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Ebay XDA2 @ £399

Anybody hunting for XDA2 here is a list of ebay xda2 on sale now, this guy has sold a bunch of them in the past and has excellent feedback.
Go to www.ebay.co.uk and search for 3379006265 if that one is sold just click on sellers other items, It says he has 15 units for sale.

I bought from him. Very reliable person
Regards,
Claudio.

Claudio,
What about invoice and warranty?
Rgds,
Jos

Crap!
I just spent £85.00 more than I needed!
DOH!

um.... seems tempting to buy one but seems too good to be true :S
his user id name has been changed past 30 days
and also if he has sold 15 units before dont you think hell have enough cash to buy a digicam :roll:

I bought mine on ebay for £375 brand new, for some reason the price is coming down very quickly.

damn why cant i find a cheap xda 2 one at £375 would do me fine lol or even £350
help lol
£400 is bit much for me to spend on a phone im 17, no job, student gah

Well at £399 I think its still a bargain, there is nothing stopping you from contacting the previous buyers, just send emails to the people that have given feedback.

eBay @ £399
I bought one from this guy, I too were concerned re the change of ID however changing your ID doesn't negate your feedback profile it follows you. I did contact a previous buyer who was pleased with his service.
Mine arrived yesterday by Special delivery, brand new as stated and it took a whole 3 minutes to unlock it using the software from this site.
Just having fun learning to use it now.
O2 may have commisioned a great product but as phone providers they suck, spending most of my time getting their s#*t of the XDA II.

The reasons why people change id are many, it can be that the person was using an account along with other people, or a private trader that then becomes a business and wants his id to reflect his trading name etc. I am very good at checking up on frauds, I got bitten once and that was enough for me. I am glad you got a good deal from him, the fact is he could get more if he auctioned them instead of buy now but he told me he is happy with his mark up and he wants to be known as a reasonable person with very fair prices. Anyway, I just bought an xda2 on ebay using "buy now", it is 3 weeks old in box with everything supplied, cost me £279.

i live in sheffield and got the 1st one from him sunday before xmas. went to his house and picked it up. he is 110% genuine and works for some large software company.my feed back is by wot you want on his 2nd page.grab a bargin they are brand new and sealed and i got the unlock code via o2 (for free) so if they were hookey i would have got to know!!

Orderer one as well myself. Shipped Tuesday arrived this morning. Everything as expected. Easy unclock instructions inside. I hope he'll sell me some more as I'll need to supply to some friends of mine

i bought one from this guy also ,very trustworthy,arrived 2 days later

Where did you get yours?

Hi all,
Just out of interest and for any future defects / issues.
Thought I would start a poll on where you sourced your Rhodium.
Would be intersting to see how this develops, I'll start another later in the week to record poor customer service and another to track defects.
Those of you that select other, could you please post in the thread to let us know where (if you don't mind telling) you sourced it from.
Cheers,
Beasty

Whilst mobilephonesdirect seemed quick and efficient with the ordering process, their '3 months free insurance' is a pain in the rear. I already have adequate insurance through my LloydsTSB bank account (nice perk), not to mention my home contents policy also covers it, even out and about. MPD make it hard to scrap the insurance, or make it easy to forget somehow! If I forget, it's £6 per month direct debit. Now I gotta go through the cancellation process and explain to their sales team that I'm already covered and I'm happy with it, blah blah...

2 FROM Clove UK.
best price around and next day delivery from UK to channel islands for £10.
and...£25 voucher .

MPD
very good service and next day delivery. customer service was good so overall was happy. i use online banking quite alot so once DD for insurance is set up i will cancel. 3 months free is good actually but not needed if you already have cover

i got mine from MPD i seen the 3 months free insurance on the bill but nothing about having after that or a charge
whats the crack do you just phone up and cancel

combat goofwing said:
i got mine from MPD i seen the 3 months free insurance on the bill but nothing about having after that or a charge
whats the crack do you just phone up and cancel
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You'll get a letter through the post confirming it. Got mine today. Lots of small print and cba to read it all, but it does say you can phone them up to cancel. Just be prepared for the sales pitch

In Montreal, at www.cellengros.com
They're quite a bunch of crazy fellas, but they do deliver. Mine arrived a week late, tho, they said problems with customs. But all in all, they have great service when you're friendly, if not, well you're screwed.
Seriously. These guys are crazy I tell you. But you should not have any problems. They always delivered when needed.

beast0898 said:
Hi all,
Just out of interest and for any future defects / issues.
Thought I would start a poll on where you sourced your Rhodium.
Would be intersting to see how this develops, I'll start another later in the week to record poor customer service and another to track defects.
Those of you that select other, could you please post in the thread to let us know where (if you don't mind telling) you sourced it from.
Cheers,
Beasty
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Hi beasty
I like your idea here!
Having also the buy price will help a lot to users like me who have not buyed yet and looking for trustable and low price places.
Cheers,

In Holland, via GSMWeb.nl

faria said:
2 FROM Clove UK.
best price around and next day delivery from UK to channel islands for £10.
and...£25 voucher .
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Faria,
What's the deal with this £25 voucher of which you speak?
Can that be used to reduce the cost of TP2, or do you get it after purchasing to spend on next purchase?
I'm VERY close to just buying a TP2 without contract so I can stay on my current O2 simplicity plan. But it ain't cheap! £25 less might just seal the deal...
Do people reckon that the outright cost will drop when the networks start to offer it on contract?

orb3000 said:
Hi beasty
I like your idea here!
Having also the buy price will help a lot to users like me who have not buyed yet and looking for trustable and low price places.
Cheers,
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Hi Orb,
Glad to see you are still hanging around here.
I doubt people would be too happy to advertise how much they much they paid for theirs. I had mine on pre-order from Expansys for £500, but canceled it when MPD released their deals. I ended up paying £24 for the device on a 18 month contract with TMob, £35 / month 700 minutes, unlimited web and texts.
Others feel free to advertise what bargains / deals you got with yours too.
Perhaps for future devices, if we have enough users that are interested in Sim free deals, we may be able to negotiate a decent discount based on bulk orders from one of the suppliers.
Take care my friend
Cheers,
Beasty

from handtec.co.uk ..... international shipping to Qatar
total cost with shipping 475 str pound = about 783 usd

I got mine from talkthisway.de - unbranded version in combination with a new contract with t-mob.
Usual it costs there 559€, about 782 USD

Got mine in Holland from smartphonestunts.nl with T-Mobile subscription extension. I guess the prices in Holland are about the same with most (internet)stores, since it is still very new, but I got a free car usb charger so I decided to go for this one.
By the way isn't it strange that there are some people that take the time to vote on the poll, but give the answer "not telling"..... that seems a waste of cpu cycles to me.

clove.co.uk... had it first

Disappointed in Obostore.com

Well i ordered a Nillkin Ultra Slim Hard Shield Faceplate for Samsung Galaxy S2 couple of week back from Obostore.com.
Very disappointed with their service,
1st, i ordered from them under registered mail and they didn't give me the Tracking number for registered mail. So i emailed them, they send me a tracking number, BUT i didn't know the tracking number given was WRONG until later....
2nd, a WRONG product was mailed to my house, a iGlaze casing for iphone 4. Also at this time i spotted the mail tracking number was wrong. So i email them immediately. They gave me another tracking number which was the same as the mail i received. So i took the picture of the wrong product and emailed them. They denied that this product was from them, they do not sell this product in the shop and ask me to check again.
How can that be when the given registered mail tracking number matches with the one given and also mailing address is correct but i got the wrong product. They simply just deny it!!!
3rd, i emailed them and not received a reply for 5 days!!! So they simply trying to ignore this?
Well i guess they have this problem alot as there is a SPECIAL OFFER in their site. They can't do what they promise!
-Extracted from Obostore.com-
SPECIAL OFFER NOW!!!!
--We spend most time to think about how to make transactions more and more smoothly. It is believed that people are basically good. In order to save the time and cost involved in replacing wrong or broken items, we announce an excellent new offer:
Now our customers only need to take a photo to show the evidence and we will immediately ship correct replacements!
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I know some of you do not face such problem, maybe i am the unlucky one. But i just want to let people out there to know this and think twice before getting from Obostore.com You can get better service in other seller

i bought two cases for my i9100 and had a crappy experience too. i bought the same case as you, plus a similar one that looks exactly like the oem samsung mesh case with soft touch paint.
the prices are great, but their communication is brutal. they would take 4-7days to respond to an email and the response would be so short that they wouldnt answer the question fully. after 3 weeks of waiting for the product and dealing with their crap customer service i did receive the correct cases and was very impressed with the quality. even saying that, i dont think that i would deal with them again

Yeah, their reply barely even a sentense, just afew word to entertain you. I surely will never recommend this site to my friends.
Bought another casing through Ebay which more reliable, they even update you on the dispatched date blah blah blah. Much detailed.

Hi,
Sadly had to say that i have also problems with OBOstore - i've ordered 2 pieces of Nillkin Ultra Slim Hard Shield Faceplate for Samsung Galaxy S2 on June 17th and until today nothing arrives here...
They gave me a tracking number of Singapure Post, but all i could read out of it was, that the order was dispatched to overseas postage on June 23rd...
I'll give them another week and after than i will contact paypal for a refund of my money!

Rofor said:
Hi,
Sadly had to say that i have also problems with OBOstore - i've ordered 2 pieces of Nillkin Ultra Slim Hard Shield Faceplate for Samsung Galaxy S2 on June 17th and until today nothing arrives here...
They gave me a tracking number of Singapure Post, but all i could read out of it was, that the order was dispatched to overseas postage on June 23rd...
I'll give them another week and after than i will contact paypal for a refund of my money!
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Do what I did and play hardball with them. Send them an email right now stating that it has been longer than the estimated delivery time and the items have not arrived and if they don't arrive by tomorrow you will start a refund request with PayPal. Why should you wait even longer for these morons?
They offered to resend them or give me a full refund but the items ended up arriving that same day

OBOstore.com very bad aftersell service and products
Hi,
I have juste experienced the very bad after sale service of this OBOstore site. I have bought a case for iPad 2, received it after almost 2 months and after 1 months of normal use, it begins to crack on the corners and when I have contacted the after sale service , they said that the warrenty period was finished and there was nothing to do !
I was very disappointed and decided to never buy products from them since they have bad products and bad after sell service.
Instead of buying from this ****ty site, try to buy from known brand like Belkin and other, they have long period warrenty, I saw for some cases, up to 10 years warrenty and for similar prices.
Don't buy from this site, the day you'll have problems with your product, you'll find no one to talk to and even if you find someone he will give you no solutions !
Have a good day
Tom

[Q] About to buy Epic Touch online, is this store legit?

Ok, so I found this site that sells wholesale electronics called ElecStreet. It says you can purchase an unlocked SGS II Epic 4G Touch for $202.50 at the lowest "VIP" price.
I need to know if this looks legit or if anyone has purchased merchandise from this site.
The site also says if you buy two items and spend over $400, you get a free iPod Touch or Sony PSP. ???
Please feel free to investigate!
ElecStreet Online

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

hackabusa said:
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
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Ditto. 10 chars

Yep.
On the bottom, their "certifications" stickers are not clickable to verify, which they should be. And their one "Verify" button points to some Chinese website.
Fake. Not a Doubt

Android Amateur said:
Ok, so I found this site that sells wholesale electronics called ElecStreet. It says you can purchase an unlocked SGS II Epic 4G Touch for $202.50 at the lowest "VIP" price.
I need to know if this looks legit or if anyone has purchased merchandise from this site.
The site also says if you buy two items and spend over $400, you get a free iPod Touch or Sony PSP. ???
Please feel free to investigate!
ElecStreet Online
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I can tell you that they are a China based company. That being said I know nothing else about them, and everything they sell looks in now way legit AT ALL.
For example:
http://www.elecstreet.com/views.asp?hw_id=2485
That is an Apple iMac MC814LL/A for $399(359.10 VIP according to them) That is a $2000 Apple computer. No way in hell a company even at wholesale would ever be able to sell that computer for even their non-VIP price.
They also advertise
http://www.elecstreet.com/views.asp?hw_id=2454
That is a Sony VAIO Z Series VGN-Z591U which retails for $3200-$3400 and they want under $400 for it. Not even possible to obtain it for that price, even if they got it straight from the Sony factory.
My official statement is they are going to take your money and hide in their country, and you will be forced to dispute the claim with your bank.

Yeah don't do it bro. You will send money to them and u wont see anything.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!!

Bogus! Like posted above the "verifed " icons should be clickable and lead you to said website verifying the website. Those icons either do nothing or lead to china crap!
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

i just might buy one!
if you do decide to buy one from here, use paypal. your protected. if you dont get your order you file a claim and if its bogus, paypal will investigate and refund you your purchase amount.
this is why i buy crap on ebay from china sellers. if its a fake phone you get, you also get a refund because they are advertising it as legit. take a screen shot of the page before you buy.

Khilbron said:
I can tell you that they are a China based company. That being said I know nothing else about them, and everything they sell looks in now way legit AT ALL.
My official statement is they are going to take your money and hide in their country, and you will be forced to dispute the claim with your bank.
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I have found that they are a real Trading company in China, they have a phone number, physical address and live chat support that is not automated or a bot.
The live chat person said that PayPal was not available until AFTER the first purchase which is through Western Union.
I can't find any bad reviews or customers saying it is a scam or that they had an issue with the site.
I just don't know.

Ummm hello! That yells you right there, pay by western union, lmao! I hate for you to lose your money, but I won't feel bad for you as there are plenty of people warning you!
Once you pay via western union then you can use paypal, LOL that is a good one!!!
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

BiffTirkle said:
i just might buy one!
if you do decide to buy one from here, use paypal. your protected. if you dont get your order you file a claim and if its bogus, paypal will investigate and refund you your purchase amount.
this is why i buy crap on ebay from china sellers. if its a fake phone you get, you also get a refund because they are advertising it as legit. take a screen shot of the page before you buy.
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The thing is, they told me I can't use PayPal until after being a return customer, with that being said, they want me to send a Western Union payment to a Zhen Zhang?
I just don't trust it...

Oh, and the reason you don't see bad reviews is they will burn that site out in a week, change a few pics and make a new site. They post on craigslist all the time, same crap!
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

The live chat person said that PayPal was not available until AFTER the first purchase which is through Western Union.
damn! that certainly makes it an inconvenience. paypal was the clincher for me. if you do buy it, let us know how it works out. i can wait. i might wait to buy one until cm7 is available for it.
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the sketchy part is the western union. i mean, the whole site is sketchy, but paypal is safe. if you have to do western union first then i wouldnt do it. you might be able to check with paypal to see if they have any complaints against the site.
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well, just for kicks i tried to follow through with a purchase. when i chose to check out with paypal it took me back to a list of their payment methods.
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this is the email i got from them when i tried to place the order via paypal.
Sales Promotion for National Day
You are welcome to register to be our member first,and it's free for registration.
When your order amount is over 300$,you will get a free gift.
For one item ordered, you will get product price.
For two items ordered, you will get vip price and some discount in the shipping cost.
For the same 3 items ordered, you will get a discount of 5% of the product price and another one for free.
For more than 3 items ordered, you will get vip price and some discount in the shipping cost.
For more than 6 items ordered, you will get vip price and free shipping as well as a free gift.
The more you order,the more discount you will get,and you will get more savings.
Dear friend:
Thank you very much for your interest and order.
You buy today,we can send your order out today and email the tracking number for you to track the order status.and you can get your order in 3-5 days.
All items are original, brand new and real with 1 to 3 years original manufacturer's warranty, we hope to set up a long-term business relationship with you.
The following is the details of your order list :
Order Number : *******************
Product Model: Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch *1
Product Price : 225 USD
Shipping Charge: 40 USD
Total Price : 265 USD
Receiver's Name : biff tirkle
Phone No. : *************
Shipping ******************
Shipping Method: UPS\EMS\DHL\FEDEX\TNT
Please confirm your information and your shipping address which we will use for delivery, in order you can receive your items without any dealy.
We accept western union and money gram at present . You can also use your master card, visa card, or credit card to pay for your order in a local western union or money gram agency. As paypal makes every deal last a long time and sometimes lead our business to be cheated by disloyal buyers, and we have much bad experience. So now we can accept paypal for old customers or for the next order you buy from us,sorry for the inconvenience,friend .
This is the Receiver's account information :
1.The Western Union address is as below:
- first name is ZHAN
- last name is ZHENG
-City: Beijing
-Country: China
-Post code : 100088
-We need the below info from you after you have made the payment:
- MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number)
- sender's first name and last name on the print copy of the receipt
- print copy of the transfer receipt
This is our company guarantee :
1. We are legal company and our business is legitimate.You can click the button of 'about us ' to check our business license , we do business by law and honesty.
2. You can click the button of 'send goods' to check the tracking number from our customers, we ship items to customers every day. We will offer you tracking number at the same day you pay for your order . It is safe for you to track your items in shipping agency website.
3. We are able to provide stamped preformal invoice as valid as contract for law . You can ask for money back by the invoice and your order number if you don't receive your items on time .
4.You may check the truth of our website by the official website www.iocu.us , the wicp number is 9201127339
Our return policy is : 15 days full refund , 30 days exchange a new product .
Should you have any questions or comments ,kindly feel free to contact us.
Friend,i am online now, you can also chat with me online.
We are looking forward to getting your order shipped out at the earliest time.
Thanks and best regards
Representative : Elsa
Website : www.elecstreet.com
Company : Beijing Wantong Foreign Trading Co,Ltd
Tel: 0086-010-89649481
MSN : [email protected]
Email : [email protected]
there is a guy on craigslist selling this phone new in box for 350. i might pick it up tuesday if i feel like it. who knows, maybe he purchased some from this company and is making a profit. as long as the esn is clear im happy.

Expansys USA now shipping

Just got this email a few hours ago from them:
"Dear Customer,
The item that you pre-ordered from us on the order reference above is
now available, please confirm your pre-order so that we may ship your
goods as soon as possible.
The item you ordered is:
Google Samsung Galaxy Nexus I9250 Android Smartphone (Unlocked, 16GB)
Our sale price is:
$749.99 US
$809.99 Canadian
Please indicate how you would like your item shipped.
If you no longer require the goods please let us know so that we can
allocate your stock to another customer.
For your convenience you can now log on to the ‘My Account’ function
and update any of the following:
• View dates/times of when orders are placed
• View status of orders
• View tracking information on shipped orders
• Change payment details
• Change billing address
• Change delivery address"
I mad this way back in October and kept it as a backup in case Handtec didn't come through but seeing as they did get it, already have my money, and are cheaper I'm canceling this one and going with them.
For anyone in the US who still wants to order one despite the SAV issue and doesn't want to deal with making an international order they're another viable option.

Don't know if 750 is viable.. what a mark up.

xManMythLegend said:
Don't know if 750 is viable.. what a mark up.
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They're just passing the import fees along to the consumer and trying to make a $30-$40 profit like Negri did. Personally I have no problem going through a UK retailer but a lot of folks were hesitant.

I just received the same email too.
They were actually expecting stocks due next Monday. It looks like it arrived earlier.
For the price, I think it is OK. There is a $20 coupon which brings the total down to 729, plus they do not charge tax outside IL.

I just placed an order through expanys usa, only because my bank was blocking transactions though Handtec due to "fraud", which is rubbish because they are a legit company. Anyway Expansys charged me for shipping, while advertising free shipping, also none of the coupon codes worked (10OFFLC nor 20OFFLC).

I believe it is free shipping for 3-5 day.
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I just placed an order with them clicking through Mr. Rebates to get 2% back and $20 off. The email acknowledgement shows -$20 for a total of $729.99.
I'll check my CC to see if they did only charge $729.99 or added to that.

rashad1 said:
I just placed an order through expanys usa, only because my bank was blocking transactions though Handtec due to "fraud", which is rubbish because they are a legit company. Anyway Expansys charged me for shipping, while advertising free shipping, also none of the coupon codes worked (10OFFLC nor 20OFFLC).
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I tried 20OFFLC and it did apply it. It shows it at the bottom. For warranty is expansys USA a authorized Samsung reseller?

oh man, soo tempting. I could probably have one in my hands this Friday

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I tried 20OFFLC and it did apply it. It shows it at the bottom. For warranty is expansys USA a authorized Samsung reseller?
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Anything sold outside its intended country of sale is considered grey market by Samsung and has no warranty. However, during the life of the two-year warranty Expansys-USA will send the phone to their UK affiliate for service on behalf of their customers. Anyone buying from Negri, Amazon, or eBay has no warranty. No one in the U.S. is authorized to sell the phone by Samsung and it's not a U.S. product. Should the phone need service, Samsung UK will ask for a receipt and/or credit card statement. The purchase had to be made in the UK in GBP and from an authorized reseller for the warranty to be valid. They also keep a database of which phone serial numbers were sent to specific dealers/distributors. Many i9100 repairs were rejected because they didn't meet the requirements I described. All us i9100 owners went through this when the phone first came out so what I'm sharing is fact.

I got the same email. My total was 729.99 and I was more comfortable buying from a company with a US presence.

$750 + $29 for 1 day shipping. = $777.94
is it worth it?

BarryH_GEG said:
However, during the life of the two-year warranty Expansys-USA will send the phone to their UK affiliate for service on behalf of their customers.
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Where does it say that the phone comes with a two-year warranty? Does it say that one the Expansys USA website?

Any word if EX will ship these with USA plugs?

bmstrong said:
Any word if EX will ship these with USA plugs?
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They will ship with a UK/EU to USA adapter.

Has anyone's Expansys USA order status for this phone changed to "Shipped" yet?
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Any word if EX will ship these with USA plugs?
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Good question.

BarryH_GEG said:
Anything sold outside its intended country of sale is considered grey market by Samsung and has no warranty. However, during the life of the two-year warranty Expansys-USA will send the phone to their UK affiliate for service on behalf of their customers. Anyone buying from Negri, Amazon, or eBay has no warranty. No one in the U.S. is authorized to sell the phone by Samsung and it's not a U.S. product. Should the phone need service, Samsung UK will ask for a receipt and/or credit card statement. The purchase had to be made in the UK in GBP and from an authorized reseller for the warranty to be valid. They also keep a database of which phone serial numbers were sent to specific dealers/distributors. Many i9100 repairs were rejected because they didn't meet the requirements I described. All us i9100 owners went through this when the phone first came out so what I'm sharing is fact.
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Thank you for the clarification. Any idea as to how is their customer service in case something goes wrong with the phone?

Buying from EXPANSYS USA does not void a warranty by any means. I sent my GS2 back for a repair with no problem at all. In fact, I called EXPANSYS and spoke with a rep there that offered to take care of everything for me. I shipped it back to EXPANSYS and they forwarded it on to France for me, got it repaired, and shipped my phone back to me when it was finished. They also gave me all the information I would have needed if I wanted to do it myself. I just went through them to alleviate any huge shipping fees and any unforeseen obstacles. It looks like they do have the Galaxy Nexus in stock now.... It's hard not to buy one!!!

aaronmoe said:
It looks like they do have the Galaxy Nexus in stock now.... It's hard not to buy one!!!
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I am tempted, but I really want the 32GB version.

Agreed. It baffles me that they didn't put any expandable memory slots on this device.