Harvey Norman gets Australian Exclusive on HTC Hero

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

In a move that has surprised analysts and commentators, HTC have ignored the four main carriers and have opted to release the HTC Hero as an exclusive with Harvey Norman. This means that you must buy the phone outright through your local Harvey Norman retailer, and you can NOT subsidise the handset with a mobile contract. Read on to see what HTC have to say.

Industry insiders predicted that the Hero would ship on contract with Optus and Vodafone/Three but HTC have instead released the device direct to retail. HTC’s Director of Sales and Marketing in Australia, Anthony Petts, said "We just wanted to get these handsets out there". Anthony also mentioned that HTC were continuing discussions with operators, but wouldn`t comment further.

The Hero is expected to retail at $799 in as little as two weeks, while the HTC Tattoo will arrive a few weeks later priced at $599.

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