Read this for a laugh.
Their reply.
"Hi John,
As I said I only sent a few SMS and they went straight through, that was using Optus. Each network has there own data bank, every SMS that is sent goes through to the Mobile Tower first then to the Network Server Data Bank and then out to applicable number. There could be loads of reasons why you are receiving delays in your SMS, the tower in your area could be congested, they could be working on the tower most providers are now trying to upgrade their towers to 4g, they are not currently doing this on the Gold Coast and that is why there is no delay here. Unfortunatley SMS did not fault at all in the repair centre.
As mentioned to you on Friday HTC have said when they contacted me that there is an update coming out for your handset soon.
Regards
Debbie"
My reply.
"Debbie, I understand it didn't fault when you tested it, but you can understand where i am coming from aswell. While the phone was in your hands, i was using my Nokia for 2-3 weeks. Throughout those weeks, none of these problems existed, why all of sudden when i receive the HTC back these problems persist? Could you answer that? Surely in those 2-3 weeks, these so called towers would have become congested and i would have a delayed sms, but no i didn't. Also, on Friday when i spoke to another warranty assistant from your company, they said there were another 4-5 cases of the same problem, so surely it's not just me and my provider with this problem right? Regards"
What a joke this place is. Selling this phone asap, i have had enough.