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Newbie - HTC Diamond or HTC HD?

I'm looking at getting either the HTC Diamond or the HD (will be my first HTC device .
If I total up the cost of the line rental (over 18 months) and then the extra cost of the phone there is a minimum difference of £80 (£25 month line rental on Orange for both phones) between getting the Diamond & HD model.
I could go for a £20 a month contract as this will cover my call time and txts are unlimited but then the price difference in total jumps up with a difference of £150 over the 18 months, between the two.
So, either way, what I would like to know is in all your expert opinions is the extra cost worth it for the HD model?
As yet I haven't seen either phone in the flesh, so to speak, but hope to get into town on Saturday to take a look.
Oh and finally does anyone use any of these places on line where you get refunds/redemption during the course of your contract making the overall 18 month costs cheaper, or are these a scam?
Any advice much appreciated

stiscooby said:
I'm looking at getting either the HTC Diamond or the HD (will be my first HTC device .
If I total up the cost of the line rental (over 18 months) and then the extra cost of the phone there is a minimum difference of £80 (£25 month line rental on Orange for both phones) between getting the Diamond & HD model.
I could go for a £20 a month contract as this will cover my call time and txts are unlimited but then the price difference in total jumps up with a difference of £150 over the 18 months, between the two.
So, either way, what I would like to know is in all your expert opinions is the extra cost worth it for the HD model?
As yet I haven't seen either phone in the flesh, so to speak, but hope to get into town on Saturday to take a look.
Oh and finally does anyone use any of these places on line where you get refunds/redemption during the course of your contract making the overall 18 month costs cheaper, or are these a scam?
Any advice much appreciated
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Welcome
Well, depends a lot on what you want to have on the device, if you surf the web and watch videos a lot definetly HD, if you only need a phone with nice apps go for Diamond.
Any way, READ here: http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdachooser
And once you have chosen your model go to the WIKI
Good luck

orb3000 said:
Welcome
Well, depends a lot on what you want to have on the device, if you surf the web and watch videos a lot definetly HD, if you only need a phone with nice apps go for Diamond.
Any way, READ here: http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdachooser
And once you have chosen your model go to the WIKI
Good luck
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Thanks for the reply.
What is WIKI?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
on the top menu bar it say XDA-WIKI
which one you want also very much depend on what size device you want

HD all the way. It is basically the same thing as the diamond except with a much larger screen.

[Q] Best HTC Desire HD deal with cash back!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guys... As seen on my other thread, I have a dilemma of going for current best phone - HTC Desire HD or wait for the Nexus S/other dual core phones.
BUT....
When I search for contract today, I found a HTC Dersire HD deal which is best for me.
Network: Orange
Monthly price: 30
minutes : 500 anytime any network
text: Unlimited (althought I dont text much)
Internet: 500MB (I think 500mb will do because I will use wi-fi at home)
Contract: 24 months
Cash Back: 7months half price, equals to GBP105.
That means, my effective cost is only 25.63 per month and full price for over 24 months is only GBP 615.
It will be around GBP 550 if I choose only 300 minutes but in case I over used the minutes and get charge at high price, so I would rather pay 3 pounds extra to get 200 more minutes.
Now, my big concern. Have anyone got a better deal than this which could persuade me to sign a contract for Desire HD rather than to wait for Nexus S?
Open for any suggestion. Comment are much appreciated. Thanks

Come on.. Posted a week no one give opinion.. Dead site

Hi,
You are asking a purely subjective question, ie someone else's opinion will be different to yours.
Do you want someone else to decide for you? If so, you probably wont get many answers on here.
If you have found a deal your happy with then go for it, if not wait

The reason for opening this thread is to discuss any other better deal than this, and also we can exchange opinion on other thing.. wait go go for the deal and possibly cite the reason behind.

HTC Desire S - Only £230!! - Possibly even as low as £160

Taken from HUKD (unable to post link unfortunately)
O2 have an offer on of getting the HTC Desire S Free on a 24 month contract of £13.50pm. However, Topcashback and Quidco currently have £100 cashback on O2 contracts (when bought with an accessory as well), which brings it down to roughly £230, which works out at £9.58 per month.
Even better, there are some reports that you can cancel the £3 data package from the contract after one month which brings the price down even further to only £160!! (£6.67 per month)
Remember you are signing up for a contract with O2, but for this low price you can afford just to use the phone without the SIM, but you will need to cancel after the 23rd month.
O2 also unlock contract phones for free, so it can be used with any network you choose

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/htc-desire-s-free-includes-internet-90-cashback-no-redemptions-13-50-per-month-o/924805/

[Q] Is there any point in keeping a second phone

Hi All,
I have a galaxy s 2 and I got it by getting this deal
£150 + £13 p/m for 24 months
which is pretty good as works out about the price of the phone sim free but I only get 50 mins 250 texts and 100mb internet
So I went for this deal from quidco
100 mins + 100 texts + 500mb internet + unlimited landline (or can be any booster)
+ free galaxy apollo (I think this is a galaxy 3?)
costs roughly £180 over 24 months (£5 somthing for 12 and £10something for the next 12) and get £80 cashback so about £105 for the 24 months which is roughly the amount I will save if I drop my internet booster from my galaxy s sim (£3 per month)
Anyway I gave the details as thats a great deal for the contract alone but you also get the galaxy apollo.
The question is should I sell the phone for £40-£50 or is there any reason I should keep it? I know it is good to have a backup but is there any other point in haveing 2 phones? Just think it's a waste selling the phone for so little
Thanks

[Q] Best One S Deal (UK) ?

I am looking to replace my HTC Desire with a One S when my contract ends in 3 weeks time. The best deal I can currently find is as follows:
200 min / 3000 sms / 500 MB @ £21.50/month (24 months)
Phone cost £39.99
On O2 network being offered by Phones4U
Anyone know of a better deal around?

Wait a couple of weeks until T-mobile get it and ask them to do a price match (or better it). I just did this with the Xperia S and they beat the current £21.50 O2 deal by nearly £100 (over a 24 month period).

sh500 said:
Wait a couple of weeks until T-mobile get it and ask them to do a price match (or better it). I just did this with the Xperia S and they beat the current £21.50 O2 deal by nearly £100 (over a 24 month period).
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Yeah that is my plan
Have already refused the retention department's current offer. Just waiting for them to start stocking the One S (after April 5 presumably) and I will try again.

Yeah, as always the case, the first offer they make you isnt usually even tempting.
The second person I spoke to said "they were from a slightly different department" and therefore were able to better the original offer...hmmmm, nothing to do with the fact a competing provider had a better deal - oh and of course the customary threat to leave
I like the look of the One S but the screen resolution and 16GB limit on storage is off putting. I have to last the phone for the next two years so need to look ahead. The One X is simply to big (4.7") for me.
Not seeing many reviews on the net for either of the S or X.

What a difference a day makes. All the O2 £21.50 offers have disappeared today...!

ascot17 said:
What a difference a day makes. All the O2 £21.50 offers have disappeared today...!
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http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/phone/xperia_s_from_sony/?&cid=ppcgoo&gclid=CNPT9vKn9q4CFS4NtAodSzY7xw
There are still a couple of places doing them, although o2 direct is not one of them. Seemed a bit strange as to why they were much cheaper than all other providers. just a one week promotion i guess.

I meant the HTC One S offers, not the Xperia but thanks anyway...

Oh, I must have missed all of the £21.50 offers on the One S...

Current best deal?:
300 min
unlimited sms
250MB data
FREE phone
£21/month on T-Mobile from mobilephonesdirect
(Buy it through Topcashback and get £30.30 cashback)!