Comments on: T-Mobile Pulse Shipping October 12th!

By: randomgerman

randomgerman — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:56:34 +0000

Yes, the prices in Germany always include the tax. “inkl. MwSt.” means including tax.

By: Jim R

Jim R — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:19:14 +0000

Should have noted the prices quoted for the HTC Dream and Magic are “no contract” prices. If you sign on to a 3 year (yes, 3 year) contract which includes an outrageously expensive data plan you can have the phones for between $50 and $80 CAD. Being too frugal/cheap to want to pay for an expensive data plan (and sign my life away for 3 years), I’m looking for a reasonably priced no contract Android phone to buy.

By: Jim R

Jim R — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:00:26 +0000

@Martin: Thanks for the info on the German no contract price. A quick question: would that price include VAT? I ask because I’m in Canada where the prices do not include the sales tax; so it is helpful to know if the 289 Euros includes a, say, 20% VAT.

@Jorg: HTC Dream and Magic are available from Rogers Wireless (Canada) each for $600 CAD (for reference, $1 CAD currently equals about $0.92 USD).

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:21:37 +0000

@Jim: In Germany, the Pulse is listed in the T-Online Shop for €289 without contract.

Link:
http://www.t-online-shop.de/tonline/urwfilter/navigation/do/action/ShowProduct/productId/61390/index.html

By: Jorg

Jorg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:32:08 +0000

No there is no “no contract” price for this phone, and it is hard to try and calculate the price by comparing with other phones. where the G1 and G2 ever available on “no contract”?

By: Jim R

Jim R — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:32:46 +0000

Is there a “no contract” price for this phone? I can’t tell from the link.

By: pjv

pjv — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:17:41 +0000

@Rob: you got one translation wrong: “Shed the ability to download apps on the Android Market” actually correctly translates as “Extend the capabilities by downloading apps from the Market”. It actually advertises the use of the market rather than saying there is no market.

Specs seem rather reliable so I am inclined to trust these.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:11:42 +0000

@Rob: You really need someone to update the Phones page. The Pulse is still filed under “rumored” and there are several new pictures and also videos available… ;)

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:54:05 +0000

Wow, it’s pretty cheap for what it is!!! Nice design and specs.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:35:44 +0000

Finally something releases in Holland for a change, I’m very tempted to get this when it comes out here in Holland :)

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:33:21 +0000

@Terran: It’s not only a PAYG phone. At least not in Germany from what’s been said. They sell it without contract here too.

@marshall: No downloading apps from the android market? Where did you get that? The Pulse even has the Market installed, as you can see in several videos.

@Dee: No, it’s not a Google Experience phone.

By: jae

jae — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:28:43 +0000

I’m with dee. … nomore Google phones
For me. unless they (Google) takes the stick
Up there you know. What. ..

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:22:11 +0000

Is this another google experience phone? if yes then i’ll pass if this comes to the US.

By: marshall

marshall — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:02:58 +0000

no downloading apps from the amdroid market….fail

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:54:03 +0000

Looks like the specs are copies from the t-mobile G2/HTC Hero (even size and weight are exactly the same), so I wouldn’t trust the above specs (translation is fine btw).