14 DAY TRIAL // Announced during the 2011 Mobile World Congress, HTC's new Android smartphone lineup has just made its appearance in Norway, along with price tags and release dates.
Online retailer Komplett has listed the HTC Incredible S, Desire S, Wildfire S and the HTC Flyer tablet and also price tagged all of them.
Komplett is a major e-commerce merchant headquartered in Norway, with a total of 9 web shops in the entire Scandinavia.
HTC's Honeycomb-ready tablet is now listed in the Norwegian webshop for KR 6,190 (about $1,100) and is supposed to be available starting April 1st. The device is only available in a Silver White color scheme.
The most advanced device from the new HTC smartphone lineup, the Incredible S, goes for KR 4,390 (roughly $780) and will start shipping on April 2nd. Customers can choose any of the two color versions available: Black or Red.
Next in line is the HTC Desire S, which was priced at KR 3,990 (about $710). The smartphone is expected to be available starting April 2nd, along with the Incredible S. Kodak Grey and Mutated Black are the only color schemes available for purchase.
The cheapest from the lineup is the Wildfire S, which can be purchased for only KR 2,390 (about $425) starting April 1st. Black, Bliss Purple and Silver White are the color versions available for customers.
HTC also announced two Facebook phones last week, the HTC ChaCha and the HTC Salsa, which haven't been price tagged yet.
However, from what we have seen, the new HTC smartphones won't be cheap at all when purchased unlocked.
Hopefully, they will benefit from generous subsidies from carriers. Otherwise, we could speculate that much cheaper Android devices from LG and Samsung will probably have an unexpected advantage over HTC's smartphones.
The same goes for the HTC Flyer, which is already seen as an expensive device compared with other tablets in its range.
