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[Q] Buying NS outside of US and UK

I live in europe, but not in UK. Does anyone have ideas about how I should get my hands on the Nexus S, when it becomes available?
Any thoughts are most welcome

If you can wait, then sign up here: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/nexuss/
If you're in a hurry, then there are a few options:
1. Best Buy + delivery service like http://www.aramex.com/shopandship/default.aspx
2. eBay. Prices are about $730 now, I'd wait a bit.
3. Wait for somebody local to import a load of phones and sell on at higher price.

Carphone warehouse, vodafone contract only tho

shrivelfig said:
If you can wait, then sign up here: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/nexuss/
If you're in a hurry, then there are a few options:
1. Best Buy + delivery service like http://www.aramex.com/shopandship/default.aspx
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I'm afraid but "Best Buy does not ship to known freight forwarders, and orders to such will be canceled."

umbrella42 said:
I'm afraid but "Best Buy does not ship to known freight forwarders, and orders to such will be canceled."
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And I don't understand why...
Anyway i will place the order, if they reject my order i will take a Galaxy S...

velenox said:
And I don't understand why...
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Best Buys statement sounds like Erich Honecker DDR command economy to me. Anyway ...

velenox said:
And I don't understand why...
Anyway i will place the order, if they reject my order i will take a Galaxy S...
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Please inform us if you will recieve a phone ..
A lot of friends bought iPhone 4 in Apple store in other country and they recieved it via freight forwarders. It would be strange if Nexus S can be bought in this way, because they will only lower their sales.

According to this review, it will be available in EU in February and it will have lower price than Galaxy S i9000:
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/google-nexus-s-en.shtml
Also at that time Samsung will unveil i9100..

umbrella42 said:
I'm afraid but "Best Buy does not ship to known freight forwarders, and orders to such will be canceled."
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Huh. Disappointing, and smells of politics
Well, if BB don't want my money, then I will happily take it elsewhere. There might be an initial rush, but come January it will not be difficult to get one online, no matter where you live. Well, perhaps if you're on the ISS.

I think you can use site like MyUSABox (http://www.myusabox.com/), but personally I don't have experience with it. Don't know if anyone can comment about the site

shrivelfig said:
2. eBay. Prices are about $730 now, I'd wait a bit.
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I live in Greece....so if i am gonna buy it from ebay (US) does it comes with comes with one year warranty?...and after how many months do you think it will be sold in ebay (US) in the same price it is sold in US market (530$)?

What if Best Buy dun accept non-US credit card.....

lokto7 said:
What if Best Buy dun accept non-US credit card.....
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then we are f*cked!
but my best guess ... googles checkout or paypal ... not!?!

lokto7 said:
What if Best Buy dun accept non-US credit card.....
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Seems pretty unlikely.
I'm pretty sure they are unable to block credit cards by country.
If your credit card belongs to an established network (Visa or Mastercard for example), the payment should go through smoothly.
I'll be placing an order as soon as the Nexus S is in stock at best-buy.com, I'll keep you guys posted regarding the payment.

DJTaurus said:
I live in Greece....so if i am gonna buy it from ebay (US) does it comes with comes with one year warranty?
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I find no mention of warranty anywhere at all at Google, eBay or Best Buy. US warranties tend to be short, so I'd guess a phone sold in Greece would have a longer warranty, but at a higher price.
and after how many months do you think it will be sold in ebay (US) in the same price it is sold in US market (530$)?
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That will probably never happen. If you could buy loads of stuff somewhere at $530, would you sell them on eBay at the same price?

theophane said:
Seems pretty unlikely.
I'll be placing an order as soon as the Nexus S is in stock at best-buy.com, I'll keep you guys posted regarding the payment.
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How do you manage the shipment to france as best-buy.com delivers only to U.S. addresses?

umbrella42 said:
How do you manage the shipment to france as best-buy.com delivers only to U.S. addresses?
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The Nexus S will ship to NY, a friend of mine will then forward me the parcel to France.

Best buy ships to Εurope?
Any link about their shipping policy?

DJTaurus said:
Best buy ships to Εurope?
Any link about their shipping policy?
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Help-To...rs/pcmcat204400050019.c?id=pcmcat204400050019

DJTaurus said:
Best buy ships to Εurope?
Any link about their shipping policy?
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No, Best Buy does NOT ship to Europe.

Sensation Pre-orders at Handtec

hello everyone,
I just saw that Handtec has reduced their VAT free price for the sensation from 414.99 to 399.99 I had to pay the original price for my pre-order!
Well that's bad news I guess but they just changed the expected date for stock from the 27th to the 20th
Anyone else who pre-ordered the Sensation from Handtec?

I pre-ordered in early May from them. But I also Pre-Ordered at Expansys, so when their price is announced I'll keep one & cancel the other.
But Shouldn't Handtec re-fund the difference?

omar302 said:
I pre-ordered in early May from them. But I also Pre-Ordered at Expansys, so when their price is announced I'll keep one & cancel the other.
But Shouldn't Handtec re-fund the difference?
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They probably should ! I tried contacting them regarding this but I am still waiting for their reply

intel.nehalem said:
hello everyone,
I just saw that Handtec has reduced their VAT free price for the sensation from 414.99 to 399.99 I had to pay the original price for my pre-order!
Well that's bad news I guess but they just changed the expected date for stock from the 27th to the 20th
Anyone else who pre-ordered the Sensation from Handtec?
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Handtec do have a price promise. Check the price on day of release - if it is lower than what you have paid, then contact them and they will refund the difference. I've done this twice now...

Oh sweet they really did reduce the price. they are listing 2 versions which of them is the vodafone one

Pre-orders and availability for the UK

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.

ishamm said:
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

ishamm said:
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.

netzkind said:
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.
netzkind said:
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.
norm2002 said:
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.

netzkind said:
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!

akka243 said:
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?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

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
Sent from my LT26i using xda premium

Are there any 32gb tablets for sale?

ishamm said:
I'll be importing from Ireland next week
Sent from my LT26i using xda premium
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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

cheltenham2004 said:
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?
Sent from my GT-I9300

When should i expect it to arrive?

I know it sounds like im impatient but im just curious. When should i expect the phone to arrive after it has shipped on the 21st? (im in canada)

Mine says to expect delivery by the 23rd. Did you buy from Samsung or your carrier?

Mine says the 23rd (in the States) as well and am hoping that's for the delivered date and not the delivery date. But would be thrilled to have it a couple days early! I keep checking my order every day. Yes, I know, it's bad.

Mine has moved from in process to preparing to ship with At&t USA. I think At&t customers will receive them Wednesday or Thursday.

Semantics said:
Mine says to expect delivery by the 23rd. Did you buy from Samsung or your carrier?
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I pre ordered mine from the samsung website itself, and it hasnt give me a delivery date, only the date for when it will be shipped

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zedwards said:
Mine says the 23rd (in the States) as well and am hoping that's for the delivered date and not the delivery date. But would be thrilled to have it a couple days early! I keep checking my order every day. Yes, I know, it's bad.
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where does it tell you the delivery date?

JamesYoutt said:
I know it sounds like im impatient but im just curious. When should i expect the phone to arrive after it has shipped on the 21st? (im in canada)
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For 10+ I got it the next day in Canada, so perhaps you will get the 22nd.

shollywood said:
For 10+ I got it the next day in Canada, so perhaps you will get the 22nd.
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My order on the samsung website still says that its status is "processing" shouldnt that have changed by now? (ordered on the 13th)

JamesYoutt said:
I know it sounds like im impatient but im just curious. When should i expect the phone to arrive after it has shipped on the 21st? (im in canada)
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As I remember correctly, my Galaxy s10e release date was March 8th and Samsung promised delivery by 8th. The phone arrived on the 6th and was shipped on 4th. Hope this time is the same and Samsung will ship it on the 19th, so I could get it by 21st

Well have fedex package picked up from samsung cordova tn for tuesday delivery
10+ att aura

Attached screenshot

iraqgsm said:
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what app is that?

Fedex app

The Korean carriers have been giving them out early, I've had mine since last Tuesday. But I can't activate the simcard into the 20th.

iraqgsm said:
Well have fedex package picked up from samsung cordova tn for tuesday delivery
10+ att aura
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That's awesome! Make sure you give us a full review.

JamesYoutt said:
My order on the samsung website still says that its status is "processing" shouldnt that have changed by now? (ordered on the 13th)
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Process the day before they ship it out, at least thats what they did for S10+

My 10+ unlocked Aura 256G shipped today Aug 19 and FedEx shows they'll deliver Aug 21. That is two days earlier than the Samsung date in the order status. Dallas, TX area.

Mine will be here on Wednesday, shipped on the 17th.

My phone itself hasn't shipped yet, so I'm assuming that it ships tomorrow and gets here Friday.

ggrant3876 said:
Mine will be here on Wednesday, shipped on the 17th.
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Not sure where you're looking, but yours says the 23rd, which is Friday.......

Where to buy?

Hi guys
Where would you get this phone from for a person living in the UK?
I've been looking at eBay but they seem to be sold out or priced too highly?

wilpang said:
Hi guys
Where would you get this phone from for a person living in the UK?
I've been looking at eBay but they seem to be sold out or priced too highly?
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I got mine (Gundam) from liaow. They're not the cheapest but reliable and great service.

Did you have to pay tax on top of the final price?

No - I'm in Canada.

I've gone for https://www.cect-shop.com/en/home
Hopefully I won't be disappointed.

I got mine on eBay didn't have to pay any taxes I'm UK aswell

alvydasd2 said:
I got mine on eBay didn't have to pay any taxes I'm UK aswell
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Was that via Switzerland?

wilpang said:
Was that via Switzerland?
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Yh it was them Switzerland listings they had a legit royal mail tracking number an all took about a week to come in I'm using it right now happy with my purchase
Edit: I think they all sold out now

alvydasd2 said:
Yh it was them Switzerland listings they had a legit royal mail tracking number an all took about a week to come in I'm using it right now happy with my purchase
Edit: I think they all sold out now
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Yeah I went through them too but they didn't update their stock levels and have indeed sold out.