Telstra Desire avaliable April 27th

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Those of you who wish for 850 Mhz 3G, your day is coming. Telstra and HTC have confirmed that April 27th is the release date: http://www.computerworld.com.au/arti...4194304&fpid=1

Isn't it like $750-800 outright? Makes you wonder how much a U.S. resident would have to pay to import one

Here is the page I was referring to - http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2010/0...ra-april-27th/

Awesome news! Currently got an iPhone, and really want to ditch it and go Desire. I am currently a Telstra staff member, but will be leaving before release of the phone so cant get it on a staff plan

SO help me out with this. 850mhz 3G is the same as US at&t, right? And does this suggest that the desire hardware is actually tri-band 3G and just radio ROM locked somehow, or are they manufacturing a different phone for Telstra that will not have the 900/2100mhz band?? Obviously what I;m getting at is that, if one lives in asia but often travels to the USA, should I wait and try to get one of these telstra phones so I can use 3G in both China and USA? apologies if I've put foot in mouth RE 3G band stuff, please do correct me if I've said something silly!

THANKS

Originally Posted by mlalahoi

SO help me out with this. 850mhz 3G is the same as US at&t, right? And does this suggest that the desire hardware is actually tri-band 3G and just radio ROM locked somehow, or are they manufacturing a different phone for Telstra that will not have the 900/2100mhz band?? Obviously what I;m getting at is that, if one lives in asia but often travels to the USA, should I wait and try to get one of these telstra phones so I can use 3G in both China and USA? apologies if I've put foot in mouth RE 3G band stuff, please do correct me if I've said something silly!

THANKS

I am curious also. I know that the Telstra HD works on AT&T's 3G network. So there might be a possibility that it could catch 3G in the United States. I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to network bands so hopefully someone in the "know" can chime in

Hmmm, this review of a Telstra unit says it goes on sale tomorrow! I wonder if thats true.