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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!

Looking for someone to import SGS2 to USA from UK

Well, I have cash set aside for this, who can find the best deal, buy it and ship it to me?

Ditto
10 char

why dont you guys just order from one of the UK sites? or are you asking for someone that can get it from a company which only sells within UK for a bit cheaper?

shabs52 said:
why dont you guys just order from one of the UK sites? or are you asking for someone that can get it from a company which only sells within UK for a bit cheaper?
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what sites are selling it to the USA? All the ones I have tried want UK addresses.

designgears said:
what sites are selling it to the USA? All the ones I have tried want UK addresses.
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Just ordered from Clove http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-i9100-16gb they accepted my US address perfectly fine. I believe Handtec accepts order from the US too. http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/4203/samsung-galaxy-s-ii--16gb--sim-free-unlocked-
Hope this helps

handtec and clove to name a couple

designgears said:
what sites are selling it to the USA? All the ones I have tried want UK addresses.
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Have you tried Handtec, they deliver to Australia. ~AUS$700

sweet. Might pounce on one of these. A few questions first
1. Which site is more reliable? Has anyone ordered thru either?
2. How long does shipping usually take to the United states?
3. It says first units dispatched may 3rd? Does that mean if i place my order today it will ship that day? or will it be on backorder?

jthornton71707 said:
sweet. Might pounce on one of these. A few questions first
1. Which site is more reliable? Has anyone ordered thru either?
2. How long does shipping usually take to the United states?
3. It says first units dispatched may 3rd? Does that mean if i place my order today it will ship that day? or will it be on backorder?
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i'm from CA and i ordered from handtec. it was the cheapest out of all the sites i found. about 710 us.
Last time i check, about 2 days ago, they still had units left for preorder for shipping on the 3rd of may.
It takes 2-4 days to ship. Saw that on the website.
shipping cost about 14 pounds.

y don't you try this site: http://electroprise.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-ii-quadband-3g-hsdpa-gps-unlocked-p-2792.html
They are from: http://electroprise.com/contact_us.php
Got this from a post in gsmarena, sorry didn't know its a scam.

Im in CA too. Im just curious as to if there's a bunch of pre order before mine since they've been taking them forever that it wont even ship until later this month or something. Id need it by the 12th. You said yours was$ 710?
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robinthomas said:
y don't you try this site: http://electroprise.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-ii-quadband-3g-hsdpa-gps-unlocked-p-2792.html
They are from: http://electroprise.com/contact_us.php
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If anyone in NYC can confirm this store it would be great!

http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=27671
I loved your Cappy ROMs, can't wait to see what you do with this device.
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Daemos said:
If anyone in NYC can confirm this store it would be great!
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this store is a scam, there is a dedicated thread going for "buying in the USA" - use that one, has good info on imports and stores.

designgears said:
Well, I have cash set aside for this, who can find the best deal, buy it and ship it to me?
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Why you asking so late? I can buy it for you and ship to you. How much you willing to pay me? (Email me is fine).
I preorderd from clove but it's possible they ship on may 6 !
I don't want to wait that long, I want to preorder another one from handtec.
It's my first time buying from them so I'm not sure handtec able to ship on may 3.
I can sell you the 2nd sealed s2 to you after I got it.

there's a fairly good discussion about clove and handtec here.. maybe it'll help you decide which to choose.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049280

I've used Expansys a number of times both in the US and UK. They have online stores in numerous countries. They will have devices from the UK available in their US online store which you can buy in USD without paying VAT. They also have online support forums which I've found pretty useful in the past.
http://www.expansys-usa.com/android-smartphones/

In stock now at USA expansys, lower price

Suddenly this morning the Note was in stock at expansys usa with a big price drop from 950+ to 790. There were 7 left when I just ordered mine. I think the return policy is best here and also I remember reading something about warranty honored with this seller but not sure. I grabbed it asap thinking it would sell out quick.

Looks like their OOS. Can't find it on their site.

negri has it for $815. wonder who the better seller is?

all of these prices are higher than handtec... dont know why you would pay the premium price considering that handtec overnight ships to the US for only 740 USD

Shipment will be from usa---so no chance of customs issues--see other thread for occasional such issues. Also I believe that expansys will help with warranty issues through their UK office if you need to use the samsung warranty--as per other threads on other phones. So that is why I was more comfortable buying expansys even though it was $50 or so more. I am new at this and may be wrong but this is my impression.

SNiiPE_DoGG said:
all of these prices are higher than handtec... dont know why you would pay the premium price considering that handtec overnight ships to the US for only 740 USD
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I didn't see galaxy note on their website. maybe they are sold out?

here is the link:
http://www.expansys-usa.com/samsung-galaxy-note-5-3-android-tablet-221966/

I think Expansys post out from their French location. That's where mine came from to the UK even though I ordered through the UK site.
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Cheapest prices

Let's share the cheapest price we can find for each country...
I did a price compare for UK sites and so far the cheapest I can find is £345 on Clove (clove.co.uk) for the deep-grey 16GB Wifi. That's relatively cheap compared to the prices I've seen so far...
Can anyone recommend clove as a retailer?

404Science said:
Let's share the cheapest price we can find for each country...
I did a price compare for UK sites and so far the cheapest I can find is £345 on Clove (clove.co.uk) for the deep-grey 16GB Wifi. That's relatively cheap compared to the prices I've seen so far...
Can anyone recommend clove as a retailer?
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Also, Expansys.com has the white 16 wifi for £399, and the deep-grey 3G for £479..

Did yo include the Vat?
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I just pre ordered one from Clove UK. I have bought three smartphone from them before and they have always been excellent.
I got the Note 10.1 WiFi 3G, Grey model... It cost me AUD 671.00 - Delivered to me- here in Australia.

globalgpj said:
I just pre ordered one from Clove UK. I have bought three smartphone from them before and they have always been excellent.
I got the Note 10.1 WiFi 3G, Grey model... It cost me AUD 671.00 - Delivered to me- here in Australia.
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Oh, cool! Didn't realise it would be that much cheaper without Vat.
But isn't that on pre-order?

oznick said:
Oh, cool! Didn't realise it would be that much cheaper without Vat.
But isn't that on pre-order?
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Yes, hopefully it won't be too long.
Release date is set for tommorrow, Aug. 16th in the UK.

globalgpj said:
Yes, hopefully it won't be too long.
Release date is set for tommorrow, Aug. 16th in the UK.
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I hope you are right.
Although a couple of other UK stores are getting their stock on the 24th. Considering New Zealand sales are supposed to start 29th, we might be getting them locally about the same time.

404Science said:
Let's share the cheapest price we can find for each country...
I did a price compare for UK sites and so far the cheapest I can find is £345 on Clove (clove.co.uk) for the deep-grey 16GB Wifi. That's relatively cheap compared to the prices I've seen so far...
Can anyone recommend clove as a retailer?
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That price doesn't include VAT and Clove are selling the 3G note for £508, which is more expensive that Expansys.

diverblue said:
That price doesn't include VAT and Clove are selling the 3G note for £508, which is more expensive that Expansys.
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My bad, didn't include VAT. But the Expansys price includes VAT, which makes it cheaper by £15.

Expansys just changed the release date from 24th Aug to 1st Sept. When is the official release here in the UK?
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Any Canadians looking to purchase the NOTE 2 Invternational Version?

...Specifically Toronto GTA area people, where are you buying the NOTE 2? I well remembered last year when I purchased the NOTE from Handtec, I had to pay $100+ in duites.:crying: Trying to avoid that this time around.
Any sources?

I was thinking of it, but then I read that the international version isn't compatible with the LTE band on my carrier, Bell.
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I will be getting one, was very close to ordering from handtec, but then i read ur comment, I think Coptech will be getting it next week, CanadaGsm doesnt have any pricing yet, expansys canada doesnt have it in stock yet, I not sure what will happen if I order from ebay.com, probably will be screwed with duties and taxes. I thought cell phones were duty free items, but I guess not.

I ordered mine from Clove in th UK.
Since Winnipeg sucks and we're never going to get LTE, I'm fine with the 3G only version.

Viper2005 said:
I ordered mine from Clove in th UK.
Since Winnipeg sucks and we're never going to get LTE, I'm fine with the 3G only version.
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Did you had to pay $100+ in duties? :crying:

You will pay 13% tax.
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I was just checking seems like if you any air shipment atleast with fedex already includes brokerage, duties are 7% and you only pay gst 5%. So the situation doesnt look so bad. I dont know why you had to pay 100+ in duties, which shipment option did u choose ?.
http://www.canadacustomer.fedex.com/ca_english/customsguide/calculatedutytax.html

I'll be getting one but I want lte so I'll wait it out when Rogers releases it. I'll trade my I9300 & nexus for one
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Did you had to pay $100+ in duties? :crying:
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There shouldn't be duty on phones, but I'm expecting to pay sales tax on the full amount
It should be shipped tomorrow.
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Viper2005 said:
I ordered mine from Clove in th UK.
Since Winnipeg sucks and we're never going to get LTE, I'm fine with the 3G only version.
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Winnipeg has LTE with MTS and soon with others.

expansys.ca seems to have it in stock
The Expansys website says they have the White 16GB in stock for $774.99. With taxes and shipping in Ontario it shows as $861.99.
http://www.expansys.ca/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-android-smartphone-16gb-white-unlocked-850-1900-white-236051/

mobileDNA. Love paying with cash.

Has anyone purchased this phone from Expansys?
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I've already pre-ordered the GT-N7105. Just waiting for it to be "released" and shipped.

Newegg.ca $699 w/ free shipping... no ETA
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875176414

EP2008 said:
Newegg.ca $699 w/ free shipping... no ETA
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875176414
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Out of stock
Kijiji has it for $800
All prices will drop when Rogers and other carriers release it. I want the lte so I'll wait
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mardos said:
Out of stock
Kijiji has it for $800
All prices will drop when Rogers and other carriers release it. I want the lte so I'll wait
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Bell Canada is selling the original note for $729.95, which is only $10 less than the Note 2 at Expansys... I can't see the Note 2 selling for much less after launch. At best $699, but I think $750 is more realistic. So.... maybe expansys (or newegg) is the best bet for those who don't want to wait at least another month for the retail launch.

When I ordered the Galaxy Beam from Expansys uk last time, they cancelled my order and told me to order from the ca site. Never happened before. Eventually got it at Clove and probably will do again for the Note 2.
Doesn't matter to me if it there's no LTE as I wasn't going to put the sim in anyway.

I ordered the note 2 from Expansys on Wednesday and received it yesterday. Waited less than 24 hours.
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Damn, I got stuck paying duty on my imported Note 2.
$724 + $87 = $811
Thank goodness my wife and I bank separately.