Hello !
I'll visit in Beijing next week. I intend to buy the new ver of Xiaomi Mi3 phone. I would appreciate if somebody can tell me about official place with a good price in Beijing where I can buy this phone. I visited in "Beijing hongqiao shichang" before but I afraid that the phones they are selling is not the original... I look for official place.
Thank you .
Sadly,it is no offcial store in any where.U can only buy it online via miui.com offcial site.The m3 phone doesnt sell in the store,but online.
if u want to buy one in unoffcial way,u can go to some cellphone store in Beijing,they usually more expensive than that online.
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hdtune2k said:
Sadly,it is no offcial store in any where.U can only buy it online via miui.com offcial site.The m3 phone doesnt sell in the store,but online.
if u want to buy one in unoffcial way,u can go to some cellphone store in Beijing,they usually more expensive than that online.
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Thanks for the information but still hope to fine actually shop that selling the orginaly Xiaomi phone in good price. As one how is leaving in Beijing do you think I can find original mi3 in "Beijing hongqiao shichang" or only imitation as the Galaxy s4 I bought there?
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though i fill The City as Beijing in my profile , actually im living in Guangdong China.so im not the local people in Beijing.
as i know,the hongqiao market still has some refurbished phones,and u r a foreigner(it seems like that),i think the seller will rise their price!
so i recommend u to be careful when u go to the actually shop to buy phones.
the m3 phone in China cost 333 dollars when u buy it on their offcial site.but in local actually store,their price is usually more expensive than the site about 50dollars or higher
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hdtune2k said:
though i fill The City as Beijing in my profile , actually im living in Guangdong China.so im not the local people in Beijing.
as i know,the hongqiao market still has some refurbished phones,and u r a foreigner(it seems like that),i think the seller will rise their price!
so i recommend u to be careful when u go to the actually shop to buy phones.
the m3 phone in China cost 333 dollars when u buy it on their offcial site.but in local actually store,their price is usually more expensive than the site about 50dollars or higher
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Hi, yes I am absolutely foreigner (and look like absolutely...) so can you give me any offcial site link that I buy it right now and will receive the phone in Beijing (don't trust postage and don't like the tax...). I appreciate your help!:good:
xperia_88 said:
Hi, yes I am absolutely foreigner (and look like absolutely...) so can you give me any offcial site link that I buy it right now and will receive the phone in Beijing (don't trust postage and don't like the tax...). I appreciate your help!:good:
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This is the offcial site: ADDRESS: http://www.xiaomi.com/event/buyphone
It seems like that u should have a Mi account to login the site first.
I dont think this site have English language.Do u know Chinese?
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xperia_88 said:
Hi, yes I am absolutely foreigner (and look like absolutely...) so can you give me any offcial site link that I buy it right now and will receive the phone in Beijing (don't trust postage and don't like the tax...). I appreciate your help!:good:
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Actually,though im chinese,i dont like Mi phones.Because of its iOS style.
hdtune2k said:
This is the offcial site: ADDRESS: http://www.xiaomi.com/event/buyphone
It seems like that u should have a Mi account to login the site first.
I dont think this site have English language.Do u know Chinese?
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Actually,though im chinese,i dont like Mi phones.Because of its iOS style.
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Unfortunately not...
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Unfortunately not...
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Try using Google Translator
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Here It is. Lets use this thread to post every information we have concerning this phone:
For the time being there is only one known official online seller :http://fruitsphone.taobao.com/ . Problem is this is only in chinese.
So all international sellers have to deal direct with fruitsphone.com on their gmail to make purchases. But again only payment method accepted is Western Union which is obviously risky.
Some of us have bought through Fastcardtech.com which is not an official reseller. But they have probably bought the product from taobao and are reselling.
Have ordered one for a friend from them . Should get it in 1 weeks time.
I am keen to try and get another one ( for myself) direct from fruitsphone but have asked for more specifications from them as they seem to have the 16g ones as well.
Unboxing of fruitsphone 4s on youtube:
http://youtu.be/BW7ZmwxnBxg
Was told in an email sent at 5pm (chinese time) that my phone was sent today... Now the time is midnight in China and still my order says "unshipped" on their website.. hoping tomorrow (It's 6pm local time) .. and they advertise for "your honest pal".. we'll see about that..
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I think they got people to process their order follow up during the night . They sent me an email at 1 am yesterday regarding my shipping address and since then nothing else
Ah.. thanx for info
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Fastcardtech just emailed me 5 mins ago to tell me they will have to refund me as I am asking them to ship to different address than my paypal address/ They want me to change my paypal address and re order.
I think i ll just go ahead and buy from fruitsphone through western union
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Here It is. Lets use this thread to post every information we have concerning this phone:
For the time being there is only one known official online seller :[fruitsphone.taobao. Problem is this is only in chinese.
So all international sellers have to deal direct with fruitsphone.com on their gmail to make purchases. But again only payment method accepted is Western Union which is obviously risky.
Some of us have bought through Fastcardtech which is not an official reseller. But they have probably bought the product from taobao and are reselling.
Have ordered one for a friend from them . Should get it in 1 weeks time.
I am keen to try and get another one ( for myself) direct from fruitsphone but have asked for more specifications from them as they seem to have the 16g ones as well.
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Really nice! i like the GooApple V5 3G, but is a litte overpriced.
Also i see that they are not so far with the IOS rom that they have build in the "NEDERLANDS" -> Dutch language.
So i think to wait when they made this working.
Possible that the fruitsphone will be faster to made this possible.
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Fastcardtech just emailed me 5 mins ago to tell me they will have to refund me as I am asking them to ship to different address than my paypal address/ They want me to change my paypal address and re order.
I think i ll just go ahead and buy from fruitsphone through western union
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Jesus Christ.. They've had plenty of time to check it.. I've not heard anything from them yet. When the refund make sure they also refund the 4.5% taken by PayPal..
BTW when you then get a phone directly from fruitsphone we can compare them..
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thanks I will check. Am sure that in the transaction I will be losing somehow anyway as my bank must be charging me its fees for the credit card attached to paypal...grrr
I will post the pics of the fone when I get it. Fruitsphone.com seems to be serious enough on their website . lets hope I get something from them for my money..lol
Status for mine is now "shipped"
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Great . For my part am still struggling with my order. They cancelled the first one and are supposed to credit back my paypal within 24 hrs.
Once this is done I will order through them again as the option through Wertern Union is not interesting . WU charges 35 USD commission !
From what I read
there are two version of fruitsphone 4s
public version and retail version
Difference is the screen
Google translate does not translate well the taobao page.
Maybe its me and my antique pc
Hope to hear your reviews.
Thanks for the new thread....
Yeah its very difficult to navigate on the fruitsphone.com or Taobao. But what I found was that they are actually selling it at a higher price to the chinese market . The going rate for the 8 g on Toabao is Usd 240 and Usd 260 for the 16 g.
Thats higher than the Gooapple v5 3g.
Strange that fastcardtech does not have the 16g version. But I guess we will find out that its very easy to change the micro sd.
I have just bought a 16gb card class 6 at app. $20. Just need to buy the screwdriver when I get the phone.. Will do a unboxing video for sure..
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Fastech has 2 fruitsphone but both are 3G and they
have different screen resolution.
Was it easy to order thru Fruitsphone.com??
I tried but the site wanted a phone number and I could not go beyond that.
Tried to google their ROM,but no such luck....
Thanks for the forum.... and the ROM in future )
Perso I have given up trying to order from Fruitsphone. While they seem to be a relatively serious company , their english comms is very poor and they only accept Western Union and the later charges almost 15% commission.
So I have reverted back to ordering from Fastcardtech. Will see what comes out of it.
To be able to download the root tools and rom package from fruitphone you have to insert yout imei in the forum to be awarded a vip status. Am registered on their forum but without a working imei , I cant proceed.
I guess it would be easier that the first one of us getting the phone to complete registration, get the roms and tools and post them here.
Am not due to get it before next week - status still unshipped with ''our honest pal'' at fastcardtech!!!
Mine is shipped (confirmed on mail from them) I've go tracking number but can't find any trace.. I did write them before I ordered, after my order was placed, before shipping and after shipping each time to make sure they did what they had to.. have a transcription in my mail.. still waiting for first step on route to be traceable.
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Status for mine is now "shipped"
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Hi Whitetigerdk . Any news on yr phone? Mine is in transit too but I do not expect to get it before monday?
Am wondering if the gooapple/fruits phone roms are compatible with each other . What do you think?
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Hi Whitetigerdk . Any news on yr phone? Mine is in transit too but I do not expect to get it before monday?
Am wondering if the gooapple/fruits phone roms are compatible with each other . What do you think?
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No news yet. Got the tracing code but no hit on a search.. Dunno if the ROM will work otherwise I'll have to make my own mod..
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Phone arrived in DK.. Waiting to be delivered..
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Let's discuss the best places to buy Chinese Android phones.
This is the only website I have found
http://www.chinavasion.com/china/wholesale/Android_Phones/
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Let's discuss the best places to buy Chinese Android phones.
This is the only website I have found
http://www.chinavasion.com/china/wholesale/Android_Phones/
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Those not good for using long time.
You can try it on eBay.
I'm looking for a place that sells them and gives me an idea of what devices there are because I don't know what to search for.
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there are more place like ebay, inbluemall.com, aliexpress,alibaba(for wholesale),dhgate...
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I'm looking for a place that sells them and gives me an idea of what devices there are because I don't know what to search for.
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You can try www.gizchina.com for information on latest chinese phones
There are plenty of other sites such as:
www.pandawill.com
www.banggood.com
www.geekbuying.com
www.mcbub.com
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Man those things are cheap, thought about buying one of those Chinese Android phones or tablets just for my son to use and play around with when we are out (in waiting rooms etc)
iam new person buy china android
iam new person,i just bought 2 devices from one china phone sale web.i do not know if it is good store,but my 2 devices are good now. i just write it here,let us discuss it
http://www.achinaseller.com/
What wholesales sites do you know?
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Great place for buy phones
look my signature
Lenovo p770 or jiayu g3s
Hii,
i dont know where i can post this?! so sorry...
Wich Phone is better ?l enovo p770 or the jiayu g3s ?
ive found a really good site to2c.com its cheap .. and the comments are good!
so pls help to make a good choice, that i won't be sorry.
thanks
sry for my bad english.
I will take lenovo because im have Service centre in my city
U can try on alibaba o aliexpress
Better idea
I got better of place to buy cellphone. You can visit comebuy and have a look. The price is competitive and the quality is good.
People hear Chinese and automatically assume cheap lmao.
I'll leave this here.
I wrote a guide for buying a Chinese smartphone on my website. Here is the link: geekify.tk/buy-chinese-smartphone/
flavien317 said:
Great place for buy phones
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/712135
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Dealextreme.com
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I think you can add coolicool, chinapadmall, to2c to that list.
These are sites you often come across on the internet too.
store to buy chinese phones - merimobiles, dx, flosmall, aliexpress.
Hello; i'm serriously considering selling my current motorola razr hd, and buying a new phone from goophoneshop.com. I can't find any info on this website, and due to chinese websites having a somewhat flakey reputation, i'm a little concerned. Has anyone bought a phone from this website.
Edit:
I've found another website with the phone i'm after.
http://www.dhgate.com
Does anyone have any experience with this website? I'm particulary concerned with this one, because paypal is not an option.
As I told to another user I suggest to buy from etotalk. It's really fast and serious and you can pay with PayPal. I bought a vivo Xplay and everything went good.
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As I told to another user I suggest to buy from etotalk. It's really fast and serious and you can pay with PayPal. I bought a vivo Xplay and everything went good.
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Unfortunatly etotalk does not have the phone i'm after. After observation, i've noticed the phone i was considering on dhgate, is not infact the phone i'm after; but instead a fake, and it doesn't have the one i want either.
I've decided i will buy from goophoneshop.com because they have paypal, and i will report back if they're any good.
The devices there are also clones.
Wayne Tech Nexus
I once wanted to use dhgate to buy some ton of case and sell them locally had a bit of research seemed pretty legit if you ask me and some other reviews approved aswell...
Its kinda the chinese version of ebay..
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goophoneshoop
they do shutdown today?
I have do an order on 16 October and I have extra pay for fast shipping,
today 31 Dicember the items never arrives,
they send to me 3 different fake track id.
Paypal has refound me.
Theyre all clones
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Predator75 said:
I have do an order on 16 October and I have extra pay for fast shipping,
today 31 Dicember the items never arrives,
they send to me 3 different fake track id.
Paypal has refound me.
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For which site are you talking my friend? from where did u do the order?? what hapenned finally?
Hello friends
i have been using xperia p past few years and im planning to buy One plus one from china as the phone is too awesome!!
my sister is studying in china and i have thought to tel her to buy me a new ONE PLUS ONE WITH COLOR OS FROM CHINA!!
will i be able to change to cm11s and use in INDIA without any problem(2g and 3g) ??--->i wish some Indian friends reply to this!!
is the phone available in local stores and if someone from china here then please tell me how much it wil cost in(yuan)??--. wish some Chinese friends reply to this!!
my main question is if it will be available in local stores of china?
your help would really be appreciated!!
im really going to buy this phone as soon as i know these details!!
awaiting for your comments
thanks!!
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Hello friends
i have been using xperia p past few years and im planning to buy One plus one from china as the phone is too awesome!!
my sister is studying in china and i have thought to tel her to buy me a new ONE PLUS ONE WITH COLOR OS FROM CHINA!!
will i be able to change to cm11s and use in INDIA without any problem(2g and 3g) ??--->i wish some Indian friends reply to this!!
is the phone available in local stores and if someone from china here then please tell me how much it wil cost in(yuan)??--. wish some Chinese friends reply to this!!
my main question is if it will be available in local stores of china?
your help would really be appreciated!!
im really going to buy this phone as soon as i know these details!!
awaiting for your comments
thanks!!
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Actually, it is very easy to buy this phone in online market, 16G cost 1999 and 64G cost 2299 (both of them are in yuan)
There is a thread explaining the differences between international and Chinese one. Click here please.
According to my experience, there is no difference between international version and the Chinese one in hardware. The only difference is Chinese version's modem which locks some of brands and therefore, leads to some unusable network. However, it's very easy to revert to 100% stock cm11s including the modem. more information in here.
Sorry for my crappy English.
Regards
alpha.shining said:
Actually, it is very easy to buy this phone in online market, 16G cost 1999 and 64G cost 2299 (both of them are in yuan)
There is a thread explaining the differences between international and Chinese one. Click here please.
According to my experience, there is no difference between international version and the Chinese one in hardware. The only difference is Chinese version's modem which locks some of brands and therefore, leads to some unusable network. However, it's very easy to revert to 100% stock cm11s including the modem. more information in here.
Sorry for my crappy English.
Regards
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thanks for your reply my friend!!
Are you from china?? and if so where can i get the 64gb online in china which can be shipped to guangxi?? or should i tell my sister to check in the local shops if it might be cheaper??
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thanks for your reply my friend!!
Are you from china?? and if so where can i get the 64gb online in china which can be shipped to guangxi?? or should i tell my sister to check in the local shops if it might be cheaper??
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Yes. A noob from Chinese
Local shop will cost more money than online market so online is the best choice, my friend.
You can get this from Jingdong online market which is very similar to the Amazon. Website is http://item.jd.com/1142209.html .
You can also buy it from opo official website at 10 o'clock on Tuesday and Friday mooning but the number is limited.
Sorry for my crappy English.
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Yes. A noob from Chinese
Local shop will cost more money than online market so online is the best choice, my friend.
You can get this from Jingdong online market which is very similar to the Amazon. Website is http://item.jd.com/1142209.html .
You can also buy it from opo official website at 10 o'clock on Tuesday and Friday mooning but the number is limited.
Sorry for my crappy English.
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awesome bro!!
thanks a lot for helping me out, i really didnt know whom to ask about all these.
from morning i was seeing if i can use flawlessly in india with cm11s and all that and the answer is yes!!
then now with your help i can soon own a one plus one!!
jus have to wait for few months before she can come back to india!!
you are no noob for me
:angel: thank you once again
Hello everyone,
There's a lot of us in the U.S. that want to purchase the u11+, but there's no official way to do so.. does anyone know of a website where we could purchase and import one?
UPDATE: 11/24/2017
: thanks to @Sammae7 AND @jauhien for the mobile Wanda and Amazon link! Couldn't find this when i originally searched on Amazon..
AMAZON
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077MLR9F...06-20&linkId=e70c2bb62fb55cf58e57281a34c3aff9
Another AMAZON (international, no warranty in U.S. afaik)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077PJXZFK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_N.8fAbQ22J9SQ
WONDA MOBILE
https://www.wondamobile.com/htc-u-11-plus-128-gb.html
Update! 11/30
Adding some more links from the past couple days. Looks like there is a new Amazon and Ebay listing.
Ebay!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-HTC-U1...hash=item4b2eda47ec:m:mUfeT7wBiBwaQAI4jEHUOnw
Amazon!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077PJXZFK
Furthermore, to see if the device is compatible with your carrier, @santad040 has this nice link to a table showing carriers and bands. :victory::highfive:
@johninsf also wrote this nice little post.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-u11/help/how-to-buy-import-htc-u11-s-t3706491/post74940598
Ebay is the obvious one, but can be sketchy.
Hopefully Wonda Mobile gets it. They have a lot of positive reviews.
Sammae7 said:
Ebay is the obvious one, but can be sketchy.
Hopefully Wonda Mobile gets it. They have a lot of positive reviews.
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I've bought a of phones from eBay, but haven't been able to find any there. Have you bought from mobile Wanda before?
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I haven't yet but I frequent the Huawei Mate 10 board where quite a few people have used them. I'll probably be ordering a Mate 10 from them soon. They have fast shipping and pay import fees.
MrWilsonxD said:
I've bought a of phones from eBay, but haven't been able to find any there. Have you bought from mobile Wanda before?
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Yeah, I bought it there.
sent Yesterday and expected delivery on Monday. Very fast shipment
I always say: " If a web offer Paypal .... don´t be worried about shopping there"
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Yeah, I bought it there.
sent Yesterday and expected delivery on Monday. Very fast shipment
I always say: " If a web offer Paypal .... don´t be worried about shopping there"
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Yes! PayPal verified i see ??? i will likely be purchasing there then.
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Ebay is the obvious one, but can be sketchy.
Hopefully Wonda Mobile gets it. They have a lot of positive reviews.
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They have it I purchased it from them already
I noticed it was up. I'm seriously torn between the Mate 10 and U11 Plus. I need to do a serious band comparison to see which might work better on AT&T in the states.
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Yeah, I bought it there.
sent Yesterday and expected delivery on Monday. Very fast shipment
I always say: " If a web offer Paypal .... don´t be worried about shopping there"
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Yeah I agree,
Would you mind making a little review here on xda? In this thread or another? I'd like to know your experience as someone in the U.S.
Like, I'd be interested if the DAC is still better than something in another phone like Samsung or OnePlus.. battery life, performance, etc. ?
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The price on Wanda Mobile says 619 GBP inclusive of tax (VAT). But if we are getting it shipped outside of UK, should the tax (20%) be deducted from the sale price? Thanks
You can buy it in china,hongkong or taiwan. the chinese model is 4999RMB（about 750USD）,the hongkong model is 5688HKD.I bought chinese version week ago.
UK version is available now with 10% rebate!
Just import that one.
Just buy it from Anazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077MLR9F...06-20&linkId=e70c2bb62fb55cf58e57281a34c3aff9
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lebigmac said:
Why buy it for 940 USD from a dubious 3rd party Amazon reseller if you can buy it for only 840 USD directly at the manufacturer's website. DUH!
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Probably because at the third party reseller the handhelds are physically available though - hehe ...
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lebigmac said:
Nobody would want to buy the Chinese version for an overpriced 940 USD without any warranty..
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How did you come to know those U11+ sold by Amazon have Chinese mainland CID ..??
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lebigmac said:
Well its definitely not European version that's for sure. That's not available yet according to your previous comment...
The dubious version sold on amazon by some dubious 3rd party reseller must therefore be the china,hongkong or taiwan version. It totally makes sense doesn't it.
I feel like talking to a piece of wood. Knock knock. Does it resonate yet
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European version means the same as Taiwanese or Hong Kong ones, and not the same as the mainland Chinese version ...
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