HTC Desire listed at Amazon's German portal (update: €519)

Curious as to what HTC will be charging for its Sense-enabled Desire? If Amazon's German portal is to be believed, it'll go for a cool €419 ($572). Of course, the site doesn't give any indication as to when it'll actually ship to those that order, but it is clear that Amazon is doing the selling and not some third-party merchant. Just under six Benjamins for a souped-up Nexus One? You know you're in for that.

[Thanks, Lars]

Update: We had a feeling this price was too good to be true and sure enough, Amazon.de now lists the Desire for a steeper €519 ($711), alongside the newly arrived Legend, which has shown up with a €459 ($629) asking price [Thanks, Sebastian].

[azza88 Posted Feb 17th 2010 5:30PM]

listed at £499.99 SIM FREE on play.com with a release date of 12/04/2010, same price on expansays...

[hajj3 Posted Feb 17th 2010 5:44PM]

@azza88 its £449.99 not £499.99

[Spillzz Posted Feb 17th 2010 9:44PM]

@azza88 Damn 12-4-10? Ur kidding me right?? I rather get the nexus one today and get nexus two before desire even comes out lol that must be a typo

[azza88 Posted Feb 17th 2010 10:38PM]

@Spillzz bit of confusion there? 12/04/2010 is the 12th of April. we do dates the other way in England!

[Spillzz Posted Feb 18th 2010 3:57PM]

@azza88 Wow how did I not see that lol thx for the info

[MrN1ce Posted Feb 17th 2010 5:47PM]

that is a great price! I really consider preordering as I could imagine the price to go up again once it is launched.

[Wolfticket Posted Feb 17th 2010 6:18PM]

It will be mine... Oh yes. It will be mine.

[SL2 Posted Feb 17th 2010 6:19PM]

Many stores in Sweden have a price difference of just €25 between Legend and Desire.
I expected at least €80 in difference, Legend owners will pay a premium for the Aluminium case. .

[ultrakomm Posted Feb 17th 2010 6:23PM]

Hmm...

iPhone 3GS: 7909 SEK
HTC Desire: 4944 SEK

Tough choice.

[tycoon11 Posted Feb 17th 2010 6:39PM]

This will be the Nexus One killer.

[bhoyle Posted Feb 17th 2010 7:01PM]

pre-ordering done :)

[iams Posted Feb 17th 2010 8:15PM]

if this came to the states nexus one owners would be pissed cause they just dropped $530 on the less sexier version.
another reason why its probably not is because of how google is selling the nexus one, I wonder if this will affect the nexus one going to europe

[greygabe Posted Feb 18th 2010 12:43AM]

For those interested
It's also available on Expansys-USA and Expansys-UK
I'd rather buy from them since they have some reputation...

Plus the Expansys-UK one has a day count down listed...

[mactron Posted Feb 18th 2010 2:09AM]

I think it's a mistake because the price of the HD mini is 499 € but should be 419 €. So they just switcht prices!

[pika2000 Posted Feb 18th 2010 2:25AM]

I don't see why anybody in the US would import this.
1. It doesn't support AT&T nor T-Mobile's 3G. Unless you know you have wifi connectivity 24/7, do you really want to live with EDGE speed on a smartphone like this?
2. At that price, might as well get the Nexus One. At least you know you'll get T-Mo 3G and some customer support. I doubt HTC would care is something happens with the phone and you're in the US. Besides, Google might push updates and whatnot quicker on the N1, being it's their self-branded phone.

[RevisionZero Posted Feb 18th 2010 10:59AM]

Someone correct me if Im wrong here... but it has the exact same Frequency Support as the Nexus One according to HTC's Product Page. Wouldn't that mean 3G works on Tmobile USA?

Just asking cause someone asked why anyone would want this phone in the USA.

[pika2000 Posted Feb 18th 2010 2:08PM]

@RevisionZero Troll much? Did you actually go to HTC's product page?
1. It's not listed in the US page, thus it's not going to be released in the US
2. It's in the Europe site, and it is listed as having a dual-band (900/2100) UMTS support, just as reported by Engadget and a ton of other sites. No AT&T (850) nor T-Mobile (1700) UMTS band.

[webber Posted Feb 18th 2010 2:41AM]

Check it out: they also have the legend for Euro 459! http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=htc+legend&x=0&y=0

I was thinking: "Unibody Tax"?

[ottzen Posted Feb 18th 2010 4:03AM]

Apparently it is no longer to be found on the amazon.de site.
Searching for HTC Desire gives you no more hits, while the HTC Legend remains there with the price at 459€.

Hope you pre-orderers will be served with the original pricing.

[mactron Posted Feb 18th 2010 4:22AM]

@ottzen
I hope so too. Since I pre-ordered one. 419 Euro is the price the Hero was around christmas.

[syragon Posted Feb 18th 2010 5:53AM]

@mactron

Sorry to disappoint you, but this is straight from amazon.de's help section:

"Bitte beachten Sie, dass wir nicht an einen falschen Preis gebunden sind. Mit Ihrer Bestellung ist noch kein Kaufvertrag zu Stande gekommen."

Translation:
"Please note that we are not bound to erroneous prices. No contract came into existence with your (pre-)order yet."

[ilh Posted Feb 18th 2010 4:10AM]

Seems a bit overpriced, can get the Nexus One for ~£400 including all the shipping costs etc from Google.

[MrN1ce Posted Feb 18th 2010 6:41AM]

They changed the price for the Desire to 519 now. Apparently it was a mistake

[Kopfgeldjaeger Posted Feb 18th 2010 8:30AM]

"Der Preis für ein noch nicht erschienenes Produkt kann sich vom Zeitpunkt der Vorbestellung bis zum Erscheinungsdatum ändern. Als Vorbesteller erhalten Sie den Artikel zum günstigsten Preis dieser Zeitspanne: Beim Versand ermitteln wir den niedrigsten Preis zwischen dem Zeitpunkt Ihrer Vorbestellung und dem Erscheinungsdatum. Sie erhalten eine E-Mail mit den Erstattungsdetails einen Tag nach dem Erscheinungsdatum."
Klingt doch gut.
http://www.amazon.de/gp/promotions/details/popup/A4GP8KAN64PTQ/

[xemino Posted Feb 18th 2010 11:49AM]

@Kopfgeldjaeger elektro artikel sind aber NICHT von der garantie betroffen, les mal durch was du da zitierst ;)
ABER anscheinend wird amazon das kulanterweise den vorbestellern DOCH ermoeglichen: http://www.amazon.de/gp/forum/cd/discussion.html/ref=cm_cd_fp_ef_tft_tp?ie=UTF8&cdForum=FxO1KDFZPBZX5F&asin=B0038JDF3E&cdThread=Tx1GFYSWJ5XN8NC

ist zwar billig fuer so ein geraet, aber muss echt schauen wie ich das aufbringe...

[Kopfgeldjaeger Posted Feb 18th 2010 12:34PM]

@xemino joa, hab ich 10min nach meinem Post auch bemerkt ;)

[ottzen Posted Feb 18th 2010 9:50AM]

Umm....changed again!!

499,97€ for now...
http://www.amazon.de/HTC-Desire-Smartphone-AMOLED-Android/dp/B0038JDF3E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=ce-de&qid=1266504501&sr=8-1

[TLEnigma Posted Feb 18th 2010 11:58AM]

my preorder is still listed with 419€

some guy in the discussion forum phoned amazon and got the confirmation that the preordered phones will be charged with 419€.

earcandy :o)