HTC Hero on Orange UK Site, Price Coming Tomorrow

by Rob Jackson on June 30th, 2009 at 10:19 am

The HTC Hero has finally landed on the Orange UK website but sports an unfortunate “Coming Soon” for those wishing to pin down a price, launch date or even Pre-Order. We saw the HTC Hero hit Amazon yesterday and there is little doubt that T-Mobile UK will announce the Hero as the G1 Touch in the near future.

htc-hero-orange-coming-soon

And some of the glorious Hero specs:

5-megapixel camera
3.2 inch touch screen
MP3 player
Bluetooth®
Music Player
microSD external memory
TFT touch screen
touch screen
multi-touch input
handwriting recognition
trackball
3.5 mm audio jack
vibrating alert
speakerphone
polyphonic ring tones
video playback
HSDPA, 7.2Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g
email
Java™ capable
GPS
GPRS
USB compatible
Autofocus

5MP and 3.5mm headset jack is just… so yummy.Engadget has been directly in touch with Orange who are confirming that:

It will be free with some service plans (as we previously reported)
A price will should come by tomorrow

[Via Orange]

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HTC Hero

3.5 / 5 stars

http://recfg.com Sizzle
Damn… too bad i can’t get HTC Sense on my g1
Mitchell Heath
talked to support on tmobile website and they said the phone will be with then on the 6th
Keeji
Graphite looks interesting… Looks more like a dying lilac color to me though. Any ideas when we might see a smart phone with wifi 802.11 b/g AND n?
Mansn
Any guess as to what the price plan will be like? I am guessing 40 pounds a month, but I really want it to be 35 …
b7ryn
hmm… still no prices on UK site…
Ross Gray
Orange will do the phone for free on a £39.15 a month tarrif. Includes 1200 mins, unlimited texts, and mobile browsing (how much im unsure of) and recon release is due for early july :D
Ethel Aardvaark
Any idea how much Orange will customise the phone with their own bloatware rubbish?
Squires
They won’t customise it with their bloatware as they can’t for a change :)
Ses
I heard that the phone would only be available for free on a 24month contract. Has anyone else heard that.
Paul Rohe
I got an HTC Hero from fones4u, 24 month contract with Orange and 18 month upgrade option; 1200 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited internet access ( ie 1 gig a month, which should be enough for mosr folks) at £35 per month.
Paul Rohe
Also, just upgraded to the latest ROM build, woohoo…much faster, easy as pee. Using Win 7.
I love this phone !!!
Amy x
This phone is ace. . . .
i am sooooooo getting it!!!