Hi! I'm new on xda and I have a very important question.
I want to buy TOPAZ in Australia (by eBay) and I'm wondering if it will be working properly in Europe (Poland exactly).
Price is the main reason.
If you can, tell me also where you can buy (which country) cheapest, brand new TOPAZ
Peace!
i'm in Australia and bought mine from the UK as it was available there, but not here, and also it was cheaper there than would have been here (under AUD$800)
The UK version of the phone works just fine in Australia, so as long as Poland uses any of the frequency bands the Diamond2 supports, it'll be just fine.
i think that for me is cheaper to buy in Australia than in UK because of my currency. for 1 pound I must pay 5.3 polish zloty (PLN) and for 1 australian dollar only 2.6 PLN...if I want to buy in UK it should cost about 300pounds...do you know any good, trusted eshops?
Clove.co.uk is very trustable...
got mine from ebay:
cc-electronicshk
under $700AUD delivered including an 8gb memory card!!!
bewdiful mate
I've searched on ebay some fine offers and I think that Australian Dollar is the best option about price. However it's making another problem. CC Electronics doesn't ship to Europe...
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how come one sees such a major difference between the asian price and european price the phone has not released in india but however in some asain cities it is retailing for rs38000 and the same for around 28000 in europe there is almose an 8000 to 10000rs($200) difference...secondly if i buy a european diamond will all its features work in india
I was also wondering about such a thing, why is everything in the US cheaper then in Europe? T-Mobile has way lower rates there...
Anyway, even if it would work, I wouldn't do it. It is a lot of **** when you need to get a new battery or if you have a warranty question...
I searched on internet, and find many suppliers, some of them is in HONGKONG, and some in China. As far as I know hongkong is belong to China if i am not wrong.
Some claimed that they are in hongkong, but their website name includes China, like Chinabuye, Chinavasion, ePathChina etc. I like these sites. But I really have some concern to choose China supplier or Hongkong supplier, please advise if you know it. thank you!
Most probably, they buy their stock from mainland china (where prices are cheaper), import it into hongkong (Which has more relaxed laws on trade ect, because up till 1998 I think, it was a 'part of the UK') And then sell it on from Hongkong.
Allot of my photography equipment has been sold to me from hongkong based sellers and I've had no problems. You should be fine, as long as they are clearly a dodgie dealer lol
hongkong or china
Well, i had experience with both these country suppliers, so i dont find any difference as of countries, except for suppliers in same country. I usually buy from Chinabuye, they are from China, i find rates and quality are good. But Chinavasion i find the rate is costly, they are from China too. So it depends on suppliers, not on countries.
I bought a xbox 360 dvd drive from hong kong, no problem! Delivery was as listed. VERY happy with packaging.
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I ordered some stuff from hong kong once from this site http://www.sw-box.com and where better than the original, shipping took only 10 days to israel
Yeah I've bought a bunch of different things from china/hong kong and never really had any problems except for lengthy customs delays ;D
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Hello every one
I am a french citizen living in China for one year
I am dreaming to buy a Galaxy Note, but I can buy it only in China, is someone can tell me if it will work properly when I will come back to France ?
If not is there a possibility to change the system at this moment?
Sorry but I am a novice in this matter
Thank you in advance for your help
Yes as long as you buy the GSM version. Not sure if there is some CDMA weird version for the Chinese market.
Agreed, look for the GSM bandwidths, I think the EU's on 900 and 1800.
Jacques Deliessche said:
Hello every one
I am a french citizen living in China for one year
I am dreaming to buy a Galaxy Note, but I can buy it only in China, is someone can tell me if it will work properly when I will come back to France ?
If not is there a possibility to change the system at this moment?
Sorry but I am a novice in this matter
Thank you in advance for your help
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There is only one variant of the galaxy note in the present market.
So go to store and buy it
It has this bands:
GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900
UMTS850, UMTS900, UMTS1900, UMTS2100
Thank you very much
Thank you very much for your help
I have very much appreciated it
Thanks again
Thank you very much for your help. i have a similar question
where are you folks planning to buy?
hey, I'm an American in Shanghai - I've been planning on buying one as well, but it seems the only choices are
a) buy a "brand-new" model, grey-market European version, 50% chance it's a refurb, but can offer local store warranty for ~3280rmb ($520 USD), or
b) buy an official, brand-new one for 4100rmb ($650 USD)
I almost pulled the trigger on the grey-market one, but it just kills me to know that I can get a brand-new NON-refurb for $500 USD through Newegg in the US... arrgh.
segascott said:
hey, I'm an American in Shanghai - I've been planning on buying one as well, but it seems the only choices are
a) buy a "brand-new" model, grey-market European version, 50% chance it's a refurb, but can offer local store warranty for ~3280rmb ($520 USD), or
b) buy an official, brand-new one for 4100rmb ($650 USD)
I almost pulled the trigger on the grey-market one, but it just kills me to know that I can get a brand-new NON-refurb for $500 USD through Newegg in the US... arrgh.
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I bought mine on taobao from Shenzhen, 1 day shipping. I think that is safer than buyer from a store in shanghai, as the taobao sellers are selling loads of these phones.
Mine had been opened and made chinese even it is a european version. they changed some settings so you'll default to chinese language after a wipe/upgrade, and the samsung keyboard didn't work when I first good it. But after reinstalling european firmware everything is good.
I would stay away from official version because of price and I'm also not sure if all google services work on those.
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Be careful - there are now clones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzbe9Hv1py0
yeah - the quote I had for ~3300 was from a taobao seller with a brick 'n mortar store. At least there's somewhere to go if the thing is borked. The "warranty" is through the store and not samsung, but at least they know where (taobao!) to source screens/mobo and claim to give 2 years replacement service should anything go wrong. still might pull the trigger on it... unless one of my friends goes back to the states in the next couple of weeks.
Did your seller offer any kind of warranty?
nick5000 said:
I bought mine on taobao from Shenzhen, 1 day shipping. I think that is safer than buyer from a store in shanghai, as the taobao sellers are selling loads of these phones.
Mine had been opened and made chinese even it is a european version. they changed some settings so you'll default to chinese language after a wipe/upgrade, and the samsung keyboard didn't work when I first good it. But after reinstalling european firmware everything is good.
I would stay away from official version because of price and I'm also not sure if all google services work on those.
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Hi all,
Am travelling to the UK at the end of next month, and I noticed that MobiCity UK are stocking the 64GB 801S variant (Asian variant).
Would you think this is legit? I mean, why would they be stocking it in the UK? It fits perfect for me though, coming from Israel (it fits all our mobile provider frequencies..) - so am seriously thinking of picking one up when I get over there..
Also - the warranty issue - would I be covered by the HTC warranty? I understand that MobiCity won't cover me (as they need someone within the UK to purchase it with a UK address), but if HTC warranty is covered, I guess that's good enough. Or is it?
Bump... anyone?
Perhaps your local HTC office can answer questions about their warranty policy.
Hi.
I'm planing on visiting London in the new year, and I want to buy there the Nexus 6. Buying it in IL will cost much more... So where could I find it? How much it'll cost? As a tourist, will I be able to get the taxes back? And does the phones sold in the UK are unlocked, off contract and international?
Thanks. (and sorry for my bad English, it's not my native...)
Carphone warehouse would most likely have it in stock by then in white black 32/64GB These are internationally unlocked . However that being said you need to check what bands your network uses but the N6 is a band powerhouse .
It costs £500 and £550 respectively depending on the GB variant, see below for different currency conversions:
INS: 3103.15 3413.46
Dollars: $779 $856.90
Euros: €634.06 €697.46
Regarding getting tax back after a quick Google it looks like you can claim back the 20% as you live outsite the EU. Please see http://www.heathrowairport.com/stat...ual_PDF/VAT_Refunds/vat-refund-leaflet_EN.pdf