Online retailer Play’s been advertising and taking pre-orders for the HTC Desire for ages – but has this weekend hacked a sizeable chunk off the RRP prior to its release, taking the price of an unlocked and SIM-free HTC Desire down to £399 and beneath that psychological £400 barrier.
There’s a slight catch – Play’s saying the phone is “Due for release” on April 16, which, at time of writing, means a torturous FIVE DAY WAIT if it can stick to that date. Here’s visual confirmation:
The last time we checked Play’s pricing was back in early March – when it was asking £439 for an unlocked Desire. Presumably people who pre-ordered at that higher price will only be charged the new and lower RRP.
This now makes Play’s unlocked HTC Legend look a bit pricier in comparison, with Play still wanting £369 for the 3.2″ metal-bodied beauty.
HTC’s 4.3″ dual-core Android model, powered by Qualcomm’s all-new S4 processor. It’s smaller than the enormous One X, but is it as nice as its bigger brother? (SPOILER: Yes it is).
HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
LewieP
/ April 11, 2010You can get it on PAYG on vodaphone for £348.99 here:
http://bit.ly/cXjcRl
But it is unlocked and unbranded. Exactly the same as the sim free version, but in a Vodaphone box, and with PAYG sim.
Gary C
/ April 12, 2010Lovely, I’ll repurpose that shortly…