Gus over at Lifehacker has managed to squeeze the outright prices for the two Windows Phone 7 handsets launching on Telstra this year. And yes, they’re about what you’d expect.
The HTC 7 Mozart will cost $864, while LG’s QWERTY-toting Optimus 7Q will cost $960. There’s still no word on outright prices for the Optus or Vodafone handsets though…
Steven Basford
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 10:07 AMOuch! Really excited to play with the OS though. Anyone know when they will have demo units in store?
Greg
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 10:41 AMTelstra always do.
WinPho
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 12:08 PMJust had my winpho7 training, and while I think it’s certainly a step in the right direction, I’m still happy with my iPhone.
Michael Visser
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 12:21 PMPfft, I’ll be hauling a HTC HD 7 out of the states or europe, I just hope it plays nice with local networks and frequencies; can someone confirm whether the AU phones frequencies are any different to other international releases?
Me
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 1:23 PMAU frequencies are “CARRIER” set not handset determined. Just check your carrier for the frequencies and check that the one you’re importing supports that frequency. It’s no different than any of the android/iphone importing issues.
ozdavo
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 5:00 PMAccording to the spec on HTC’s website, it uses 900 & 2100mhz (for 3G), these are what both Optus & Vodafone use in Australia. Telstra uses 850mhz & 3 uses 2100. That said, I would not be surprised if at some stage this was released with a chipset that included 850mhz.
Neil Nuttall
Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 9:24 AMPersonally I’m still a little concerned about frequencies. While Telstra sources (official blog & twitter) have stated that devices they’ll be selling are dual-band 2100/850, there are still no specs available that back that up. In fact details on the Microsoft Australia, HTC and LG websites say the 3 devices that Telstra will be offering are 2100/900.
Who would you trust more/least: Telstra or Microsoft?
More deets: http://wp.me/ptSWR-6A
Mik
Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 10:13 AMIf you’re going to import an HD7, try US before Euro. US get a 16gb vs euro 8gb.
On that note, does anyone know what the Aus HD7 storage will be on release?
Zulu
Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 11:44 PMYup The Aussie version will have 16 GB. Should gb out Jan.
Sicarius123
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 1:17 PMHopefully an imported Dell Venue will play nice with Telstra’s network.
Don’t really want the HTC or LG on offer, Vanue definitely looks like the best phone on offer at 4.1″ AMOLED, and an actual nice looking chassis which seems to be lacking in current smart phones.
Adrian Clark
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 1:20 PMIf you want to get on Telstra’s NextG you have to be careful. It is one of the few 850 Mhz networks in the world.
I’m pretty sure both Vodaphone & Optus run on pretty standard 900/2100 Mhz bands however, so you should be OK there.