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Just Pre-Oredered my Galaxy Note II GT-N7100

I just placed my Pre-Order for a Galaxy Note II GT-N7100 at MobileCityOnline for the same price I paid for my GT-N7000 - $699! I searched everywhere I could try and pre-order it from and only MobileCity seems to be the only vendor accepting pre-orders.
MobileCity was one of the lower priced vendors for the GT-N7000 plus they shipped it super fast. I didn't have to pay taxes or shipping either. And these guys are really cool, they know about their $hit, and have amazing customer service. You might want to check 'em out.
If anyone has found ANYWHERE else that is accepting pre-orders could you please share your information. If I could get away with paying less cash I would since I'll now have to buy the necessary accessories all over again.
My wife is going to shoot me! I guess I'll have to keep this a secret from her...

My local provider samsung center(Venezuela) took mine, in dollars its about 800 usd
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1860893
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Selling Mate 8 suggestions

After much thought I think a 6p is better suited for my needs. Being in the US there doesn't seem to be a big market for the Mate 8. Where would you suggest selling my brand new AL10 64gb 4gb ram version? Swappa only shows the L29 version and nobody seems to want it for a trade despite the higher value of it. I also would like to stay away from the bay. Had but luck selling phones there. TIA

Sell on celltraderonline
None of the out of mainstream phones sell well after the first initial 3 months of release. You will always take a lose with imported phones after buzz.
You have to be a little flexible on the price though. You have slim chance of getting anything close to retail besides listing on ebay. But after fees, you could sell it elsewhere with a smoother transaction.
I would have bought it but 32gb version on ebay for 415 was a better deal.

intruda119 said:
Sell on celltraderonline
None of the out of mainstream phones sell well after the first initial 3 months of release. You will always take a lose with imported phones after buzz.
You have to be a little flexible on the price though. You have slim chance of getting anything close to retail besides listing on ebay. But after fees, you could sell it elsewhere with a smoother transaction.
I would have bought it but 32gb version on ebay for 415 was a better deal.
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Thanks for the info. I'll try my luck on there.
As far as price, wish we would've discussed it further. I followed up and never heard anything more as I would've come down quite a bit from my initial number. Either way hope you enjoy the 8!

I hear ya man, i'm selling mine as well but if no one buys it then I'll just keep it as a spare.

I hear about new 6p from htc i suggest u to wait for it
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sulimanalkous said:
I hear about new 6p from htc i suggest u to wait for it
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Want him to wait 5 months?

Up on swappa if anyone is interested
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safes places to import the mi5s/mi5s plus

Hello,
I'm from Canada and I would like to import this phone when it's out worldwide but I read stories on the forum about users received fake Xiaomi phones from some sites. So I would to know which sites do you used to import the phone internationally and they don't overpriced too much the initial retail price ?

So no site to import the device ?

Ibuygou?

ShaqB said:
Hello,
I'm from Canada and I would like to import this phone when it's out worldwide but I read stories on the forum about users received fake Xiaomi phones from some sites. So I would to know which sites do you used to import the phone internationally and they don't overpriced too much the initial retail price ?
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Try GeekBuying, I've used them reliably for years and they are usually the least expensive (if you incorporate the total cost such as shipping and insurance).
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Xiaomi-Mi-5S-Qualcomm-Snapdragon-821-Smartphone---Black-372710.html

does geekbuying have it in stock?

It's not out yet, only announced

I spoke to a seller on aliexpress and she confirmed she had the silver ones in stock. I placed an order and she told me that they will ship it on the 4th of October, after the holidays in China.

Rickdaddy said:
I spoke to a seller on aliexpress and she confirmed she had the silver ones in stock. I placed an order and she told me that they will ship it on the 4th of October, after the holidays in China.
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How much and which storage size?

ermacwins said:
How much and which storage size?
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359.99usd 3gb ram 64gb storage

Rickdaddy said:
359.99usd 3gb ram 64gb storage
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That's a very good price, have you got a link to the seller? Did she say when other colours will be available?

ermacwins said:
That's a very good price, have you got a link to the seller? Did she say when other colours will be available?
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I didn't ask about the other colors.
https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32741...7-1475058575116-07110-UneMJZVf&aff_platform=y

Rickdaddy said:
I didn't ask about the other colors.
https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32741...7-1475058575116-07110-UneMJZVf&aff_platform=y
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The silver is grey right I.e. black front? I want the black front so it will hide the black boarder around the screen

ShaqB said:
Hello,
I'm from Canada and I would like to import this phone when it's out worldwide but I read stories on the forum about users received fake Xiaomi phones from some sites. So I would to know which sites do you used to import the phone internationally and they don't overpriced too much the initial retail price ?
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Top One Digital - aliexpress. He offers worldwide shipping. I have used his services and I can recommend him. But I highly recommend you to pay for DHL delivery so you will not pay any kind of VAT and also you will get your device in 5-6 days.
As far as i know right now he has Xiaomi Mi 5S 64/128 GB (both) and also Mi 5S Plus but only 64 gigs. The price of Mi 5S 128 GB is 430 USD.

Nah they have a picture of a gray one (black face), but they only have the silver with white face in stock at the time I ordered.

I also messaged and she said they don't know when they'll get the grey colour

qtoo941 said:
Top One Digital - aliexpress. He offers worldwide shipping. I have used his services and I can recommend him. But I highly recommend you to pay for DHL delivery so you will not pay any kind of VAT and also you will get your device in 5-6 days.
As far as i know right now he has Xiaomi Mi 5S 64/128 GB (both) and also Mi 5S Plus but only 64 gigs. The price of Mi 5S 128 GB is 430 USD.
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Hey mate, thanks for posting these details here. these are real helpful.
I am new to MI phones and i was wondering if these come with Chinese or Global WW Firmware. Would you know anything about them?

pradeepvizz said:
Hey mate, thanks for posting these details here. these are real helpful.
I am new to MI phones and i was wondering if these come with Chinese or Global WW Firmware. Would you know anything about them?
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Well, it really depends. I will talk only about "Top One Digital" because I have bought few times from him and he is really good seller. First of all, he packs the items really well. Even if the DHL airplane f*cks up in the air and it fells, your package will be okey. I needed 10 minutes to break down the package of TopOne, for real
You have 2 choices when you shop phone(s) from his store:
1st - if you want to receive sealed box, he will send you sealed box but once you open it, the phone will have chinese global stable pre-installed - which means when you turn on phone you will have only 2 languages - chinese and english and when you finally go to the home screen you will see a lot of crap chinese applications. And google play will be missing from your device. But MiFlash allows you to flash official ROMs without unlocking the bootloader and it is really simple and easy.
2nd - if you don't want to flash the global rom by yourself, you can just write down a note to him (or just send him a message) that you want to receive the phone with Global Stable ROM and he will do it instead of you. But you will not receive a sealed box. You will be able to receive OTA and etc. No chinese apps will be pre-loaded and you will also have google play on your phone.
I have bought few xiaomi phones from him and I don't know what is the procedure if you want to get Meizu or anything else but yesterday i compared the price and specs of Meizu M3 Note (3 GB RAM) and Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro (3 GB RAM) and it is useless to go for meizu.
One last thing - about the latest xiaomi phones - Mi 5S and Mi 5S Plus - no matter what, you will receive the device with chinese stable ROM because there is still no global stable for these models but really soon we will be able to download them from their official site.
So don't hesitate - if you want to get some good chinese phone - order from TopOne but don't forget to use DHL delivery.

Try tradingshenshen too. Bought my 5 pro from them. Great experience.

Oppmart have very good prices but they charge $50 for the grey model because it's 'harder to get'. They ship from EU $20 so guarantee no customs for EU countries. Not sure of Brexit affects us.
I'll most probably buy from them, grey 4gb/128. I'd rather pay thr extra for the 4gb ram since the Pixel Phones will be 4gb and it can last a few years

ermacwins said:
The silver is grey right I.e. black front? I want the black front so it will hide the black boarder around the screen
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Silver- White front
Dark Grey-Black front:good:

[Deal Alert] Xiaomi Mi MIX 18k 6GB RAM 256GB ROM Price Dropped to €666 [worldwide]

[Deal Alert] Xiaomi Mi MIX 18k 6GB RAM 256GB ROM Price Dropped to €666 [worldwide Free Shipping]
So now Xiaomi dropping prices of the Mi Mix and we all know that the Mi Mix 2 is coming soon + new competitors entering to challenge Mi Mix design.
Until then We all can enjoy with lower prices ,
Store: Banggood.com
http://www.gsmarena.com/deal_xiaomi...h_256_gb_rom_for_less_than_700-news-23844.php
The Maze Alpha Is A Serious Rival To The Xiaomi Mi Mix
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http://www.gizchina.com/2017/03/10/video-maze-alpha-serious-rival-xiaomi-mi-mix/

that sure isn't much of a price drop considering i paid a similar price in november from chinavision

This is misleading info, xiaomi hasn't dropped their price on mix at all, official price is still exactly the same. What you seeing here is reseller dropping price, most likely because the hype is over and they are trying to sell their stock.
It has nothing to do with mix 2 and we won't be seeing mix 2 anytime soon also. They only just started working on it so give it until later this year before you start seeing actual info about it.
P. S. And ya, that price is pretty much what others was asking a long time ago

I was looking at this model since it came out and all the retailers who ships worldwide asked for over 1000$, maybe you are talking on 128GB? the 18K is the most expensive model.
I read few post on MIUI forum:
http://en.miui.com/thread-411980-1-1.html
http://www.gsmarena.com/deal_xiaomi...h_256_gb_rom_for_less_than_700-news-23844.php
maybe you are right and now they are easier to get and retailers can lower prices, but some competition on it's way;
http://www.gizchina.com/2017/03/10/video-maze-alpha-serious-rival-xiaomi-mi-mix/

Xperia-Ray said:
I was looking at this model since it came out and all the retailers who ships worldwide asked for over 1000$, maybe you are talking on 128GB? the 18K is the most expensive model.
I read few post on MIUI forum:
http://en.miui.com/thread-411980-1-1.html
http://www.gsmarena.com/deal_xiaomi...h_256_gb_rom_for_less_than_700-news-23844.php
maybe you are right and now they are easier to get and retailers can lower prices, but some competition on it's way;
http://www.gizchina.com/2017/03/10/video-maze-alpha-serious-rival-xiaomi-mi-mix/
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I am well aware of the model difference, of course I am talking the more expensive model. When I bought mine back in December, the world wide shipping price was around 850 USD, many buyers here got theirs around that price.
Some sites are charging quite a bit more than the others, but price from official has always been the same. If you lucky enough to snap one from xiaomi, it's 3999 RMB, which is around 580 USD. I got mine just below 700 USD last year. 18k gold 6GB ram version that is.

Xperia-Ray said:
I was looking at this model since it came out and all the retailers who ships worldwide asked for over 1000$, maybe you are talking on 128GB? the 18K is the most expensive model.
I read few post on MIUI forum:
http://en.miui.com/thread-411980-1-1.html
http://www.gsmarena.com/deal_xiaomi...h_256_gb_rom_for_less_than_700-news-23844.php
maybe you are right and now they are easier to get and retailers can lower prices, but some competition on it's way;
http://www.gizchina.com/2017/03/10/video-maze-alpha-serious-rival-xiaomi-mi-mix/
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you obviously haven't read the huge thread about where to buy then cause similar prices have been available from the very start of this phone going on sale

The maze seems like vapor hardware atm too, not sure what it really has to offer - new company going in on a new idea with no previous entries. That's a pretty big risk to take in this market. I got my mix 6gb 256GB for about 850 everything included, Chinese rom and sealed.

Anyone want to bid this Mi Mix from eBay?
https://www.ebay.com.hk/itm/272599229873

Wtf!?
http://www.madephone.com/xiaomi-mi-mix-4gb-128gb-4g-lte-snapdragon-821-quad-core-235ghz-p-6566.html I'm very very tempted to try this especially for that price!!?? But idk something doesn't seem right.

Where to buy from?

We can use this thread to post where someone bought it from or it they see good offers.
In my case I'm in UK so if anyone finds a good deal please post it. Looking to spend about £350 as missed a deal on geekbuying.

Hey it's still on Geekbuying for that:
http://m.geekbuying.com/item/ZTE-Nubia-Z17-5-5-Inch-6GB-64GB-Smartphone---Black-380167.html
You could possibly wait/look for a voucher too
I bought it from there for around that. Wish I didn't select free delivery now though XD

dorkozoid said:
Hey it's still on Geekbuying for that:
http://m.geekbuying.com/item/ZTE-Nubia-Z17-5-5-Inch-6GB-64GB-Smartphone---Black-380167.html
You could possibly wait/look for a voucher too
I bought it from there for around that. Wish I didn't select free delivery now though XD
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I suppose they ship those from China? It seems risky considering the high chances of custom duties, at least until they provide the global version of the phone in their Spain warehouse.

I bought an mi5s from banggood and chose the slow shipping, insured and didn't get charged. I will try that from whoever I buy it from and use PayPal.

Hello! I bought it on Aliexpress (Nubia Official Store) on June 30th. Comes to my house this afternoon (black color, 6/64, china firmware, 427 € ...)
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Neomicina33 said:
Hello! I bought it on Aliexpress (Nubia Official Store) on June 30th. Comes to my house this afternoon (black color, 6/64, china firmware, 427 € ...)
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To what country if you don't mind sharing? Any trouble with import duties? What shipping method did you use? Thanks.

To what country if you don't mind sharing? HONG KONG---> SPAIN
Any trouble with import duties? NO (a surprise)
What shipping method did you use? DHL
I'll tell you something else when the phone arrives home.
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Neomicina33 said:
To what country if you don't mind sharing? HONG KONG---> SPAIN
Any trouble with import duties? NO (a surprise)
What shipping method did you use? DHL
I'll tell you something else when the phone arrives home.
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Thanks for your feedback. Those times are very surprising, since they give an estimated delivery time of 31-44 days for DHL carrier. More so considering that for Portugal, DHL will imply almost as a certainty custom fees. At least that's what happened for me on all accounts when buying outside the EU, using this carrier.
You were lucky I guess or maybe Spain is more permissive. Please do tell when you get the phone what was written on the package and the indicated price of goods, if possible. Thanks.

I am from Germany and ordered my ZTE Nubia Z17 at the CECT-SHOP.
My version is 6/64 GB and i paid 429,00 EUR. Hopefully it will arrive at Friday, 7 July 2017...

Nubia Z17 bought in Aliexpress, unofficial ROM, is a custom ROM with Google services and google store installed. Fake! Impossible to upgrade to not being the official ROM of Nubia. Open dispute in Aliexpress, I ordered with the original Chinese firmware and the seller stated that it would be so. Lie.
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Anyone have one sent to the US? Curious if the 2G/3G works (I know 4G won't). Also where you got yours from & shipping time frame.

Anyone looking for nubia z17 8/128gb