HTC Touch spotted on sale in Hong Kong

by Chris Ziegler posted Jun 22nd 2007 at 11:14AM

Book your flights and whip your checkbooks out, folks -- especially if an iPhone isn't in the cards for you next Friday. HTC's lovely Touch has been spotted (in Dopod trim) on the streets of Hong Kong for $478, which seems like a reasonable sum for a latest-gen Windows Mobile 6 Professional device, does it not?

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Tags: elf, hong kong, HongKong, htc, touch, touchflo, windows mobile, windows mobile 6, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6, wm6

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digitalrio @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:33AM

This has been on sale for a couple of weeks now.

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Mo @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:38AM

Its been launched for sale in Malaysia too last week.

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Drew @ Jun 22nd 2007 12:01PM

Is that a price "with contract"? Or is a retail price on the unit?

I don't know how cell phone providers roll in Asia.

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Mark @ Jun 22nd 2007 12:00PM

Why does the sign say "$3,680"? At first I thought oh maybe that's in yuan but it has a dollar sign and is in english...

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HDTV4ME @ Jun 22nd 2007 12:26PM

Because Hong Kong uses dollars too - Hong Kong Dollars (HKD) which are worth around $7.30 USD right now.

Also, Hong Kong was an English colony for 150+ years up until 1997. If you've been there you'd see the road system is identical to the UK - same signs, roundabouts, etc.

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Jamar @ Jun 23rd 2007 2:03AM

And for the curious, the HK$-yuan conversion rate is approximately 1-to-1 (maybe something like 0.97-to-1, but not a significant difference).

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Mario Mejia @ Jun 22nd 2007 12:04PM

if the Touch-FLO technology is really just software, i wonder if they will release it for purchase so that i can get it on my 6700.

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Mario Mejia @ Jun 22nd 2007 12:10PM

nm my last comment... its most likely only compatible with WM6 and the capabilities of that OS.

DAMN YOU WM5

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Vijay @ Jun 22nd 2007 12:22PM

WHen is this thing coming equipped with quadband? Any ideas?

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Ypoknons @ Jun 22nd 2007 1:40PM

GSM Asia (excluding Korea and Japan, I guess) use a unlocked, unsubsidized phone model. Contracts are obtained independently, and though carriers often give incentives to get a phone with a contract, these are relatively minor.

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Aaron @ Jun 22nd 2007 2:16PM

Thats funny its on sale at mobile planet for a less than 600 but its not supposed to be released "yet"?
http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=149753

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John @ Jun 22nd 2007 6:24PM

on sale in UK for GBP 310 at Expansys

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Matthew @ Jun 23rd 2007 2:27AM

Online in Singapore for 1 week plus. Without contract will be S$798 & $498 with telco 2yr contract (Free 1GB MicroSD)

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ET @ Jun 23rd 2007 3:24AM

There is one here in Hawaii at a shop near my house for $550.

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Dan @ Jun 26th 2007 9:58AM

Should be around US$461 (HK$3,600) in Hong Kong. It comes with a free 1Gb MicroSD Card (Well genuine MicroD Cards like Kingston, Sandisk or Toshiba are very cheap in HK, it is around US$11). No contract.

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Jeff @ Jun 26th 2007 2:41PM

Got back from Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore on June 11th. They weren't selling the Touch at all yet. Bought one off Ebay for $525 and had it that week. The cellphone mall at Mongkok in HK is AMAZING but they definitely don't always get the newest latest immediately. They didn't have the Nokia 8600/Luna yet either. They DID, however, have the Samsung/Softbank SC707II. Web browsing may not work but the phone is still WAY sweet.

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May C @ Jul 7th 2007 1:33PM

Anyone know if the HTC Advantage is available in HK? If so, how much?

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hct @ Aug 28th 2007 11:23PM

Recently came across HTC Touch. Looks cool with the Touch Flo system. Questions :
1. Is the phone really as good as the hype around it?
2. Is the Touch Flo system stable?
3. I was told that keying in text is a hassle, is it true?
4. AND finally, is it worth buying???

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