Phil Conners Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 (edited) Order from bask1.com instead, then you don't have all those cheating problems. Easy. And yes you can get official Desire now. Check any official HTC shop, for example Jayphone. But it is "hacked" to Thai standard with Thai keyboard etc. And you will have to wait a couple of months before they are ready with the FroYo update which the standard Desire already had last weekend. Edited August 4, 2010 by Phil Conners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallmeScooter Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 And yes you can get official Desire now. Check any official HTC shop, for example Jayphone. But it is "hacked" to Thai standard with Thai keyboard etc. And you will have to wait a couple of months before they are ready with the FroYo update which the standard Desire already had last weekend. htcthailand.com says Froyo is launched as of today? [Google Translate is a bit....hmm] Latest News. > HTC with Desire and Upgrade Rom 2.2.Upgrade Rom 2.2 with HTC Desire ago. 30 August 53 at noon will be approximately 2 Upgrade rom Version 2.2 (Froyo) on HTC Desire will be prompted when connecting. Internet to perform the Upgrade Rom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 htcthailand.com says Froyo is launched as of today? [Google Translate is a bit....hmm] I just checked a little earlier today on my phone and it is indeed ready for download on my Thai edition Desire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallmeScooter Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 htcthailand.com says Froyo is launched as of today? I just checked a little earlier today on my phone and it is indeed ready for download on my Thai edition Desire. Tops! Apologies if I'm too drunk and missed it if answer already given in this thread, but anyone have suggestions where to buy the Thai version online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 but anyone have suggestions where to buy the Thai version online? I bought mine at Tohome.com. They still show it listed but perhaps send an e-mail to them to verify their stock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallmeScooter Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 but anyone have suggestions where to buy the Thai version online? I bought mine at Tohome.com. They still show it listed but perhaps send an e-mail to them to verify their stock. Brilliant - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangBuddha Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Gray imports available in Bangkok, not yet in Pattaya. See http://www.thaivisa....es-t339912.html for more details. Silverex: All over the place in Pattaya? Please tell me where! Phil...Phil...giving out bad info...I bought mine at Jay-Mart at Central Beach PATTAYA a few weeks ago...cost about B 21k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothertorres Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 that was back in May... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Gray imports available in Bangkok, not yet in Pattaya. See http://www.thaivisa....es-t339912.html for more details. Silverex: All over the place in Pattaya? Please tell me where! Phil...Phil...giving out bad info...I bought mine at Jay-Mart at Central Beach PATTAYA a few weeks ago...cost about B 21k. Like anothertorres pointed out, that post was back in May. Back then that was the situation. Still today you can get the Desire from Bask1 for under 20k. The model is the real, standard, unlocked, not-locally-hacked-to-Thai-version, causing another month wait for updates.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkksw Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Order from bask1.com instead, then you don't have all those cheating problems. Easy. I tried to go through them today.. told them I wanted a Thailand version HTC Desire with a Thailand warranty. They told me they had it, would deliver, etc.. but when pressed to make sure the Thailand warranty was included he admitted it wasn't a Thailand model. He said he imports them from Singapore. This one was for someone who didn't want to worry about warranty or getting it repaired in Hua Hin if necessary.. so we ended up going through the AIS store for 1000 baht more. It came with a Thailand warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothertorres Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 B18,900 now at the HTC dude in Tukcom, if anyone is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Surprised to hear Bask get them from Singapore. Normally stuff from S'pore comes with a big clunky UK style mains adaptor; my Desire came with the normal two pronged Euro-style adaptor. It's B17,900 from Bask now btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangBuddha Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Love my little desire...paid for itself 50 times over few days after I got it by doing a stock trade at 2 am at a beer-bar in town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelaway Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 From TV Classified's: http://classifieds.thaivisa.com/electronics/cell-phones/htc-desire-as-new-9000-bath-only-72901.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 B18,900 now at the HTC dude in Tukcom, if anyone is interested. Is there a HTC shop in Tukcom ? May I ask where ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 (edited) The ground floor, doubles as a Sony shop. Have a real attitude problem. There is also an unauthorized dealer on first floor dabbling in HTC Android phones, just on top of the up-escalator, but they are even worse with their prices started at 200% over the SRP. With a bit of luck you'll negotiate yourself down to only pay 20% over the SRP. Suggest you try the Jay Phone shop in Central if you must buy it in Pattaya. From TV Classified's: http://classifieds.thaivisa.com/electronics/cell-phones/htc-desire-as-new-9000-bath-only-72901.html That's an incredible price. Android phones go second hand for prices very little under new price due to the high demand. If something sounds too good to be true it usually is. The phone number given for contact "does not exist"... Edited October 30, 2010 by Phil Conners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 The ground floor, doubles as a Sony shop. Have a real attitude problem. There is also an unauthorized dealer on first floor dabbling in HTC Android phones, just on top of the up-escalator, but they are even worse with their prices started at 200% over the SRP. With a bit of luck you'll negotiate yourself down to only pay 20% over the SRP. Suggest you try the Jay Phone shop in Central if you must buy it in Pattaya. From TV Classified's: http://classifieds.t...only-72901.html That's an incredible price. Android phones go second hand for prices very little under new price due to the high demand. If something sounds too good to be true it usually is. The phone number given for contact "does not exist"... Thank you for your reply - if not Pattaya where do you suggest to buy a Desire please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Thank you for your reply - if not Pattaya where do you suggest to buy a Desire please ? I would buy it from bask1.com again. I don't care if it comes with a Thai warranty. My experience with warranties in Thailand is not very good anyway, and I've never heard of anyone needing to get a phone repaired under warranty (usually people drop the phone, or lose it in water or something like that, not covered by the warranty anyway). Otherwise, AFAIK Jayphone is a national chain. You should be able to find one in any of the better malls throughout Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangBuddha Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 The ground floor, doubles as a Sony shop. Have a real attitude problem. There is also an unauthorized dealer on first floor dabbling in HTC Android phones, just on top of the up-escalator, but they are even worse with their prices started at 200% over the SRP. With a bit of luck you'll negotiate yourself down to only pay 20% over the SRP. Suggest you try the Jay Phone shop in Central if you must buy it in Pattaya. From TV Classified's: http://classifieds.t...only-72901.html That's an incredible price. Android phones go second hand for prices very little under new price due to the high demand. If something sounds too good to be true it usually is. The phone number given for contact "does not exist"... Thank you for your reply - if not Pattaya where do you suggest to buy a Desire please ? Why not check with HTC Thailand...there are official sales channels. Just Google them. Bought mine from Jay-Mart at Central Beach, Pattaya, a few months ago. Very helpful and friendly staff...don't know about pricing...but like I said, not a big deal for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Jay Mart, Jay Phone, same thing. I believe they are one of the official distributor here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Thank you for your reply - if not Pattaya where do you suggest to buy a Desire please ? I purchased mine at Tohome.com which has the price at 18,900 Baht now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Thanks chaps - a great help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelish Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 it seems that the "grey market" phones do not come with an Amoled screen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 It doesn't have anything to do with whether they are "grey market" or not. My "grey market" Desire came with an Amoled screen but since then there has been a shortage of Amoled screens for quite some time so some manufacturers have had to replace them with standard screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchfarangjomtien Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Hello, Can you confirm that HTC Desire S doesn't work with AIS 12call in Thailand ? Because Ais is working on 900 and the Desire S phone only works on 850 ? Thank for info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothertorres Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) Hello, Can you confirm that HTC Desire S doesn't work with AIS 12call in Thailand ? Because Ais is working on 900 and the Desire S phone only works on 850 ? Thank for info. pretty sure the Desire S will work just fine with AIS. should definitely work with 2G. these are the Desire S specs: 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 as per AIS website: - 3G service is offered on 3G900 MHz frequency platform spanning Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Nakornpathom, Samutprakan, Chiangmai, Chiangrai, Konkaen, Nakornratchasima, Chonburi, Phuket, Songkhla, Cha-um, Huahin and Pranburi.-The AIS 1-2-Call Thai mobile network operates at 900Mhz, which means that it will work fine with all Australian or European mobile phones. do you know what country the Desire S originates from? it's not from the US, is it? anyway, the Desire S runs on 900, you should have no problems. i owned the straight Desire for a year that was bought in HK. pretty sure they are the same band coverage on all the Desire versions. on edit: ok, the Desire and the Desire S are the same innards. pretty sure it works like a beast. 3G? not too sure. AIS didn't have 3G here when i had the Desire. Edited November 27, 2011 by anothertorres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchfarangjomtien Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Sorry but you are wrong. 3G of Desire S sold in Thailand works on 850 Mhz, not 900. So it doesn't work on AIS 12call network (for 3G). The problem seems to be Dtac who brought this phone here to use its own 3g network (850 mhz). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothertorres Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Sorry but you are wrong. 3G of Desire S sold in Thailand works on 850 Mhz, not 900. So it doesn't work on AIS 12call network (for 3G). The problem seems to be Dtac who brought this phone here to use its own 3g network (850 mhz). if you knew the answer, why did you ask in the first place? i'd be interested to know the origin of these Thai versions. do you know where the dealers are getting these 850-only models? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothertorres Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) ok, so from the HTC Thailand website: ระบบเครือข่าย4 HSPA/WCDMA: 850/2100 MHz GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz so, would work 2G/EDGE no problems. 3G is a bust. dude, i'm always right. ask me anything Edited November 27, 2011 by anothertorres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 ok, so from the HTC Thailand website: ระบบเครือข่าย4 HSPA/WCDMA: 850/2100 MHz GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz so, would work 2G/EDGE no problems. 3G is a bust. dude, i'm always right. ask me anything The HSPA/WCDMA is 3G and the Desire will work on DTAC 3G networks and True networks where available as they use 850 but not with AIS which uses 900. DTAC doesn't determine the frequencies allocated to specific phones so can't put the blame on them that HTC is using 850. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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