HTC HD2 (aka, Leo) launching on O2 UK October 12th?

A trusted tipster with a proven past just gave us the launch day scoop on the hotly anticipated HTC Leo. A Windows Mobile 6.5 handset we recently spied with HD2 branding and a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 800x480 resolution -- a pixel density that should give plenty of room for finger-friendly TouchFlo 3D navigation. According to said source, the O2 intranet site lists the "HTC HD2" on its future products list with an October 12th launch date. O2 peeps will immediately recognize the lack of XDA branding which makes the claim a bit suspicious. Then again, HTC has been trying to break the shackles of pointless carrier rebranding for years. Truth be told in the days ahead.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 9:09AM]

Meanwhile, those of us in America will still be waiting, at that time, for the Touch Pro2 and Touch Diamond2.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 10:19AM]

...And then it'll be in the US on the 13th, right? Please?

I am being forced to change contracts "sometime in october". Can't decide whose TP2 i want (answer: HTC Leo on V, AT&T, or Sprint).

[MustafaUgandan Posted Sep 25th 2009 7:24AM]

When are you guys hitting this up in the podcast....... been a long time coming

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 12:49PM]

We can only hope that the European version of this phone has North American 3G bands. There's no chance for a Sprint or Verizon version anytime soon -- these guys haven't even released the Whitestone or Touch Diamond2 yet and they're not going to shoot themselves in the foot.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 8:21PM]

You are absolutely right, merely wishful speaking. Unfortunately, i fear that by the time this is subsidized by a US carrier, HTC will have announced the followup. Quite the phone, however.