Telstra last night announced its release details for the Desire S and Wildfire S smartphones from HTC. Both Gingerbread-based handsets are going to be available exclusively through Telstra, with an exceptionally attractive outright purchase price.
The Desire S, the true successor to last year’s top-selling Desire handset, will be available from May 31 for an outright price of $648, or for $5 a month on Telstra’s $59 Freedom Connect plan.
The Wildfire S won’t be available until July 19, but when it goes on sale it will be available for $360 outright or across a range of Freedom Connect plans.
Both are exceptionally affordable for a brand new smartphone, although the lack of a dual core processor may sway some discerning nerd types (you know who you are) away…
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Jim Goral
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 10:34 AMAmazing! My mum might get one of these.
It seems as though i read a good story about telstra every day! ill be signing up to them after my optus contract expires
MR
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 11:28 AMAny word on the HTC Sensation aus release date and who that will most likely get locked to?
bri_cheese
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 11:49 AMPlea to Telstra – no carrier customisations, please. They irritate me and I’m sure everyone else. I don’t need WhereIs to pop up in my search window every .. single .. search.
Ronan
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 12:15 PMBut Incredible S has been selling for outright from Telechoice for $569.. isn’t that a better deal? Since it is also not mentioned if this Desire S is NextG compatible.
Steve
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 8:05 PMAs the Desire S is on Telstra, it’s almost certain it’s Next G compatible (and was later confirmed as such).
Also, I’d rather pick it up from Telstra than Telechoice and its import warranty.
Knyghte
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 12:57 PMI’ve recent purchased a Desire S, and moved to Telstra, in spite of searching the net for days trying to find out if it was NextG compatible.
It is.
Steve
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 8:03 PMWaiting on the HTC Sensation