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HTC Desire is available in the UK – or is it?

Categories: HTC, UK News
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 at 12:49 PM

Peeved, I am. Do you want to know why? I went to the local T-Mobile store today, to try and get 5 minutes with the HTC Desire. I was expecting to have to fight my way through a busy shop, but instead it was empty. Not good, from first observation. Speaking to the sales assistant, he confirmed they didn’t have any. Doubly, not good. But why?

Well, turns out that no T-Mobile stores have HTC Desires, because they’ve been delayed! De-what? How could this be! Well, it turned out I wasn’t going to be getting any further granularity on the situation from the nice chap I was speaking to, other than to say they might be getting some next Tuesday 6th April (after Easter).

Well that was disappointing- I was expecting to see the latest and greatest that HTC had to offer – instead I got an extended look at the pink interior of the T-Mobile shop. I’m wondering now whether those people that were supposed to be receiving devices in the post on Monday (having shipped tail end of last week) got any?

Any IntoMobile readers from the UK hooked up with a Desire yet?

[Image via: Electricpig]

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Ben Robinson

Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.

  • Dave

    Yes, i’m waiting for mine via over the phone order.

    I went to a store and was told no store has it yet due to a software issue being sorted out. “What issue?” i asked, “I dont know, honestly” he replied.

    I assume it may be some t-mobile custom firmware issue.

    Frustrating.

  • Ben Robinson

    Yes, very!

  • DrewNo1

    Yes it is here …. Mine’s arrived on saturday the 27th

  • mjb

    The HTC desire has been delayed to retail stores on all networks due to a software issue that was spotted at the last minute. It can still be ordered online.

  • stewart mcgovern

    got mine today from carphone warehouse its amazing :)

  • MattWPBS

    Picked mine up on a T-Mobile upgrade via Carphone Warehouse today. It’s lovely. Don’t know what the stock levels are like though, I got the last one in my local store.

  • Rob Evans

    Yep, got my Desire on Friday, very happy with it…from Carphone Warehouse too.