Hi everyone,
I'm living in Thailand right now. Before I came here I was lucky enough to pick up the Nexus 7 (2012) 32 GB for around $230 at the time at Office Depot. I erroneously thought that electronics would be cheaper here because I would be closer to the source of production, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan for example.
However, it's pretty impossible to find a Google Nexus device out here. When I do find them they are usually $100 over what you would pay in the States at least. It seems like a lot of people buy Samsung tablets and phones out here but the prices are the same as Apple. A 2012 Nexus 7 would cost as much as the iPad Mini out here. I haven't even seen a store with the 2013 version available.
So why is this? Asus and LG are both companies located in Asia, but they pay maybe twice as much in some cases for something I could get in the States. Meanwhile Apple stuff is pretty similarly priced.
ev1lchris said:
So why is this? .
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yes this is the norm in ASIA and third world countries, they basically try to claim government taxes and duties are at fault but I would assume the importers and middlemen also have a higher percentage and since there is no control as this would be considered a luxury item...prices are always on the high end compared to States and Europe. At times it looks so ridiculous that even at such steep prices, they are in demand and NO one really complains about it. . just my two cents
Check this out! You , YES! you are an " Android ". Not your phone but U.
This is because of government taxes
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That would be a great idea right? Rent a phone - just like rent a car. Just launch an online webpage with contact details and rent the latest phones to customers for reasonable prices including insurance and stuff. And when the latest phone comes out just return the previous phone and then rent out the older phone cheaper and the newer phone at a higher price. This way one would not be fixed on one phone and developers especially would have the opportunity to develop for many more phones.
sounds like a good idea but for the price of phones i find it easier to just go buy it or take out a contract plus a contract is like renting a phone till your contract is up apart from they dont take the phone back just want your money lol
Well in the Netherlands its already happening. You can lease your phone for a period off time.
But I think the amount you need pay for leasing is still quite high, so I think you can as well buy it yourself.
Or maybe you can also lease a phone lol
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Terrible idea. What happens if you break it etc?
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the amount of time you would have to lend it out, you would barely make profit until phones are paid off. would take a while unless they are paying some crazy monthly rental fee.
In fact if you are developing for sony ericsson xperia devices you can borrow a phone from sony Mobile developer site
At this pont in time , I don't see it .
Before cell phones were so common and the providers charged high roaming fees , rental car company locations offered cell phones for rent . The rental and airtime were pricey but worth it to business people on the move.
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Terrible idea. What happens if you break it etc?
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My initial reaction too... I'm not sure I'd want to rent a phone with all the strings attached for damages
People on contract are basically Rent-to-Own.
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I called VZW to find out if I could rent an Iphone just to see if I'd like it. They said that would be an awesome idea, but no, they have no such service. I ended up just getting the GNex!
SamsungGalaxySII. said:
That would be a great idea right? Rent a phone - just like rent a car. Just launch an online webpage with contact details and rent the latest phones to customers for reasonable prices including insurance and stuff. And when the latest phone comes out just return the previous phone and then rent out the older phone cheaper and the newer phone at a higher price. This way one would not be fixed on one phone and developers especially would have the opportunity to develop for many more phones.
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Well actually, in the Netherlands, it's possible. Kind of.. however, you're stuck to that one phone when you take it.. It's like leasing a phone.. You pay for it monthly, but with great replacement service etc.
Rent a phone ? O boy . Who the f..k will rent a phone . And why
well for the reason you mentioned for renting, you can just buy and sell it back when you need another device.
Sounds good, but
1) a phone's price is probably not high enough to justify a renting scheme vs data moving inconvenience. How often do you see rented laptops?
2) the current contract system is already entrenched.
I wish I could have rented a phone when I was having a issue with my razr, to see id it was the phone or not. I would have saved me a LOT of time, dealing with verizon on the phone.
I think renting for a day or a week could work, but even that would be hard.
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older phones are so cheap, I think that would make this a bad call. You can buy older blackberry curves for like 20 bucks on eBay. So if you just need a loaner smartphone, you can always do that. Granted it won't be the latest and greatest, but it will work.
...though it would be funny to get other people's calls on your rental number. haha.
sounds like a good idea！
better to just buy a new phone, rather then renting as some mobile phones are cheep anyways.
Hi!
Im planning to buy a new phone, but for me the good ones are too expensive, so I thought I'd give a try a China phone. But are they reliable? I know they can break very fast but maybe there is a sort of good manufacturer. Right now I'm looking at Zopo ZP100 with 1Ghz CPU and stuff, are those any good?
Also what are reliable stores to buy these from? There are some phones like this on Ebay, but I dont know really.
DustyLv said:
Hi!
Im planning to buy a new phone, but for me the good ones are too expensive, so I thought I'd give a try a China phone. But are they reliable? I know they can break very fast but maybe there is a sort of good manufacturer. Right now I'm looking at Zopo ZP100 with 1Ghz CPU and stuff, are those any good?
Also what are reliable stores to buy these from? There are some phones like this on Ebay, but I dont know really.
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No way dude!I would never do it.done it before with some electronic stuff from China (like the legendary sciphone!Lol what a piece of **** it was!!) I would rather save some money and buy a phone when I can afford it,or buy a used phone over eBay
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He's right.. save your money and buy a proper phone.
Some Chinese developers have stolen Android and sold it as their own OS. I had a friend from China come to America as an exchange student with an Android phone that was called something else.
The Meizu Android Phones Are Great
I am Chinese, I bought my phone from this website, it is famous in China, but I do not know if it support English.
You could search 360buy with google
What the .. ?
First of all - China does not equal ****. Even their unbranded products got quality boost from the recent. Small companies are making their products with almost the western standard and they are pushing through.
ZTE is a company from Shenzhen, China, That has it's range of Android phones that are pretty good, and by the way - they now have more money than Samsung and Apple
Here is a nice example of how chinese phones need not to be total crap:
http://www.malata.com/en/product_detail.aspx?classid=700&id=149
I had the opportunity to check out Malata products with my own hands & eyes and I can tell you that their tablets look better than western makret tablets.
now tell me - is anything wrong with this phone .. ? cant find the price at the moment but I guarantee that it is 1/2 cheaper than new SGS2.
Check the Ainovo or Ainol. They are made in China and cheaper.
Thanks for the many replies!
But seriously? The SciPhone? It is too crappy even when not comparing it to other China smartphones, you should check out the specs first.
That Malata phone looks nice and quite powerful.
Any info on the Zopo ZP100?
I wouldn't doubt they make quality products (after all Foxconn has the largest force of electronics assembly personal the planet has ever seen) but how about that warranty?
Get some ZTE. Or something like that.
Chinese phones tend to have max 4 hours standby.
copynijia said:
China also has their own better phone brands, iphone is produced in China,too. Difference is they don't have their own IOS. But this is not important, because android can be used freely. THL is a new phone brand, a ittle like HTC, you can check it out here http://www.tinydeal.com/thl-40-android-pxqd4o-p-52158.html or you can google it. Worth to buy.
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I took a look at their phones, and the only thing that isn't great is the processor but that can always be overclocked. I'd buy one just to see how it performs.
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swbf2lord said:
Some Chinese developers have stolen Android and sold it as their own OS. I had a friend from China come to America as an exchange student with an Android phone that was called something else.
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Android is Free is it not?
There seems to be a lot of HTC clones on the chinese market.
After reading some posts on the internet and here about these kind of phones I think I might give them a chance after all. I mean theyre cheap, I could buy another one if it breaks.
But the question now is, where to buy one? Which are good shops that wont screw you over?
Meizu
I have to say the Meizu is a good one.
My cousin got one from china and I´ve got it in my hands.
It seems to be a powerful phone w/ fair quality.
All thing working properly, just some issues with the wifi sometimes.
Maybe I´ll get one for my son in the future...
hi
but i think the china phone QC is not good
wwweh said:
There seems to be a lot of HTC clones on the chinese market.
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Eh HTC Produces Alot Of Their 'Clones' For The Chinese Markets
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Igoritza said:
What the .. ?
First of all - China does not equal ****. Even their unbranded products got quality boost from the recent. Small companies are making their products with almost the western standard and they are pushing through.
ZTE is a company from Shenzhen, China, That has it's range of Android phones that are pretty good, and by the way - they now have more money than Samsung and Apple
Here is a nice example of how chinese phones need not to be total crap:
http://www.malata.com/en/product_detail.aspx?classid=700&id=149
I had the opportunity to check out Malata products with my own hands & eyes and I can tell you that their tablets look better than western makret tablets.
now tell me - is anything wrong with this phone .. ? cant find the price at the moment but I guarantee that it is 1/2 cheaper than new SGS2.
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No They Don't
Yes they do Value of a company is not estimated via pure financials but with estimation of market, realestate, workload, location ... ZTE has been a player for more than 20 years in China selling network euipment and their manufacture department is 5-6x bigger than any other company, and they also hold many many departments that do not go into fiscal calculation but still earn a shi*load of money.
they are also suppliers for more than 20 companies and their official sales are less than 10% of total earning.
and for the final conclusion, do the math yourself:
Apple/foxcon - 33.000 workers
ZTE - 90.000 workers
they all work in china where everyone on the same position is payed pretty much the same cash. How come ?
sarahbaby said:
I am Chinese, I bought my phone from this website, it is famous in China, but I do not know if it support English.
You could search 360buy with google
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most smartphone should comes with multi languages support
First of all sorry for abrupt subject but i think most of you will agree with me....
why is Google acting cocky?(sorry for inappropriate usage of the word) I'm just venting the anger and frustration of millions of Indian tech freaks who are currently facing . India is not the country we knew 2 decades ago, i know that ,you know that and the world definitely knows that....the omniscient Google knows it better than anybody else..
Then may i ask you why are you ignoring India?...let it be an establishment of play store or purchase of the mighty nexus 4... India or rather Indians are sidelined...do we deserve this..really?
Everybody knows google's nexus series has the best line of tabs n smartphones out there..but don't you think even we are entitled to a reception it gets like in the US, UK or Australia. Are we supposed to wait for 4-6 months and end up paying an exorbitant price for a smartly priced device in the US(in play stores).
Or is it below google's dignity to open a play store in India? not sure.
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Many people might not know why this is happening but I'm god damn sure you have nice reason...for this partiality meted out to Indians.
It may be a political or some economic motive you guys have in mind but are you sure your not losing out on something? the market you can have in India..
Can somebody answer these...preferably larry page
You definitely have the "trash talking" part of the English language down!! LOL :good:
Yup I agree
All phones that are cheap outside cost several hundred dollars here
Including the iPhone
Google nexus 4 recently came on some internet store in india at a hefty price tag of almost $600? Wtcrap
Its simple logic.. The nexus line manufacturers like the samsung n lg would not like google to sell a tab better than the samsung note 800.. for a lesser price.. It would directly effect the sales of samsung n lg products.. Which r way costlier than nexus devices..
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I want to know what would be the pros and cons of me buying between one within the UK or one from China if I were to buy an android TV stick. I compared amazon.com to another site (visopix.com) I don't know either also if the other site is reliable. Any thoughts about them? Because if I order from amazon, it is coming all the way from China while the other is within the UK and both offer free shipping. Is it worth paying a little extra to get the item from within the country already or what?
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CraigJen11 said:
I want to know what would be the pros and cons of me buying between one within the UK or one from China if I were to buy an android TV stick. I compared amazon.com to another site (visopix.com) I don't know either also if the other site is reliable. Any thoughts about them? Because if I order from amazon, it is coming all the way from China while the other is within the UK and both offer free shipping. Is it worth paying a little extra to get the item from within the country already or what?
-Cheers
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for me trust is most important
by from the site you can trust
mat jonson said:
for me trust is most important
by from the site you can trust
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Agreed.
What's most important is that you're getting what you think you're getting - not where it's coming from.
I used to own a MacBook - it came direct from China when I got it. Even if I'm no longer a Mac fan, I know that Apple is a pretty trustworthy company in that they weren't going to be shipping me a pirated look-alike or a can of beans.
I buy things on eBay directly from China all the time. I make judgments depending on how much I think I trust the seller and from reviews. It coming from China or Hong Kong doesn't mean it's a bad product. If I need it fast, I can usually find a warehouse in my country that is stocking the same thing - which came to that warehouse from the exact same place in China - it usually costs a little more to get the exact same thing because the people operating the in-country warehouse need to recover their costs, too. They're just a middle-man.
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Agreed.
What's most important is that you're getting what you think you're getting - not where it's coming from.
I used to own a MacBook - it came direct from China when I got it. Even if I'm no longer a Mac fan, I know that Apple is a pretty trustworthy company in that they weren't going to be shipping me a pirated look-alike or a can of beans.
I buy things on eBay directly from China all the time. I make judgments depending on how much I think I trust the seller and from reviews. It coming from China or Hong Kong doesn't mean it's a bad product. If I need it fast, I can usually find a warehouse in my country that is stocking the same thing - which came to that warehouse from the exact same place in China - it usually costs a little more to get the exact same thing because the people operating the in-country warehouse need to recover their costs, too. They're just a middle-man.
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Thank you for you input. A friend of mine just recommended the other site to me and he seemed pretty happy about his recent transaction with www.visopix.com I suppose I will think about whether to settle with the middle-man or not. It's just sometimes I do not like how they do the packaging from China and I end up with a damaged box or if I want to return it and the shipping internationally usually cost more.
I just set-up my JetCarrier account so that I could get a US Shipping. JetCarrier would then forward these to my legitimate address.
My question is if anyone knows any US-Only marketplaces or other stuff for cheap electronics. I don't mean knock-offs but stuff like Google Play Sore and Amazon which for the most part is US-Only.
I'm especially interested in Phones/Tablets, it doesn't have to be US only though, I live in Norway so most of which is shipped to the US / UK / Australia isn't shipped to my country.
I've used Newegg a lot and have been happy with their service. I've used Microcenter, too, but they tend to have better deals in store. I've heard about Tiger Direct, but never used it. Heard of similar things in the UK, too.
Otherwise, I've just used the aforementioned Amazon.
I buy a lot on eBay, too. I have never had a bad experience there, I just am careful. I've gotten phones, PC parts, and more on eBay and sold some, too. No knockoffs, all were genuine.
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I've used Newegg a lot and have been happy with their service. I've used Microcenter, too, but they tend to have better deals in store. I've heard about Tiger Direct, but never used it. Heard of similar things in the UK, too.
Otherwise, I've just used the aforementioned Amazon.
I buy a lot on eBay, too. I have never had a bad experience there, I just am careful. I've gotten phones, PC parts, and more on eBay and sold some, too. No knockoffs, all were genuine.
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I've heard how cheap Amazon is and how you can strike a deal so I'm not sure if Im entering the wrong amazon but most products there are more expensive. Eg Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and some products costs even more then in Norway were the Nexus 4 16GB costs 631USD.
Would be nice with some more recommendations. Stuff like accesing the Play Store shop and Amazon was great.