Hey I am new here
I am flying to the UK (London) in the end of May, and I wanted to ask if someone who lives in London knows any store there that sells Sim-Free HTC Phones? Basically I am asking that because I want to buy the HTC Sensation and I have only 4 days in London so I want to be prepared.
If there are several stores, I would like to hear all of them if you can or the cheapest+most reliable one (as much as possible ofcourse).
You'll have to buy if from vodophone unlocked
Sure it is possible?
And thanks for the comment.
I am not sure Vodafone sell unlocked phones. Your best bet will be any Carphone Warehouse store. All their phones are unlocked. If you ask to buy PAYG, you will save about £50 on the sim-free price but the good thing is you get the same phone you would have got if you bought it sim-free + you get a number and £10 or £20 credit to use while you are in London.
First, Thanks!
Second, I searched for the store near my Hotel and I found one really nearby so now I want to ask another question, if you have experience buying phones from them or heard something, Do they overprice? I mean here where I live I can go to the store and the price will be 800 pound and in Amazon it will be 600 pound for example.. not that huge differences but I hope you got my point.
Third, Do they get the last phones usually after they come out? because if it's said that the Sensation will come out on mid May, and I am coming on end May, I hope they'll have it by then.
Carphone Warehouse!
As far as I'm aware, Vodafone have it exclusively for May then other retailers will start selling in June, so you may be out of luck I'm afraid
Omicron90 said:
As far as I'm aware, Vodafone have it exclusively for May then other retailers will start selling in June, so you may be out of luck I'm afraid
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oh me I hope not ><
But thanks for the info!
Guys My Brother is coming to India on 24th, so obviously today I asked him to bring Nexus 5. but he told that it takes around 10-15 days to deliver. we don't have that much time. can you guys suggest where to buy nexus 5 online for a fast delivery?
if it may help he lives in Texas.
Thank you.
Best Buy should have it but it would be a bit more.
Any idea how much it would be?
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Any idea how much it would be?
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It's $450. But you can price match it at their best buy. Just print out the google play store price (make sure it says it is in stock) and then print out their policy. Ask them to match it for $350. It should work. I got mine matched at that price at bestbuy
Keep in mind it MAY NOT WORK in India. There are TWO models. An American Model and a international model.
I suggest you MAKE SURE your carrier supports it.
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I am looking for the white model of this phone, and was originally waiting for handtec to have it available, but speaking to the customer service rep has told me that it wont be available until possibly the end of this month at the least. That really sucks. I looked ar clove and the price is much higher than handtec, something that I dont want to do if I have patience. Currently, handtec has the phone for £417 which is the lowest while clove is offering it at £439. Does anyone have a preference over another when purchasing? Is there another source offering competitive pricing that I should research? Thanks in adnace for your help.
I am in the united states if that makes a difference as well
Clove is your only bet right now as they are the only ones I can think of offering the white 6603 unlocked and will ship outside the UK.
I'm just going to wait another week for the Sony press conference in New York to see when the phone is coming to the States.
It will be available in Canada on October 29th.
I happened to have lost my Sony Z3 Compact in a cab in China last week and am on the hunt for a new phone .. I was for 90% sure that the Play was going to be my next, but they've just announced the pricing and availability in Australia. Here it comes, both the Play and Style will be released next month (regarding the Play, why is it so hard to release it worldwide on the same day??) and both will be only be available through Vodafone (Really?? Carrier-locked while the rest of the world gets it unlocked?!) , which has 5M subscribers out of 30M total mobile subscriptions (most at Telstra and Optus) and the worst coverage possible. The Play might be sold "later on" for the beautiful price of 569AU$ (to be confirmed, =378E, 420US$), making it a mid-range phone at the price of a Z3 and around 70AU$ more expensive than my lost Z3 Compact..
Source(s): http://www.cnet.com/au/news/motorola-moto-x-style-moto-x-playand-moto-g-australian-pricing-and-availability/
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/motorolas-moto-x-style-moto-x-play-and-moto-g-smartphones-coming-to-australia-20150817-gj1bnx.html
Sorry for this little rant, but I could barely believe what I just read. It looks like Moto is not even trying to sell the phone over here..
Oh yeah, feel free to recommend me any Android phone I'm currently looking at the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 or a HTC One M8/Samsung S5 (can find them refurbished for +- 345AU$). I highly dislike Touchwiz and never thought it'd be buying a Samsung device, but none of the other manufacturers have anything compelling to offer around that price (and I dislike the OP2's invite system even more than Touchwiz). Thanks!
Yeah odd move by Motorola, I guess they aint too fond of Vegemite.
I think my logic makes the most sense lol
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Flipping Heck! Vodafone have released off contract price.
AUS$792 ... When a phone costs more than the UK price you know thats bloody expensive!
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nah, Canada sells it carrier locked too...
Well... there's this one thing that doesn't suck about mobile phones in brazil: they sell it unlocked and even the contract binded ones are unlocked or easily unlockable.
Does anyone have any idea when the UK shipments will be going out? Has anyone preordered from Clove? I am US based and patiently waiting my shiny new S8+. It seems the US based orders have already started rolling out so hopefully we see some movement for the UK devices next week.
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Velrix said:
Does anyone have any idea when the UK shipments will be going out? Has anyone preordered from Clove? I am US based and patiently waiting my shiny new S8+. It seems the US based orders have already started rolling out so hopefully we see some movement for the UK devices next week.
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Clove-sold S8's aren't pre-orders. We've bought and paid for one when they receive stock. I'd imagine it'll be first come first serve from the stock they receive. The UK launch date is April 28 so I'd assume UK resellers will start receiving stock a week ahead. So ours could be shipped out some time next week potentially. But it all depends on when Clove receives stock (and how much) which could be as late as launch day (April 28). I hope I get it before my 14 day return is up for the AT&T S8+ I pre-ordered. Clove is pretty communicative so I'm sure they'll keep us updated.
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Clove-sold S8's aren't pre-orders. We've bought and paid for one when they receive stock. I'd imagine it'll be first come first serve from the stock they receive. The UK launch date is April 28 so I'd assume UK resellers will start receiving stock a week ahead. So ours could be shipped out some time next week potentially. But it all depends on when Clove receives stock (and how much) which could be as late as launch day (April 28). I hope I get it before my 14 day return is up for the AT&T S8+ I pre-ordered. Clove is pretty communicative so I'm sure they'll keep us updated.
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Good to know, thanks for the update. I know it's technically not a preorder as it deducted the payment immediately however wasn't sure about stock levels or shipment dates. I've seen a lot of rumors around items being sent around the 19th I'm the UK.
A few retailers and some networks in the UK are offering the phone 8 days earlier than the official release date of 28th April. The 28th is when all places will have stock, which also applies to places like Amazon UK. The 8 day thing is just an irritating marketing ploy which favours some places who probably agree to promote the brand over another.
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A few retailers and some networks in the UK are offering the phone 8 days earlier than the official release date of 28th April. The 28th is when all places will have stock, which also applies to places like Amazon UK. The 8 day thing is just an irritating marketing ploy which favours some places who probably agree to promote the brand over another.
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The big resellers and wireless carriers that have deep relationships with Samsung will mostly abide by the rules Samsung applies. Others will be a bit more renegade. The problem with shipping them early is Samsung's support won't be fully prepared to deal with inquiries. Samsung's UK site doesn't even have the manual available yet.
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The big resellers and wireless carriers that have deep relationships with Samsung will mostly abide by the rules Samsung applies. Others will be a bit more renegade. The problem with shipping them early is Samsung's support won't be fully prepared to deal with inquiries. Samsung's UK site doesn't even have the manual available yet.
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That is true. Anyway, Clove is one of my preferred companies and I have used them for about 10 years now.
First time using clove and seems like so far the experience is good. If it is, I will stick to them as they have the phone even cheaper than the US options which isn't bad for some of the software trades off. Regardless, seems like we won't be getting ours until the first week of may. They need to get the stock, then open to make the 5 minute call. Then close it back and ship it out to us. Im expecting mine the week of may 5th
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First time using clove and seems like so far the experience is good. If it is, I will stick to them as they have the phone even cheaper than the US options which isn't bad for some of the software trades off. Regardless, seems like we won't be getting ours until the first week of may. They need to get the stock, then open to make the 5 minute call. Then close it back and ship it out to us. Im expecting mine the week of may 5th
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Used Clove quite a few times in the past and they always been good
I hope it'll arrive before Best Buy sells them unlocked for $725 / $825!
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I hope it'll arrive before Best Buy sells them unlocked for $725 / $825!
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The "U" versions of the S7-series Samsung sold weren't all they were cracked up to be. Devs sniffing around in the code found that the ROM was really the T-Mobile version with T-Mobile's proprietary stuff stripped out. But T-Mobile was referenced numerous times in the code. Samsung also totally neglected them update wise. AT&T got nougat out before Samsung did for the U's. It's still not out. So basically you'll be getting a carrier phone with the carrier stuff removed or hidden and no updates. And still no HD Voice or NumberSync if you're on AT&T. You're better off going for a "real" unlocked "F" from a region that gets regular updates. Only downside of an F over a U is the lack of U.S. warranty support.
And I believe the F has Exynos and U Snapdragon... With the phones unusual requirement of a UK Sim to unlock, once the procedure has been completed, are we sure to get updates even while on a non-UK network?
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And I believe the F has Exynos and U Snapdragon... With the phones unusual requirement of a UK Sim to unlock, once the procedure has been completed, are we sure to get updates even while on a non-UK network?
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Yes we'll get the updates. When I have the international s7 edge from Singapore, I flashed firmwares from any country that got updates first via Odin.
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And I believe the F has Exynos and U Snapdragon... With the phones unusual requirement of a UK Sim to unlock, once the procedure has been completed, are we sure to get updates even while on a non-UK network?
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Updates aren't carrier dependent, they're directly from Samsung. So any time BTU S8's get updated we'll get updated. I have a Singaporean NotePRO 12 that's 2 years old with an AT&T SIM in it that just received an update last week. It surprised me because Samsung disowns their devices after a year to 18 months.
Just a heads up, if you ordered from Clover Tech they are stating they don't expect any stock until the 28th. Kinda sucks as I pre-ordered from them being in the US and all I didnt have much of a choice for the Eyxnos variant anyways. Other suppliers in UK are already shipping but it looks like Clover is not a supplier such as Very, Samsung themselves and carriers.
It sucks but to be fair it is clearly stated on the product page. Looks like we will get it around may 4th. They are talks that Best Buy will carry the U version on the 9th but nothing official yet.
If the phone releases on the 28th in the UK, wouldn't shipment be he wet of the 4th? Think DHL will have it to us by end of week that week?
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OP and I are in the US and Clove expects to ship no earlier than friday the 28th, so we can't get it before early May. That's assuming it ships on the first day. They also have to unlock all international orders prior to shipping.
As stated above. Clove unfortunately won't have stock until the 28th and at that , the guy i spoke to used the word 'hopefully' so he didn't exactly fill me with confidence that he will definitely have stock on the 28th! I reckon we will have our phone in the first week of may at best and thats hoping clove receive enough stock otherwise some of us may not receive our phones until the following week
I already canceled my US bound order because i was afraid of having to return it to the UK due to the red tint screen. According to a Best Buy employee, they will sell the unlocked version late april or early may (BH photo has it as an overpriced preorder for early may delivery as well), so it will probably not make a big difference on the delivery date... I've also read on the best buy product Q&A (granted it is far from being an official source) that Samsung will update the unlocked version monthly instead of quarterly like on the S7.
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I already canceled my US bound order because i was afraid of having to return it to the UK due to the red tint screen. According to a Best Buy employee, they will sell the unlocked version late april or early may (BH photo has it as an overpriced preorder for early may delivery as well), so it will probably not make a big difference on the delivery date... I've also read on the best buy product Q&A (granted it is far from being an official source) that Samsung will update the unlocked version monthly instead of quarterly like on the S7.
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I am on the verge of having mine canceled from Clove.
They recently e-mailed my wife, whom paid for the phone as a birthday gift, stating that they'd need further verification when she already went through some to actually charge the card on a UK based website to begin with (obviously not Clove's fault, but it was an annoyance nonetheless). They e-mailed her stating that they need a specific authorisation code from the card issuer, as there's a unique one for every transaction, to continue the order. With the phone releasing 2 days from now, it stands to reason that I will not be receiving the phone any time soon since they've started this b.s. My wife's gone through her bank and they have no authorisation code to give her, and only told her to tell Clove that they can contact them if they need any further verification. The card has already been charged, and it appears on a statement too.. why wait until 2 days before the phone releases to send an e-mail stating that they need further proof? Sounds like bull**** they've conjured up because they don't have the supply for the amount of preorders they received.
Complete bollocks I reckon. If they don't reply back and nothing happens in 2 days, I'm going to get my wife to cancel it and buy it somewhere else. This sort of shotty/shady business is distasteful.