You've got a few options for buying the HTC 10 in the United States. And they are ...
The HTC 10 is the best smartphone we've seen from the manufacturer in years. Of that there is little debate. (It says so in our comprehensive HTC 10 review, after all.)
And so now you've got the tough question ahead of you. Where to buy the HTC 10? In the United States, you've got a few options. We'll walk you through 'em.
Buy HTC 10 directly from HTC.com
This may be your best option, for a lot of reasons. First is that if you buy from HTC, you'll have a SIM-unlocked device that can be used with T-Mobile or AT&T — or any other GSM-compatible operator, actually. No mucking about with unlock codes. Just pop in your SIM and go. HTC is also now selling the Verizon variant of the phone directly from its own site as well.
And HTC also is selling the phone with an unlockable bootloader, which is important to those who like to tinker with the software on a phone. Wanna hack on the HTC 10? This is the phone to get.
And if you buy from HTC you'll also not get saddled with any of that carrier bloatware you'll find when you get a phone from one of the country's major operators. That, in our opinion, is probably the biggest factor.
The HTC 10 retails for $699 (though we've already seen $100 discounts) and is available in silver or gray. If you'd prefer to finance the phone, HTC.com offers PayPal credit financing for 12 months.
Buy HTC 10 from Verizon
Verizon is the first of the U.S. carriers to offer the HTC 10. (A fact it's quick to tell you.) It's pre-orders are now live for the phone with shipments beginning on May 5. It'll run $22.83 a month for two years with zero down, for a total of $548. Or you can buy it outright for $648.
Also: If you switch your service to Verizon they're throwing in three free months of HBO NOW, and will throw in up to $650 to pay off your old contract.
Buy HTC from Sprint
Sprint has announced it will begin selling the HTC 10 on May 13 for $0 down and $26 per month for 24 months, for a total of $624. There's no word on its no-contract price.
Still to come ...
We're still waiting on more information from T-Mobile (AT&T won't be selling the phone) and will update this post when we've got it.
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Where to buy the HTC 10 in the United States
The lack of people carrying this concerns me.
Verizon model with unlocked bootloader??? *fingers crossed*
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Definitely hoping this is the case although it's not very clear on the site of it includes the Verizon version.
Verizon offers it for $199.99 with 2 year contract.
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Verizon is doing 2 year contracts again.
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You can go to any Verizon corporate store and do a 2 year contract or best buy on any plan.
On my legacy nationwide plan, there is no price increase for going on contract, but on most newer plans, there will be a higher line access charge when you go on contract.
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Sprint as well. Evidently the carriers have been so successful at ingraining the two-year contract model with consumers that it is proving difficult to do away with,even though you are better off without it.Installment payments work out to the same amount of money and you aren't subject to a massive etf fee,you simply pay off your device and its yours and you're free to go anywhere.
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Well the "massive" etf fee is at most $350 on Verizon. Whereas the balloon payment when leaving with device payment plan can be over $900....
In reality, both are used as ways to dissuade you from leaving. For example a Verizon S7 edge is $300 on contract, so if you leave 3 weeks after activating it, you would be out $40 upgrade fee +300 subsidy phone cost plus $350 etf, or $690.
On device payment plan, you would pay $20 upgrade fee plus $792 dpp balance or $812.
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Yeah,we know.So sorry my choice of adjective offended you.I'll seek your pre approval next time.If they want an extra $350.00-$650.00 of my money for no other reason than to be thieves,I find it very offensive,so I called it "massive". Get over it and find something else to whine about.
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Oh I wasn't offended just clarifying... The "massive" etf maximum is $350. The "massive" balloon payment for dpp can be as high as $950. Personally I prefer the "massive" $350 over the "massive" $950.
Obviously you prefer differently and that's fine.
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The amount of the balloon payment when you choose to leave them depends entirely upon the amount of time you have spent with them as the balance reduces each successive month as you already know.
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Hey Phil, please let Ara do a rematch between HTC 10 and Samsung Galaxy S7. And a video too. I hope this can be arranged.
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I second this request.
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I third this. Verizon wants to give me 300 for my turbo to upgrade to the s7 g5 and possibly the 10. The edge doesn't qualify.
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Really hoping Sprint will offer a Red version (like they are in Japan). Sprint was the only US carrier to offer Red on the M7 and it's a beautiful phone.
This had 0 mention of where to find the Topaz Gold version in the US... *sigh*
Anywhere but at&t
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Here in Ontario Canada, it's only going to be available either unlocked (expensive) or through Bell (the worst provider)
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Do they offer an unlocked version that will work on Verizon?
Doesn't sound like it...
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I really wish that they would have had a single SKU for all carriers instead of seperate GSM and CDMA models.
From what I've been able to tell, only the Sprint version will have physically different hardware. I think it's a Verizon issue that you can't use the unlocked version on their network. Judging by the FCC documents, the unlocked has support for all of the Verizon bands. I think they just want you to buy from them to use it on their network.
12-Month financing will not be available during pre-ordering. The rep I spoke spoke with informed me of this after I was only offered 6-Months during checkout.
It was offered to me during preorders. Weird?
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Not for me and any mention has been removed from the site. :-(
Yeah it wasn't offered to me either
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Sounds like you got lucky
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Kinda surprised that AT&T won't be selling it. I find that to be pretty odd.
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It's probably for the best
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Yup. HTC is saving you from that rough experience.
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Facts
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I bet AT&T wanted to crap it up with their DirecTV and other ad revenue junk and HTC said "nope." Good on HTC if true. It's out of hand and more OEMs need to flex their Apple-esque muscle and take a stand against junkware. Absolutely nobody wants that crap. If they do, download it and be happy, but don't force it upon millions.
Yeah, AT&T does tend to go a bit on the heavy side with their bloat Haha I wouldn't mind it if you could just uninstall it. Not sure why they have to make it so that you can't get rid of it. Just because I can't get rid of it, doesn't mean I'm gonna use it Haha Still seems weird that HTC would give up selling their device on one of the biggest carriers. Seems like a bad business decision, especially since they need about all the sales they can get.
Nonsense. HTC wants to sell as many of these as possible, AT&T turned the phone down.
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Source?
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