Can i get an XDA2 cheap from Far East (singapore) will it work in Uk on vodafone?
Anyone tried to do this?
If not what is the cheapest way to buy one for use on Vodafone?
Hi. XDA2 is a tri-band phone so it should work in UK. I live in SG and bought a new XDA2 just last weekend. If you want to know more about prices and where to buy etc let me know. Good Luck
I might be also interested in Singapore prices ....
please let me know
regards, monika
Warranty may be an issue if you buy it over here in Singapore. My XDA II warranty card specifies as warrantied only by O2 Asia. So if i were to go Australia, who also has an O2 service center, i believe i cannot do any warranty claiming on my unit unless its an international warranty.
my rough guess is ....
that vast majority of equipment these days has both local and international warranty, say IBM Netvista computers, IBM laptops ... etc etc
but I might be mistaken as in my country then sell XDA clone with no guarantee at all (sic !)
regards,
monika
I am planning on getting a Streak as a replacement for my HD2
I will be using an o2 sim card with the Streak. Would you recommend buying it from o2 or Dell? Are there any differences between the devices?
o2. it will save you £20. £449 from dell, £429 from cpw locked to o2. plus you can walk into a cpw and get it on the day
regtee2 said:
I am planning on getting a Streak as a replacement for my HD2
I will be using an o2 sim card with the Streak. Would you recommend buying it from o2 or Dell? Are there any differences between the devices?
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The only difference is from o2 it has a bit of o2 software on it and its locked to o2. From dell its unbranded and unlocked and they are both the same price but dell has added £20 delivery on to there total. I would recommend getting one from dell you don't know in 6 months you may not be on o2 and you would have a phone locked to them where as for a extra £20 you can have any Sim card
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
regtee2 said:
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
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If other devices are anything to go by updates for the unbranded Streak will be out before the operator versions...
regtee2 said:
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
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If other devices are anything to go by updates for the unbranded Streak will be out before the operator versions...
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Dell said at the launch that it will defiantly get 2.2 so cannot see them going back on that just wonder why they did not build it with 2.1 on board strange
regtee2 said:
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
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Hi Regtee2 - Can I ask how do you get this 10% EPP? Have googled it and tried various things on the Dell website and the most I can achieve is 3% EPP off a dell desktop.. Have you actually gone through to the basket and got this 10%? Ta.
You can get it from O2 online for £399. Thats £50 saving over Dell UK.
http://shop.o2.co.uk/mobile_phone/Dell/Streak_16GB_PayG
EDIT: Just to confirm I have ordered one and will be receiving it tomorrow total cost £399. I tried getting one from a O2 store but they wanted me to purchase a £10 top up aswell. I already have an O2 contract I want to use, didn't fancy spending a tenner to chuck in the bin.
I went into 3 O2 shops and tried to buy a Dell Streak on PAYG. Two of the shops wouldn't sell it to me on PAYG, just contract and the third said they can't sell it until the 24th July.
Think I'll go buy direct via Dell.
Hi all
Just a couple of points the only branding on the Streak from 02 is an 02 splash screen on boot up and some 02 themed wallpapers and that's it. Oh and the first bookmark and the page that the Browser opens up to is set up to be 02 but this is easily changed or can even be deleted if you want.
Also the update will be coming over the air direct from Dell not from 02 as their is no 02 branding on the device for them to need to approve it thankfully.
Marc
Streak from CPW
Hi all
I got a Streak from CPW believing it to be unlocked, but from CPW they are still locked to o2, thus my story begins.
Since it was locked I looked into ways of unlocking it or using an o2 PAYG sim with it, you cannot according to o2 use PAYG as the streak relies on their post pay settings, so I looked online and found the Rebel simcard option, and gave that some thought.
However in the meantime I visited the o2 store at Hempstead Valley, and at 1st there only option was for me to "put that one you have on ebay and buy a new one from us", I was not overly impressed with this, and after some cajoing the Sales assistant called o2 and they said they could not sell me the price plan (I want data only as I have a vodafone contract) without selling me a new streak. I went away, had a subway and returned to the store with a mission, get a data plan from o2, as they locked the handset, they could bloomingwell support it! after a few more phone calls they decided that they could do me a MBB plan with a dongle and just put the sim into the streak! success, all on 3g and works like a dream,
a message to o2 however, if you are gonna sell a device, no matter who it is bought via, you have to support it, not just tell people to bay the one they have and buy a new one in store!
Hello there!
I do have the possibility to get a new dell streak (the seller only used it 7 weeks) for ~400 €. The seller has updated the Streak on Android 2.1, which is afaik only an unofficial android version for the streak.
The question is: Are there any disadvantages when buying a used streak with 2.1? Will it be possible to update to 2.2 as soon as it´s available? What about the warranty? Am I able to roll back on 1.6 before I send it back to DELL? Or isn´t there a warranty anymore (I don´t know if this differs from country to country...in this case it would be Germany)?
What would you guys recommend?
Thank you so much for reading
Not sure if you can get one but Amazon sell them for £399
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Streak...BF0W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289317012&sr=8-1
Hey Sukicat!
Thank you very much for your hint, I really haven´t thought about buying the phone in the UK yet! But it would cost me ~100 Euros more when buying there...so i just want to check the "used" option for disadvantages first
Is it possible to perform a rollback from 2.1? Will this crash my warranty/is it already crashed?
You sure the warranty is transferable?
I'm pretty sure thru ebay you can get a Square Trade warranty with your purchase... which makes it a safe buy.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
call dell
i would call dell with the sellers first and last name and verify that he / she has a warranty by using the service tag on the box. you can click on the link below
support(dot)dell(dot)com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/details?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn
Dell is more than willing to allow buyers to sell their devices while leaving the warranty in tact.
Anybody knows if Streaks sold by Amazon UK are operator-locked? It's not readily clear from the listing. Thanks.
From the description, in big capital letters...
"Product Description
3G DELL STREAK 16GB ALSO KNOWN AS DELL MINI 5 FACTORY UNLOCKED IN CARBON BLACK,............"
I want to buy the Dell Venue Pro, and I was hoping to buy it on expansys. But sadly they removed it from sale os I can't get it there. So I am searching for a european store (UK would be nice) that sells this phone and ships to Slovenia. Does anyone have any idea where I could get it? Nobody seems to have it anymore and there are no other phones (except HTC 7 PRO) that have QWERTY keyboards. So if anyone has any idea where I could get it, please tell me.
The dell website.
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Which proabably doesn't ship to Slovenia. I couldn't find any information about that. Now if I go to Slovenian Dell site, the mobile phones and tablets doesn't even exist.