HTC Desire HD or wait wait for the glacier?

timstanley1985 · Oct 14, 2010

My phone is due for upgrade at the end of the month. Ever since it was announced i have had my heart set on a Desire HD and planned to upgrade to this as soon as it was released.

A spanner was thrown into the works today when I bumped into some articles dating back to May about the glacier. The spec looks a huge leap ahead of the desire hd but I could not find any recent references to this device at all.

Does anyone know anything about this device? The reports from may say the launch was planned for end of 2010 and that it has the dual core snapdragon.That is all I can find.

Cheers

Tim

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Rixsta · Oct 14, 2010

Qualcomm began sampling the dual-core Snapdragon back in early June, promising both 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz versions. There’s no telling which the HTC Glacier might be running – doing some basic sums on the difference between the single-core 1GHz phones leaves the mysterious HTC falling somewhere in-between – but Qualcomm has said that the first devices to use the updated chips could be on the market before the year is out.

This was just my views about the Desire HD using the evo lcd screen to get the phone out quicker to make way for the new dual core. Around December/January time there we be a new phone from HTC Im sure.

http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/24/htc-smartphone-rumors-desire-hdace-glacier-paradise-more/

That being said you can wait forever and then 3 months down the line there's a new better phone and so it goes on, Im just going to get the Desire HD and then sell it on for the next model if its good enough and I like it, enjoy whats out now and upgrade later...

adwinp · Oct 14, 2010

You're basically in between the generation gap.
The Glacier will be announced officially in November (around the 5th), but there's no telling when it will be available to the masses (retail).

The question is rather: what are your uses for the smartphone, and do you really need the extra power. Unless you're a dev (especially working on native/multithread apps), you won't be needing the extra HP.

Rixsta · Oct 14, 2010

adwinp said:
You're basically in between the generation gap.
The Glacier will be announced oficially in November (around the 5th), but there's no telling when it will be available to the masses (retail).

The question is rather: what are your uses for the smartphone, and do you really need the extra power. Unless you're a dev (especially working on native/multithread apps), you won't be needing the extra HP.

I bet theres not many of us that need the extra power but you know we're still going to upgrade

bigthunderkid · Oct 15, 2010

rixsta said:
I bet theres not many of us that need the extra power but you know we're still going to upgrade

Hmmmmmm November....... that gives me time to think of an excuse to give the wife as to why my 4 month old Desire HAS to be replaced

AndreasA88 · Oct 15, 2010

adwinp said:
You're basically in between the generation gap.
The Glacier will be announced officially in November (around the 5th), but there's no telling when it will be available to the masses (retail).

The question is rather: what are your uses for the smartphone, and do you really need the extra power. Unless you're a dev (especially working on native/multithread apps), you won't be needing the extra HP.

How do you know that it will be announced in november? Source?

adwinp · Oct 15, 2010

AndreasA88 said:
How do you know that it will be announced in november? Source?

You will have to take my word for now. I can't disclose my source.

mupet0000 · Oct 15, 2010

Any idea how much it will cost, I don't want to pay £470 for the DHD and find out that next month a better phone is announced for the same price. I wouldn't mind if it was next year some time but it's less than a month if you say 5th November announcement.

AndreasA88 · Oct 15, 2010

adwinp said:
You will have to take my word for now. I can't disclose my source.

Heh, im not sure if you are serious or not, but thanks for the info if you are.

JupiterDroid · Oct 15, 2010

My god, you guys;/

There will always be a new phone comming out every couple of months, you will be waiting forever

))

If i was you i would get this "great" phone, then in a year from now sell it and add about 150 -200 to get the newest phone out.. and you can keep doing this every year!

If your always waiting for the newest release, you will be waiting all your life!

Next year, samsung are supposedly gonna go into overdrive on AMOLED and S-AMOLED production, so all top of the range phones from next year will be SAMOLED and of the dual core chipset.. I will sell my HD around June next year for around 250-300 and just add 150 and get the new beast...

JD

SupremeBeaver · Oct 15, 2010

adwinp said:
You will have to take my word for now. I can't disclose my source.

can you confirm if it will be coming to the European market or some carrier in the US?

uhmump95 · Oct 15, 2010

Looks like it is coming to T-Mobile.

NoEnd · Oct 15, 2010

adwinp said:
You're basically in between the generation gap.
The Glacier will be announced officially in November (around the 5th), but there's no telling when it will be available to the masses (retail).

The question is rather: what are your uses for the smartphone, and do you really need the extra power. Unless you're a dev (especially working on native/multithread apps), you won't be needing the extra HP.

it's look like it'll be announced on 25th of Oct as HTC is going to have a conference.
HTC: "We had to shift the date of #HTCLON. It's now on the 25th of October. Pardor the last minute change. Massive
"

themonkster · Oct 15, 2010

NoEnd said:
it's look like it'll be announced on 25th of Oct as HTC is going to have a conference.
HTC: "We had to shift the date of #HTCLON. It's now on the 25th of October. Pardor the last minute change. Massive
"

I believe the conference in London in October is for the Windows 7 based HTC Phone. They had sent me an invite Facebook. Im pretty sure the'll be no Android based phones at that conference.

SupremeBeaver · Oct 15, 2010

themonkster said:
I believe the conference in London in October is for the Windows 7 based HTC Phone. They had sent me an invite Facebook. Im pretty sure the'll be no Android based phones at that conference.

yeah that makes sense. why would htc announce a new phone only a month after announcing the desire hd and desire z anyway?

NoEnd · Oct 15, 2010

thanks guys for correcting my info

jmohik · Oct 16, 2010

thanks guys i am lost again

i just made up my mind on having the DHD, but the glacier is coming

Well I believe i will close my eyes and go for DHD ... if glacier is released i will try and sell DHD and see if i will get the glacier

BTW

So far can't find any website that sells an unlock DHD

Any one has any clue?

R.

jords12 · Oct 16, 2010

jmohik said:
thanks guys i am lost again

i just made up my mind on having the DHD, but the glacier is coming

Well I believe i will close my eyes and go for DHD ... if glacier is released i will try and sell DHD and see if i will get the glacier

BTW

So far can't find any website that sells an unlock DHD

Any one has any clue?

R.

Um... heres a few:
http://www.clove.co.uk/htc-desire-hd (My order is with them)
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/3564/htc-desire-hd--android--sim-free-unlocked--dark-brown-
http://www.expansys.com/htc-desire-hd-203871/

SupremeBeaver · Oct 16, 2010

jmohik said:
thanks guys i am lost again

i just made up my mind on having the DHD, but the glacier is coming

Well I believe i will close my eyes and go for DHD ... if glacier is released i will try and sell DHD and see if i will get the glacier

BTW

So far can't find any website that sells an unlock DHD

Any one has any clue?

R.

from what i've been reading, the Glacier will be released for T-Mobile US. In other words the 3G won't work here in Europe. I don't think HTC intend for that phone to be in the European market so i think you should forget about it and get the DHD.

Ethania · Oct 16, 2010

You can always wait.
Wait, and wait...

Soon you’ll be dead and is being buried with your old Nokia 3220.

Or!
Get the things you want, and sell them when something better comes along.

A word of caution tough:
Don’t take this advise when it comes to people

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