Hi all,

Newbie in LYF and smartphone market here. Wanna hear from you all on purchasing an HTC Desire Z.

Someone told me that Desire Z is tied by Maxis, and won't be available in HTC stores.
However, I happened to get a quote of less than RM1300 for a claimed Ori set (1yr warranty) from a phone shop (it's selling RM1050 for AP set).

Some questions from me ...

1) One of the phone dealers told me about the Maxis-tying thing, where it's impossible to get Ori set elsewhere in market. But I still can see lots of Ori sets sold (stating SIS warranty of either 1yr, 1.5yr, or 2yr). Which is the truth?

2) The price range of Desire Z is far too wide - Ori from RM1300 to RM2400, and even AP also from RM1000 to RM2200. Would it be any trap in there?

3.1) If I were to go to the abovementioned shop for the cheap RM1300 Desire Z Ori, is serial number or IMEI number sufficient for me to know whether I'm getting an Ori set or an AP set (through SIS site http://www.sis.com.my:8383/esvc/JOB/JOB0075.asp)?

3.2) Given that I could not access to SiS website at the phone store on spot, is there any other ways to check on the genuinity of the phone before swiping card?

4) I heard of variable versions of actual warranty on SiS Ori set. Duration ranging from 2yr, 1+1 (+1 for online reg), 1.5yr, to 1yr (1+1 was an expired promotion). I tried to contact SiS customer service, but received no reply from them until now. Could anyone enlighten me on that?

5) It was said that HTC decided to gave up on upgrading Desire to Gingerbread (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/14/htc-desire-tries-to-catch-gingerbread-cant-keep-up/). Does it include Desire Z as well?


Hope you all won't find me annoying. Wish to get some opinions on these items. TQ!

Scam? Owh no ... then I might go for the range of 1400-1500 (Ori).
Btw, when was the 1.5k and 2.2-2.5k quoted?

Serious? I asked a few HTC outlets in LYP, and all asking me to get the phone from Maxis, as they're not selling Desire Z ...

This post has been edited by zihern: Jun 17 2011, 01:34 PM