We don’t know the retail launch date of the HTC 10, but the company did announce that its next flagship device will be unveiled on April 12. We don’t know the price of the HTC 10, but we can tell you that you will be able to get a $100 discount on the phone if you purchased last year’s HTC One M9 thanks to the phone’s Uh-Oh protection plan. Heck, you can also the same discount if you purchased the HTC One M8 after April 10 of 2015.
The HTC One M9 was the first device from HTC to launch with Uh-Oh protection, but HTC also gave the HTC One M8 the same protection plan, just as long as it was purchased after April 10 of 2015. Oh-Oh protection allows you to get a free replacement phone if your device suffers from a broken screen or is damaged by water within the first 12 months. Those who treat their phone well and don’t need to use their Uh-Oh protection claim within those first 12 months are then rewarded with a $100 discount towards the purchase of a new HTC One. Since this is a “thank you” discount from HTC for being a loyal customer, you even get to keep your old phone. You can hand it over to someone else in your family or sell it to recuperate some of the cost needed to buy the new HTC 10.
The HTC 10 will likely be priced around $650 since that was the price of the One M8 and One M9 at launch. If you purchased the HTC One M9 or One M8 within the past 11 months, you could get the phone for $550. That’s significantly cheaper than the $700 you’d pay if you switched over to the Samsung Galaxy S7.
Qualifications devices and requirements
To gualify for the $100 discount on a new HTC One phone, you must own one of the devices listed below for 12 months or more and must not have used your Uh-Oh protection plan within that time period.
- HTC One M9: purchased within the US
- HTC One M8: purchased within the US, after April 10 of 2015
- HTC One A9: purchased within the US
Note: the HTC One A9 will qualify for a $100 discount on a new HTC One smartphone once you have owned it for 12 months.
Just to clarify: do you have to buy it from HTC to qualify for this discount, or will they offer it on a phone purchased from a carrier? Because I have SCORE from T-Mobile, so I will get two discounts, if I can. 🙂
FYI, the M8 and M9 were $600 from Verizon Wireless.
I don’t believe that the M9 has even been out for 12 months, so how can someone have owned it for at least 12 months? I’ve had mine since August 2015, a replacement on insurance, but not the Ut-Oh Protection Plan.