I was thinking about buying the oneplus and give my i9505 to my wife.
The official website doesn't ship to my country so I have 2 options:
1. Buy it from the official website and use another shipment company to my country. Including taxes the 64GB will cost around 500 dollar (which is still around 130 dollar cheaper than other flagship devices I can get..) .
2. A friend of mine is flying to china soon and he'll be in hong kong for a few hours. He can bring the Chinese version....
The Chinese version supports all frequencies in my country.
What would you recommended?
Btw, is there a difference between the Chinese and the American version regarding touchscreen issues or other...?
Touchscreen issues have been resolved in the XNPH38R OTA. Pick whatever is the cheapest.
If its the Chinese version, you'll need to flash CM11S (or any other custom ROM) as it'll ship with ColorOS out of the box.
Whichever is the chepeast. The Chinese model is pretty much the same in terms of hardware although the back cover does not have the same logo. You should be able to flash the OPO ROMs on the Chinese version.
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I'm looking at purchasing a 3G Note 10.1 and see on the Samsung web site that the UK model number is GT-N8000EAABTU. I've seen the following model being sold GT-N8000ZWABTU on Amazon UK. What's the difference with EEA vs ZWA? Is the one from Amazon not a true UK spec device?
Also, given the choice would you go for the German version or UK version? I'm thinking from an update point of view the German version seems to get updates earlier but is that a real advantage? I'm not in the UK so purchasing from either Amazon UK or DE makes no difference to me and price is pretty similar.
sunseaker said:
I'm looking at purchasing a 3G Note 10.1 and see on the Samsung web site that the UK model number is GT-N8000EAABTU. I've seen the following model being sold GT-N8000ZWABTU on Amazon UK. What's the difference with EEA vs ZWA? Is the one from Amazon not a true UK spec device?
Also, given the choice would you go for the German version or UK version? I'm thinking from an update point of view the German version seems to get updates earlier but is that a real advantage? I'm not in the UK so purchasing from either Amazon UK or DE makes no difference to me and price is pretty similar.
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I think the only difference will be the version or the ROM, try Googling the two see what comes up. As for UK or German, yes it would appear that the DBT models get updates soonest but this could easily change so I wouldn't worry.
I want to buy the OPO but my throwback is the country I live in, Bangladesh. As you know, 16 countries are officially available to the supply of OPO and Bangladesh is not listed on it. Surprisingly one of the dealers in Bangladesh is selling OPO at a rate of $488.75 (US Dollar) for the Chinese Version.
So my query is that is there any difference between the Chinese version and the international version or are they both identical. And why is the Chinese version so widely available where as the International version is as bad as extinct?
Anyone Help? Thanks in advance xD
siam672 said:
I want to buy the OPO but my throwback is the country I live in, Bangladesh. As you know, 16 countries are officially available to the supply of OPO and Bangladesh is not listed on it. Surprisingly one of the dealers in Bangladesh is selling OPO at a rate of $488.75 (US Dollar) for the Chinese Version.
So my query is that is there any difference between the Chinese version and the international version or are they both identical. And why is the Chinese version so widely available where as the International version is as bad as extinct?
Anyone Help? Thanks in advance xD
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Google search
First result [good]
Forum
How to flash CM11
One India Thread - Bought Chinese Version(Awaiting Delivery)
OnePlus One 16GB in Stock for $399 at Oppomart?
Double check bandwidths in your country / network provider
mitchilin said:
Google search
First result [good]
Forum
How to flash CM11
One India Thread - Bought Chinese Version(Awaiting Delivery)
OnePlus One 16GB in Stock for $399 at Oppomart?
Double check bandwidths in your country / network provider
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Thanks. Could you tell me if I'm going to be able to use LTE and 3g in USA or in countries in Europe? I'm a student and I'm going to change countries for better education in a year. So I need to know if LTE and 3G will work properly on major carriers in USA or in countries in Europe. Thanks for your help earlier though, really appreciate the time you taken to do the researches for my help. Thanks.
Hi,
I am considering buying new Oneplus 7 on some other market than EU, because of pricing of OP company in different regions (especially Europe) is just outrageous. Buying it in USA is an issue because of the import fees (plus everyone is saying that in USA you can buy only TMobile version of the phone..)
So I thought abot United Arab Emirates. My father is an expat there, and the price ends up 130 EUR cheaper then Europe price (which is shameful, shameful, shameful, that everywhere in the world the phone is at least 130 EUR cheapaer), speaking about the Blue variant, 8/256 GB thru amazon.ae.
But I am wondering if there is any catch about UAE version, it is very secretive and restrictive kinggdom, especially in their efforts to block all but state monitored networks and VoIP/VoLTE apps.
But maybe I am just as paranoid as the UAE government is.. Thanks for your replies.
Feel free to buy it. It is global version as in Europe. No changes to firmware whatsoever.
Nexus5-32GB said:
Feel free to buy it. It is global version as in Europe. No changes to firmware whatsoever.
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Amen! I bought one from amazon.ae...No restrictions, it's a totally unlocked variant but the only difference is that you might be getting GM1913/ GM1910 rather than the Europe version...there won't be any difference in the hardware except for when you might get an update to the software...Since it's oneplus, you can easily install any global version of the Oxygen OS via the system updater rather than actually waiting for the update to be pushed to your phone...
Go ahead...save the 130Euro...
I am planning on buying a OP7 from a third-party seller in Canada, but I don't like my phones opened out of its factory packaging. Some people told me if I buy from this third-party seller, they get them from China and just change it to Oxygen OS, which would not be good for 2 reasons, 1) Since I live in Canada the Chinese version wouldn't work (I'm with Telus) and 2) I don't like my phones tinkered with as I mentioned before.
So do you guys know if OnePlus Hong Kong sells Global phones or Chinese phones? And if they do sell global phones, the third-party sellers usually wouldn't mess with them right? They wouldn't have a reason to?
Thanks a lot!
Minchan_5 said:
I am planning on buying a OP7 from a third-party seller in Canada, but I don't like my phones opened out of its factory packaging. Some people told me if I buy from this third-party seller, they get them from China and just change it to Oxygen OS, which would not be good for 2 reasons, 1) Since I live in Canada the Chinese version wouldn't work (I'm with Telus) and 2) I don't like my phones tinkered with as I mentioned before.
So do you guys know if OnePlus Hong Kong sells Global phones or Chinese phones? And if they do sell global phones, the third-party sellers usually wouldn't mess with them right? They wouldn't have a reason to?
Thanks a lot!
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I am also from Canada and all versions of this phone even the china models work in Canada on every network except freedom mobile.
rohaanS said:
I am also from Canada and all versions of this phone even the china models work in Canada on every network except freedom mobile.
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That's because they have the same hardware! Software is the only difference.
I live in Europe and have been eyeing this phone since release - but I'm not in a hurry and I've got a few questions:
Is it ok to use China released phone in an EU country?
Is the price likely to drop?
How soon can we expect the availability to root the phone?
Is it best to first wait a few months for at least a confirmation of an international release?
Thanks.
as far as I know, you have to wait one week before you can unlock xiaomi devices.
then its root time, but I dont have the phone yet so can't say for sure.
make sure this phone supports lte and 5g bands your carrier uses.
price is most likely to follow exchange rate since it is in chinese msrp and reseller's pricing.
but I don't think it will chage significantly anytime soon.
I ordered one already and waiting on the package to arrive, but if you are planning to use this device as a daily driver just keep in mind thing can get very experimental.
I've seen reviews saying camera has no big difference over the 11 ultra, but in other reviews, the photos are outstanding. maybe has to do with their skills or the camera is inconsistent at the moment.
will probably get better with software updates though.
its chinese based rom, so maybe it could be wiser to wait until xiaomi EU releases custom version with all chinese stuff gone.
linamus said:
I live in Europe and have been eyeing this phone since release - but I'm not in a hurry and I've got a few questions:
Is it ok to use China released phone in an EU country?
Is the price likely to drop?
How soon can we expect the availability to root the phone?
Is it best to first wait a few months for at least a confirmation of an international release?
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I have Chinese ROM 12/512 and its working fine in UK (inluding 5G).
Awesome camera and superfast CPU with great battery life.
As for international release, I read there are no plans and this device is China only. (Also any international version will be more expensive!)
However xiaiomi.eu teak are working on an unofficial EU ROM now so users needing a "global" ROM can use that when available
Also, Android Auto won't work
Depending on your country the 4G bands can be an issue (5G is far from being the standard in the EU)
Google Pay won't always work
Chinese Rom has that terrible pull down menu like the Iphone where it's split in a notifications section and a settings section.
And there are other smaller issues.
NOT a device right now for people who don't like to experiment. Especially not at the 1200+ euro price