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Made in China.com website claims to have a full fledged HTC Shift

and to cut it short below is the email between me and him
(now am sure it might be a scam but i have bought from that webpage before and things were okay, not this guy specifically but the webpage
From: chenallan [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 11:50 PM
To: Rabia Ali Massoud
Subject: RE: THE UNIT PRICE OF HTC SHIFT
Dear Rabia,
Of course,this shift make phone calls.
best regards
allan
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: THE UNIT PRICE OF HTC SHIFT
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:24:56 +0400
But does this shift make phone calls or is it only gsm modem?
From: chenallan [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: THE UNIT PRICE OF HTC SHIFT
Dear Rabia,
Thank you for your inquiry to our company……
Our company wholesale original HTC shift....the unit price is USD415.
The price includs the shipping cost....the MOQ is 3pcs....depend on the quantity, we will give you a discount......all of our products are new and authentic, with 1 year international warranty.
Welcome to link our site http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/pengfeimobile and look our products...
pls feel free to contact us by email or MSN if you have any question......we will do our best for you....
best rgds!
ALLEN

I am not able to find it there.

this is the link
http://www.made-in-china.com/showro...MVmgfTcuPWt/China-HTC-Shift-Mobile-Phone.html

I'd reply and tell them that the standard Shift does not make phone calls, and ask them what has been changed on this one to allow it.
Edit - I've just seen they are offering them for US$ 415, that alone should tell you not to go near it.

i already did, and am waiting for the reply, see i have seen iphones made in china that looks exactly like the original but with cheaper branding quality, otherwise functionalty is similar with motion sensore and everything, by replacing the battery cover which has the bad quality branding no one would know ots chines except when u go to the games and find a game called sushi and its all in chines , my point is those people are more than capable

Rabia said:
i already did, and am waiting for the reply, see i have seen iphones made in china that looks exactly like the original but with cheaper branding quality, otherwise functionalty is similar with motion sensore and everything, by replacing the battery cover which has the bad quality branding no one would know ots chines except when u go to the games and find a game called sushi and its all in chines , my point is those people are more than capable
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I know this Iphone clone you are talking about. Its called HIPhone. I totally disagree here, its a piece of junk.
As pantaloonie said, dont go near Chinese stuff...
Btw...the hiphone is very limited, doesnt feature 3G and the motion sensor doesnt work. Internet is not supported either...you can buy them here in Japan for 200 bucks...if this Shift is a clone (which i hope its not), then I hope they call it S*H*I*T

anyone brave enough to order one from that site? =D

forget that, the guy disappeared after i asked about more details but what about a solution of gsm modem than can dial, wouldn't that solve the problem temporarly, i mean u will then have to use vista side all the time but i have seen gprs modem that can dial

Dont buy chinese phones for actual, buy it for novelty. I bought a "hiphone" and it sux. its 20% of what the iphone is. The icons does not respond as well as the iphone, no 3g support, not much functionality. All it is, is a working toy phone. Its cheap.. I bought the mini hiphone for $75, BUT STILL NOT WORTH THE MONEY. Plus the 1 year warranty does not work, they will have you pay for shipping round trip and if their post office lose your plackage, they wont pay for it. I sent one back and I had to complain to the Chinese government for this fraudulant trade practice.

hehe, funny stuff. There're no fake shifts in China. The demand for the real ones isn't great enough to warrant a fake one. I will however state that Chinese business is very much "tell you what you want to hear" and then let you complain about it after the sale is made. So, if you ask if something is exactly the same, they'll tell you it is, because to them it's what they call "cha bu duo" which means "pretty much". But of course, what's pretty much to the seller is far from for the buyer.
I hope that gives any future buyers a realistic picture of how things work in China. I live in China, and I know that if something sounds too good to be true, it's because it IS too good to be true. You get what you pay for in China, just like you do in another country.
Now memory cards on the other hand... well, get those in China, they're cheap, and they REALLY are what they seem to be.
Caid.
444

hi...just an input....if u wanna buy from www.made-in-china.com ,
make sure you are buying from a platinum/gold seller. i have bought stuff from there in bulk.. i must say that if they say its original it is... for the first shipment. second /third shipments will have some problem sets. alot of major companies either make sets there or does trading there as as certain parts of china are sort of like trade hubs.
this is my honest comment on them.
but i feel that they have made a big step forward in the sense that they are improving in the way they do business..(if you compare 5-7yrs back and now).
be it the merchandise quality and trustworthiness... NOT ALL but some
btw i am not from china nor i work for www.made-in-china.com
i am not even chinese
cheers!

it really was.
i have got a shift on July. it can make phone call by speaker.
but regretfully, it can not make a video call. i tried to install 3G videoTelephony, but it is not used.
And SD reader can not used in winmo yet.
The GPS can not used in win7.
i can not read the disk in winmo.
The ROM is windows mobil 6.1 professional 5.2.20764 (20764.1.4.3)

I think that you should verify the company and buy your product. Because few days ago I was buy some electronic product from Chinabuye.com supplier and has great facility and free shipping service. I have checked my all product than It was ok for me.

miceking said:
it really was.
i have got a shift on July. it can make phone call by speaker.
but regretfully, it can not make a video call. i tried to install 3G videoTelephony, but it is not used.
And SD reader can not used in winmo yet.
The GPS can not used in win7.
i can not read the disk in winmo.
The ROM is windows mobil 6.1 professional 5.2.20764 (20764.1.4.3)
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GPS internal can be used in Windows 7, or XP. Check out thaihugo's ROM's in
the ROm section.

To Caid444 "There're no fake shifts in China." (sorry I can't manage to include quotation here).
Just now I'm playing in "chineese roulette": I have payed 103$ for a Chinese HTC Shift and I'm waiting for a delivery. I guess that for such a price there should be a cheap mobile navigator in a Shift box (photo shows the original Shift!), but I'm still mysified.
I have an original HTC Shift and I hope that there should be at least some compatible spares like screen, keyboard and battary.
If anyone is interested I'll compare the fake with the original sample and publish here the results.

ssn19 said:
To Caid444 "There're no fake shifts in China." (sorry I can't manage to include quotation here).
Just now I'm playing in "chineese roulette": I have payed 103$ for a Chinese HTC Shift and I'm waiting for a delivery. I guess that for such a price there should be a cheap mobile navigator in a Shift box (photo shows the original Shift!), but I'm still mysified.
I have an original HTC Shift and I hope that there should be at least some compatible spares like screen, keyboard and battary.
If anyone is interested I'll compare the fake with the original sample and publish here the results.
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I bought a new HTC Shift from a GSM Shop in the Netherlands for 100 euro's in 2009. They are not that expensive anymore as they were and all stock are leftovers that the shopowners want to dump.
Now I expect it to be even cheaper because of all the tablets that have arrived that are more powerfull then the Shift, have a more modern OS and enough memory to actually run software on it.

I order my products with Chinabuye, much better than with what I experienced with made in china. they have on time delivery and easy payment via Paypal.

no no @ say no to made in China
Made in china isnt reliable site when you are going to buy something big in price and size @ i mean scams and worse shipping service !
instead of that i use Chinabuye for better products' quality !

miceking said:
it really was.
i have got a shift on July. it can make phone call by speaker.
but regretfully, it can not make a video call. i tried to install 3G videoTelephony, but it is not used.
And SD reader can not used in winmo yet.
The GPS can not used in win7.
i can not read the disk in winmo.
The ROM is windows mobil 6.1 professional 5.2.20764 (20764.1.4.3)
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so can you explane me how its possible to made a phone call with the shift?
i really need it if possible,thanks

well, you get all kinds of suppliers at made-in-chine. i guess it beats alibaba.com anyway, 'cause when you google the page name you get nothing but scam warnings and stories about people who 'bought' the new iPad for 19.95$ manufactured in China... and got a set of toothpicks instead.
but I would recommend using business searchers like momoway.com who offer the same services but seam to be more reliable.

Where's the promotion, HTC?

Okay, by rights this should be in the HD2 forum, but, well, this forum's my home!
Where is the promotion for the HD2? I walked past six phone-shops today, including two Phones4U and two CarphoneWarehouses, and there is not a single HD2 display - no posters, no display models, and the two salespeople I asked had no clue what phone I was on about.
This is a fantastic phone - the cutting-edge of WinMob, and something that can outclass Androids and the iPhone in most areas (not all, but most).
And yet it's unheard of. It's frustrating; I've become a phone geek since getting my Blackstone, but I would never have heard of it myself without this site and PocketNow.com. And hence the phone will fall by the wayside because it has NO CHANCE of hitting the mainstream.
If it was an inferior product I'd assume HTC were embarrased by their product, but they can't be, so why are the sales/marketing team making no effort?
It gets a little worse: I'm a Science/Tech reporter for a national UK newspaper / international website, and I approached their marketing team twice for a demo model. If they'd got back in touch with me they'd have received a glowing (slightly biased) review in front of 25million+ eyeballs. Instead, they never returned my calls/email, and as such the review went unwritten.
I just don't get the point. Okay, perhaps it's a business model, perhaps its on the premium side, but why would they not bother to promote it? Has anyone seen it advertised anywhere except through previews/reviews on the web? Heck, if they need a PR guy, just send me a message, but I just want to know their reasons for hiding the product, and if there isn't one, to rant at their marketing team!!
Any thoughts, anyone?

Tons of ads on tv here in Norway.

hi there
as you can see im from holland
i am watching some tv and serving the site a little on my phone
i see a htc comercial everybight multiple times at comedy central as of i just seen a comercial specialy for hd2 so they have comrcials for it
i will try to check up a count of how many times i see the comercial
best regards
miniterror

TV ads for it in both UK & Ireland

Fallen Spartan said:
TV ads for it in both UK & Ireland
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The only HTC ads ive ever seen on TV or on Billboards was for the tatoo lol

mancsoulja said:
The only HTC ads ive ever seen on TV or on Billboards was for the tatoo lol
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ok, well I've seen adds for HD2 in Ireland (both north & south) and also scotland. Not sure why HTC wouldn't advertise HD2 elsewhere in the UK if already doing so in both N.Ireland & Scotland

Cool, I am glad it's being advertised in places, but I've yet to see a TV-spot or billboard in England, or as I said been able to walk into a mainstream phone-shop and buy it, but I'm glad other places are gettig coverage.
I've seen a lot of HTC Hero adverts etc etc.

HD2 is on the elctrenoic billboards at Oxford Circus tube station. This is a Vodafone add that shows the rather ordinary and boring Windows Start Screen but not HTC Sense? Crazy.

When and where?

Does anybody know when and where you can get this phone when it comes out? I called T-Mobile (I know they're not going to sell it, but was hoping for some information) and they knew even less than I did. Everything I have read said you must purchase if from google. $530 with no contract or $180 with a two year agreement and you only have one plan to pick from. The supposed retail date is January 5th. You would think they would have done some sort of advertising or at least have something come up on a Google search.

9AM on the 5th @ google.com/phone is the rumor.

mixmaven said:
9AM on the 5th @ google.com/phone is the rumor.
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u guys notice how it doesn't say time zone. i find that odd. because google is in what Seattle,WA so I find it strange it does not specify.

xspeed9190 said:
u guys notice how it doesn't say time zone. i find that odd. because google is in what Seattle,WA so I find it strange it does not specify.
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Google is in Mountain View, CA. South of San Francisco. Still in the same time zone as Seattle.

The press conference starts at 10 am, so who really knows. How likely are they to open up sales 1 hour before the conference starts? Actually, I would open up sales today if I was google, and let everyone order but the shipments don't arrive until 10AM the day of the conference.
-mix

We have root!!!!!
Stericson and PaulOBrien have successfully rooted the Nexus. Even with the price, this even more of a must buy for me now! http://twitgoo.com/aqr00

I'm more interested in the business model for the N1 in this side of the pond.
How much would it cost in Europe?Who will be selling it?Google or HTC? Which carriers would have it for sale?
So far there aren't any news/leaks/rumors regarding the n1 in Europe, so I guess only at 05/01/2010 we will have the full details.

Wow, didn't take long to get it rooted huh? Instant buy for me. Can't wait for that Android 2.1, AMOLED, 5.0 MP w/Flash, 3.7" screen, and 1GHz Snapdragon Processor. Just can't wait!

it will also be possible to buy it at google.com/phone and ship it to europe. Guys at engadget.com have the full terms of sale wich say that this will be possible. Only thing is you will have to pay taxes and the shipping ... but I don't care bout that, just wanna have that phone ;-)

has anyone read the terms and conditions, it says phone might be 430. hope thats true not the 530 thats a little high

geoair said:
I'm more interested in the business model for the N1 in this side of the pond.
How much would it cost in Europe?Who will be selling it?Google or HTC? Which carriers would have it for sale?
So far there aren't any news/leaks/rumors regarding the n1 in Europe, so I guess only at 05/01/2010 we will have the full details.
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I'd also like to know about European release. Hopefully it will be released with HTC Branding (hey I like to rep HTC )
I don't think the rumours of the webpage are true tbh. Although strangely in the terms they make you agree that you understand the phone is made by HTC and not Google =/

After the press conference details, this will be the hottest device on the market! A must have!!

guys, yall gotta check this out!!!! http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/nexus-one-trounces-3d-benchmark-gets-caught-in-high-res-photosh/
oh damn, they removed the 10 min video already!

Nexus One Group on XDA already!!!
Whats all the talk about $29 data SIM about? I wish Google would put some more information out there. I am really looking forward to grabbing one while they're hot.

If it gets released in europe (or ships from usa without tax) i'll sell my iphone and get it asap.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbp2ez_google-nexus-one_tech

real or fake

on local craigslist someone offering nexus 1 for $300 or 2 for $550. company's name is express sales limited. has anyone had any dealings with these people. www.storefront -210006.secure2cart.com

Never heard of them? Sounds like a scam...be careful!

Probably a scam. I would buy the N1 for full price on the Google website. Honestly it doesn't seem like the N1 will be replaced by a phone with better specs anytime soon.

grlddawkin said:
on local craigslist someone offering nexus 1 for $300 or 2 for $550. company's name is express sales limited. has anyone had any dealings with these people. www.storefront -210006.secure2cart.com
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That is so fake it is not even funny! Click on the featured products tab, it has the info on it from the web site builder template telling you that you can make it as simple or complex as you want...
Plus, those prices are outrageously too good to be true. No way that is real! And then some more things, like descriptions being very weak and inaccurate, and so forth.

thanks
can always depend on u guys. never been steered wrong or given bad info. greatest website in the world, besides pornhub.

Well my friend,
I also don't heard about this.Even I never heard from anybody.That may be fake..Please be aware for it..

Like they say...If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Mess with them. create a fake email and tell them to send you pictures of the phone showing the serial number number or along those lines. and if you are too far away from their location for pick up, do not send money online.
It would be sweet if it was true, but unfortunately scams happen.

BlackElvis79 said:
Like they say...If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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this is what you live by when it comes to buying on the internet
the thing about craigslist is its a classifieds... buy local, have the phone in your hands and test it before you do anything... use cash... and have a paper trail (personal contract/agreement) of some sort to cover your ass
as far as craigslist goes, if you are not buying local then i would stay away...

Where can i see xperia x10i(Tmobile USA) and buy it?

Hi,
probably because its 2:36am here but I can't find any stores(online or local) that sell SE Xperia X10. I am From San Diego, CA. Looked all other the Xperia X10 fan sites and no one mentioning about it.
I would really like to see the phone "in person" as I don't buy things only seeing images on the internet.
Anyone knows where I can go and play with it for couple minutes? And what is the price?
Thank you.

sorry to say dude, you wont see the phone until maybe later this july or august or even september (if AT&T is subsidizing this phone x10a) if you wanna get the x10i with 900/1700/2100, you can either fly to europe or to hong kong to test it in person.

There are several stores in San Gabriel, Monterey Park and Alhambra, CA area that sells X10i with T-Mobile 3G. I purchased mine from addictedtophones.com and pick it up in person. Give them a call.

Thank you guys for reply,
I think I will have a trip to LA to see the phone, I was planing to visit the city anyway, unless I find a store here in San Diego.
Anyone knows how to find this stores?
And I see they making Tmobile contracts too!? strange as tmobile doesnt have them.
My contract ends this month so I will have to decide.
Thank you again.

pagercell services in westminster, ca, orange country can get it too. Holly,the owner can get most imports. I got my treo 650 and p910i from her.
Should be a shorter drive than LA.
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nj777 said:
Hi,
probably because its 2:36am here but I can't find any stores(online or local) that sell SE Xperia X10. I am From San Diego, CA. Looked all other the Xperia X10 fan sites and no one mentioning about it.
I would really like to see the phone "in person" as I don't buy things only seeing images on the internet.
Anyone knows where I can go and play with it for couple minutes? And what is the price?
Thank you.
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I found my X10i online very easily by doing google search for xperia X10.
I got mine from expansys usa but there are others that are also less expansive or at least that was the case about a mouth ago.

How much should it be? I found couple of them on ebay with ~550$, is it a good price? Also i so some websites saying that Xperia Shakira is coming out a mid size phone something like 3.2-3.5 inch display. I would love that, as my wife has a 3GS and its 3.5 inch wich for me is more than enought. I also checked Htc Hd2/Evo with that 4.3 inch display and honestly i think is too much, to big and to wide.
Should I wait for that phone maybe? As I noticed SE moves realy slow. I am assuming until it comes out we will have at least a dozen more androids.
Do you guys like your xperia x10? I was reading alot and many ppl sold their phones. Is it aniying because of small RAM, no multitouch and no firmware updates? Like I said SE is slow on making things.

Do not pay anymore than 500 cash. I've seen listings on ebay for 515 free shipping. Paypal, ebay listing fees, and shipping takes quite a chunk from the retailers so they must have been able to get the phone for much cheaper in order to have any kind of decent profit margin.
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needmoregigs said:
Do not pay anymore than 500 cash. I've seen listings on ebay for 515 free shipping. Paypal, ebay listing fees, and shipping takes quite a chunk from the retailers so they must have been able to get the phone for much cheaper in order to have any kind of decent profit margin.
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I see you had one x10 and now got a Nexus one, why? What you didn't like? Or you are the person who doesnt keep a phone too long? I would to see your opinion about this phone. Thanks.

nj777 said:
I see you had one x10 and now got a Nexus one, why? What you didn't like? Or you are the person who doesnt keep a phone too long? I would to see your opinion about this phone. Thanks.
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There is absolutely nothing seriously wrong with the phone other than a few quirks here and there. If you read through the forums, you will get a picture of what people are complaining about. I've mentioned this in another thread; I think the X10 is a fantastic phone if it meets your requirements. In certain aspects of the UI, the X10 is faster than the N1. In others, the opposite is true. Each phone has its own quirks.
The main reason why I bought the N1 is because I'm a nerd who likes to tinker with things. The N1 has the most support right now and that is why I have it. I will buy the X10 again as soon as I have the available cash though. That should tell you something.

Thx,
probably i am going next week to LA to buy one.
Hope I will like what I see )
Thanks for all support guys. Have a great weekend.