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Thought it would be interesting to see who got the best deal when they bought their phone. Post The price of your phone, any bonuses you got with it, the location you bought it and the approximate date you purchased it
I personally got mine at Best Buy for $49.99 on a 3 year contract with a bonus $75 Best Buy gift card and (he said) a free 16gb micro-sd card. Pretty sure all phones come with the SD cards though since it was already in the phone upon unboxing.
Now you!
it was 9k pesos and that's around 750 dlls
Free on a 15 pound ultd contract 24 month =)
Benifits on being on a staff contract with o2. Shame its a 2 year contract though. Had phone since realses in Europe. had 3 replacements
Mine in malaysia rm 1550.00. Us around 4+
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I traded a month-old iPhone 3GS for mine. The choice was either this or the Desire (non-hd). After 6 months of heavy use I'm glad I chose the X10. It's got an old version of Android with some small issues but the screen and design more than makes up for it imo.
The streetprice now here in Sweden is about 400€ which is slightly overpriced, I'd put it at 300-350.
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Got it from my bro who switch to IOS4 . My first android phone and as each day passes by i liking it. Great phone...
$637.00 AUD From "3" HK Network
Bought a new N900 for $350, traded it for a x10 after three weeks.
$650
+tax
Free, 3 years contract, Rogers Canada
NO Contract Its white X10a branded to rogers works on the US att. Got it for $520 around June.
Happy with it.
Purchased on eBay from a guy in Canada.
$50, and a $50 mail in rebate, so basically free. Upgraded through Rogers, didn't need to get a new plan or anything.
I definitely didn't feel like spending another $500+ on an unlocked phone
Crocketeer said:
$50, and a $50 mail in rebate, so basically free. Upgraded through Rogers, didn't need to get a new plan or anything.
I definitely didn't feel like spending another $500+ on an unlocked phone
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They have extended your contract probably. Nothing is free specially in North America.
Nimche said:
They have extended your contract probably. Nothing is free specially in North America.
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That's right! ... lol.. Another 3 years for him.
$490 CAD no contract from Pacific Mall. Never had any problems.
No contract.
Running on telus network.
$300 off my friend back in july
Free with contract renewal thru at&t.
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Sighx said:
That's right! ... lol.. Another 3 years for him.
$490 CAD no contract from Pacific Mall. Never had any problems.
No contract.
Running on telus network.
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Ah good ole P Mall
when did you buy it though? 490 is pretty good if u got it close to launch
switch my provider to rogers and they gave me two x10 (1 white,1 black) for 57cad$ plus 2 iskin casing and a car charger...just got a replacement for the black one though bcoz of restarting problem
DangerPanda said:
Bought a new N900 for $350, traded it for a x10 after three weeks.
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Holycrap what a deal! lucky you I bought mine at full retail price for $621 including tax straight from Rogers just cuz I love this phone so much, I'm not even with Rogers
I traded a year old SE Satio + $100 AUD for a brand new X10
Can't say I miss the Satio, but the camera was absolutely AMAZING.
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!
Expansys have recently dropped their 8GB SIM Free price by £50 to GBP199.99
Admittedly not as good as the Dell Swarm 16GB £179.50 sell-out,
http://www.dellswarm.com/uk/swarm/pastswarm
but may be a sign that other retailers may follow suit?
I was tempted at the £250 price drop.
This is really tempting me. I wish it was more powerful though Its now last gen hardware
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I was tempted at the £250 price drop.
This is really tempting me. I wish it was more powerful though Its now last gen hardware
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Then it wouldn't be under £200
And how powerful do you need? Never see any lag (nor had a single freeze or crash) on my v1 LG.
Might be an idea to vote and keep an eye on the Dell Swarm though - seems to be a regular thing (4 since July) but you have to be quick to get one.
do the US bands work for you?
getting them from dell directly in the USA is cheaper than 200 pounds. (190.. hrmm.. don't have pound on my keyboard)
Zurvv said:
do the US bands work for you?
getting them from dell directly in the USA is cheaper than 200 pounds. (190.. hrmm.. don't have pound on my keyboard)
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I think were on AT&T bands.
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I think were on AT&T bands.
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Doubtful. You are almost certainly on 2100MHz, which is covered by both the AT&T and T-Mobile US DVP quite nicely.
The TMOUS version also has 900MHz support, making it a better bet for world-wide use than the AT&T version.
If you live in Melbourne, Australia, JB Hi Fi Mobile Phone Shop in Elizabeth Street, still have 2 brand new HTC HD2 T9193 Telstra units. Will sell for reasonable offer. I got mine for $300. This was current as of 27 March 2012. Hope this helle someone.
Isn't this phone 3 years old? 300 is crazy for a phone that old
The most awesome thing about it for us Americans is that it works on att 3g but I would never pay that price for one
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They still sell for more than WP7 on ebay, because they are so versatile and can dual boot Wp7 and android.
no way, I wouldn't spend more than $150 on that phone, even if it gets att 3G
orangekid said:
no way, I wouldn't spend more than $150 on that phone, even if it gets att 3G
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i saw one of these on ebay over the last 5 months and it sold for over 300 lolz
pwnerman said:
i saw one of these on ebay over the last 5 months and it sold for over 300 lolz
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Telstra Leos are very rare. They fetch a MUCH higher price than the regular Euro Leos and the Tmo ones. $300 is a very fair price for a brand new Telstra model.
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Telstra Leos are very rare. They fetch a MUCH higher price than the regular Euro Leos and the Tmo ones. $300 is a very fair price for a brand new Telstra model.
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I know but I wouldn't pay it
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I wish to get a Galaxy s2, i much prefer it to the Note still, not dissing the note, great kit, just lil too big for me.
How much does an unlocked note sell for second hand in mint condition, anyone got any ideas, im in the uk, ive googled it and ive seen prices of like £300, but i find that hard to believe as the phone is £599 in the shop still where i got it from, so im concerned that some of those online prices me be for copies or variants, i know the S2 had copies knocking about for a while.
Any advice appreciated.
graemeg said:
I wish to get a Galaxy s2, i much prefer it to the Note still, not dissing the note, great kit, just lil too big for me.
How much does an unlocked note sell for second hand in mint condition, anyone got any ideas, im in the uk, ive googled it and ive seen prices of like £300, but i find that hard to believe as the phone is £599 in the shop still where i got it from, so im concerned that some of those online prices me be for copies or variants, i know the S2 had copies knocking about for a while.
Any advice appreciated.
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I bought a 2nd hand note for my wife for £370, my mate bought a 2nd hand one for the same price off ebay. I've even found it for sale for just £354 plus £10 postage..I bought my tablet off these guys so its legit.
So about £350-380 would seem to be the going rate for selling it as used.
graemeg said:
I wish to get a Galaxy s2, i much prefer it to the Note still, not dissing the note, great kit, just lil too big for me.
How much does an unlocked note sell for second hand in mint condition, anyone got any ideas, im in the uk, ive googled it and ive seen prices of like £300, but i find that hard to believe as the phone is £599 in the shop still where i got it from, so im concerned that some of those online prices me be for copies or variants, i know the S2 had copies knocking about for a while.
Any advice appreciated.
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£599??!! You got ripped off, I got mine brand new for £430 a month ago.
Daaaaayum
Daaaaaaaaaaaaayum WTF the only £370 BNIB Unlocked on Ebay, im selling my GS2 to buy one
I would say 300 2nd hand is about right. I just picked one up on contract for a total contract cost of 370 (so that includes 200 mins/unlimited text/100mb data). I reckon within a month or 2 the resale value will be 200-250.
Mobiles just dont hold their value as well any more imo. Example would be my LG Optimus 2x I paid 480 or something new April last year, by November/December you could pick them up new for 200 new, now I'd be lucky to get a 100 2nd hand for it. After that it put me off ever buying another device within the first 6 months of its life cycle.
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CONTACTMC said:
£599??!! You got ripped off, I got mine brand new for £430 a month ago.
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430 it may have been a month ago, i got mine 6 months ago, prices were a lot steeper then.
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430 it may have been a month ago, i got mine 6 months ago, prices were a lot steeper then.
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i got it for around 460 GBP ( but did not pay vat - shipped outside UK ) towards the end of October last year.
CONTACTMC said:
£599??!! You got ripped off, I got mine brand new for £430 a month ago.
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hey even you got ripped off! here in Pakistan, Brand new available is available for £340!!! yeah it £340!!! and the black one is available for £335!!!
aami.aami said:
hey even you got ripped off! here in Pakistan, Brand new available is available for £340!!! yeah it £340!!! and the black one is available for £335!!!
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6 months ago when we paid over 450 was it even available there ?. Please don't jump the gun before reading the posts
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In February I bought my for 450€(365£),brand new.Without contract.In Slovenia.
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got a quote off CEX today, £330 in its mint condition, so ill be listing it around that, i guess online you can get anything cheap if you look hard enough, id like to know if all these foreign cheapo Notes are actually N7000`s or if they are actually the variant.
If i wanted a HTC One, yer i can get it cheap online, but it aint the HTC ONE X, its a different cheaper model.
Checked again today, all highstreet re-sellers have the Note listed at £500+.