Was waiting for Note 4 or Nexus 6 but the huawei ascend mate 7 looks amazing and really want one. Anyone know if it's coming to UK or where to buy it from a decent supplier?
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Was waiting for Note 4 or Nexus 6 but the huawei ascend mate 7 looks amazing and really want one. Anyone know if it's coming to UK or where to buy it from a decent supplier?
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I have ordered today from Amazon.fr. Says stock coming soon.
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I have ordered today from Amazon.fr. Says stock coming soon.
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The Mate 7 I orders from Amazon.fr is to be delivered today by Citylink in UK. About EUR 475 including postage
I just ordered this week from eBay UK - £299.99 including postage.
Shipped from Hong Kong, though - should arrive next week.
Will let you know!
lordskaled said:
I just ordered this week from eBay UK - £299.99 including postage.
Shipped from Hong Kong, though - should arrive next week.
Will let you know!
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I saw that too. For £350 you can get a European model from amazon.fr
The price just dropped! Let me know if you have any issues with the Chinese handset. Good price.
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I just ordered this week from eBay UK - £299.99 including postage.
Shipped from Hong Kong, though - should arrive next week.
Will let you know!
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I saw that one too.
you might be charged customs/vat though.
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I saw that one too.
you might be charged customs/vat though.
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From china ebay customs Will charge you. Better to go with amazon but think it's only the 2gb model. Prob won't need any more.
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From china ebay customs Will charge you. Better to go with amazon but think it's only the 2gb model. Prob won't need any more.
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That always depends on how to label the shipment and fill out the invoice statement.
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That always depends on how to label the shipment and fill out the invoice statement.
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Ok. My LG G2 I got imported got unwrapped by customs then sent to me and I got a £70 bill! I guess I was unlucky
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Ok. My LG G2 I got imported got unwrapped by customs then sent to me and I got a £70 bill! I guess I was unlucky
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That was not properly shipped. As of the situation in our store, we attach an invoice statement along with the shipment. For smartphones, DHL will clear the custom using the prepared statement and we hear no delay/VAT ever, except for one country that the custom stops every single EXPRESS shipment, per law of that country.
Just some hints for your future online purchase.
I just saw this phone and was taken by the design and size of the phone. Specs aren't quite note 4 or nexus 6 but sure looks better. I bought oppo find 7 but after few weeks was quite dissapointed due to touch issues poor ui and camera, I don't fancy making the same mistake.
I'm in the uk where is the best place to buy and will it work on ee 4g? It's very important for me to have 4g.
Thanks
riz157 said:
I just saw this phone and was taken by the design and size of the phone. Specs aren't quite note 4 or nexus 6 but sure looks better. I bought oppo find 7 but after few weeks was quite dissapointed due to touch issues poor ui and camera, I don't fancy making the same mistake.
I'm in the uk where is the best place to buy and will it work on ee 4g? It's very important for me to have 4g.
Thanks
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I bought it from Amazon.de and using on 3. no problem with 4G connection.
you better buy from amazon.fr as they are selling around 455 Euro at the moment which is about 360GPB.
maokun said:
I bought it from Amazon.de and using on 3. no problem with 4G connection.
you better buy from amazon.fr as they are selling around 455 Euro at the moment which is about 360GPB.
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Thanks for prompt reply. Does it lag at all and does ot have led notification light?
How long did it take for delivery?
riz157 said:
Thanks for prompt reply. Does it lag at all and does ot have led notification light?
How long did it take for delivery?
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I'm quite happy with it so far.(changed from xperia z2) especially fingerprint scanner. so handy.
no lag but I'm not that heavy user. yes it does have small green notification light.
It took 3 days once they shipped.
maokun said:
I'm quite happy with it so far.(changed from xperia z2) especially fingerprint scanner. so handy.
no lag but I'm not that heavy user. yes it does have small green notification light.
It took 3 days once they shipped.
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Thanks
Suppose its just warranty i need to worry anout now. If there are any issues or repairs then i would have to return to france at my own expense.
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I'm quite happy with it so far.(changed from xperia z2) especially fingerprint scanner. so handy.
no lag but I'm not that heavy user. yes it does have small green notification light.
It took 3 days once they shipped.
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I am thinkingbof swapping my z2 for the AM7 also. Only thing holding me back is I am worried about camera?? How are you finding the video recording and stills inside and low light? I also created another thread for this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2933881
Would really appreciate your comments.
I received my Mate 7 yesterday - got shipped on Friday from HK so came very quickly.
I wasn't charged any tax at all as it was marked as 'gift' when shipped; which was very nice!
It is though the MT7-L09 model, so it doesn't support some of the 4G bands over here. Fortunately I'm switching networks soon, anyway, to one that is supported
I'm currently on O2 and the LTE doesn't work, but it works on EE reportedly.
Also as a point, the model number I have isn't listed on the Huawei bootloader unlock site so I'm currently awaiting more info to unlock and root my device
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I received my Mate 7 yesterday - got shipped on Friday from HK so came very quickly.
I wasn't charged any tax at all as it was marked as 'gift' when shipped; which was very nice!
It is though the MT7-L09 model, so it doesn't support some of the 4G bands over here. Fortunately I'm switching networks soon, anyway, to one that is supported
I'm currently on O2 and the LTE doesn't work, but it works on EE reportedly.
Also as a point, the model number I have isn't listed on the Huawei bootloader unlock site so I'm currently awaiting more info to unlock and root my device
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Nice. I purchased the 16gb European model from amazon.fr in the end £360ish. What phone did you come from and what are your initial impressions especially camera
I had a nexus 4 previously (bit old) so was a bit of a step up... much better screen and etc.
I've yet to play with the camera really, but it's supposedly better than the one I had before. Will have to have a play
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There is already a thread for US pre-orders so I thought I might start one for the UK.
The only place I have found so far is that Amazon.de have pre-orders for three versions and they will, of course, ship to the UK.
599€ (less than £500 at today's rates) for the 64Gb gold without dock
719€ for the 64Gb gold with dock
and 727.98€ for the grey 64Gb with dock.
As Amazon don't charge your card before shipping, I have pre-ordered the gold one without the dock as I am hopeful the TF201 dock will fit the TF700T. See my separate thread about this.
Please post any information you get about other sources.
EDIT: Just to add that if you order from Amazon.de with shipping to the UK, they adjust the price to account for the higher VAT rate in the UK.
thanks for these, i'd missed this! is there any indication as to when amazon.de will ship?
another possiblity for UK orders is komplett.ie , who claimed to be aiming to have the TF700T available, with international layout dock, by yesterday, so with some luck they may be in stock monday, then shipping to the UK could be done through postal forwarding at not to high a cost.
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thanks for these, i'd missed this! is there any indication as to when amazon.de will ship?
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Not so far as I am aware. Often Amazon.de get this sort of stuff before the UK but, as they don't charge your card until they ship, you can cancel if you see a better or quicker source without any penalty.
Keep in mind: amazon.de sells the german version which has a qwertz-keyboard. I'm not sure about umlaute, but I guess the key dock has them, too.
Also, the power-supply would be for CEE7/16, which to my knowledge is not usable in UK.
I am currently looking at ordering one from the Netherlands, which should have US-international keyboard, but also CEE7/16
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another possiblity for UK orders is komplett.ie , who claimed to be aiming to have the TF700T available, with international layout dock, by yesterday, so with some luck they may be in stock monday, then shipping to the UK could be done through postal forwarding at not to high a cost.
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Do komplett.ie ship to the UK? When I looked at other komplett sites, they did not mention international shipping.
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Keep in mind: amazon.de sells the german version which has a qwertz-keyboard. I'm not sure about umlaute, but I guess the key dock has them, too.
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Good point but I plan on getting the dockless version so that should not be an issue. And I'm sure the good folks at XDA will enable me to put on the UK firmware pretty soon after release.
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Also, the power-supply would be for CEE7/16, which to my knowledge is not usable in UK.
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Can you explain, please? I thought Germany uses the same power system as in the UK (and also in Spain where we also stay frequently) with just a different plug. I bought my Samsung Galaxy S3 from Amazon.de and am not aware of a problem with the charger.
netzkind said:
I am currently looking at ordering one from the Netherlands, which should have US-international keyboard, but also CEE7/16
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Can you provide a link, please?
norm2002 said:
Can you explain, please? I thought Germany uses the same power system as in the UK (and also in Spain where we also stay frequently) with just a different plug. I bought my Samsung Galaxy S3 from Amazon.de and am not aware of a problem with the charger.
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I was talking about the plug only. It's not that easy to find an adapter that goes "the other way round", most available sets are "local female, foreign male". To use a foreign power plug you will need "foreign female, local male" - if you know that and have access to the correct adapter, everything is fine.
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Can you provide a link, please?
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Not yet, have only found komplett.nl, but they do not offer international shipping on their website. Have contacted them about it and am waiting for their response.
If you don't mind overpaying a bit, it looks like easynotebooks.de have a very few grey with dock and gold without dock that they will ship to the UK. They also sell through Amazon.de but it seems that you cannot get it shipped to the UK going via their Amazon store.
Total cost for the gold without dock comes to nearly 660€ with shipping! When Amazon have them, it will be about 612€ so you're definitely paying for being an early adopter.
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Not yet, have only found komplett.nl, but they do not offer international shipping on their website. Have contacted them about it and am waiting for their response.
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Alternate.nl allows for international orders (in my case to Germany), plus they list the TF700T 64GB with Dock for pre-orders.
I had problems with their ordering-process and contacted their sales-team - they were really quick and my pre-order is placed with them now. Shipment will be 10,95 Euros vom NL to DE.
komplett.nl whom i contacted last weekend did not respond to me at all.
I ordered an standard one without dock from easynotebooks.de yesterday. The total cost was £570. They shipped UPS Standard same day and it should arrive here tomorrow :victory:
Uk really is an Awesome Country!
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I ordered an standard one without dock from easynotebooks.de yesterday. The total cost was £570. They shipped UPS Standard same day and it should arrive here tomorrow :victory:
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Well done! I hope my tip off helped. Mine is also due for delivery tomorrow but, as I posted in another thread, I am now at Gatwick on my way to Prague and won't see it until next Friday Maybe you're the first in the UK?
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Will I be able to buy a UK dock on its own afterwards if I get this now?
Have any of the people who have ordered from Europe received theirs yet? This threads gone a little quiet and I'm getting more and more tempted to import rather than wait until August...
I'll be importing from Ireland next week
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Are there any 32gb tablets for sale?
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I'll be importing from Ireland next week
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From which site, and is that with the dock?
Lazzzara said:
Have any of the people who have ordered from Europe received theirs yet? This threads gone a little quiet and I'm getting more and more tempted to import rather than wait until August...
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I think at least two of us have got ours. In my case, it has been delivered but I am out of the UK until Thursday so have't been able to enjoy my new toy.
http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/tablets/80006852/asus_10_transformer_infinity_64gb_dock/details.aspx
Buying from Ireland you will have to wait until the 24th July new stock delivery
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http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/pro...0_transformer_infinity_64gb_dock/details.aspx
Buying from Ireland you will have to wait until the 24th July new stock delivery
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Will it have a UK keyboard?
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Hi in the uk and wanted to know where to purchase a 64gb oneplus one dont wanna get scammed too many on ebay
Ebay is the only place. Unless u have invite to buy direct.
pro4ever said:
Hi in the uk and wanted to know where to purchase a 64gb oneplus one dont wanna get scammed too many on ebay
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I got my Chinese oneplus one on Ali express never herd of them before I bought it but went 4 the plunge and it took 13 days for delivery other people got there quicker depends really
Its from Hong Kong and no custom fees as well
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Gumtree mate there quite reasonable priced on there that's most likely where I may get 1 from
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Hi in the uk and wanted to know where to purchase a 64gb oneplus one dont wanna get scammed too many on ebay
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The best way: wait for an invite and purchase directly from OnePlus.
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I go to london the 11 of august...
I have an oneplus one 16 gb,
I want to change for galaxy S5, nexus 5 or iPhone 5S.
If you like send me an private messge.
Thanks
To my knowledge all 16GB phones are China-edition and thus
a) missing international LTE bands
b) come with a chinese OS (ColorOS) instead of CM
Afaik all early contest winners who won the 16GB edition were upgraded to white 64GB editions.
d4fseeker said:
To my knowledge all 16GB phones are China-edition and thus
a) missing international LTE bands
b) come with a chinese OS (ColorOS) instead of CM
Afaik all early contest winners who won the 16GB edition were upgraded to white 64GB editions.
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Your knowledge is wrong.
1. The LTE works fine in Europe for the chinese version.
2. You can flash CM11S stock image.
3. There are 16GB international phones for sure.
I bought mine from lenteen.fr , paid via paypal, received 1 week later
But now they ship from EU (mine was shipped from china) and it should take around 48h
If your buying on Gumtree then make sure you pick it up as there are a lot of paypal scammers on there.
I'm selling one of mine on there at the moment and I have had a few people asking if I would post and take paypal even though I offered to deliver(I travel a lot with work) so you just know they would make a paypal claim as soon as they get the phone.
Likewise if your buying on there you get a lot of scammers looking to pull a fast one.
If you are buying a sealed in box phone then you can't check for the yellow screen until you pay for it.
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Your knowledge is wrong.
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Let me prove you otherwise.
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1. The LTE works fine in Europe for the chinese version.
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That's a dangerous statement as neither chinese nor international OnePlus work as expected across all of Europe due to the missing LTE band 20.
Furthermore the chinese 1+ is missing LTE bands 4/17/38/40 which equals to 43% of all LTE bands missing. True it will work in most parts of Europe where the international one is working due to Europe's huge reliance on LTE bands 3/7/20.
Additionally the chinese version is missing 3G/HSPA band 4
Conclusion: my point still stands that the chinese version is NOT the same as the intl. connectivity-wise.
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2. You can flash CM11S stock image.
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I specifically said "comes with", not that CM11S cannot be flashed anyway. Even if it is not very likely, they could break CM11S official updates based on IMEI, serial or other factors if you are not entitled to it. You would still have the "normal" CM11 though.
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They changed production schedule way before mass-producing the device - only a few international devices were shipped with 16GB to journalists and maybe very early contest winners. Fact is that you could NEVER buy the 16GB intl edition.
Just bought mine off Gumtree from a local guy who had pre-ordered but bought an HTC M8 in the meantime.
£320 for a SandStone Black 64GB, brand new and unopened - absolute bargain
Hi there. Im from Barcelona, Spain, and I bought my Oneplus One from myefox.es. I bought the white 64GB one, with DHL shipping service (was here in 6 days) and it costed me 313€ total price (around 270 pounds, guessing) Yes, it is the chinese version, but it comes with CM11S installed, unlocked bootloader, stock recovery.
Works perfect, no problem with reception, calls, signal... not eiter in spain nor uk, as I travel to Glasgow quite often so, so far, so great!
I think it is a great deal, so you might want to go and check the website, I think they have one in english too, but this is the one that I bought it from.
Regards to all XDA community,
Paco.
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Let me prove you otherwise.
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Sorry, you're right. No invites for 16gb phones now..
As for CM, since they posted a ROM on their website, it's very unlikely they would ever start doing something you mentioned to the CN versions... Even if the 1% chance came to be, you can always get the latest OTA zip on xda
Gumtree probably best place like I said just meet them at there house or yours exchange details if you feel need. There some good deals ATM
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Looks like I will be selling my HTC one Max to get the one plus then
Has this device got a planned UK release date at all? I cant find any info about when I would be able to walk into a brick and mortar shop and pick one up. It was announced 2-3 months ago, reviewed a month ago and still nothing. Its ridiculous. Same with the htc desire 820. Its like they are phantom phones. No info on expansys, cw or simplyelectronics websites. All a bit worrying.
Anyone know anything about a UK release?
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Has this device got a planned UK release date at all? I cant find any info about when I would be able to walk into a brick and mortar shop and pick one up. It was announced 2-3 months ago, reviewed a month ago and still nothing. Its ridiculous. Same with the htc desire 820. Its like they are phantom phones. No info on expansys, cw or simplyelectronics websites. All a bit worrying.
Anyone know anything about a UK release?
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Buy from amazon.fr whilst you still can. UK price will be rip off.
Amazon.fr don't do the 3gb model though.
keep an eye out for UK ebay
skezza said:
Amazon.fr don't do the 3gb model though.
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i got mine off eBay UK for £530 including shipping. A lady in Birmingham had 4 an it sold out within £48hrs. just keep looking on eBay. you might get lucky.
shelay said:
i got mine off eBay UK for £530 including shipping. A lady in Birmingham had 4 an it sold out within £48hrs. just keep looking on eBay. you might get lucky.
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I very nearly bought one. I didn't trust her though.
Shame
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i got mine off eBay UK for £530 including shipping. A lady in Birmingham had 4 an it sold out within £48hrs. just keep looking on eBay. you might get lucky.
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Dude that is crazy. I am using the European model with 2gb and came from a z2 with 3gb and this is faster. The chinese model is problematic for UK users but if you prefer more numbers then pay extra. I paid £355 for mine and its best phone to date. I have owned loads or I would not be on xda
32gb on ebay for £419.99
guys in UK, if you want the 32gb, there is some from HongKong selling 5 on eBay
£419.99 for 1
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Huawei-As...10297?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones&hash=item35e0687af9
hope that helps. i hope i havent gone against any rules as well by posting this. enjoy guys, i paid £530 ish for mine.so this is a bargain.
Is it safe?
Anyone who is on the fence about buying this phone, Amazon is selling the 32GB model for $349.99 with free Prime 2 day shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/Moto-Unlocked...459972230&sr=1-4&keywords=moto+x+pure+edition
Nice price. I paid 450 +tax shipping and handling.
If I were sitting on the fence, I'd probably jump in the opposite direction and get a Nexus 5x. Not a great deal of development going on for this device and you only have to look here on XDA to see that. Even more surprising that Motorola only appear to have released Android 6.0 for the device unless you live in Asia for some strange reason. I would have expected at least 6.01 to have been available by now for the rest of the world, especially when you consider that with a Nexus device you could be running Android 7 already.
A word of warning for T-Mobile/MetroPCS/MVNO* users: VOLTE has audio jitter that makes calls unbearable. The only known solution is to disable VOLTE. By doing this you loose band 12 LTE. This will affect your cell coverage in buildings and in the country. Moto has been aware of this for a while now and has no solution or ETA thus far.
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A word of warning for T-Mobile users: VOLTE has audio jitter that makes calls unbearable. .
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I have never experienced that, and I use it all of the time.
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I have never experienced that, and I use it all of the time.
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https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-X...o-after-MM-upgrade-w-VoLTE/m-p/3300937#M12435
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https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-X...o-after-MM-upgrade-w-VoLTE/m-p/3300937#M12435
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Right, I have not posted in that thread
Hitti2 said:
Nice price. I paid 450 +tax shipping and handling.
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Some credit cards have price protection for a limited time. Maybe you can luck out?
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Some credit cards have price protection for a limited time. Maybe you can luck out?
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Bought mine like 2months ago.
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We have it @ $400 CAD in Canada no contract
I just ordered a Moto X Pure 32GB Adler Edition on the Motorola website for $299.99. Besides the ugly design (that I plan to cover up with a DBrand skin), are there any differences, at all, between the regular version and the Adler version? Thanks.
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I just ordered a Moto X Pure 32GB Adler Edition on the Motorola website for $299.99. Besides the ugly design (that I plan to cover up with a DBrand skin), are there any differences, at all, between the regular version and the Adler version? Thanks.
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I have the honeycomb one. There are no differences other than the back cover.
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Aus vodafone sold it for 300 AUD
I got mine on Swappa for $325, mint condition 64gb even lol
I got 16GB with 32GB SD Card at Best Buy Deal Of The Day for $235. It sold well so may be back again soon as Deal Of The Day
I payed 244$ for an 64gb open box one on B%H on that sale they had with sdcard included the other day, not bad at all, mine did not include an sdcard of course.
Out of the blue someone on the street just handed me one. Zero dollars. J/K...
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Yep. Picked mine up today at Best buy for the same price. Jumped for the 32 gb version for stress-free app installs and I'll be throwing in a 64gb SD card tomorrow.
This phone really has a lot going for it at the current price. I was going to get the Oneplus 3 but reading about LTE connection issues on att I passed.
300 for plain black 64gb a week ago from moto store. 50 bucks extra for moto sport watch edition 2. Passed on it. Im on Verizon. Would have waited for the Z but it will be locked down tigher than............. and the unlocked version is only GSM. those bastards. I love 1 full day 4 1/2 hours screen time.
Just a heads up guys, this phone is $250 on amazon for Prime Day. IF you have prime, you get free 2-day shipping and a phone for $250 for the 32GB version. You can do White, White and Bamboo, or Black (black is out of stock so it'll take a few weeks)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013SEXKTM
The Porsche Design is incredibly expensive. But they have announced a Mate 9 Pro, and is on their web site here. But no information on versions, or places to purchase.
Google search not turning anything up either.
Seems like this time of year would be good time to get this stuff out there and available.
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The Porsche Design is incredibly expensive. But they have announced a Mate 9 Pro, and is on their web site here. But no information on versions, or places to purchase.
Google search not turning anything up either.
Seems like this time of year would be good time to get this stuff out there and available.
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It's only a limited release so far.
It's available in China, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Your only way of getting it would probably be to import a Chinese version. I've yet to see a Nordic shop ship internationally even though it would probably be preferable (albeit more expensive) to get one from a Nordic country.
Other than that, you can only cross your fingers and hope it sees a wider release. I'm guessing they're testing to see the reception of a curved amoled display for future devices.
Thanks
Sweden and most of the others appears to be pre order from 20th.
i've found a couple of shops in sweden that will ship to other countries when they do have stock...
If you find out where the Pro is available for purchase online, please post.
Yeah, a lot of people like me have interest on this Model.
Sure. Likewise, of course.
Misco in sweden will post overseas but they only taking pre orders and are not guaranteeing it'll be instock by 20th. They said telcos will get them first so maybe try them....
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If you find out where the Pro is available for purchase online, please post.
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aliexpress is already selling this phone.
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aliexpress is already selling this phone.
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Yup. It sure is. Although it is not available from a supplier in the U.S.
One of my concerns about purchasing a phone that would not be from a vendor in the U.S. is support. Even if the support is 'good', timing for handling would be an issue, I presume. Maybe my concern is not valid...I don't know.
The other thing for me is if I purchase a phone (especially one in that price range) I want to be able to evaluate it for at least a couple weeks and return it if it's not for me for whatever reason. The Oneplus 3 has a 14 day policy, and the Axon 7 has 30 days.
I talked to Huawei customer support today inquiring about the Mate 9 Pro because I have been wanting to get one but was told that they do not recommend buying it from 3rd party vendors or sellers and there is no warranty for the international version of the phone if you use it in the U.S.
Well, that ended my hopes of getting an expensive unlocked phone. Might as well wait for the upcoming phones...
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I talked to Huawei customer support today inquiring about the Mate 9 Pro because I have been wanting to get one but was told that they do not recommend buying it from 3rd party vendors or sellers and there is no warranty for the international version of the phone if you use it in the U.S.
Well, that ended my hopes of getting an expensive unlocked phone. Might as well wait for the upcoming phones...
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Some re-sellers offer warranty support.
I wouldn't worry about it... I've never had to use warranty service for any of my smartphones. I've been searching but can't find any places selling this phone in silver/gray at a decent price... most are $1,000+. I already got burned when I bought my international Mate 9 (lost $200 when I sold it after the unexpected U.S. release).
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One of my concerns about purchasing a phone that would not be from a vendor in the U.S. is support. Even if the support is 'good', timing for handling would be an issue, I presume. Maybe my concern is not valid...I don't know.
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Very valid. I bought a Mate 9 Pro in the USA via a seller on ebay. The sellers post just said huawei has 12 month warranty. Which is true. Just incomplete
After i received the device, i could figure out:
Huawei does not seem to have global warranty support == you need to send in the device for any form of repairs to the country where it is originally from.
My device seems to be from Taiwan, but that is just conjecture by me because the packaging has a URL from Taiwan on it. Alas, the Taiwanese Huawei site is one of the few that does not have online warranty check and when i sent an email to them from the webpage to inquire about my warranty status, i never got a reply. Maybe they can not or do not want to talk english. Or deal with overseas sold units customers.
Aka: i guess i am pretty much out of luck wrt. warranty unless i learn chinese and jump into a plane to taipeh. Which could be fun . But i guessed something like that to be the situation before i bought the phone, so no big surprise.
i got my mate 9 pro from ebay too. and it's also from taiwan. it's the gray one and it's only $878 + intl express shipping. i think it's the cheapest gray mate 9 pro coz some sellers from aliexpress sells it for even more than $1000 coz it's very rare. and they are selling the chinese version too. mine's international, i got it after 5 days here in new zealand via dhl. didn't have pay any import dutiesas well. the seller only sold 4 of these and i was one of the luckiest to grab the sale. here's the link:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/5-5-quot-HUAW...-40-Gray-41-/201786380080?txnId=1477941202010
domon07 said:
i got my mate 9 pro from ebay too. and it's also from taiwan. it's the gray one and it's only $878 + intl express shipping. i think it's the cheapest gray mate 9 pro coz some sellers from aliexpress sells it for even more than $1000 coz it's very rare. and they are selling the chinese version too. mine's international, i got it after 5 days here in new zealand via dhl. didn't have pay any import dutiesas well. the seller only sold 4 of these and i was one of the luckiest to grab the sale. here's the link:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/5-5-quot-HUAW...-40-Gray-41-/201786380080?txnId=1477941202010
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That is a great price! Gray does seem to cost a lot more because it's unavailable mostly... there's a AL00 (China) model open box on eBay, but I'm afraid of dealing with annoyances from buying a Chinese model.
I've just ordered the gold via Amazon Prime for $889. At least that way I actually CAN easily return the phone and get my money back if I don't like it... or if Huawei does a release in the U.S. soon I won't get screwed.
Nitemare3219 said:
That is a great price! Gray does seem to cost a lot more because it's unavailable mostly... there's a AL00 (China) model open box on eBay, but I'm afraid of dealing with annoyances from buying a Chinese model.
I've just ordered the gold via Amazon Prime for $889. At least that way I actually CAN easily return the phone and get my money back if I don't like it... or if Huawei does a release in the U.S. soon I won't get screwed.
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I think I might have seen the same listing on Amazon as you for the gold one. But I got my gold model m9pro for $773 with free shipping (no tax) on ebay. it was a great deal and have been loving the phone. I got the C636 build which I believe is the European version but could be wrong.
It is available through Amazon (all versions-Porsche, Pro, USA and International).
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=mate+9
Sebring5 said:
It is available through Amazon (all versions-Porsche, Pro, USA and International).
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=mate+9
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still no black pro like the one i have. i wonder why it's very rare and more expensive than the gold one.
Sebring5 said:
It is available through Amazon (all versions-Porsche, Pro, USA and International).
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=mate+9
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I just checked your link, Porsche was there, no Pro. One said it was a Pro, and I could be wrong, but my understanding is that the Pro is 6GB of memory, and the one listed said 4 GB.
A The only reason I would want a Pro is for 6GB of memory.
ewingr said:
I just checked your link, Porsche was there, no Pro. One said it was a Pro, and I could be wrong, but my understanding is that the Pro is 6GB of memory, and the one listed said 4 GB.
A The only reason I would want a Pro is for 6GB of memory.
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There are 2 variants of the pro: 4/64GB and 6/128GB.