Flagship phones come with flagship prices, and the HTC 8X is no exception to the rule. Amazon UK has just listed the HTC 8X for £531.43 which converts into $863.64. Subtract the UK’s built-in VAT and you have a slightly more reasonable price which hovers around the $700 mark. To give you an idea of how high the price tag really is, Amazon UK currently lists the HTC One X (which it technically a more powerful phone) at £379.99.
If you have plans to buy the HTC 8X unlocked, we’d not shopping at Amazon UK. Expansys has also listed its price for the HTC 8X at a much more reasonable £399.99. Subtract VAT and convert that number to US dollars and you’re left with a sticker price of $540.
We expect most UK service providers to offer the HTC 8X for free (or extremely cheap) with two-year contracts while the handset will most likely be priced at $199.99 when it shows up on Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T in November. Now that the pricing mystery of the HTC 8X has been resolved, we want to know which color you will be choosing when you purchase the phone on launch day.
I think all the colors look good in the pictures I’ve seen and it would really take a real life look to decide. Probably red, green or yellow though. But that said I won’t buy anything with Windows 8 on it, so it does not really matter.