Well. Since it is not released globally. Is Google going to make the international version available for purchase on their website? Or, what is the best way to purchase the international N6?
I saw button on Google's N6 page (at the bottom) that says just Google, where there options like Sprint, AT&T and other places. So, I'm wondering that this might be where they well sell the international version.
Hi, do you know or something leak about the pre-order in Europe ? In Germany and Belgium it's still showing that "this device isn't available in this country" ..
tlf55 said:
Hi, do you know or something leak about the pre-order in Europe ? In Germany and Belgium it's still showing that "this device isn't available in this country" ..
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699 Euro on Amazon Italy:
http://www.amazon.it/Motorola-Google-Nexus-Smartphone-Italia/dp/B00OLSTJR2/
Same in France, however one of the three big operators, Bouygues, has posted on its Facebook page a few days ago that it will carry the phone. When asked by the press about the dates, they said from "around" mid November while the other two operators said that they won't be carrying the phone.
If I'm to speculate, I'd say that the uncertainty regarding either the release or the price is due to negotiations Google possibly started late with each European country's operators. It seems to me and it's mostly a wish, that the price supposedly leaked earlier this month from the inventory of a German store is more plausible; that honest €569. If so, then that's great and much better than the other speculated €649.
Anyone got any news about availability on the UK
Just this at the moment.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OTAQZ38
Help me get this beauty, that's all thanks:laugh:
No seriously, this trumps the Mix 3 by a mile. I'm in Denmark, and there are some Honor phones sold here, but would it be any trouble getting the China version? And what's everyone's bet on whether or not they'll do an international version?
Ok bye you all rock
X2. Looks like US LTE bands are almost all there. Good enough for me on At&t
On gearbest right now. Haven't looked too much into it. I'll probably wait until the facial scanner version releases in a month or two. Deciding between this and OP6T
Odds on this one getting a Global ROM/release? I can't wait much longer....
Also, if I import this one, is it possible to add or sideload the Google framework and play store? Thanks
Available at https://tradingshenzhen.com as of a few hours ago.
@emilrune according to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRYJ0E3rY you should be able to install them manually.
I wouldn't hold my breath for a GDPR compliant EU version anytime soon. (not unless they remove Yoyo totally from the EU specific version). Outside EU? No idea. The phone did make an appearance on the global version of Honor's webpage recently. (https://www.hihonor.com/global/products/smartphone/honormagic2/)
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Available at https://tradingshenzhen.com as of a few hours ago.
@emilrune according to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRYJ0E3rY you should be able to install them manually.
I wouldn't hold my breath for a GDPR compliant EU version anytime soon. (not unless they remove Yoyo totally from the EU specific version). Outside EU? No idea. The phone did make an appearance on the global version of Honor's webpage recently. (https://www.hihonor.com/global/products/smartphone/honormagic2/)
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Intriguing (or perhaps just a website goof on their behalf) re. the Magic 2 turning up on the global site. Thanks for the heads-up @Cerian. I am getting closer and closer to just say eff it and order the China version. I got a nagging feeling that this phone will never see release outside of China... But Google Framework is paramount to my devices, I have my stuff all tied up in the Google ecosystem.
Hopefully there will be a more global focused version. For T-Mobile USA, it is missing band 66, which is fairly common. Band 71 would be nice to have as well on something this modern. No band 28/29 for most Canadian 700MHz LTE either for the Bell/Telus network.
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Odds on this one getting a Global ROM/release? I can't wait much longer....
Also, if I import this one, is it possible to add or sideload the Google framework and play store? Thanks
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No need to sideload. I was surprised to find that Google services and Play store are preloaded on the Honor Magic 2 on the Chinese ROM!
I think it's related to which region you select when you setup the phone so if you choose anything but China region you see the Play Store app and Google Services are working.
The Chinese ROM has some preloaded Chinese apps, all of them can be removed. Huawei also preloaded their apps and services on the phone, some can be removed, others can be disabled and there are few that you can't touch (Wallet, AppsGallery - Huawei store, HiVoice), but eventually you get a very clean phone with Google Services working out of the box so to be honest it's really (almost) clean Global ROM out of the box.
The only thing I had to setup (except of removing the unnecessary apps) is the battery exceptions which were disabled for Google services by default for some reason (I experienced some delays in push messages, now it is better).
By the way, the Chinese ROM is also has 50-60 languages supported while a typical China ROM has Chinese and English only.
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No need to sideload. I was surprised to find that Google services and Play store are preloaded on the Honor Magic 2 on the Chinese ROM!
I think it's related to which region you select when you setup the phone so if you choose anything but China region you see the Play Store app and Google Services are working.
The Chinese ROM has some preloaded Chinese apps, all of them can be removed. Huawei also preloaded their apps and services on the phone, some can be removed, others can be disabled and there are few that you can't touch (Wallet, AppsGallery - Huawei store, HiVoice), but eventually you get a very clean phone with Google Services working out of the box so to be honest it's really (almost) clean Global ROM out of the box.
The only thing I had to setup (except of removing the unnecessary apps) is the battery exceptions which were disabled for Google services by default for some reason (I experienced some delays in push messages, now it is better).
By the way, the Chinese ROM is also has 50-60 languages supported while a typical China ROM has Chinese and English only.
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To me it seems like a better phone than the Mi Mix 3. Is there news on a global version being released ? The only thing that's holding me back is that the bootloader can't be unlocked without paying but hopefully somebody will find a solution to that. If I could root this phone, it'd be one of the best phones released so far
I would buy the china version right now if I could, problem is for me is import taxes, as it equates OT over 1000 in my local currency I have to be a registered importer, even at $999 value it will means a $200 import fee.
I have no issues with China rom, it has English language, it supports google framework what else would I need?, and later on in the future I'm sure there will be plenty of cooked roms released for this since its such a beast phone.
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I would buy the china version right now if I could, problem is for me is import taxes, as it equates OT over 1000 in my local currency I have to be a registered importer, even at $999 value it will means a $200 import fee.
I have no issues with China rom, it has English language, it supports google framework what else would I need?, and later on in the future I'm sure there will be plenty of cooked roms released for this since its such a beast phone.
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There wont be a single custom rom for it. The bootloader ist locked and you can't unlock it (except if you pay some money) no bootloader unlock -> no custom recovery -> no custom rom or kernels....
It is really sad, it used to be my new device but not with all these restrictions..
flamery said:
I would buy the china version right now if I could, problem is for me is import taxes, as it equates OT over 1000 in my local currency I have to be a registered importer, even at $999 value it will means a $200 import fee.
I have no issues with China rom, it has English language, it supports google framework what else would I need?, and later on in the future I'm sure there will be plenty of cooked roms released for this since its such a beast phone.
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Don't know where you are located, but I got mine from Wonda Mobile, arrived in the UK within 2 weeks and no import duty was charged. They seem to handle the goods through regional warehouses.
I ordered through trading shenzhen it arrived to the US in 8 days..
So I've been browsing around XDA and I have concluded that the best version of the s10 is the snapdragon variant, but I also want an unlocked boot loader and dual sim so I'm considering this one that is a Chinese version:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Ga...hash=item3405ba151d:m:m-IqwLrG6T3v2zoeCJ4lo0A
It is a SM-G9700
But because it is Chinese I'm not sure if it has google on it (and I don't want to go out of my way to install it) but it also might be a Hong Kong model with google? any information on this would be appreciated, thank you!
Many people here who got it from that seller, confirmed that it has Google services preinstalled. Carrier aggregation may not work however as someone said on US T-mobile at least. The phone also lacks band 66 and band 71 both LTE bands, 71 being more important as T-mobile expands coverage.
honestly, unless youre some kind of heavy/advanced user, I doubt youd see SO much difference in everyday usage that makes all this hassle worth it.
I'd just buy whatever is available locally for an average user.
evo85210 said:
honestly, unless youre some kind of heavy/advanced user, I doubt youd see SO much difference in everyday usage that makes all this hassle worth it.
I'd just buy whatever is available locally for an average user.
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Also if he plays heavy games and emulators, that's where he may prefer to choose the Snapdragon variant (Talking from my own experience, not coming back to a non snapdragon/adreno device never again).
Not to mention that the Snapdragon bootloader is unlocked in China ironically. And further if you need dual-sim functionality your choices are that one or the 97xF/DS. Which unless he lives in Mexico or Central America is not available locally.
I've made my decision it's going to be the 9700 series but there is some questions I have around the dual-sim functionality and how that may vary between models.
I’m thinking about buying a Hong Kong model phone unlocked in the UK from wondamobile.com
And was wondering what issues I might face with updates play store google pay Samsung pay volte just any issues I might encounter as I’m in the UK - not bothered about rooting and flashing new roms as I literally have no clue how to do either so some advice would be good
No issues here. The only thing that I figured out recently is that the stock keyboard is a bit different than on the international version. It's not really a big deal since the stock keyboard kind of suck anyway. Use Gboard
Other than that the HK version has no compatibilities issues with what you mentioned
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No issues here. The only thing that I figured out recently is that the stock keyboard is a bit different than on the international version. It's not really a big deal since the stock keyboard kind of suck anyway. Use Gboard
Other than that the HK version has no compatibilities issues with what you mentioned
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Are you UK based - also where did you buy your hk phone
As far as I understand your Google account is based on where your created it. So if it is UK you won't have an issue with app updates. I am in Thailand and use a UK Google account and it updates fine.
You'll get the HK samsung system updates for that model rather than UK version.
The HK samsung keyboard doesn't have the option to swap languages by swiping sideways on the space bar.
Samsung pay might be the HK version?
I would check that the frequencies match the UK so that you get full LTE switching.
Expansys sell HK phones.
I personally purchased a UK version and had it sent to TH as I like the keyboard language switching and the 512GB version is not available here locally.
I wasn't fussed about Exynos or Snapdragon CPUs.
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As far as I understand your Google account is based on where your created it. So if it is UK you won't have an issue with app updates. I am in Thailand and use a UK Google account and it updates fine.
You'll get the HK samsung system updates for that model rather than UK version.
The HK samsung keyboard doesn't have the option to swap languages by swiping sideways on the space bar.
Samsung pay might be the HK version?
I would check that the frequencies match the UK so that you get full LTE switching.
Expansys sell HK phones.
I personally purchased a UK version and had it sent to TH as I like the keyboard language switching and the 512GB version is not available here locally.
I wasn't fussed about Exynos or Snapdragon CPUs.
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What do you mean about google accounts because the phone will be from Hk but I use Uk google account so would I need hk google account even thought I’m from the uk
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What do you mean about google accounts because the phone will be from Hk but I use Uk google account so would I need hk google account even thought I’m from the uk
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Your existing Google account will work just fine.
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Loads of info regarding the HK variant here
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...hare_pid=79200109&share_fid=3793&share_type=t
welcome for discussing about our hong kong variant.<br />
our model have snapdragon, bootloader can be unlocked and also be rooted[emoji3][emoji3]
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