Just curious where one can buy the cheapest gadgets in the world. I'm talking about well known brands, not fakes or unknown crap. I'm also talking about buying outright, not on contract. I know this varies with exchange rates, so let's all give examples in the same currency... Let's say US$.
I'm from the UK, live in the Philippines but travel extensively with my job. I've generally found the cheapest places to be developed countries & UK in particular. I haven't been to the US for a while so I'm out of touch there. I know it used to be cheap (when the £ was strong). Philippines & India expensive! Example... I just bought my Galaxy Tab in Australia for $290. In Philippines & India, the cheapest I could find were around $450.
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I would say Hong Kong or Thailand
Ah, yes... HK. Forgot about that. I've bought cameras from there in the past considerably cheaper than in UK. Although these days, I usually never leave the airport, which is not so cheap.
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Places to go in HK are:
Mong Kok <-- getting a bit too touristy over the last few decades though
Sham Shui Po <-- for all you MP3, PC, DVD, Console needs.
Places to NEVER buy things in HK are:
Tsim Sha Tsui
HK island in general (although there are a few good places in Causeway Bay).
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Hi,
I will be at Bangkok Intl Airport soon.
I would like to buy there a Tab 8.9
Any idea of price ? In my country I have to pay Euro 500.
What about guarantee ?
thanks in advance
francofo said:
Hi,
I will be at Bangkok Intl Airport soon.
I would like to buy there a Tab 8.9
Any idea of price ? In my country I have to pay Euro 500.
What about guarantee ?
thanks in advance
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The price of the Tab 8.9 in Thailand is 17,900 Thai Baht (or almost $600 USD). Of course, all mobiles in the country are unlocked. However, I don't know if there will be much of a price difference in the airport compared to the stores in the city.
Expensive
@ aznspyder
thanks. The price difference is too low.
I will buy it at home
greetings
@ aznspyder
Sorry but do you have also the price for the Sony E-reader PRS-T1 in Bangkok ?
Thanks a lot again
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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could you guys point me websites that I can buy unlocked HTC one? So fat I know expansys-usa.
I'm not from USA, but I want to buy black HTC one and send it to my friends house.
Also does anyone know stores in LA California that sells unlocked phones? Since I don't live in the us, it would be best to buy at the store instead of ordering online in case of any issues.
Thank you very much.
Hi guys,
As the topic stated, I was wondering if this one was legit. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151346402320&alt=web
Thanks
It may or not be a U.S. model. Most LTE tablets on eBay are from Hong Kong. It'll have no Samsung warranty because it's being sold by a non-authorized Samsung reseller.
Seems legit but honestly I'd spend the extra $30 and get one locally. For all you know it could be a "brand new" floor model with screen burn