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Amazon has HTC Advantage 7501? listed for $849 + free shipping pre-order now!!!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...24937?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance
The product name only shows HTC Advantage (Unlocked) but it does stated as come with WM6. (and I don't see VGA camera on the Amazon's pic.)
List Price: $999.99
Price: $849.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
You Save: $150.00 (15%)
Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
That is really a great price for the device. I paid more than Amazon's listed price just a month ago for my 7500.

Cheaper yesterday....
I have been tracking this soon to be selling item and yesterday it popped up for 799.00 from Amazon itself and 1400 bucks from mobilesityonline.com. In the afternoon, it refreshed the web page and claimed it was not in stock but will be soon. This morning i checked just for the heck of it and sure enuff its at a higher price but a good deal nonetheless. So Im not sure what happened here if they found out the price was too good to be true they had to ramp it up to milk a little more or what. I hope this isnt a bad trend they are getting into here.

$799 is even close to what MobilePlanet/Expansys charges for X7500 with $40/mo T-Mobile USA 2-Year contract.
http://www.mobileplanet.com/d.aspx?i=149904
I just remember that I paid more than $799 for a XDA II (Himalaya) 3.5 years ago.

Yeah I'm very interested in this. Is it confirmed that Amazon will start shipping around August 1st?

Staroip said:
$799 is even close to what MobilePlanet/Expansys charges for X7500 with $40/mo T-Mobile USA 2-Year contract.
http://www.mobileplanet.com/d.aspx?i=149904
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This one with the WM5. T Mobile is on Germany offering far better deals than that with a 2-year contract.

chainbolt said:
This one with the WM5. T Mobile is on Germany offering far better deals than that with a 2-year contract.
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Yes, that's why I said it is 7500 (which is upgradeable to WM6 and comes with two cameras)
The one on Amazon is 7501.
CompUSA also has 7501 on their website now.
http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...e=346641&Pn=HTC_Advantage_X7501_Mobile_Office

Tab price slashed (again) in UK.

News today that Tesco (Kind of a UK grocery store/Wallymart) Has cut the price of the Tab. Again. Was 449. Now 359.20. No contract. Unlocked.
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.210-9724.aspx

Doh!!!!! I paid 429 for myne
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I think it is part of a promotion where they pay the VAT as similar discounts are available on loads of computer and phone stuff.
BTW it also appears to apply in store too as I got mine there yesterday.

gutted, I paid £550 for mine from Comet and I'm paying monthly for it so I still have about £549 to go!

damn. thankfully I love the tab, but it sucks knowing that it has dropped from £499 to £359 in just 3 months after launch... Maybe they should offer the early-birds some incentive when the next version of the tab is being released later this year. I'm now not making the same mistake and will wait a few months before upgrading...

i just about bought one today but was unsure if they were unlocked or not.
no staff on hand to ask either

Mine was free!
(ok so i straight swapped my Desire HD to get it, but no money changed hands )

Thanks to a salesperson not connecting the sim and me keeping quiet i got a tab for free! Unlocked and unbranded goodness for nowt lol.
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just in case anyone is still after a tab, your best deal right now is to get it online with best buy via quidco. they are matching the £359 price, throwing in a free 16GB sd card and with quidco you get 10% off right now. not too bad!

This is an unbelievable price for a fantastic piece of kit! I'm still happy that I bought mine in December last year, but woudl have liked to save the 100 quid!!!

Just spotted that Amazon UK have dropped the price again to £341.24!

Samsung S2 [AUSTRALIA] (OZ) Thread

Expansys Australia has just put a pre order on thier page for Samsung Galaxy S II pre order. Its priced at $1145. Sorry guys just not worth it.
http://www.expansys.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-black-16gb-209648/?partner=banner&se=s7341
Everyone keep discussion in this thread to Australia zone only.
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Mobicity.com.au has phone listed but no price tag.
Here: http://www.mobicity.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s2.html
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tids2k said:
Expansys Australia has just put a pre order on thier page for Samsung Galaxy S II pre order. Its priced at $1145. Sorry guys just not worth it.
http://www.expansys.com.au/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-black-16gb-209648/?partner=banner&se=s7341
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Yeah its rip-off!! But its inline Expansys UK.

Holy Cow! Thats US$1200!

eskasi said:
Holy Cow! Thats US$1200!
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Yep, and given that for $741 USD you can get it in Switzerland/Germany, there's no way I'm forking out over $800 for it.

Seems that in the netherlands they list it for €590 (us$815)
I always hate it when a device is more expensive in specific regions

mobicity and smoothmobiles.com.au both have them now.
mobicity- $899
smoothmobiles- $895
im not sure whether to get one or not, its a extremly hefty price. i was planning on getting a normal galaxy S again, ( other died, no warranty cause i bought it 2nd hand and the owner is not here no more ) so i was going to get a brand new one
not sure what to do now.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to buy one me thinks - I'm addicted to my SGS and an upgrade will be awesome

Techrific has it for $889
http://www.techrific.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=1031&cPath=114#myshopping
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Big bump.
So the Australian release will be around June, you guys going to get it now or what?
If its on the Optus $59 I will, if its on the $79 its too much imo, I'd rather get the Arc

I'm selling my iPhone 4 and will just buy it outright from uk, Australia is just such a ripp off.
I'm half way through my contract with optus so, I sell my iPhone for $700 and the gs2 was $724 so for $24 dollars I have upgraded. to top it of when my contract runs out I'll get the sgs3 lol yayyyyyy

Yeah replacing my Atrix with my SG2 which will hopefully be here by Friday. Ordered from Handtec as i didn't wanna get ripped off by Aus online resellers lol

Hey guys, who's getting their SGSII from where?
How much did/will it cost you (in AU$)
Is it NextG?
Which processor?
NFC?

Anyone here ordered a UK versrion of the sgs2? I take it ill have to get an adapter for the charger considering the sockets are different?
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I bought from Mobicity, $900 (yay for disposable income). It says NextG compatible, no NFC and with the Samsung CPU (not NVIDIA Tegra 2)

hmmm.... I might get one from expansys.... will probably wait until next week and scope out a few other places as well.
I was upset that it won't have NFC because I believe NFC will become common use in everyday life sometime soon.... but after a bit of research I think NFC will be more commonly built into sim cards instead of phones themselves, so it's not so much an issue for me now. Also it's probably not going to hit mainstream until after the London Olympics by which time I'll have a new phone anyway.

handtec, price was AUD $700, i don't care about NFC, it is gonna be switched off constantly anyways, don't think it will get popular soon

Where to buy
Hey guys,
I've been doing some research on where to buy, I'm listing them in cost order, cheapest first. If I've missed out on a site, let me know.
If there is any reason why you wouldn't buy from the cheapest, please let me know.
I've never bought a phone online before and I'm kinda anxious about it.
I've gone as far in the checkout as I can, and prices include shipping to Melbourne, the cheapest option (no more than 7 working days).
Not VAT. Is that correct?
Currency conversions using Google on 4/05.
Unlocked Mobiles £435 $663
Handtec £456 $695
Clove £464 $707
Expansys $720
Mobiciti$914
Smooth Mobiles $924
So the cheapest is from Unlocked Mobiles, and the cheapest Australian store is Expansys.
Which store are you going to buy from, and why?
!!!!!!! I had it all nicely formatted, and the name of each site was a direct link to that website's listing for the SGSII.
But I can't post links.
Spent ages typing it up too...

my DHL online tracking still says Departed Facility in LONDON-HEATHROW - UK, same as 30 hrs ago... hm..... hope i can get it tomorrow

SuperTheMando said:
Hey guys, who's getting their SGSII from where?
How much did/will it cost you (in AU$)
Is it NextG?
Which processor?
NFC?
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I can't afford to buy outright just now, so I am waiting patiently for it to be released so I can grab it on my plan with Optus! Waiting, Waiting, WAITING!

Xperia Z Prices

This post is dedicated to giving you a price comparison of all the different places where you can get the xperia Z.
Xperia Z Unlocked:
Handtec - £497
Amazon Black xperia Z - £500
Asda Mobile - £500
The Order - £509
Unlocked-mobiles - £515
Digital Phone - £520
Expansys - £525
Clove - £530
Sony mobile - £530
Stains Distribution - £540
Mobacity - £599
Littlewoods - £769
Gsmwijzer.be -€532
Pdashop.nl - €629
4launch.nl - €629
Expansys - €634.99
Amazon.de - € 649.99
Smartphone Shop - €649
Phonehouse Germany - € 649.99
**Tip**
People outside Europe DO NOT get charged VAT. So if your thinking of getting the phone don't buy it were you live as this will have VAT from YOUR country. It would be wise to get the phone imported, as you would save yourself a lot of money as the price of the phone is £520, $821.60 or €610 WITH VAT but if you live outside Europe you can avoid some tax and get the device for £435, $687.30 or €510.47, if your interested proceed to http://www.handtec.co.uk/sony-xperia-z.html
Xperia Z Carrier Deals:
Phones4U
Three - £450
o2
Carphone Warehouse
Tesco Mobile
Belsimpel Netherlands

Reserved.

Clove showing £522 today with free wirelss speakers ( it would been better if that wireless charging dock they sell for £20 instead of £65 worth speaker)
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Clove showing £522 today with free wirelss speakers ( it would been better if that wireless charging dock they sell for £20 instead of £65 worth speaker)
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Do you guys think it will be that much in the states? I read somewhere that states most phone comes in at around 650$

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Clove showing £522 today with free wirelss speakers ( it would been better if that wireless charging dock they sell for £20 instead of £65 worth speaker)
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I agree!

Fasty12 said:
Do you guys think it will be that much in the states? I read somewhere that states most phone comes in at around 650$
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No it costs $800 :/!

Fu#k me it's gonna be a rip off but with specs like that I'll have to be selling my S3 and getting this
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xiFIL said:
No it costs $800 :/!
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How fast do new phone drop price? I know the DNa is going for around 550 on ebay but did it have the same price as the Z when it came out?

jonny68 said:
Fu#k me it's gonna be a rip off but with specs like that I'll have to be selling my S3 and getting this
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Yes i sold my S3 for £230, so half way there

xiFIL said:
No it costs $800 :/!
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Yep, that's what I'm about to drop for the Z. It's my big splash for 2013, so hopefully it'll live up to expectations. I think it will, though.
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expansys.si/
mobisvet.si/ <---- still not announced
no carriers have any info about it yet

I think I'll get this beauty for the... next Christmas. I hope the price will drop a bit, considering the bigger prices here in Romania. I think it will be around €670-€690 at the release.
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Unless I get lucky in the next two weeks I'll be getting mine from here: http://www.smartphoneshop.be/product/272748/sony-xperia-z.html
I did pre-order as one of the first people, and because of that I got my pre-order at €629.

I hope when other phones will come out later (with the same caliber) prizes will be lower! I want to change my Arc to this!

Ambroos said:
Unless I get lucky in the next two weeks I'll be getting mine from here: http://www.smartphoneshop.be/product/272748/sony-xperia-z.html
I did pre-order as one of the first people, and because of that I got my pre-order at €629.
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Thank you for that link, i shall update the post. You are very lucky indeed!

is this phone fully compatible with T-mobile network?

fineazbro said:
is this phone fully compatible with T-mobile network?
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No. It doesn't support AWS and it doesn't support Band IV LTE. The ZL will at least to the LTE side of things. With T-Mobile you have to be pretty careful as their network is quite different to most.
M.

mattman83 said:
No. It doesn't support AWS and it doesn't support Band IV LTE. The ZL will at least to the LTE side of things. With T-Mobile you have to be pretty careful as their network is quite different to most.
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What if i just want to make calls with tmobile, i dont need a data plan i use wifi

Fasty12 said:
What if i just want to make calls with tmobile, i dont need a data plan i use wifi
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I'm not an expert on T-Mobile stuff, but I don't even know for sure that it'll do calls.
M.

Sony Mobile Korea is not releasing any news about Xperia Z.
I have emailed them but they say " We cannot tell anything about it because it is not release " everytime...
Considering to buy my phone from internet. Can you please suggest me a trustable site with international delievery? Thanks
Hope the price to drop on April because my contact with my carrier ends on April

Z3TC shopping

Expansys.Co.UK in the UK have the WiFi+4G version @ £384 and the wifi only at £319
Very.Co.UK are participating in Sony's £30 cashback offer. They also do 12 months interest free credit. WiFi+4G is £429 WiFi only is £329. They used to do 10% of your first order on tablets but now specifically exclude tablets. Still works for phones...
Nigel

Currys have the 16gb both colours for £329 but use code ANDTAB20 gets you £20 off and you can still claim £30 off Sony bringing it to £279.
Haven't checked quidco or top cashback but you might be able to get a bit off again.

Bargain! That makes it cheaper than the tab S 8.4.

DHTC said:
Currys have the 16gb both colours for £329 but use code ANDTAB20 gets you £20 off and you can still claim £30 off Sony bringing it to £279.
Haven't checked quidco or top cashback but you might be able to get a bit off again.
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Is that just the wifi, as I cannot seem to find on the description of the device. Believe it must be.
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Bargain! That makes it cheaper than the tab S 8.4.
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That is what I am contemplating.
I have the Tab Z and Ultra and didn't want to spend on this as the Tab S seemed to have more offers.
Hopefully sony will do something on the tab for black friday.
Also note the expansys price is cheap for the lte model compared to sonys price. Wonder if its a uk model or not.

Expansys ships non UK Tab S
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Code Andtab30 for £30 off at PC world today then you can get the Sony £30 off as well
I can tell you that the TAB S LTE from expansys was NOT the UK version, but rather an Italian version, shipped with both the original EU mains adapter and also a cheapo 2A UK adapter. I just flogged my TabS LTE on fleabay in favour of the Sony Z3 which is a whole lot better tablet IMHO
Nigel

I am sure you are right about it being a better tablet, but that's reflected in the price they are going for I guess.
Want the LTE (which pcworld do not seem to have) but likely wait for the z4 in Jan 15 if they don't do anything on black Friday.
Are you getting the Sony from Expansys or waiting for a UK model?

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Is that just the wifi, as I cannot seem to find on the description of the device. Believe it must be.
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Yes it is just the wifi version. Nice find on the updated discount code for currys/PC World.
Wonder if Amazon will match it as they currently have it at £309.
I'm planning on waiting a bit longer as the Sony cashback deal ends in March 2015. Plenty of time for further price reduction.

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I'm planning on waiting a bit longer as the Sony cashback deal ends in March 2015. Plenty of time for further price reduction.
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Same for me unless sony gives me a price on bf that is 'must buy' but my experience of their sales is that the discount equates to what others are already selling it for, so ends up being useless.
We will see

Bought my lte model from very.co.uk it is a UK model.

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Want the LTE (which pcworld do not seem to have) but likely wait for the z4 in Jan 15 if they don't do anything on black Friday.
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Are you looking for the LTE version because o2 have it for £379 and they are giving away a copy of destiny for free. CEX will buy it off you for £13 but you could possibly sell it for £20/30.
So with the cashback the total would be if you sold destiny to cex £336 or sold it yourself sealed for say £30 £319.
You also have quidco which takes 5% off before vat on payg or on pay monthly theres cashback depending on what tariff you go for.
Just to note if you go payg it will probably be locked to o2.
You could also possibly try to get John Lewis to price match them at £379 as I noticed they might be price matching competitors prices for black Friday. Brings the total to £349 with cashback.

Guys check out O2 uk they are doing a offer on the 4g let version with destiny game and you can claim £30 if you have a receipt of purchase.

Bought it from singapore z3 tablet compact LTE white 16gb for 689sgd - 5% = 650sgd for tax refund still pretty cheap compare to sony indonesia.
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£375 for LTE version http://www.expansys.com/more/?sbadd...&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Product+Alerts

Sony have the LTE version for £368 at the moment if you use the supposed expired code from October for the £30 off and cradle for £1 offer.
The cradle for a £1 doesn't work but the £30 off does
Dont suppose I will get the other offer for £30 of with sony direct, but at least I get some quidco.
Oh and its unlocked too.
If you post it on hotdeals, hope you refer, all the best.

Picked up the Wifi version from Currys for £275 using the current O2 Priority code (£25 off a £250 spend) and it still qualifies for the £30 cashback - so hopefully total price will be £245.