A quick check on local ultra mobile PC prices this evening revealed a new item. The HTC x9500 Shift. And its already being discounted! The official price is 1200 Euros but I’m already seeing it at one online retailer for 1140 Euro. Even Amazon.de have knocked 30 Euros off the recommended price.
There’s a lot of misinformation out there though. Amazon.de are selling it as a “Smartphone UMTS HSDPA Mobile Phone.” [my translation] Which is way, way off the mark. They’re also highlighting an unbelievable 2 days battery life in standby mode.’ Talk about spinning the specs!
There’s no delivery date given on any of the resellers sites yet but Amazon.de say 4-6 weeks. [Update: Expasnsys.de say 29th November for Germany] Maybe its due at the same time as the UK version that has actually slipped a little to the 20th of November according to UK importers Portix.com who, incidentally, have 1152 of them on order!
A few bits of info gleaned from the websites:
- It will ship with Origami experience.
- It will have the 20W battery.
- Manufactures code is 99HEC011-00 for UK, 99HEC010-00 for Germany.
Info from the German pricing site, Geizhals.at and the UK distributors site, Portix.
All the other info,links and images available through the HTC Shift product page and hopefully i’ll get some US-based info very soon. There’s been a complete lack of info for US customers. Poor show.
