DHD in the Philippines

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junta_mpb

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Please list down the shops that currently have the DHD in the Philippines. Maybe we can help each other find the store with the best deal. The prices I'm listing are in Php.

Greenhills Bridgeway: 38k
Greenhills Theater Mall: 32.5k

Other stores expect the DHD to arive January at 35k.
 

junta_mpb

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I'm planning on buying one tomorrow but I'm a bit concerned about the warranty. I might wait till January unless the unit I get is flawless.
 

orouborus

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thats expensive. but i am curious how it feels and look like. i have an hd2 and i think they are pretty much the same. just wait for January, it might be cheaper then due to a lot of stores carrying them.
 

junta_mpb

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The word on the street is that CMK will have it for less than 30k but I just dont know when they will have it in stock.

There is a shop at Bridgeway with dummy DHD's. You may want to visit them to get the feel of the unit.

Warrany of the units now are mostly 7-day returns, but I feel like the regular 1-year warranty is needed for such an expensive device.
 

SamStone

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I bought mine a nonth ago in Thailand, the first week that they were available here. I paid 23,000 Thai baht which is $728 US and 32,000 pesos comes to $723 so the two countries are about the same. I guess that the warranty would be important but I don't think that you will have any problems with it. I had a HD2 before that I was running Android on and I like my DHD much better, everything just works a lot smoother. I say go for it, those prices sound reasonable to me.
 

junta_mpb

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Try going to cmkcellphones.com and they have a location map. Also, they have their prices up but the DHD was taken down because they didnt know when they would get any.
 

junta_mpb

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I guess that the warranty would be important but I don't think that you will have any problems with it.

True, my wife has a Desire and its been working without a hitch so I think HTC quality is spot on. However, I did see this thread elsewhere about dead pixels starting to appear after some usage and thats the sort of situation I would like to avoid. What a bind I'm in, right?

Anyways, If the price is right, I think ill pick it up.
 

junta_mpb

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The initial price was very high but we managed to convince them to lower it. let them know that you know how much it supposed to be and they will be willing to match your price.


Sent from my Desire HD
 

junta_mpb

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I got it for 33k paid in cash. Good luck to the rest of you in getting your units.

Sent from my Desire HD
 

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