Bell Mobility HTC Touch $99 No Contract YMMV

[mfpreach]

To all those interested my Touch died yesterday and it was out of contract. I know many still use and love this device, especially with the unlimited mobile browser and customer firmwares, so I decided to post this.

I picked up a no-contract HTC Touch at a Bell World corporate store in Victoria's mayfair mall for $99.

This is a great deal it includes a 1 year manufacturers warranty.
I have also read that this phone CAN now be put on prepaid. (I read this on Howard forums).

So if you need a backup, since these phones die every 8 months or so, or you wanted to change from a dumb phone at a low cost this is a GREAT deal.

I KNOW YOU can buy these used for $50-$75 but this is new.
YMMV as I didn't check any other stores, but the sales rep informed me that they want to clear out the glut of these they have.

G'Luck!

[alanbrenton]

What is a Bell World corporate store and how can we search for these locations?

Thanks.

[Boardman]

Just to be clear - these units are NIB and not reburb's right? If they are NIB and don't require a contract then I'm all over this one like a fat kid on a smartie. Thanks OP!

[ipassgas]

Great little phone at that price.
Be sure to flash NSFAN's ROM. It makes the thing 150 times better. Well worth figuring out how to do it even if you are not a computer geek. There are step by step guides on the net.

[mfpreach]

Just to be clear - these units are NIB and not reburb's right? If they are NIB and don't require a contract then I'm all over this one like a fat kid on a smartie. Thanks OP!

Brand New in Box.
Like I said, it could be local as they wanna get rid of them.
Call your local Bell corp store.
Great deal though as it comes with a charger, new sd card, case , protector etc...

Also if you put custom firmware on (NFSFan) you can tether without bell detecting it so long as you have mobile browser.

[temporary user]

Depending on what plans come up tomorrow, I might get this to use with my current plan.

What are those Bell World corporate store? Any in Montreal?

[NiHaoMa]

this is a cmda phone, would not work on gsm network with sim card right?

[masalma]

I asked four days ago and was told a no contract price was $349+tax, it was one of those Bell islands at the mall. Halifax, NS

[mfpreach]

I asked four days ago and was told a no contract price was $349+tax, it was one of those Bell islands at the mall. Halifax, NS

Maybe it isn't called 'BELL WORLD' anymore, I remember it used to be.
Anyways its just a Bell Corporate store, not a dealer.
Like I said it could be just my local location trying to clear stock.

[MikeMurphy]

I too have an HTC Touch and would recommend it to anyone even remotely geeky.

The beauty of the device is the UNLIMITED DATA for $10mo (used to be $7.50mo) which I do not believe is offered on any other Bell phone.

Add nfsfan rom and its a solid device on the cheap. Has GPS, but is missing wifi if that even matters with unlimited data.

For $99 it seems like a great deal. I would buy another to tide me over until a good Bell Android phone arrives.

[Snowy]

At a guess clear out for the HTC HD2 (The Touch 2), which seems to be due out in the next few weeks

[story]

It has always been on prepaid. I got in at $7 a month and there's no more system access fee now.

The bad: minimum refill is $15 for 30 days or $25 for 60 days. So regardless if it's $7 or $11 (w/ system access), I still pay the same amount.

The good: I keep the line suspended until the last day before the line is inactive but Bell will always give me $10 for free to keep me active. Which is good since I already have a good tethering plan with Rogers. I can keep this as a backup until I need to take advantage of free tethering w/ NFSFAN rom

[temporary user]

I too have an HTC Touch and would recommend it to anyone even remotely geeky.

The beauty of the device is the UNLIMITED DATA for $10mo (used to be $7.50mo) which I do not believe is offered on any other Bell phone.

Add nfsfan rom and its a solid device on the cheap. Has GPS, but is missing wifi if that even matters with unlimited data.

For $99 it seems like a great deal. I would buy another to tide me over until a good Bell Android phone arrives.

Unlimited data? I thought this works with the unlimited web browsing option that we have with dumb phones?

[brunes]

Unlimited data? I thought this works with the unlimited web browsing option that we have with dumb phones?

It does except this is a smart phone so you can do ANYTHING, not just web browsing. You can stream video, music, you can get your email, native twitter or facebook apps, anything you want.

This is the only smart phone bell allows on the unlimited web browsing plan. Been rocking mine for a year now and no regrets at all.

[speedway84]

Might pick one up as a spare. I worry what will happen if mine ever gets lost or broken. unlimited mobile 'browsing' is the best