Comments on: T-Mobile and O2 Turned Down The Droid In UK

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:49:11 +0000

Matt is the only one with sence in this thread.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:19:12 +0000

Who cares if it doesnt come to specific carrier, just by the damn thing outright and use it on what ever network you like. I know I will!

By: scissorkicks

scissorkicks — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:55:12 +0000

Urgh. Would be crappy to have to go crawling back to Orange and their idiotic “Animal” tariffs, not to mention their stone-age attitude to data.

Looks like I’ll have to shell out the big bucks for sim-free.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:10:07 +0000

We never really got into querty sliders here in the UK. It’s one thumb texting for us or nothing. For that reason I don’t think the Milestone will be a big deal over here.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:27:04 +0000

No no no no no! This is the worst news I’ve had for ages :(

I love O2, I don’t want to leave, but I might have to because I so want this phone. Assuming it comes to the UK at all :(

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:09 +0000

Agggggh, it’s almost unbearable! I’ve been watching the Android story unfold since the introduction of the G1, quietly waiting for a phone that really piques my interest. And when one comes along, no-one in the UK wants to stock it. Gah!

By: Jerome

Jerome — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:56:04 +0000

I can’t believe it! :/ By all accounts this is the best android phone by miles… I’ve been holding out for a decent handset that actually does the OS justice.

Does that mean I might as well give up and go for an iPhone afterall?

By: Russell

Russell — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:26:04 +0000

Looks like I’m going to have to leave O2 then. I’ve been out of contract for over a year now so whoever gets me a great android phone gets my buisiness.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:11 +0000

Vodafone UK had an exclusive with the HTC Magic so they’ve at least got some Android love.

By: jesse

jesse — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:14:43 +0000

@Aliboy: Cellco Partnership does business as verizonwireless.com and is owned 55% by Verizon Communications and 45% by Vodafone

By: acreda

acreda — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:12:48 +0000

dont know about ownership but vodafone & verizon are affiliates at least

By: janus

janus — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:11:28 +0000

I’m Sorry somehow my Keyboard lost some letters on the way;)!
But I hope for a friend of mine that the Droid/Milestone is coming for 3 Network because its a nice small carrier. And the Skypecontract are awesome. You can call every cellphone in the world for under 5cents ($). And if the Droid would be on 3 that means that there will be a usefull skypeclient for Android.

By: dim

dim — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:08:49 +0000

Droid will come as the MILESTONE to O2 in Germany…in Holland we do not have O2, and T-Mobile is the only one selling iPhone

By: Brie

Brie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:01:35 +0000

Of course Tmo turned it down. Its too fast, has too much memory and its not built like a pack of cards. I am with Tmo and this really pisses me off. Tmos’ phones suck, who are the phone pickers anyway? The next decent phone from Tmo comes out 1Q 2010! Why not just call it the “Mayan” because it will be the last phone you will see on a Tmo contract when the Mayan calender ends in 2012.

By: Aliboy

Aliboy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:58:56 +0000

Simple reason , they ( T Mobile and O2 ) are both selling the iPhone 3gs now. They probably have some partnership thing going on and don’t want Android eating up the market. I have a felling the Droid may come the Vodafone in the UK ( Doesn’t Verizon own Vodafone or vice-versa ?)