http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/ Engadget Comments for HTC Wildfire priced by T-Mobile, coming to UK on June 14 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
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Oh never mind that's old.]]>May 19th 2010 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
You just LOVE oblivion don't you?]]>May 19th 2010 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Here's a hint, champ; don't buy it. plenty of other folks will.

And on that note, I don't see an unlocked price.. yet. I really want this as my backup device so long as the unlocked version isn't skyhigh.. sigh.. methinks it might be.]]>May 19th 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Here are some prices for HTC phones unlocked. If you assume this handset is around the Tatoo range of power is safe to put it in that region. Bit pricey for a "back-up" I think. When I think back-up I think, OK, I'll not have ALL the features of my main phone. This phone would still give you all the features of your main phone, albeit slower.]]>May 19th 2010 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/Really? That's an awful lot for what's supposed to be a budget handset. Sigh.. I shall again scour EBay for a Magic or Hero.]]>May 19th 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=200153

Previous experience suggests that their pricing is fairly competitive.]]>May 19th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Do you really have to have the latest model as soon as they're released? Most people I know still have handsets from 2 or 3 years ago. If you had the first gen iPhone and were just the average user what would you be REALLY missing out on if you still had it today 3 years later? I only just moved to a HTC Desire from a Nokia N95 I had for 2 years.]]>May 19th 2010 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/Most networks sell sim-only contracts that typically work out about £5-£10 a month cheaper if you'd rather buy your handset elsewhere.]]>May 19th 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Having a gadget for more than 4 months while new ones have come out that are 0.2% faster with 1.5% more RAM and 2.63% more pixels?!?!?!?

That's madness!!

How can I live with a phone that is older than the milk in my fridge?! How else can I quantify my self-worth? ...Or brag about my eWang?
Having the absolute latest and greatest piece of silicon and plastic is the only way I can justify my existence. It is less a "want" than it is a god-given need!

/s]]>May 19th 2010 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
LOL...exactly!

But maybe we're being unfair Hazdaz...I mean, the natural audience of a tech blog, including us, are the types to drool over the latest tech, no matter how tiny the improvement (see yesterdays AMAZING announcement the 13 inch MacBook would receive a minor spec bump...I came!) ]]>May 19th 2010 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Your joking right. I love HTC, they come out with a new handset at least once a day :-)]]>May 19th 2010 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/I had my last phone nearly 5 years as only this year have they gotten to the point where they're actually viable to be more than just a phone to me.]]>May 19th 2010 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
It's one thing to enjoy reading about the latest advances - no matter now minor - and keeping up with technology... it's a whole other thing to actually act on those marketing induced impulses without thought or reason.

I think we all know idiots out there that absolutely MUST HAVE the latest and greatest widget no matter how much it costs them... they always find some lame reason to justify their purchase, even if it ends up putting them in the poorhouse (whether they realize it or not).

In many ways, I find the endless upgrade cycle rather disgusting. Few things that I hate more than blatant materialism. But on the other hand I look at it this way - let the foolish first-adopters fund these company's R&D and Marketing budgets, which then lets me buy that same technology 6 months later for 1/2 the price.]]>May 19th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
I dont need a new handset every 3 months, after all ive had my E71 for 18mths, but if a better handset comes out i want it now, not in 18 months time.

30 day contracts ftw.]]>May 19th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Brand identity much?]]>May 19th 2010 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Im a marketing professional, you are one hundred percent wrong. First, you dont know grammar. Whats the point of the word "much" there?

Second, you dont know what "brand identity" is. This looks EXACTLY the same as a nexus one, which is a tired look. HTC has made hundreds different phone designs in their existence, and this one looks like the ugly brick called the nexus one.

]]>May 19th 2010 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
I have to disagree with you on this one one. Brand identity is very important, look at the entire range of Mercedes vehicles, they all have some characteristics that are exactly the same across most, if not all their vehicles. For example their logo in the front of the girl, is pretty much identical, you can tell a Mercedes just from the way it looks, the way it is shaped, etc.

Here is the Wildfire that is very similar to the Desire, the Nexus One. They've maintained a consistent look, which IMO is very nice and sleek. It is quite difficult to make a 3-tone phone look good, and HTC have made it look classy. It looks heaps better than the Tattoo.]]>May 19th 2010 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
They no longer seem to offer it now.. shame... was practically a steal]]>May 19th 2010 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/was it a 19 year contract though? :p]]>May 19th 2010 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Exactly. Over 2 years that's £480. How much would you expect to pay for a mid range smartphone with no contract? Around the £250 range? I know the Desire / Nexus One / Droid-Milestone are around £400+

It's as if no one expects to pay for actually making phone calls, sending messages or surfing the net. Realisticly, without a phone, what would people pay for unlimited internet and voice minutes a month? ]]>May 19th 2010 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
£20 pm.]]>May 19th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
T-Mobile's £20 plans give you 600 voice minutes and unlimited texts, Vodafone's £20 plans give you 100 minutes and 500 texts. It's not like for like.]]>May 19th 2010 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
But that's the point isn't it? I needed the most powerful handset because to be fair I don't really spend much time talking, but I do use apps and surf the net. This is most likely aimed at the tweens and teens who DO spend a long time chatting away. and can also Facebook and Myspace away too. ]]>May 19th 2010 5:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Phones like this are pretty useless on PAYG plans. What would be the point in all that connectivity without data?

I think we're all going to have to accept that our demand that data now be thrown in basically for free is unrealistic. I used to pay around £20 for just voice and texts before all the smart phones craze took hold...is it really reasonable to say that the carriers should ignore the increased move towards using up more and more bandwidth surfing the net, updating Twitter and Facebook and sending email?

For an example checkout this site. http://www.simonlycontracts.co.uk/

the prices are pretty much in line with what you pay even after they throw in a phone for free. You're not going to get 500+ minutes and data for less than £20.]]>May 19th 2010 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
You can get data on payg too.. I pay £30pm for 350/300/ unlimited landline and 10gb data on payg.]]>May 19th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
So in fact you pay MORE than the contract price. So financially contracts make sense to those who can't afford the extra for the flexibility.]]>May 20th 2010 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 21st 2010 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Also, like others have mentioned you have to look at the bigger picture cost wise. £20 doesn't just pay for the phone but data, txt's and calls (and probably used in that order by the target audience) too.]]>May 19th 2010 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
To be fair to all the manufacturers...what's left? We can run multiple apps...we can interact with our online services and social networks...we can take photos...upload them...we can cut and paste...we can send emails and mms messages...we can play music and movies.

Even Apple is struggling to "innovate". It's all become a rush for faster processors and faster network speeds but the same on phone content.

The only place left really is battery life. I want to see longer stronger batteries in the same form factor.]]>May 19th 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Its a shame, cuz other then that its a great looking budget phone.]]>May 19th 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/
Pst...hay...keep your voice down so no one hears. I have secret. It seems cheap because...it's a BUDGET handset. Pass it on.]]>May 19th 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-wildfire-priced-by-t-mobile-coming-to-uk-on-june-14/May 19th 2010 9:50AM