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Hi guys, according to GSMarena it will be available from 300 $, where can I find it for that price?

On xiaomis chinese site and can only be bought in china. Otherwise expect around 400 dollars for quite som time.

cant wait to get this available in the philippines.. nice specs ... too lovely...

Just pre-ordered my Mi5 Pro through ibougou.com cannot wait for it to arrive counting down the days.

Snicholls said:
Just pre-ordered my Mi5 Pro through ibougou.com cannot wait for it to arrive counting down the days.
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Not sure I actually believe their price. They usually do this to get people to order and then email saying it was a mistake
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Best site to purchase for india?
Any suggestion
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These may also be places to purchase:
http://shop.gizchina.com/
http://www.honorbuy.com/
http://hotmid.com/
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/311331
http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/mymobiletrade
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/342812
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/1153179

Cheapest I have found: https://www.ibuygou.com/p-xiaomi-mi5-qualcomm-snapdragon-820-215ghz-4gb-ram-128gb-rom-7315.html

check this : http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_294071.html a friend of mine preordered one (not this but 128GB)

Is the IBuyGou Duty Insurance something to trust? Just wondering if you will get your money back if you have to pay VAT or duty for it... Since it'll be around 130$ for me extra if they won't pay it back.

Where can I buy the pro version in Hong Kong?

seems it's gone from aliexpress pretty much on all vendor shops. wonder what's wrong...

If you live in SEA, den it is easier to get it for sure.

I think most important is if their bands are compatible with most European countries...
Do they usually release and international version of their flagships or not really?

Hgneto said:
I think most important is if their bands are compatible with most European countries...
Do they usually release and international version of their flagships or not really?
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The bands don't change, it just has a different variation of the ROM

venturizhou said:
The bands don't change, it just has a different variation of the ROM
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Okok, thanks!
People who buy Chinese phones like Xiaomi, usually get the Chinese version and install Google play or they wait for the international version?
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Doesn't really matter, if you get the Chinese variant you can always flash the international version of the rom, although their unlock bootloader process is a bit cumbersome. If you want it on the Chinese ROM it's not just the matter of installing Google Play, you are missing Google Services Framework so you need to get that first.

venturizhou said:
Doesn't really matter, if you get the Chinese variant you can always flash the international version of the rom, although their unlock bootloader process is a bit cumbersome. If you want it on the Chinese ROM it's not just the matter of installing Google Play, you are missing Google Services Framework so you need to get that first.
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What if I buy the chinese version then apply for boatload unlock, then download international official ROM with google services framework?

I've been looking around to try and find out if it's available and can be used in Canada. I found the Canadian site http://xiaomi-mi.ca/ that claims to be an official Xiaomi site but every phone on there has a 5 star rating so I find this very suspect... I'm also not clear on the whole band thing as some companies discuss them as Band 1, band 2 and so on, and some use 1700/2100 MHz and so on. According to http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_5-6948.php the 1700/2100 band for LTE is covered.. I think it should work no problem if I read this all correctly.

https://tradingshenzhen.com/mi5/513-xiaomi-mi5-4gb-2-15ghz.html

Availability?

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/)

Cerian said:
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.

emilrune said:
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.

karamba said:
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.

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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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..

why is the price of mi9 on mi china is cheaper than any other site by 100 dollar ?!

Good evening everyone
i recently about to change my poco to the mi9 but when i googled i found that there is some price difference between the prices from china and other global sites , i think its related to the china model and global version may be ?!!
also if i got one from china would i be able to change it to global version ?

stinky dentist said:
Good evening everyone
i recently about to change my poco to the mi9 but when i googled i found that there is some price difference between the prices from china and other global sites , i think its related to the china model and global version may be ?!!
also if i got one from china would i be able to change it to global version ?
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You can get Chinese one and unlock bootloader to install global MIUI, a waiting time might be there (like 15days), but heard Chinese mi accounts might not need to wait.
As for price, I got mine from Amazon.it for €400, even tho it says €450 but that includes taxes which my country doesn't have, so only paid 400.

Where to buy from

Lets start listing places to buy from at good prices so other can benefit
Ali Express (Eteam) - $550 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000106113494.html free shipping available
Giztop - $549 https://www.giztop.com/asus-rog-phone-2.html 4% off with code gtre4
Banggood $549 https://www.banggood.com/custlink/GmGmj1HOTP
With code BGASROG28

Hi mate. I’m in the UK too and ordered it from Giztop. I ordered the 512GB model and it came to roughly £930 with shipping and 2 free gifts - the Aero Cooler and the official case. Pretty expensive but I doubt the phone will actually launch in the UK on 4th September as earlier mentioned so I can’t be bothered to wait another month.
You can also try out Aliexpress or Liaow. Both have it in stock and sometimes there are ones on eBay too.
Cheers.

Bilhouse said:
Hi mate. I’m in the UK too and ordered it from Giztop. I ordered the 512GB model and it came to roughly £930 with shipping and 2 free gifts - the Aero Cooler and the official case. Pretty expensive but I doubt the phone will actually launch in the UK on 4th September as earlier mentioned so I can’t be bothered to wait another month.
You can also try out Aliexpress or Liaow. Both have it in stock and sometimes there are ones on eBay too.
Cheers.
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I've not seen anything on eBay at all. Have you seen any good deals for the 128/8GB model?

Lets start listing places to buy from at good prices so other can benefit
Ali Express (Eteam) - $550 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000106113494.html free shipping available
Giztop - $569 https://www.giztop.com/asus-rog-phone-2.html 4% off with code gtre4

Ebay - $585 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-ROG-P...114647?hash=item3652d7e557:g:DO4AAOSwMwVdX5xo

I'm really curious how much the real global variant is going to cost.
I was considering the 512GB version from giztop and enjoying the global ROM they would load, but I don't mind waiting another few weeks for the official one with a locked bootloader so I can get OTA's and what not.

AhsanU said:
I'm really curious how much the real global variant is going to cost.
I was considering the 512GB version from giztop and enjoying the global ROM they would load, but I don't mind waiting another few weeks for the official one with a locked bootloader so I can get OTA's and what not.
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Can't you still manually flash updates? Global will definitely be expensive going by Rog 1 prices.

Who bought Asus ROG Phone II/Elite version 12GB/512GB from Aliexpress
Hello Everyone,
I'm Thinking to buy this as there is no global version yet here in USA, I was hoping some one might have bought this version.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000128227373.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.59e83c00ixRC7Z&mp=1
if anyone have bought this version, can you share the ROM version whether its WW or CN,TW. I know this isn't much of a big deal for some.
any suggestions or screen shots will be helpful.
Also i've consideration to go with Tencent Edition, but wanted to get the highest spec one.
Thanks

suresh1391 said:
Hello Everyone,
I'm Thinking to buy this as there is no global version yet here in USA, I was hoping some one might have bought this version.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000128227373.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.59e83c00ixRC7Z&mp=1
if anyone have bought this version, can you share the ROM version whether its WW or CN,TW. I know this isn't much of a big deal for some.
any suggestions or screen shots will be helpful.
Also i've consideration to go with Tencent Edition, but wanted to get the highest spec one.
Thanks
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I personally think you're crazy if you pay almost double the price for that upgrade. The RAM you won't need and to pay $400 more for the storage is nuts. Get the 128GB version and save yourself some money

SantinoInc said:
I personally think you're crazy if you pay almost double the price for that upgrade. The RAM you won't need and to pay $400 more for the storage is nuts. Get the 128GB version and save yourself some money
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You do make sense, but honestly Its not big of deal for me as i bought Note 9 last year for the same price, i have been a sam/apple guy for years. I know 900~1000 $ for a phone sounds ludicrous for many. That's where the high spec phone NA market exists.
The Tencent edition is promising as its 545USD in ebay, but there is a lot of discussions regarding 4G bands not supported, so i was skeptical with thought.
my only confusion is aliexpress selling global version WW(Elite Version) 12GB/512GB or its Chinese Version or other.

SantinoInc said:
I personally think you're crazy if you pay almost double the price for that upgrade. The RAM you won't need and to pay $400 more for the storage is nuts. Get the 128GB version and save yourself some money
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According to giztop and many other sources, the 128GB version lacks important LTE bands.
Personally, it's worth it for the storage, but the bands can be very important.

I pre-ordered Tencent version 8gb 128gb from Banggood for 497€. Good price.

giztop is the best
ship very fast 12 days on italy
no taxes
paid with paypal a little bit more but high quality service

They sell the global model (ZS660KL-1A012EU) in some Asus stores like Belgium, Poland, Sweden but they don't send to other countries like Netherlands where i live.
https://eshop.asus.com/nl-BE/rog-ph...-zs660kl-1a012eu-6-6-12-512-gb-hdd-black.html
https://eshop.asus.com/pl-PL/rog-phone-ii-zs660kl-1a012eu-6-6-12-512-gb-hdd-black.html
https://eshop.asus.com/sv-SE/rog-phone-ii-zs660kl-1a012eu-6-6-12-512-gb-hdd-black.html
It's not in the NL store, because i think they have some lawsuits here.

Got mine from JD.com. tencent version. 8/128gb through a friend from China.
Will check ND update.
From Bangladesh.

rOman2205 said:
Got mine from JD.com. tencent version. 8/128gb through a friend from China.
Will check ND update.
From Bangladesh.
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How much did you pay?

ermacwins said:
How much did you pay?
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3499 yuan for phone
Converted to global/ww rom for 45 yuan(I didn’t ask but my friend asked)

Found a new website from Canda
Hi Everyone,
I found a link for Asus ROG II Global Variant - 12GB/512GB from Canada, for 987 CAD$ ~ 740 USD$, Its showing they ship to USA with EMS Canada for 65 CAD$, total of 1049CAD$ ~ 789USD$, surprisingly low considering Aliexpress & Giztop.
I'm not sure about any taxes it did not show up even in the payment page just 1049 CAD$ only PayPal as payment option.
https://pdaplaza.ca/products/asus-rog-phone-ii-dualsim-zs660kl-512gb-black-glare-factory-unlocked-global?variant=29958885245000
Have anyone from Canada provide reviews for this site.
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Buying option
Is there any website which ships to India ? I need 12/512gb variant.
Edit: I found giztop ships to India. This is the first time I am placing an order from a unknown site. Are they reliable and trustworthy ?

suresh1391 said:
Hi Everyone,
I found a link for Asus ROG II Global Variant - 12GB/512GB from Canada, for 987 CAD$ ~ 740 USD$, Its showing they ship to USA with EMS Canada for 65 CAD$, total of 1049CAD$ ~ 789USD$, surprisingly low considering Aliexpress & Giztop.
I'm not sure about any taxes it did not show up even in the payment page just 1049 CAD$ only PayPal as payment option.
https://pdaplaza.ca/products/asus-r...actory-unlocked-global?variant=29958885245000
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Be careful from the looks of this it looks like the Chinese version with the global version flashed on-top. Why? Because in the specs it has 2x2mimo while the global should be 4x4mimo

Anywhere to buy yet?

Is there anywhere to buy the phone yet? With shipping to the UK?

Hi,
Yes, I have seen EU Variants, CN Variants and Global Variants on several stores online.
The EU Variants are:
ZS661KS-1A002EU / Snapdragon 865 / 8GB/256GB
ZS661KS-6A020EU / Snapdragon 865+ / 12GB/512GB
ZS661KS-6A021EU / Snapdragon 865+ / 16GB/512GB
Just google the desire variant and you will find several stores that are accepting preorders
As for the CN Variants, the official ASUS Store are selling them with the Global ROM here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001260528182.html
And the Global Variants, the official ASUS Store are selling them here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001274717450.html
Here are the release dates according to the ASUS Aliexpress store:
Snapdragon 865 8RAM256ROM will in stock around 10th August
Snapdragon 865 plus 12RAM512ROM will in stock around 5th September
Snapdragon 865 plus 16RAM512ROM will in stock around 5th September
Hope this was helpful!

That’s great thanks. Shame it’s such a long wait haha
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jtalamas said:
Hi,
Yes, I have seen EU Variants, CN Variants and Global Variants on several stores online.
The EU Variants are:
ZS661KS-1A002EU / Snapdragon 865 / 8GB/256GB
ZS661KS-6A020EU / Snapdragon 865+ / 12GB/512GB
ZS661KS-6A021EU / Snapdragon 865+ / 16GB/512GB
Just google the desire variant and you will find several stores that are accepting preorders
As for the CN Variants, the official ASUS Store are selling them with the Global ROM here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001260528182.html
And the Global Variants, the official ASUS Store are selling them here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001274717450.html
Here are the release dates according to the ASUS Aliexpress store:
Snapdragon 865 8RAM256ROM will in stock around 10th August
Snapdragon 865 plus 12RAM512ROM will in stock around 5th September
Snapdragon 865 plus 16RAM512ROM will in stock around 5th September
Hope this was helpful!
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What is your experience with Aliexpress? Is it a trust worthy place to buy phones for shipment to USA?

Causical said:
What is your experience with Aliexpress? Is it a trust worthy place to buy phones for shipment to USA?
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Being a frequent buyer from Aliexpress, I can tell you it is indeed trustworthy, the only downside is the shipping delivery time, that can take at least one month to deliver you product.
If for some reason your product isn't delivered or you want to return it, you can do it without a hassle.

Global version on Gearbest available for these prices:
12+128 SD 865 - 688€
12+128 SD 865+ - 740€
12+256 SD 865+ - 774€
Contact me via DM for links, admin does not like posting it here

pietroSV said:
Global version on Gearbest available for these prices:
12+128 SD 865 - 688€
12+128 SD 865+ - 740€
12+256 SD 865+ - 774€
Contact me via DM for links, admin does not like posting it here
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i check gearbest but they only sale e Global Room but GAME TENCENT mobile. not REPUBLIC OF GAMER is the global one.

ryu091 said:
i check gearbest but they only sale e Global Room but GAME TENCENT mobile. not REPUBLIC OF GAMER is the global one.
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That's is correct, is the "International Version" which means is the CN Variant with Global ROM.

Global won't be out until September.

ryu091 said:
i check gearbest but they only sale e Global Room but GAME TENCENT mobile. not REPUBLIC OF GAMER is the global one.
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This year's GAME TENCENT chinese model rog phone 3 has global rom and not chinese and also support google store and ota upgrades the only downside is that has less memory models and some 4g bands missing for some countries.
I think this year's GAME TENCENT rog phone 3 might be a far better value for money than the last year's chinese model.

kost9992002 said:
This year's GAME TENCENT chinese model rog phone 3 has global rom and not chinese and also support google store and ota upgrades the only downside is that has less memory models and some 4g bands missing for some countries.
I think this year's GAME TENCENT rog phone 3 might be a far better value for money than the last year's chinese model.
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Yes i know CN Variant with Global rom i am a ROG Phone 1 International user since 2018, so for me its best to upgrade to the International Variant with "Republic of Gamers" at the back.

kost9992002 said:
This year's GAME TENCENT chinese model rog phone 3 has global rom and not chinese and also support google store and ota upgrades the only downside is that has less memory models and some 4g bands missing for some countries.
I think this year's GAME TENCENT rog phone 3 might be a far better value for money than the last year's chinese model.
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How do you know they will get OTA? other than what is been claimed in ad poster?
Anyone own one and got OTA?

I've ordered mine from an Irish store called DID electrical. did.ie They ship to Ireland only for €5, so a parcel motel service might be needed.
They have two versions listed on the site:
ZS661KS-6A022 (Rog edition 12GB, 512GB, SD865+)
ZS661KS-1A010 (Strix Edition 8GB, 256GB SD865)
I've ordered the ZS661KS-6A022 and after ordering I got an update to say there would be a 10 day wait before its in store ready to ship. I ordered on the 27th of July, so will update if it takes longer or any change in this. The codes they have listed seem to be unique in that I cant find them mentioned online anywhere, but I think that might be a type o. They are a reputable store with a number of bricks and mortar stores in Ireland, so will see if its just a type o. I was in my local store today looking at new fridges and there was noting for the ROG Phone 3 in there, so I am guessing its an online order only.

I’ve noticed EBay have a lot of Chinese sellers now, just haven’t ordered yet.
There is also a none 865 plus version going around
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aliexpress and alibaba.go for the verified sellers.

Just to update on the above, DID got back to me to say there is a delay due to covid-19 and they wont have it in till the first week in September. I am guessing these are the global model and are infact just not available till the 5th of September.

If I want to use this phone in the US on T-Mobile should I wait for the US release? Anyone know when that is?

rogeriskira said:
If I want to use this phone in the US on T-Mobile should I wait for the US release? Anyone know when that is?
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Yes, it has band 66 and 71. Mid to late September.

sutty_monster said:
Just to update on the above, DID got back to me to say there is a delay due to covid-19 and they wont have it in till the first week in September. I am guessing these are the global model and are infact just not available till the 5th of September.
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Got my phone today on the 5th and it was the WW version... funny that. Sadly, after setting it up and playing a few games, I noticed that it was not the correct version of the phone that I had ordered. It was the 8GB/256GB version of the phone not the 12GB/512GB that I had ordered. So they have to talk to a manager tomorrow and I should be getting a replacement. That said how long will I have to wait for that. So back to using my ROG Phone for the time being.
If anyone ordered from DID in Ireland, check your specs. You might have gotten mine if you ordered the lower spec

rogeriskira said:
If I want to use this phone in the US on T-Mobile should I wait for the US release? Anyone know when that is?
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Got a 12gb 512 version on Ebay. All tmo bands work