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Hi all,
I'm keen to get the Mate 10 (non Pro) 6GB/128GB now - and I see some of you have it! (I have the Mate 9 Pro)
I'm in the UK - where's a good place to buy it? I see Wondamobile and TradingShenzhen and some of you give good reviews.
A few places like Banggood have it but not available for weeks.
Can this version be rebranded? FunkyHuawei seem to do it?
I have purchased from Wonda before with good service. Took a while to arrive though! Thinking of the Mate 10 at moment!
I've been in touch - FH say that the Chinese version of the 6GB/128GB can be rebranded to Asia. They're saying not to rebrand to Europe as this is a single sim ROM and they don't know how the second sim slot will behave.
So where can I buy it? Somewhere preferably that can avoid import customs and tax to the UK?
white43 said:
So where can I buy it? Somewhere preferably that can avoid import customs and tax to the UK?
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According to Wonda Mobile website, they have arrangements with shipping courier to pay all VAT and import fees. The price at checkout is FINAL. No need to risk being charged a VAT up to 20%
This explains why they're about £50 more than anyone else.
Giztop now appear to have stock and cheaper than Wonda(£699) or Shenzhen(£649) at £615
https://www.giztop.com/phones/huawei-mate-10.html
But Wonda will rebrand the phone for you and have excellent ratings.
white43 said:
Giztop now appear to have stock and cheaper than Wonda(£699) or Shenzhen(£649) at £615
https://www.giztop.com/phones/huawei-mate-10.html
But Wonda will rebrand the phone for you and have excellent ratings.
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I have ordered it from Wonda and asked them to rebrand it to L29C636. I know it's more but I hear it's very difficult to rebrand so I will let them do it.
I'm quite curious as to how well this particular model would work on AT&T in the US? I'd love to grab it but $900 is very pricey if I cannot take full advantage of its connectivity.
Guy's I would recommend Wonda Mobile, I have bought a total of 22 phones from them in 12 months and never had a single issue
ramheer said:
Guy's I would recommend Wonda Mobile, I have bought a total of 22 phones from them in 12 months and never had a single issue
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That's a lot of phones to buy one year ?
I just ordered from them. First time. My mate 10 is due to arrive this Thursday.
@tboy2000 how much extra for the rebranding?
podgeandrodge said:
@tboy2000 how much extra for the rebranding?
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No charge.
tboy2000 said:
I have ordered it from Wonda and asked them to rebrand it to L29C636. I know it's more but I hear it's very difficult to rebrand so I will let them do it.
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I dont see any option on their website to re brand it?
Im waiting for the gomd version to be available anyway but good to know for later
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus (exynos) or S6
force70 said:
I dont see any option on their website to re brand it?
Im waiting for the gomd version to be available anyway but good to know for later
sent from my Note FE, S8 plus (exynos) or S6
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I just sent them an email asking if they could rebrand it to L29 for me. They said yes. Whether they have done so, I shall find out when I receive it on Thursday. Fingers crossed.
tboy2000 said:
I have ordered it from Wonda and asked them to rebrand it to L29C636. I know it's more but I hear it's very difficult to rebrand so I will let them do it.
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Just got same offer from Wonda so rebranding!
tboy2000 said:
I just sent them an email asking if they could rebrand it to L29 for me. They said yes. Whether they have done so, I shall find out when I receive it on Thursday. Fingers crossed.
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podgeandrodge said:
Just got same offer from Wonda so rebranding!
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This is getting exciting! I'm still a little confused about versions. Is the L29C636 the Asian version? Is this version devoid of all the Chinese features, but allows two LTE sims? Whereas the "European" version only allows one sim? Are there other differences. Anyways, please keep folks posted on how it works out. Thanks!
mscion said:
This is getting exciting! I'm still a little confused about versions. Is the L29C636 the Asian version? Is this version devoid of all the Chinese features, but allows two LTE sims? Whereas the "European" version only allows one sim? Are there other differences. Anyways, please keep folks posted on how it works out. Thanks!
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I think/hope so!
mscion said:
This is getting exciting! I'm still a little confused about versions. Is the L29C636 the Asian version? Is this version devoid of all the Chinese features, but allows two LTE sims? Whereas the "European" version only allows one sim? Are there other differences. Anyways, please keep folks posted on how it works out. Thanks!
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Yes - that's the sum of it.
You may find that you can't do OTA if you're outside Asia. I have a Mate 9 Pro - L29C636 and until very recently, I had to install updates via Funky Huawei. Huawei seem a little odd in their approach to updating - your device needs to be authorized to receive it, but if you were in the wrong region for your phone, it wouldn't update without a sim from that region.
Saying all that, my Mate 9 Pro received, for the very first time, an OTA update this week.
white43 said:
Yes - that's the sum of it.
You may find that you can't do OTA if you're outside Asia. I have a Mate 9 Pro - L29C636 and until very recently, I had to install updates via Funky Huawei. Huawei seem a little odd in their approach to updating - your device needs to be authorized to receive it, but if you were in the wrong region for your phone, it wouldn't update without a sim from that region.
Saying all that, my Mate 9 Pro received, for the very first time, an OTA update this week.
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Ok. Hopefully the OTA situation changes with Mate 10. One more question. Do voice commands for default apps work in English using Asian version? For example, I have a Chinese version of the Mate 9. The default phone app allows voice commands to answer phone but you had to say "answer" in Chinese. It could not be made so that you could say "answer" in English. Thanks!
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Ok. Hopefully the OTA situation changes with Mate 10. One more question. Do voice commands for default apps work in English using Asian version? For example, I have a Chinese version of the Mate 9. The default phone app allows voice commands to answer phone but you had to say "answer" in Chinese. It could not be made so that you could say "answer" in English. Thanks!
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My understanding is that Asian version ties up to Singapore, where the default language in English. I've never encountered anything remotely Chinese on my 'Asian' version. I use Google Now, but not used voice commands per se!
I think we should share a list of places where we can buy from. So far:
DealXtreme: http://www.dx.com/p/xiaomi-mi8-mi-8...2mp-front-camera-20mp-qc4-3400mah-gold-527768
Geekbuying: https://m.geekbuying.com/item/Xiaomi-Mi8-6-21-Inch-6GB-128GB-Smartphone-Black-391679.html
Trading Shenzen: https://tradingshenzhen.com/en/modu...earch_query=Mi8&spr_submit_search=Search&n=24
Aliexpress:
https://m.aliexpress.com/wholesale/Mi-8.html?channel=direct&keywords=Mi-8
Feel free to add more
I bought from Traidingshenzhen today
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I bought from Traidingshenzhen today
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I spoke to them on WhatsApp, they said there is customs charge. Please confirm when you receive yours
Bought mine from TradingShenzen too.
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Bought mine from TradingShenzen too.
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Did you buy the explorer version ?
takichiman said:
Did you buy the explorer version ?
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It's not available yet. Only "normal" devices.
ermacwins said:
I spoke to them on WhatsApp, they said there is customs charge. Please confirm when you receive yours
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takichiman said:
Did you buy the explorer version ?
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No, not available so the regular.
Tradingshenzen from 407€ to 447€ for the 64GB.
Hello! My question is, that i have friend, who flying next mont in China. She can buy me there chipper the Mi8 and bring me to Europe. Should she pay duty if she bring here?
You can buy one device for yourself and don't need to pay duty.
What's everyones experience with the "EU Priority Line" Shipping method? I head on Gearbest they do some kind of repackaging and that way you don't pay tolls / customs. What about geekbuying for example?
You will not pay duty but need to wait 8 to 20 days. If you are from Germany than wait a lil bit. You will get it for about 3-4 weeks locally, for the same price. If you order now, you will wait 2-3 weeks.
What do you mean by locally in Germany? Is there a German Vendor with same prices?
Superwitschi said:
I bought from Traidingshenzhen today
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_katho_ said:
Bought mine from TradingShenzen too.
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Does it come with Chinese MIUI or Global MIUI Rom ?
SlyUK said:
Does it come with Chinese MIUI or Global MIUI Rom ?
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Chinese stable rom
Superwitschi said:
Chinese stable rom
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I'm guessing Global Rom will be released in the next month or two.
krepsz said:
Hello! My question is, that i have friend, who flying next mont in China. She can buy me there chipper the Mi8 and bring me to Europe. Should she pay duty if she bring here?
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If she lucky, then might not pay any duty.
g104 said:
If she lucky, then might not pay any duty.
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I was think about, that she should just opend the package.
Nailyouh said:
What do you mean by locally in Germany? Is there a German Vendor with same prices?
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When you look for the Mi Mix 2s, you can now get it for 490€. You can buy a lot of Xiaomi's from local shops, like Notebooksbilliger, Alternate, Amazon and more.
Just take the chinese price and add ~20%.
Mi Mix 2s in China ~425€, in Germany ~500€. So will pay about ~550€ for the Mi8 256GB Version, global and warranty.
To order now from China is for that kind of people, which can't wait. They pay over 100€ for chinese version and will wait weeks
Hey guys!
Massively interested in this phone. My HTC U11 broke just recently. The back and front smashed and my insurance company said they couldn't fix it so sent me the cash. That's when I did some research and heard about the Pocophone F1 which looks amazing! The only thing is it isn't easy not having a phone when I need to work....
Is there any chance a release date for Europe or the UK in particular will be announced soon? Any rumours flying about? I'm really trying hard to hold out for this phone!
Available in the UK from Appliances Direct.
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Available in the UK from Appliances Direct.
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I'm talking official release but thanks.
It is the Global Version with a UK charger!
It is here also released in the Netherlands, only webshops.
U get Dutch warranty, so I think when u buy it from a UK store u get UK warranty.
Since there are no Mi stores
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It is here also released in the Netherlands, only webshops.
U get Dutch warranty, so I think when u buy it from a UK store u get UK warranty.
Since there are no Mi stores
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Thanks for the info BassBounce. That's good to know. The only issue I have with buying from one of these sites is whether they are putting a mark up on the price of the phone? I wonder if when it is officially released will it be cheaper than on these sites? Also, I can't seem to find the Armoured version of the Poco F1 anywhere to buy in the UK. I'd really like the Armoured version since I seem to be pretty unlucky when it comes to braking phones....
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It is the Global Version with a UK charger!
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That's good to know thank you. It may be a good option although I'd rather buy the Armoured edition which they don't stock.
ph1lw said:
Available in the UK from Appliances Direct.
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Do they give you a UK warranty or do you have to send it abroad?
BrotherZero said:
Do they give you a UK warranty or do you have to send it abroad?
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Its a UK seller so yeah ur getting a warranty here, ur covered by the seller for 12 months, and even if u get the phone from like Netherlands u still covered by EU warranty, keep in mind the phone is only like 250 quid.. its not a 1000 quid phone, or trying lookin at alternatives like second hand pixel 2 xl for around 300-350
Apparently the one from Appliances Direct doesn't have a charger with it at all!
Finally I found a shop on alibaba can buy the phone with a good price.
Here is the link to buy:
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And I also found Mi 10 Pro on this website too!!!
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Thank you guys.
Any shop, like Gearbest, Banggod, Geekbuying or the two german one (Tradingshenzhen and CECT) but for EU useless, because no FDD-LTE B20 (800MHz) in China version and if you flash global ROM, than you need to open bootloader and let them open (no Netflix in HD, no banking apps and so on).
If you from outside EU than look for Aliexpress, like seller goldway.
I could buy it over the counter today for 600$, but it's too heavy and not keen to wait 360. If it was 3 days like in Xiaomi Poco, that'd be acceptable.
Seen so many models with motorized camera and I love this notchless style into future. 10T model will be worth waiting for.
Disclosure: I have Mi 9 and it's 175g is just on the boundary of acceptable weight.
Hi,from where you culd buy?
I've spotted it so far on Shenzhen.
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Any shop, like Gearbest, Banggod, Geekbuying or the two german one (Tradingshenzhen and CECT) but for EU useless, because no FDD-LTE B20 (800MHz) in China version and if you flash global ROM, than you need to open bootloader and let them open (no Netflix in HD, no banking apps and so on).
If you from outside EU than look for Aliexpress, like seller goldway.
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Link for CECT?
Are you saying that if you're in the EU, then these shops are OK? What about the UK?
No B20 means almost useless in EU
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No B20 means almost useless in EU
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Yep. Also, at the prices they are currently selling the Mi 10 Pro, it's too close to Samsung and Apple for me to be tempted by Xiaomi. Despite the DXOMark's top scores, I don't think the images are consistent or better than the Apple, Google or Samsung's flagships. Pixel-peeping has its value, but even though the 27MP images can be very detailed, there are a lot of artifacts in the Mi Note 10 shots I take.
And the Mi Note 10 hasn't even received a security update in two months....
I want to buy the China model from trading Shenzhen, then flash the global ROM later, but what implications would I run into if I did that instead of waiting for the global version? I live in Canada so I don't really need band 20.
At the moment there is no global rom and you need fastboot global rom for flashing, so you need to wait a lil bit longer and don't forget you need to unlock bootloader first, which means after you get it, you still need to wait +2 weeks.
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I want to buy the China model from trading Shenzhen, then flash the global ROM later, but what implications would I run into if I did that instead of waiting for the global version? I live in Canada so I don't really need band 20.
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You will probably get earlier updates If you don't want that, wait for global firmware.
I live in Germany and I ordered the Mi 10 from TradingShenzen. I don't mind band 20 and my English is quite solid
Still have to wait a few more days...
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You will probably get earlier updates ...
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What about banking services and Google Pay?
MacGuy2006 said:
What about banking services and Google Pay?
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Why are you asking? Could there be difficulties with banking apps? And for Google Pay, that doesn't bother me anyway
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You will probably get earlier updates If you don't want that, wait for global firmware.
I live in Germany and I ordered the Mi 10 from TradingShenzen. I don't mind band 20 and my English is quite solid
Still have to wait a few more days...
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as i can see on miui.eu they support global mi10 an mi10 pro
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as i can see on miui.eu they support global mi10 an mi10 pro
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Im waiting on my seller from ebay to get them. You can use banking apps and google pay if you unlock the bootloader. There is a script online that uses magisk hide and makes the appp not be able to be updated. I can find the link and post it. It's been working on my mi note 10 for awhile.
Found it: https://github.com/davidramiro/gpay-gms-patch
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Im waiting on my seller from ebay to get them. You can use banking apps and google pay if you unlock the bootloader. There is a script online that uses magisk hide and makes the appp not be able to be updated. I can find the link and post it. It's been working on my mi note 10 for awhile.
Found it: https://github.com/davidramiro/gpay-gms-patch
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Thanks. But why not just wait for the global version a few days (weeks?) so you don't have to deal with the security issues?
I use Google Pay everywhere, both on my phone and on my watch, so it's a must, for me at least.
Haven't decided if I should try the Mi 10 and hand down the Mi Note 10. It seems like the main camera sensor produces the same results, and I don't find the image quality of the wide and zoom to be that great comparatively. Or, may go back to Samsung for the zoom and the proper face unlock ...
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Thanks. But why not just wait for the global version a few days (weeks?) so you don't have to deal with the security issues?
I use Google Pay everywhere, both on my phone and on my watch, so it's a must, for me at least.
Haven't decided if I should try the Mi 10 and hand down the Mi Note 10. It seems like the main camera sensor produces the same results, and I don't find the image quality of the wide and zoom to be that great comparatively. Or, may go back to Samsung for the zoom and the proper face unlock ...
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I root my phone for magisk so I use this method to be able to use Google pay
I'm in the UK, and i bought a MI-10 from tradingshenzhen, which is still waiting to be shipped... I have tried to cancel the order and get a refund but according to them it's shipped.
I didn't realise as i've never had a chinese phone before, so i didn't understand about chinese / global version and how different they are. So i'm now going to be stuck with a phone that can't use the main 4G band 20 LTE on O2 in the UK, which is a big problem for me.
After realising tradingshenzhen would not help, i'm now looking at ways to make into a global version, but there seems to be risks with banking apps not working etc.
I have been using iphones for the past 10yrs, bought a note 10 a few months ago, and really liked it, and then the Mi-10 was released with a better chip, screen, ram etc. so i rushed into getting it as soon as possible without realising there's a big difference.... lesson learnt for me, i just hope i can get it to work at some point.
Any tips or adviced is very welcome.
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I'm in the UK, and i bought a MI-10 from tradingshenzhen, which is still waiting to be shipped... I have tried to cancel the order and get a refund but according to them it's shipped.
I didn't realise as i've never had a chinese phone before, so i didn't understand about chinese / global version and how different they are. So i'm now going to be stuck with a phone that can't use the main 4G band 20 LTE on O2 in the UK, which is a big problem for me.
After realising tradingshenzhen would not help, i'm now looking at ways to make into a global version, but there seems to be risks with banking apps not working etc.
I have been using iphones for the past 10yrs, bought a note 10 a few months ago, and really liked it, and then the Mi-10 was released with a better chip, screen, ram etc. so i rushed into getting it as soon as possible without realising there's a big difference.... lesson learnt for me, i just hope i can get it to work at some point.
Any tips or adviced is very welcome.
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i think it only the modem drivers we need to change
because like realme say that realme x50 5G have 5G band 1 but they have to actived it with an firmware update later
an they use the same modem x55
Possible to buy this phone to Europe yet?
Soon i think
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Possible to buy this phone to Europe yet?
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Hello yes, in Spain you can already buy, will there be development? xiaomi eu custom aosp?
I tried to buy the Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5g from Yaphone dot com on 4th April 2021. They cancelled my order and did not refund the full amount. I am still waiting for my bank to help. Terrible service from Yaphone. Avoid. Only pay on a website with paypal.
iron maiden said:
Hello yes, in Spain you can already buy, will there be development? xiaomi eu custom aosp?
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Yes, Xiaomi EU for sure. Not sure about AOSP.
Are there any spanish sellers who ship this phone to other countries within EU?
I will post here Chinese websites if they have MI 11 lite 5G for sale.
16/04/21
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Giztop
Bought mine at Portugal. Tek4 life
I want to buy in Germany.. :'(
Looks like you can buy it from belsimpel.
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G - kopen
Bestel de Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G ✓ Met of zonder abonnement ✓ Simlockvrij ✓ Voor 23:59u besteld, morgen in huis ✓ Beste Prijsgarantie
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flipp0 said:
Looks like you can buy it from belsimpel.
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G - kopen
Bestel de Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G ✓ Met of zonder abonnement ✓ Simlockvrij ✓ Voor 23:59u besteld, morgen in huis ✓ Beste Prijsgarantie
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Hey,
Thanks!
392€ I hope that this price is ok.
I bought mine directly from OnePlus US site and had the phone sent to my US address to be forwarded to my Country's local mailbox I managed to receive the phone but keep in mind that you may have an issue with 5G signal and you may have to mess around with the policyman carrier config in order to get the phone to pick your country's 5G signal at least that what happened to me.
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I bought mine directly from OnePlus US site and had the phone sent to my US address to be forwarded to my Country's local mailbox I managed to receive the phone but keep in mind that you may have an issue with 5G signal and you may have to mess around with the policyman carrier config in order to get the phone to pick your country's 5G signal at least that what happened to me.
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From Xiaomi US I assume?
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From Xiaomi US I assume?
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they do not sell any smartphones lol
I emailed and sent messages to website many times to Portugal vendor Tek4life mentioned here - ZERO response lol no one bothers (even sent Portugese translation so was respectful of language difference). Cannot find it anywhere else in European sites. (found it in 2 other sites in Portugal but they only ship mainland)
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they do not sell any smartphones lol
I emailed and sent messages to website many times to Portugal vendor Tek4life mentioned here - ZERO response lol no one bothers (even sent Portugese translation so was respectful of language difference). Cannot find it anywhere else in European sites. (found it in 2 other sites in Portugal but they only ship mainland)
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but have you tried belsimpel? I provided a link above
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but have you tried belsimpel? I provided a link above
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thanks will look! still getting adjusted to this new xda look
I bought from belsimpel it arrived today in Germany!
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I bought from belsimpel it arrived today in Germany!
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Nice! I will get the 4G-versionen today. If it feels good I may buy the 5G-verison later.
Looking to buy it from New Zealand, but it's not available here yet.
I've been looking at AliExpress daily, it's still not there.
Any other safe options? Shipping with Belsimpel will be too expensive.
Was able to preorder for 30.04 on amazon.de today
ordered mine on tuesday and received yesterday (cdiscount.com) in France