HTC Gratia UK release date still on track

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/classifications/gadgets/phones/mobile-phones/HTC/Gratia%20Charcoal%20Black-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>Reports that the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/htc-gratia-announced-for-uk-and-europe-901516">HTC Gratia</A> has been delayed have been refuted by HTC, which confirms the UK release date hasn't changed.</P><br /><P>The Gratia was supposed to begin rolling out across Europe in November, and while HTC has left it late, the phone has begun to ship in territories like Sweden and Italy.</P><br /><P>This prompted some sites to claim that the handset was delayed, but TechRadar contacted HTC for clarification and we received this response:</P><br /><P>"HTC Gratia is now available across several European markets, and is on track to be released in the UK in Q1 2011 as originally planned. </P><br /><P>"We are looking forward to seeing people's response to HTC Gratia."</P><br /><P><STRONG>Non-sense</STRONG></P><br /><P>We still wish that the Gratia would come with the upgraded version of HTC Sense, but this looks pretty unlikely at this point for the dinky handset.</P><br /><P>The price of the phone is oddly expensive over in Europe: €399 (£335) in Sweden, for instance. If you were hoping that this pint-size handset was going to rival the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/htc-wildfire-690067/review">HTC Wildfire</A>, then you're going to be waiting a little longer for something else, it seems.</P>

HTC Gratia UK release date still on track

Reports that the HTC Gratia has been delayed have been refuted by HTC, which confirms the UK release date hasn't changed. The Gratia wa...

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