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How much did u pay?

I've been looking around some sites, and it seems that theres a huge price range for the HTC Touch Pro. So just wondering, how much did u pay, and what site did you order at?

hell167 said:
I've been looking around some sites, and it seems that theres a huge price range for the HTC Touch Pro. So just wondering, how much did u pay, and what site did you order at?
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$900, eBay. There's already a thread about this with the exact same title in the exact same section. Why don't you search before creating a duplicate?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=415017

£499 - Very Happy...... No shipping cost as I collected
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/1351/htc-touch-pro

Got mine as above from Handtec - Arrives Monday - Really looking forward to this one

Total including shipping £526, but thankfully my work paid

£517 inc from Clove

I've paid €649 for mine.
Bought at PDAshop.nl

Wow. I'm going to say you guys are crazy =/ Buying a phone for $1000. Seriously. I mean do you all earn $200k+ a year?

Kraize92 said:
Wow. I'm going to say you guys are crazy =/ Buying a phone for $1000. Seriously. I mean do you all earn $200k+ a year?
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Lol seriously. I wouldn't it do it either. I'm just going to wait for the subsidized price by ATT, then it'll definitely be worth it.

kareem9nba said:
Lol seriously. I wouldn't it do it either. I'm just going to wait for the subsidized price by ATT, then it'll definitely be worth it.
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Rofl. At least there is one sane person in this subsection (IMO)

Make that 3, aint no freakin way im paying 1g for any phone, I dont care if it wipes my butt for me and calls me daddy.
Im waiting for my 6800 to really take a dump or accidentally get coughranoverbymytruckcough and then exchange it and pay the balance or something like that. To shell out that kind of money, albeit for a gnarly phone is just way out of line.

$1078 in the US at smart-mobile-gadgets.com

£524.99 in the uk from ebay, company and ebay store called cdsolutions. cant believe i got it already! well worth it.

€71, but it comes with a 2 years' Vodafone contract.

Upquark said:
€71, but it comes with a 2 years' Vodafone contract.
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Sure...but how much will that contact cost >.> Over a period of two years...it will be WAY more then the initial price. But I guess we'll have a plan anyways so why not be stuck in a contract. =( Guess I'll be getting this next year. I'm really young anyways rofl (only 15 haha)

Getting the touch pro from UK
Any idea if it's a must to pay VAT even though I'm going to order from Singapore?

Kraize92 said:
Wow. I'm going to say you guys are crazy =/ Buying a phone for $1000. Seriously. I mean do you all earn $200k+ a year?
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I gave up boozin', womanizing, sniffing glue, and my Chevy Suburban to get mine. Just the $1500 a month I'm saving on Petro alone made it affordable!

purplepig said:
Any idea if it's a must to pay VAT even though I'm going to order from Singapore?
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Depends on the company you're ordering from, usually you don't have to pay VAT for export phones. But you'll still have to pay the 7% gst at the customs if you declare it to be more than 400 sgd.
You intending to get one from where?

kenshinjeff said:
Depends on the company you're ordering from, usually you don't have to pay VAT for export phones. But you'll still have to pay the 7% gst at the customs if you declare it to be more than 400 sgd.
You intending to get one from where?
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Was thinking of getting one either from the UK or expansys HK. Emailed expansys HK last week and the staff said that even though its not on the website yet, its available for pre-order and stock should be in by tomorrow (18/08/2008) its going for HK$7000. Shipping will be another HK$150 to Singapore. Are you from Singapore too?

You guys are also impatient lawl. Those of you in the US, can get a AT&T Fuze soon enough for about $550/$650 w/o contract.

UK price - Online for £359.88...

..delivered next day, seems a good price or a mistake as it appears to be £110 cheaper than anywhere else, or are prices on the way down.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/1351/htc-touch-pro

err link? website etc

Sorry, yes, edited original post.

BUMP!!!
...and, Doh!!! I paid £480 for mine about 7 weeks ago. Sigh. I wonder if people have stopped buying them because of some of the possible issues!

just found it on hotdeals! posted by..... you nice
why soo cold tho??? full of knobs!

You got to love and hate hotdeals.
It is without doubt a bargain, if you want one and can afford it, I believe that people on that site just vote cold on anything they dont want or cant afford or dont understand, shame really.

rolandrat said:
..delivered next day, seems a good price or a mistake as it appears to be £110 cheaper than anywhere else, or are prices on the way down.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/1351/htc-touch-pro
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Thanks for that - i've been waiting for play.com to have a 10% discount which would have only bought the price down to £432(approx).
This is a great price - i only hope they don't say its a mistake as it looks like one (its cheaper than the Diamond which is £363.39).
It Should arrive on Thursday - just ordered it now.

spark9990 said:
Thanks for that - i've been waiting for play.com to have a 10% discount which would have only bought the price down to £432(approx).
This is a great price - i only hope they don't say its a mistake as it looks like one (its cheaper than the Diamond which is £363.39).
It Should arrive on Thursday - just ordered it now.
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I've decided to give a WM phone a go again and ordered myself.
To start with I'll just use it with a data sim, to see what its like, as you can't knock a blackberry for staying in touch with IM etc, but Im just so bored of the crap browser experience and lack of software like Live Mesh, which I use one hell of a lot to keep things synced.
I'll use both for a few weeks and see how it goes.

Looks like they have discovered it - gone back up to £466.89 without postage.
Good thing i bought mine

LOL! I don't feel so sick now ; )
spark9990, when your new pro arrives, please could you take a look at what version ROM it ships with now? (start/settings, system tab, device information - though I'm sure you'll know that already). Congratulations on getting such a great price!!!

spark9990 said:
Looks like they have discovered it - gone back up to £466.89 without postage.
Good thing i bought mine
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Yes and mines on tracking so give them credit for keeping the price for those that bought.
I've used them many times actually and they always have been good.

rolandrat said:
Yes and mines on tracking so give them credit for keeping the price for those that bought.
I've used them many times actually and they always have been good.
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They've cancelled my order - twats. Can they do that?

Mine as well, mine was at the delivery depot.
Not even a offer of a good will gesture, I'm going to check out if they can do that, especially I can prove it was out for delivery.

rolandrat said:
Mine as well, mine was at the delivery depot.
Not even a offer of a good will gesture, I'm going to check out if they can do that, especially I can prove it was out for delivery.
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Let me know what you find - I'm trying to find out if they can do that as well.

Had they sent emails to you both confirming dispatch? If so then then I guess they had entered into a contract with you... talk to Trading Standards for a firm answer....

Ouzo said:
Had they sent emails to you both confirming dispatch? If so then then I guess they had entered into a contract with you... talk to Trading Standards for a firm answer....
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I don't have proof of that - but i do have a receipt, and they did take money out of my account.
Then without my permission carried out a refund transaction. I trying to find out how to contact trading standards but in the mean time i am going to try to reason with sellers.

In a retail store, if a product is tagged as a cheaper price by mistake, then the retailer has to give it at that price.

If Handtec had debited your back account/credit card account, then they had entered into a contract with you to supply that item at that price. Speak to both Trading Standards and Handtec about it and make sure you can demonstrate that they had taken your dosh. All you did is select a product on Handtec's website in good faith and, for their part, it would appear that they too entered into that contract to suppply it, so I suggest they honour it!
EDIT: http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk, and they should have an entry in your local phone book. Kent is 0845 7585497 (just in case - good luck!)

nuke1 said:
In a retail store, if a product is tagged as a cheaper price by mistake, then the retailer has to give it at that price.
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Thats not true. Most big stores (such as Tesco) will sell you at the quoted price for the good will. By Law they infact have something like 24 hours to correct the price once notified by a customer, during which time they can sell at a different price than is quoted.

That is really bad!
I thought maybe it had something to do with stock levels, but if it got to the depot, you think they would have realised!
Hope you get a response from them or Trading Standards

Preorder Captivate

Does anyone know if AT&T is going to allow you to preorder this phone? I really want to be guaranteed one on Sunday!

I was wondering the same thing. I was also wondering if other merchants like Best Buy would carry the phone on launch day.

I'm just gonna be there at 11am when the store opens on Sunday. I went and asked about it a couple days ago at the local ATT store and they had no idea they were even going to carry it. Kind of dissapointing really, but that just means they haven't been hyping the phone, and I'll be able to get one for sure

An AT&T customer service rep said "no" to pre-ordering. I'll just order it online on Sunday. Why risk having to pay a store's re-stocking fee in the event you want to return / exchange it? Not being negative - just realistic.

It will available. Its not a Iphone. Only tech savvy people like us will be interested in these type of phones. No pre order necessary. I don't understand how and why people are willing to stand in a line for hours for crap like that.

less hype = loyal customer base and less teenagers showing off their new phone and complaining it isn't like the iphone >.> I seriously hate it when younger kids (10~14) have a smart phone and barely know how to use it, ahem I'm talking about you grade schoolers with blackberries
still awaiting confirmation if it is 350$ but I'm really hoping that it isn't sold out when i attempt to get one by the end of next week =[

less hype = less stock = one phone per store.
You telling me there's no person in a 5 mile radius around me that doesnt also want the captivate?

caelestis2 said:
less hype = less stock = one phone per store.
You telling me there's no person in a 5 mile radius around me that doesnt also want the captivate?
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LOL no one carries one unit per store.

I called 4 BestBuy stores around me and none of them know if they will have it Sunday. Most of them said to call back later to see if they came in on their truck this week. Doesn't surprise me AT&T stores don't know about it. The one by me, I told them they had the Aria, but they didn't believe me until another guy came out of the back room with one and said "Is this what you were talking about?" wtf?

Danni3 said:
less hype = loyal customer base and less teenagers showing off their new phone and complaining it isn't like the iphone >.> I seriously hate it when younger kids (10~14) have a smart phone and barely know how to use it, ahem I'm talking about you grade schoolers with blackberries
still awaiting confirmation if it is 350$ but I'm really hoping that it isn't sold out when i attempt to get one by the end of next week =[
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Its confirmed on ATT Twitter now! $350 off contract

fade2black said:
I called 4 BestBuy stores around me and none of them know if they will have it Sunday. Most of them said to call back later to see if they came in on their truck this week. Doesn't surprise me AT&T stores don't know about it. The one by me, I told them they had the Aria, but they didn't believe me until another guy came out of the back room with one and said "Is this what you were talking about?" wtf?
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I've chatted with AT&T reps online who, when asked about the Captivate, had no idea what I was talking about. And this is a product that's 5 days away. Let's cut to the chase. My experience has shown that - generally speaking - we know a lot more about their product line than they do. It would be a good thing if their employees shared our passion.

fade2black said:
I called 4 BestBuy stores around me and none of them know if they will have it Sunday. Most of them said to call back later to see if they came in on their truck this week. Doesn't surprise me AT&T stores don't know about it. The one by me, I told them they had the Aria, but they didn't believe me until another guy came out of the back room with one and said "Is this what you were talking about?" wtf?
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I went to an ATT store near me today and the lady there said that they had gotten their demo but not the shipment. She said that she didn't normally get excited by phones, but this one she was pumped about. She had to check with someone else to confirm the Sunday date, though I knew about that, and she said that they didn't really know the price off contract. She also said they usually get their shipments on Wed or Thurs with the info about the phone that they need to know.

Jack45 said:
I've chatted with AT&T reps online who, when asked about the Captivate, had no idea what I was talking about. And this is a product that's 5 days away. Let's cut to the chase. My experience has shown that - generally speaking - we know a lot more about their product line than they do. It would be a good thing if their employees shared our passion.
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Are you surprised? It's not the Jesus phone so what do they care?

p.ford said:
I went to an ATT store near me today and the lady there said that they had gotten their demo but not the shipment. She said that she didn't normally get excited by phones, but this one she was pumped about. She had to check with someone else to confirm the Sunday date, though I knew about that, and she said that they didn't really know the price off contract. She also said they usually get their shipments on Wed or Thurs with the info about the phone that they need to know.
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I went to my local corporate store today and they wouldn't show me their demo and said they had no stock to sell. I went out to my car and called the next closest store and they told me the same thing!
I explained at the first store how a few people online had seen them in the store and even a few had purchased units and she told me if they had stock they would probably sell it but they had no stock and were HOPING they had a few for Sunday.

ctalbot said:
Are you surprised? It's not the Jesus phone so what do they care?
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I wouldn't put up with it if I were in upper-level management at AT&T. Either you give a damn or get out. The store managers should be ashamed that some of their employees are uninformed and, worse, uncaring. And the district managers should be ashamed...and so on. If we have to educate them about their product line then we should be receiving a portion of their salaries. During a chat session today with a CSR at AT&T I sent him the link about the upcoming release of the Captivate.
There are no excuses.

AT&T is making a huge mistake by not hyping this phone. They obviously don't know how great of a product they have and to be the first in the US to release it! I realize they are trying to stay close with Apple, but come on!! Unleash the beast! Give the consumers what they want! Oh yeah and Apple, LMAO... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20010212-37.html

Jack45 said:
During a chat session today with a CSR at AT&T I sent him the link about the upcoming release of the Captivate.
There are no excuses.
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I had a chat session with a CSR today also and the guy pretty much said "Check out att.com/android for any news about this phone." Like everyone else said, we seem to know more about the phone than AT&T itself.

kennethpenn said:
Its confirmed on ATT Twitter now! $350 off contract
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This is a pretty douchey thing to ask for a newb like me, but can you provide a link for that tweet?
Not doubting, just hoping.

http://twitter.com/ShareATT
@harishv79 - The Captivate is $350 w/o contract
9:32 AM Jul 12th via web in reply to harishv79
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Haven't we known the off-contract price for a week or so now? Maybe I just dreamed it, who knows
I had to ask around at three stores before I found one where they even knew that the Captivate was coming out (the first two had no clue when it was coming out, if AT&T was even sending them any, or when). At the third store though, the guy was awesome and let me sign up to be notified as soon as they get it sometime next week (hoping for Sunday or Monday), and he said he'd put one aside for me.
I do hope Wirefly/Amazon puts the Captivate for sale online for under $200, like how they're selling the Aria for free with a contract, but I'll get it in store if not.

Non- Commitment pricing.

Anyone know what the price is going to be without contract?
I contacted an AT&T retail store and they didn't really know, but had read that Samsung posted $350 dollars on facebook. That seems low to me.
I haven't seen any pricing for non-commitment anywhere. Thanks!

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I would also want to know, because I'm planning on buying it with no contract.

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AT&T Hi Mark - the Captivate is $199.99 w/ contract, and $349.99 without.
July 8 at 8:13am
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@harishv79 - The Captivate is $350 w/o contract
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Hopefully this is the actual price since a few people are able to confirm it with a few AT&T reps.

OMG if this is the price for the phone I am definitely getting this phone off contract and using my upgrade for another phone aka iPhone 4 to sell for a profit!!!!!!!!!!

How much is IP4 going for?

sl8125 said:
How much is IP4 going for?
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$700+ on ebay!!!!!

I had my iPhone 4 since it came out (16 gb) and used it the whole time.
I just put it on craigslist and sold it for 600 in less than a day.
Now, I have money for the captivate!!!

What kind of fees would AT&T charge you for the switch? If it really is $350, I'll do the same

Yes! The price is $350 without contract! That's very nice, I'll check tomorrow my local AT&T store to see if they have any in stock already as some people already bought it.

I'd love to go get one tomorrow, but I go to an authorized retailer and there is one person in particular that I deal with. She's always treated me well, and they are a lot nicer than AT&T retail stores. She is out of town until monday I guess I'll be waiting for my phone 'til then.
The one thing I know nothing about is how to load custom roms, as this is my first open source phone! (first had symbian, then iOS) I am excited to see what else is out there.

If its only $350. I'll be buying this Phone off Contract ASAP.
Even tought i wanted an HTC or Motorola. Device ie nexus one, desire. This will do, since my G1 keeps overheating and is on its last legs.

There's people been buying them since yesterday for $350 off contract, so the pricing is real.

wow $350?!...hard to believe really when the tmo version is $499.
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Cell-Phone-Detail.aspx?cell-phone=Samsung-Vibrant
wait and see 3 more days...

I just returned from AT&T here they let me handle the phone. He showed me the price of the off contract phone as $300.00. He was shocked, but it was right there in living color. They will sell me one this Saturday morning. I will be there.

Wowz0rz
If this pricing is the same here in Arizona Ill be posting my HD2 for sale, use that money to buy a Captivate, and use my phone upgrade for an Iphone4, turn around and sell that beast as well.. Should come out wayyyyyyyyyyyy on top. Good god what a good deal. Thank you AT&T for getting something right.
Good luck to all who seem to be going down this cash flow road. Wooooop!

@willthebill - I am surprised that the Captivate is going to be 350 when the one for t-mobile is 500 as well! I am quite excited about it!

Finch44 said:
If this pricing is the same here in Arizona Ill be posting my HD2 for sale, use that money to buy a Captivate, and use my phone upgrade for an Iphone4, turn around and sell that beast as well.. Should come out wayyyyyyyyyyyy on top. Good god what a good deal. Thank you AT&T for getting something right.
Good luck to all who seem to be going down this cash flow road. Wooooop!
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Thats was what I thought when I heard the Captivate was only going to be 350 off contract!! I can not wait to get that iPhone 4 and post it up on ebay to sell it to some iPhanboi.

abezapata said:
I can not wait to get that iPhone 4 and post it up on ebay to sell it to some iPhanboi.
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HaHAHAHAHA. Exact. Same. Thought. Process. They just eat those things up. In a way Im glad their out there. Who else would be dumb enough to pay $600 for a phone that needs duct tape to work? I love our Isheep.
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Finch44 said:
HaHAHAHAHA. Exact. Same. Thought. Process. They just eat those things up. In a way Im glad their out there. Who else would be dumb enough to pay $600 for a phone that needs duct tape to work? I love our Isheep.
!!!!!!!!!!LLLLLLOOOOOLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!​
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It is the very sad sad truth. On the bright side I am getting a very bad a** Android device that I can not wait to get my hands on.

abezapata said:
I can not wait to get that iPhone 4 and post it up on ebay to sell it to some iPhanboi.
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my thoughts exactly buy it off contract , then upgrade to the iphone 4 and sell iphone 4 and may my money back and some....

Already available on amazon?

Check it out, dudes
http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-Captivate-Android-Phone-AT/dp/B003TLMQG8
By the way, I found that link by searching with google. Actually searching wireless.amazon.com for the captivate brings up nothing. (?)
edit: I haven't tried ordering from that page, since I'm still debating whether to keep this Aria or not, so use it at your own risk. Certainly looks legit though..

$600 off contract?!?! What is wrong with these people? Good find though. I've never heard of that site before

NOSintake said:
$600 off contract?!?! What is wrong with these people? Good find though. I've never heard of that site before
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I got my Aria from that same site, except it was a very reasonable $50 with a family contract extension.
But I agree, something is afoot. Either their pricing is way off, or the tech blogs have been misinformed about the Captivate's launching price. I heard 340 was the off contract price, but that doesn't really make much sense considering the Aria's off contract price is 380, and the N1 was like 540.. Who knows?

The $149 price is for a new contract. Contract extension price is $224.

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The $149 price is for a new contract. Contract extension price is $224.
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that **** always pisses me off, im not a new customer but i do have an upgrade and im out of contract.. give me a deal as well as new customers!

YeaItsSlo said:
that **** always pisses me off, im not a new customer but i do have an upgrade and im out of contract.. give me a deal as well as new customers!
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Yeah seriously, I always wondered about that too - what's stopping someone off-contract from just closing the account and opening a new one the next day for the extra discount? Unless you're grandfathered into some unlimited plan you want to hang on to, I don't see how they could stop you from doing it.

modest_mandroid said:
Yeah seriously, I always wondered about that too - what's stopping someone off-contract from just closing the account and opening a new one the next day for the extra discount? Unless you're grandfathered into some unlimited plan you want to hang on to, I don't see how they could stop you from doing it.
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Your account must be closed for 60 days in order for the system not to recognize you as a new customer. For example, if you port your number to Sprint for 45 days and decide to go back to AT&T you can pick up right where you left off. It's very easy for them to stop you from doing it and they will. Trust me I've tried it.