HTC delays Evo 3D release
Vodafone says no
HTC has confirmed reports that the HTC Evo 3D has been pushed back to September, two months from when initially proposed.
The news comes after Vodafone removed the Evo 3D from its 'coming soon' page and released a statement to say:
"Owing to the delayed launch of the device, we took the decision not to include the EVO 3D in our smartphone range."
It does seem a strange move. Surely it could just offer the device at a later date? Either way, HTC was quick to clear the air and said:
“We can confirm that the HTC EVO 3D will be available to UK customers through Carphone Warehouse from September 2011.”
The HTC Evo 3D runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with the latest HTC Sense UI , all on a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It features a dimension-boosting 4.3in, 540 x 960 - aka 'qHD' - display, as well as twin 5Mp cameras geared for 3D snapping along with 720p video capture.
The HTC Evo 3D is available from September. Pre-register interest at Carphone Warehouse. ®
COMMENTS
This is a perfect illustration of the problem.
I speak as a happy Desire Z owner who likes HTC's kit. The problem is that the market in the US is totally distorted by the overwhelming control of the market that the carriers have. This would be ok in the sense that if the American customer is prepared to poke up with this situation then, fine. The problem is that the market elsewhere whether we are talking about Europe or Asia has to dance to the American carrier's tune because of the influence that the US market has. I, personally speaking, am piss-tired off waiting for *my* upgrade (I buy "unlocked") because the American carriers need so much time to piss around with the phones they may condescend to offer. It is about time that the rest of us did not get crapped on because the average US customer refuses to buy their phone on anything other than credit. You can't afford it, don't buy it and let the rest of us get on with our lives. We are already paying blood because of your "sub-prime mortgage market", can't we at least buy a mobile phone without your credit-addiction frakking everything up?
@David Barr RE "In the UK at least"
That may very well be the case. Indeed my impression (I have not lived in the UK for about ten years) of the UK carrier market is that there is a great deal more genuine competition than is currently the case in the US. The problem is that the American market has such influence that we all are in some degree subjected to it. Thus the reason for my "rant" -:)
In the UK at least
When I've looked at prices, it seems to be always cheaper financing the phone with higher line rental than paying for the phone up front.
I don't want it that way, but there doesn't seem to be any SIM only contracts for x number of months, only 30 day rolling.
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Didn't everyone already know this? Gummobile and at least one other I have seen this on have had a 2nd September release date listed for ages.
Hurry up and review it so I can decide if its worthy.
Oh no, not CPW!
“We can confirm that the HTC EVO 3D will be available to UK customers through Carphone Warehouse from September 2011.”
Oh ****! I won't be having one of those then. I made the mistake of choosing The Carphone Warehouse a few years ago. I am a business customer and they treated me exactly the same as a 19 year old delinquent chav. I knew it wasn't going to go well when they failed to set up my direct debit correctly the first month then, even though they acknowledged it was their fault they hadn't been paid, they suspended my phone whilst I was travelling on business.
Never again...
