3UK have now launched the HTC Hero, on one of two price plans.  As we predicted, both come with Internet Access included as a matter of course, which is a good start, and the details are as follows:

• You can buy the phone for free on a 24-month contract, which will cost £35 per month, and give you 750 cross-network minutes, “unlimited” 2000 3UK-3UK minutes, “unlimited” 3000 texts, and “unlimited” 1GB Internet data.
• You can pay £97.86 upfront, and get the phone on a 24-month contract, which will cost £35 per month, and give you the same 750 cross-network minutes, “unlimited” 2000 3UK-3UK minutes, “unlimited” 3000 texts, “unlimited” 1GB Internet data, but will also give you 24 months of Spotify Premium service (worth £240).

It seems obvious which makes more sense for music lovers

However, as always, the small print is the issue; we’re still waiting to hear from 3UK whether the Spotify Premium service comes out of the 1GB per month Internet access, or whether, like Skype on 3, it is exempt from counting towards that quota.  If it’s included, it’s still a fantastic deal, but will be more useful to provide Wi-Fi access to Spotify, and for use with their offline playlist support than for actually streaming the music constantly over the 3UK network.

We should also point out that as it’s the Internet Texter tariff, voicemail access is not free (10p per minute, although it appears to use up inclusive minutes first).

If you want more information on the HTC Hero, head over to the 3Store website now.

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