The high-end Android 2.1-based HTC Desire is already available for purchase in the UK via wireless carriers, yet it seems that users might soon benefit from new offerings for the device. While T-Mobile UK has the Desire out of stock, with a possible shipment of new units to arrive this week, online retailer Play lists the device as available for pre-order for only £399.99, SIM-free, with an expected release date set for April 16.


One thing that is certain is that the Desire seems even more appealing now that its price tag went under £400. However, those willing to pay this amount for it will still have to wait until Friday to get the phone in their hands. What they will get includes a handset running under Google's Android 2.1 operating system, with the HTC Sense solution thrown over it, both being delivered on a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display that boasts a 480 x 800 pixel resolution.

In case the £399.99 price of a SIM-free HTC Desire seems too much, one can always look for other deals on the handset, such as the one available from T-Mobile UK, which has it for free on a £35 per month plan for 24 months. The Desire is out of stock at the carrier for the moment, it seems, though a new shipment of units is expected to arrive this week, a recent post on the company's forums states. There are a lot of users expecting for the device to become available again at the carrier, and it seems that they won't have to wait too much for that to happen.

�I have just been informed by a T-Mo store manager (chippenham) that they're expecting to get stock in store on Wednesday. 10,000 handsets are on their way from HTC as we speak and should get to the T-Mo central distribution/warehouse a few days before Wednesday, fulfilling phone and online orders before the remainder gets filtered down to the high street stores,� is what a T-Mobile customer notes in the aforementioned forum post.