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The giveaway took place in the C++/Game Developer panel, which discussed the use of native code in Android applications (games, in particular, are likely to use the NDK as opposed to standard Dalvik). And aside from winning some karma points from developers, Sony’s motivation for handing out the phones are pretty clear: give developers a phone that features the gamepad, and they’re much more likely to make sure their games work flawlessly with it.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/11/an...-game-developers-get-free-xperia-play-phones/
Does anyone know if these are carrier unlocked and able to connect to Fastboot? I'm seeing a few popping up on eBay in the $500-$600 range and I think I'm going to take the plunge.
If they're from Sony then they're most likely unlocked phones. I can't imagine them going "here, have a phone, it only works on -network- though"
Thanks. That's what I was thinking.
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Does anyone know if these are carrier unlocked and able to connect to Fastboot? I'm seeing a few popping up on eBay in the $500-$600 range and I think I'm going to take the plunge.
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I got mine from ebay for 475 best offer. Its unlocked no carrier markings. Its from Google io so I would assume so. They were given to devs
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charlieb620 said:
I got mine from ebay for 475 best offer. Its unlocked no carrier markings. Its from Google io so I would assume so. They were given to devs
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Damn, you got a good deal. Should have waited a week to buy mine, lol. Wish I had future premonition that they were doling these out.
However, still kind of bummed devs aren't taking this seriously...
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I got mine from ebay for 475 best offer. Its unlocked no carrier markings. Its from Google io so I would assume so. They were given to devs
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Wow! I got one for a Best Offer of $550. Now I feel like I should have gone lower. Ah well. I was expecting to pay at least that anyway. Better than spending around $700 for one.
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I got mine from ebay for 475 best offer. Its unlocked no carrier markings. Its from Google io so I would assume so. They were given to devs
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can you pm me the item number? I wanna check the listing.
i might resale. the price is fluctuating seen some for 500 or best offer and seen some on auction going up to 625. i have to see. devs are selling their plays and keeping the tablets. i seen the tablets going for $1000+
my best offer was $515 but i used ebay bucks i had left over so it bought it down to $475.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190532493139&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
best offer $515 used ebay bucks i had laying around bought it for $475 cash free shipping. should be here monday.
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can you pm me the item number? I wanna check the listing.
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posted link inside.
Excuse me for my ignorant question but is it correct to assume that even though these Google I/O Xperia Play's are unlocked that it's only for SIM and you would still need to use Gingerbreak to get root access right?
I'm asking because I'm in the process of buying one so I want to know how much I need to tinker with it. I also assume I won't need to debrand it and that it is pretty stock no?
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Excuse me for my ignorant question but is it correct to assume that even though these Google I/O Xperia Play's are unlocked that it's only for SIM and you would still need to use Gingerbreak to get root access right?
I'm asking because I'm in the process of buying one so I want to know how much I need to tinker with it. I also assume I won't need to debrand it and that it is pretty stock no?
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From what i could tell on eBay there were a couple CDMA phones.
As well the GSM ones all appear to be the exact same phone as the Canadian one R800a just unbranded so i'd guess root access would have to be done via gingerbreak, however as mine arrives monday i'll update if this is the case.
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best offer $515 used ebay bucks i had laying around bought it for $475 cash free shipping. should be here monday.
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Lucky you, i ended up at $540 as my timing sux.
Awesome phone at crazy price. I also got the dock and it looks very good.
I got it on ebay for $450 (item number 120725728032) and add a 10% back in ebay bucks as I bought it before the IE9 + Window 7 8% bonus ebay bucks ended. Very sweet deal at $405 + $7 for almost overnight shipping. I think the seller didn't care for much profit and also he didn't mention R800a prominently to get attention.
It's not much thicker than X10 and is actually a little shorter. The four buttons it has should have been on Arc along with the front camera. Will be using it for a week or two before I pass it on to my son while I go back to my Arc.
I have one of these coming tomorrow (ebay, ~$500 shipped). Is there any difference in software compared to the Verizon model? Is it going to be primarily stock 2.3?
This may sound like a foolish question, but, considering these aren't widely available, does everyone think these will get proper updates from SE?
Has anyone gotten the verizon version of one of these phones? I was thinking about grabbing one on ebay before they disappear to use on my verizon account, but wanted to check ahead of time to see if the bootloader on the developer version would be unlockable. Can anyone confirm this?
Newegg just dropped the price of the GSM Samsung Galaxy Nexus (i9250) to $449.99. However, when you combine it with a Simple Mobile sim card ($2.99), you get the combo discount and it drops the price to only $439.48. MOD EDIT: referral links.
Having said that, if you want peace of mind and want to be able to return the phone if need be without extra costs, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Amazon, even if it costs a few more bucks, may still be preferable.
Wow, thanks for posting this. I'm looking to get an unlocked Nexus.
Curious, what's all these "versions" of the Nexus with these Japanese names? Like people will say "I have a GN yakuju" or something...
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Wow, thanks for posting this. I'm looking to get an unlocked Nexus.
Curious, what's all these "versions" of the Nexus with these Japanese names? Like people will say "I have a GN yakuju" or something...
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Those symbolise the various builds of nexii, everything except Yakju gets updates from samsung and have some minor changes
I see. How is one supposed to know which phone is which? Does it say on the box?
There are reviewers saying the one from Newegg is a Yakju build.
Also, that a few of them have arrived already opened and seemingly used (no introductory sign-in screen).
Makes me a little wary...
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Wow, thanks for posting this. I'm looking to get an unlocked Nexus.
Curious, what's all these "versions" of the Nexus with these Japanese names? Like people will say "I have a GN yakuju" or something...
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You are welcome. You want yakyu as it is the build that gets the updates first and directly from Google. If your device didn't come with yakyu, you can use the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit from this site to put yakyu on it quite easily. Having said that, the average person will not notice the difference between yakyu and other builds.
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You are welcome. You want yakyu as it is the build that gets the updates first and directly from Google. If your device didn't come with yakyu, you can use the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit from this site to put yakyu on it quite easily. Having said that, the average person will not notice the difference between yakyu and other builds.
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How can you tell? Will it say on the box? Or do you have to boot up the phone first?
EDIT: So yakjuxw build is bad?
Wow these are quite the deals, sites are releasing. They really must want to get rid of the phone.
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How can you tell? Will it say on the box? Or do you have to boot up the phone first?
EDIT: So yakjuxw build is bad?
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You can install an app that will tell you the build info. It will not say it on the box and if you ask the seller, they will likely not know or provide incorrect info.
People on XDA prefer yakyu. Everyone else doesn't care and yakyuxw is not per se bad. Having said that, people on XDA also don't care what it comes with as they can just install yakyu using the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit.
onthecouchagain, check this out: [HOW-TO] Change to 4.0.4 yakju from yakjuxw (or ANY other version)
PS: It's actually yakju and not yakyu.
So GNex is now cheaper than SII? Wow.
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So GNex is now cheaper than SII?
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S2 at Amazon costs $436.18. Not sure why anyone would pick S2 over GNex though.
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You are welcome. You want yakyu as it is the build that gets the updates first and directly from Google. If your device didn't come with yakyu, you can use the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit from this site to put yakyu on it quite easily. Having said that, the average person will not notice the difference between yakyu and other builds.
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Its yakju, buddy
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The Nexus sold by newegg has been reported to be sold by a third party seller installing their own software including business cards. You can read the reviews and see for yourself.
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DontJoinTheDarkSide said:
The Nexus sold by newegg has been reported to be sold by a third party seller installing their own software including business cards. You can read the reviews and see for yourself.
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Yeah, I'm avoiding. Icemonkey.com is selling it for $10 dollars more: http://www.icemonkey.com/unlocked-samsung-i9250-galaxy-nexus-16gb-black
They have a 30 day return policy, so I feel somewhat safer with them.
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Yeah, I'm avoiding. Icemonkey.com is selling it for $38.96 dollars more: http://www.icemonkey.com/unlocked-samsung-i9250-galaxy-nexus-16gb-black
They have a 30 day return policy, I feel somewhat safer with them.
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Corrected that for you.
DailySteals has inexistent customer service, so good luck with returning something to their sister company.
XDAs can flash the stock ROM in 5 minutes.
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Corrected that for you.
DailySteals has nonexistent customer service, so good luck with returning something to their sister company.
XDAs can flash the stock ROM in 5 minutes.
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Corrected that for you.
So where can we safely buy a GN?!
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So where can we safely buy a GN?!
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I'd say the most reputable phone stores are negri and expansys. Amazon and newegg are good as well, but those are the top 2 as far as phones go.
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I'd say the most reputable phone stores are negri and expansys. Amazon and newegg are good as well, but those are the top 2 as far as phones go.
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I got mine from handcent and it got to me in 2 days from the uk with free shipping
How does the manufacturers warranty from Samsung come into play with these phones being brought from on-line retailers? Is it an American warranty or does it have to be shipped overseas for unforeseen problems?
Ebay still has their daily deal available for 479.00.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8436239&CatId=6845 16GB
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8436240&CatId=6845 32GB
It's an especially good deal, since it means 0 tax for most of us.
Are they doing international orders?
could someone confirm how much disk space is available on the 16 gb version?
cheers
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Are they doing international orders?
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Yep but is $70 international!!
As soon as I saw the 32GB was in stock at TigerDirect, I ordered one from their website.
I used Google Checkout to place the order. Payment went smooth and I even got an order number.
However, TigerDirect doesn't show my order and the customer care tells me that the order isn't in their database. I searched for similar problems and it seems quite a few people have faced the same. I fear I am stuck with my funds being blocked by Google Checkout for a while. FML
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As soon as I saw the 32GB was in stock at TigerDirect, I ordered one from their website.
I used Google Checkout to place the order. Payment went smooth and I even got an order number.
However, TigerDirect doesn't show my order and the customer care tells me that the order isn't in their database. I searched for similar problems and it seems quite a few people have faced the same. I fear I am stuck with my funds being blocked by Google Checkout for a while. FML
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I had a similar problem. My order was lost too. I had to re-order.
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Yep but is $70 international!!
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is 70$ for international with the tollfees ? or will they be added?
or does anybody know a good site where you can ship the nexus 7 to europe?
thanks
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I had a similar problem. My order was lost too. I had to re-order.
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When did you get your funds back from Google? Honestly I'm a bit apprehensive in ordering again. If the same thing happens, I'll be screwed.
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When did you get your funds back from Google? Honestly I'm a bit apprehensive in ordering again. If the same thing happens, I'll be screwed.
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I just placed the order again today. So I haven't been refunded. The tracking number said that the package was never picked up by UPS, and they saw that. If it ever arrives, I'll just do an RMA. Good luck to you.
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I just placed the order again today. So I haven't been refunded. The tracking number said that the package was never picked up by UPS, and they saw that. If it ever arrives, I'll just do an RMA. Good luck to you.
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Ok. Good luck to you as well.
mhester50 said:
I had a similar problem. My order was lost too. I had to re-order.
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That's weird, I've never had that happen when ordering form them.
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Yep but is $70 international!!
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try bhphotovideo.com
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Try bhphotovideo.com.
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They look to be pre order only right now.
Got my note Wednesday and another showed up today. Looked at my bank account and I've only been charged for one. Same order number on the invoice and everything. I did email them. Hopefully they'll reward my honesty. Do you guys think they would've ever known if I didn't say anything?
My friend once got two LCD televisions, but ordered only one.
He never said a word about it to the company where he ordered those. He still got them and never heard anything from the company.
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Call me a cheap a$$ but I probably won't say anything after checking my credit card account...
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I seriously doubt they would have ever noticed if you had not said something. Sounds like someone forgot to mark the order a fulfilled or shipped.
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Got my note Wednesday and another showed up today. Looked at my bank account and I've only been charged for one. Same order number on the invoice and everything. I did email them. Hopefully they'll reward my honesty. Do you guys think they would've ever known if I didn't say anything?
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Shows us what kind of person you are, and we are now seeing what others are made of.
I think we reap what we sow, what goes around comes around, you get it in your own dish, do unto others.........
What if you kept it and they found there error in a month, you sold it or gave it to someone and now the want it back.
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I seriously doubt they would have ever noticed if you had not said something. Sounds like someone forgot to mark the order a fulfilled or shipped.
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Your most likely right but @supremekizzle did the right thing.
legally they can't do anything. shipping something to someone is concidered a gift if you didn't authorize the purchase.
reap/sow/comes around crap... things don't come ariund they just keep going. and whose to say what's just happened isn't a reaping.
Definitely kudos for keeping it honest in a sea of immorality....
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Got my note Wednesday and another showed up today. Looked at my bank account and I've only been charged for one. Same order number on the invoice and everything. I did email them. Hopefully they'll reward my honesty. Do you guys think they would've ever known if I didn't say anything?
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I think you are an awesome person for emailing them to let them know about the mistake.
Kudos to you.
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I think you are an awesome person for emailing them to let them know about the mistake.
Kudos to you.
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Yeah, but in all likelyhood if I would've kept it they would've found out anyway. The funny thing is, it originally was shipped with UPS shurepost which I upgragged to UPS ground. The second one I got was also upgrated automatically. So I wonder if they shipped it out using the exact same shipping label. Maybe they would've never found out after all. But it'd be a ****ty thing for me to do to keep it
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My friend once got two LCD televisions, but ordered only one.
H e never said a word about it to the company where he ordered those. He still got them and never heard anything from the company.
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We got once two cupboards... and at this time it was legal to keep them (in Germany) without informing the seller. Only when they ask I have to say that I got two. When I remember correctly then after 2 year they both were mine (before I was only nicely to store the second one
Good job OP.
Man screw that. I wouldnt have said a word... Karma doesnt affect business deals, only when you screw over a person.
I had a similiar issue with a Nexus 10. I had to exchange it so Google sent me an RMA, i sent it back and they said they never got it yet they sent me a new one when they were in stock.
Then refunded my money. So in essence, I got free Nexus 10 Tablet form Google.
The same people that hoard our data and then sell it without our knowledge or TRUE consent (yeah, Samsung does it too!) dont deserve the same rights that the shop keep down the street from me deserves.
OP you wasted your time emailing. They gifted you a tablet. Were were you when I was struggling for donations to buy mine? lol
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Man screw that. I wouldnt have said a word... Karma doesnt affect business deals, only when you screw over a person.
I had a similiar issue with a Nexus 10. I had to exchange it so Google sent me an RMA, i sent it back and they said they never got it yet they sent me a new one when they were in stock.
Then refunded my money. So in essence, I got free Nexus 10 Tablet form Google.
The same people that hoard our data and then sell it without our knowledge or TRUE consent (yeah, Samsung does it too!) dont deserve the same rights that the shop keep down the street from me deserves.
OP you wasted your time emailing. They gifted you a tablet. Were were you when I was struggling for donations to buy mine? lol
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I'm not a huge believer in karma. At all, actually. I was worried more about them coming back at me asking for the money to pay for it months later. Maybe they would've never found out, maybe not. I will never know for sure now...
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legally they can't do anything. shipping something to someone is concidered a gift if you didn't authorize the purchase.
reap/sow/comes around crap... things don't come ariund they just keep going. and whose to say what's just happened isn't a reaping.
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I'm not sure that's true. Zavvi sent out PS Vita's by accident to customers and made a legal case out of it. AFAIK, they were actually backed up by UK law. That said, I'm sure it's entirely a country dependant thing.
Well letting them know saves you from worrying I guess.
madsquabbles said:
legally they can't do anything. shipping something to someone is concidered a gift if you didn't authorize the purchase.
reap/sow/comes around crap... things don't come ariund they just keep going. and whose to say what's just happened isn't a reaping.
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Have you ever had the bank put a "gift" in your account? And did they just smile when you later found they had rescinded that gift? Lol.
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Have you ever had the bank put a "gift" in your account? And did they just smile when you later found they had rescinded that gift? Lol.
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https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0181-unordered-merchandise
Found a guy selling a pixel XL on Craigslist for 580$ I went right away to pick it up!!! Brand new never opened! From Google. I was like no way!!!
Nice. Just make sure the IMEI is valid. If it is that is a fantastic deal! :good:
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Found a guy selling a pixel XL on Craigslist for 580$ I went right away to pick it up!!! Brand new never opened! From Google. I was like no way!!!
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Was he foreign, doing his laundry perhaps?
Congrats, I hate you.
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Nice. Just make sure the IMEI is valid. If it is that is a fantastic deal! :good:
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I din't even checked... Lol I put in my T-Mobile sim and it worked right away..
Edit. Checked on Swappa. Says it does not appear to be black listed, model number match and also says ready for activation.
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Was he foreign, doing his laundry perhaps?
Congrats, I hate you.
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Had an iPhone in his hand... Lol
I hope you verified the IMEI before paying. If stolen, you just bought a 580 dollar paper weight. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it often is.
Let us know if you can activate it. I hope you can and actually did get a great deal.
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Nice. Just make sure the IMEI is valid. If it is that is a fantastic deal! :good:
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I din't even checked... Lol I put in my T-Mobile sim and it worked right away..
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I put in the T-Mobile sim car and it worked went to Swappa and it says it's clean..
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I hope you verified the IMEI before paying. If stolen, you just bought a 580 dollar paper weight. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it often is.
Let us know if you can activate it. I hope you can and actually did get a great deal.
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According to Swappa is clean and it works when I put T-Mobile sim
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According to Swappa is clean and it works when I put T-Mobile sim
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Excellent. Great find!!
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Excellent. Great find!!
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Sooo happy man!!
Doesn't it take time to black list a device? Why sell a $840 phone for $580 when you can return it or use credit card protection (return anything within 90 days for full refund)
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Found a guy selling a pixel XL on Craigslist for 580$ I went right away to pick it up!!! Brand new never opened! From Google. I was like no way!!!
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Exactly. Looks like he found one of the phones "lost" in the mail that people never received. LOL. It's totally stolen. The clock is ticking.
Or he got the phone for little of nothing.... I bought my note 7 from a guy in craigslist that worked for Verizon. He used his employee discount, traded in an old phone. He gave me the receipt and this full only paid $159 for a brand
New note 7 lol. There's deals to be had out there, don't try and ruin my man's day with your scepticism and negativity
Prepare your butthole OP. A guy on Reddit bought one for $950 or so, and it got blacklisted.
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Exactly. Looks like he found one of the phones "lost" in the mail that people never received. LOL. It's totally stolen. The clock is ticking.
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That's what I was thinking.
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Or he got the phone for little of nothing.... I bought my note 7 from a guy in craigslist that worked for Verizon. He used his employee discount, traded in an old phone. He gave me the receipt and this full only paid $159 for a brand
New note 7 lol. There's deals to be had out there, don't try and ruin my man's day with your scepticism and negativity
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It's not skepticism and negativity, it's realistic thinking. Anyone who sells a phone at hundreds of dollars of a loss would have to be a complete idiot, filthy rich, or a thief - thief is most likely by far. OP is probably in for a bad surprise soon. Your situation was different because he had the receipt. If OP had the receipt, he'd have gotten a great deal.
He probably financed it then will say he lost it and wont have to pay it off anymore and it will get blacklisted.
Guy did have a receipt for you guys information the phone is sealed and it was never opened.
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Guy did have a receipt for you guys information the phone is sealed and it was never opened.
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Happy to hear it bro, the other guys are just being haters. Enjoy your new phone, i hope it brings you some more good luck
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Happy to hear it bro, the other guys are just being haters. Enjoy your new phone, i hope it brings you some more good luck
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Yeah I can see. The guy clearly said he is not an Android used it and bought thinking he would try it but dint even bothered
Its a done deal, all you can do is hope for the best. There are good deals like this or even better. Long ago when the Htc rezound came out with beats headphones I snagged it on ebay for $199 right when it came out. The woman said she went back to her iphone and just wanted the $199 she paid to upgrade to it. This was when buying the phone was $600 out right. So deals are to be had, but yes there are people selling then claim lost or stolen and get another or out of paying for them or dont pay their bill and it goes to collection which the carrier does blacklist the imei.
Yes it sucks you cant really trust anyone when it comes to buying phones.
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Yeah I can see. The guy clearly said he is not an Android used it and bought thinking he would try it but dint even bothered
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So he immediately took an almost $300 loss on a device he never opened. That doesn't sound made up at all. Anyone with a printer can produce a receipt. Do I hope you got the best deal in the world, yes I do. But chances are much more stacked against you. I myself would be worried to even have a stolen device that can easily be tracked in my possession. But I guess you just wait and see at this point. Either its not stolen and the guy is a moron, or you bought a hot phone. Let's hope it's not the latter. I just don't see why he would sell it so cheap on craigslist and take a loss. The Pixel XL 32gb is starting at $899 on eBay and other quick buy sites since Google is having a hard time filling orders. I've seen the 128 listed at 1400. It's a high value item. No one would sell it that cheap unless they wanted to offload it quick and had no real profit margin. And craigslist is the best place for selling stolen goods.