these operators offering 1gb unlimited usage is hilarious to me. Lol
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Ordered mine from mobiles.co.uk last week and they told me 7-14 days! :O
although they've now changed that on their website to W/B the 2nd of april
got it on Orange for £31 a month, 400 mins, unlimited texts and 750mb data, and the phone was a tenner
not too bad, cant wait!

nikzDHD said:
It still works out cheaper going for the 12 month Dial A Phone deal why:
£109.99 for the phone,
£432.00 for year contract,
£541.99 total cost.
Minus Quidco -£65 (4 more days to go still)
£476.99.
Assuming Quidco pays out 99.9% it does.
You get the HD link thrown in for free. You could potentially sell this if you don't use it otherwise if purchased separately will cost up to £80.
What's more if you don't like it, just cancel the contract obviously you'd have to pay off X remaining months if your few months into it but works to be few quid cheaper than buying from Amazon with the benefit of the free media link.
Long winded but ya know!
This way it works out slightly cheaper buying from Amazon but can also have GG as main sim, think of it spreading your costs instead of one hit.
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Absolutely it works out cheaper but unfortunately I can't afford £40 per month
Fantastic if you can though!

I've preordered my black HTC One X from phones4you yesterday, free phone 37.00 per month with 600mins unlimited txts and 1gb of data.
Out of interest how many of you are planning on insuring your new One X?

just called Phones4u asking about doing an upgrade pre-order for the one X.
They offered me the one X black on tmobile, on the all you can eat plan (I asked for that as I wanted the data plan because I didnt want a limited one for those times I need it). Plus the HD media link for free on the £41 per month contract.
Im looking forward to getting the confirmation emails to know its all sorted

matw01 said:
I've preordered my black HTC One X from phones4you yesterday, free phone 37.00 per month with 600mins unlimited txts and 1gb of data.
Out of interest how many of you are planning on insuring your new One X?
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I have the same deal from Dial a Phone... Free phone with Quidco cash back, but only paying 28.50 a month, and a free Medialink HD. Just a heads up if you wanna better your deal?
Definately getting insurance when the phone arrives!

Best Sim-Free UK Deals

There was a rumour going around it would be £430 sim-free from Phones 4U on release, but I can confirm that it costs £530 and £500 if you but a pay-as-you-go sim with it.
I was holding out for the £430 deal so I'm screwed now - so who has the cheapest sim-free deals in the UK?

If you're willing to do some legwork-
O2 contract comes with
50 mins/250 texts/100mb data for £13.50pm + £179 upfront.
Take out this contract and remove the data bolt on making it £10.50pm. Through TCB you get £50.50 cashback. £10.50 x 24 months= £252 + £179= £431 (- £50.50 cashback) = £380.50 over 2 years.
The phone comes unlocked from o2. You can cancel the contract and technically you wouldn't have to pay VAT on the remaining £252 so it'd leave you around £200 to pay off to cancel the contract. (o2 might not agree to take off vat meaning you'd have to pay the full £252) Or you can use the sim as an extra for light use (pay £10.50 every month for 24 months)
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Might be worth waiting till easter weekend as o2 might remove the £179 upfront cost like they did last year with the Desire S.
If you know someone who works at o2 they can add a 30% discount per month so it'd be £7.35pm not £10.50pm. (£305 with cashback over 2 years)

About £490 delivered with Handtec.

Sim free
Carphone warehouse has it for £479.99 sim free and website is showing it as in stock. Mines being delivered to the store around 1pm today!

ahmadcentral said:
If you're willing to do some legwork-
O2 contract comes with
50 mins/250 texts/100mb data for £13.50pm + £179 upfront.
Take out this contract and remove the data bolt on making it £10.50pm. Through TCB you get £50.50 cashback. £10.50 x 24 months= £252 + £179= £431 (- £50.50 cashback) = £380.50 over 2 years.
The phone comes unlocked from o2. You can cancel the contract and technically you wouldn't have to pay VAT leaving you £345 to pay off to cancel the contract. Or you can use the sim as an extra for light use.
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Might be worth waiting till easter weekend as o2 might remove the £179 upfront cost like they did last year with the Desire S.
If you know someone who works at o2 they can add a 30% discount per month so it'd be £7.35pm not £10.50pm. (£305 with cashback over 2 years)
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Cheers, I can't figure out how to remove the bolt-on though?...
Also does anyone know anyone working for O2 who can get me a discount? ;p
*EDIT* Wait, if you cancel your contract early you have to pay £345? £345 + £179 (the cost of the phone) = £524?

crimsonnight said:
Cheers, I can't figure out how to remove the bolt-on though?...
Also does anyone know anyone working for O2 who can get me a discount? ;p
*EDIT* Wait, if you cancel your contract early you have to pay £345? £345 + £179 (the cost of the phone) = £524?
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Nope, how it works is. You sign up online through topcashback http://www.topcashback.co.uk/o2/
It will track and £50.50 and will be paid into an account of your choice within 6 weeks (do not cancel the contract before the £50.50 is payable)
You go for the £13.50 deal which includes a data bolt on for £3 for 100mb.
When you get the contract/phone you can remove it from the o2 website account page or call up customer services and get them to do it. That way you will be paying £10.50 a month for a sim card and the phone. The £179 is taken upfront straight away.
Now you have two options. Either to spread the cost of the phone out by just paying £10.50 every month. Or cancelling (after TCB has paid you the £50.50) by ringing up o2 customer services. I got my figures wrong for cancelling the contract early. it would actually be much less if o2 allow the 20% vat off thingy (because you haven't used the contract). However i've heard reports that o2 have stopped doing this now. so it might be better to just stick with the monthly cost. You could try cancelling early. But i'd only say go for it if the agree to let 20% off the £252 you'd pay over 2 years.
Hope that makes sense^
Also, the phone comes unlocked. + i've edited my post above to reflect the cancellation price.
+ Wait till easter weekend. last year o2 had an easter sale where they reduced the upfront costs from £179 down to £0 on select handsets. If the One X/even the One S is one of those handsets this year then i'd say go for it.

How much did you pay

Hi guys, I'm looking to get the HTC one x but I'm trying to find the best deal - I've seen a free phone 600 mins unlimited text and 1GB of data with orange through dialaphone for £28.50 a month (£50 cashback with quidco).
What have you guys found?

Pilch2k said:
Hi guys, I'm looking to get the HTC one x but I'm trying to find the best deal - I've seen a free phone 600 mins unlimited text and 1GB of data with orange through dialaphone for £28.50 a month (£50 cashback with quidco).
What have you guys found?
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Got the same as you there. But as i preordered got a free HTC medialink hd. Also that deal should come with free bt WiFi at hotspots and swapables that dont come put of ur data, like deezer which is just like spotify, well worth being with orange just for that.
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I was lucky enough to get mine free on a £36 a month, 12 month contract. Apparently when I phoned Phones4U they had a sale on the One X. Give them a call, you never know.
That was with Voda, 300mins, unlimited text and 500mb. Which I was a bit unsure about but there's WiFi almost everywhere I go
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I've just had a call from Vodafone offering 600mins, unlimited texts and 1GB of data for £25 with free phone 24months. I said yes but now I'm thinking I could have got it a bit cheaper with 500mb (which I didn't ask). I suppose I got a good deal and should be happy - just want more for less!

Pilch2k said:
Hi guys, I'm looking to get the HTC one x but I'm trying to find the best deal - I've seen a free phone 600 mins unlimited text and 1GB of data with orange through dialaphone for £28.50 a month (£50 cashback with quidco).
What have you guys found?
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I paid about $760 USD for unlocked! D:

I got mine on Three UK. £36 upfront, then £28/mo with 500 mins, 5000 texts, and unlimited internet.

About $660 unlocked.
I can't believe the 12 month contract post. Awesome deal.

I got my white HOX without contract from expansys (Greece) for 470 euro about 3 weeks ago and its been running perfectly ever since!

iTeeXDA said:
About $660 unlocked.
I can't believe the 12 month contract post. Awesome deal.
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Neither could I. I phoned up ready to fight to keep my old 18month contract when they offered me that. Was gobsmacked and took them up on the offer as fast as I could lol
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Grey One X £36 per month on Voda, 24 months 600 mins, unlimited texts, 1GB + 2GB wi-fi and £0 for phone - 3 months of unlimited data. Wanted sim free but every phone was contract only. Also got a set of urbeats headphones free.
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Grey HOX for 560€ without contract.
Insanely expensive, but it is a pretty cool gadget to own.

Bought mine on a £21.50 pm contract with O2 through Tesco and £50 TopCashback. Removed the £6 data bolt on which leaves me paying £15.50pm. Using a Three sim I ordered through Quidco £10pm 300mins Unlimited texts and 1gb data plus £100 cashback if it works. So £25.50 a month altogether plus a possible £150 cashback.

I paid $595 for my one
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900 mins, 1gb data, unlimited texts, all for £16.40 per month, staff deal though lol
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$588 on Amazon.com with one day shipping (prime FTW)
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