I had the Galaxy Nexus on VZN on launch day. It was made in Korea. About a month ago I had returned it due to unforeseen water damage and it was stuck in bootloop. Under the warranty and Best Buy insurance, they sent it back and 3 days later I received a refurb Nexus made in China. Now is there a difference between the two? aside from one being a refurb?
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I heard that the Made in China ones are built better than the Made in Korea ones.
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What difference would it be? ... if the phone works, it works.
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Is there gsm galaxy nexus made in china. I live in Canada and all the galaxy nexus here are made in Korea and never heard any galaxy nexus online thats made in china. I think I'm the only one that has this made in China nexus that's why I'm trying to find more info.
My GSM Nexus ordered from Negri originated from the UK and was made in Korea. I've been noticing some made in China models showing up lately though. Perhaps it's just for Canada?
Nope, all the galaxy nexus here in canada I've seen are made in Korea.
I bought this phone off a guy who said he won it from samsung. Could this be a new batch?
Remove your emei nr! Dont be to trusty with info like that mate..
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I believe that the SGS2 was made in Korea, China and Vietnam. Perhaps the GNex is being made in the same places? Vietnam seemed like the 3rd place production was sent to with Korea and then China being the first two.
I've bought mine from Clove, UK and it is made in Korea.
Tjotte said:
Remove your emei nr! Dont be to trusty with info like that mate..
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I agree
All galaxy nexii are made in Korea. That's a fake. Definitely fake.
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Smokeey said:
All galaxy nexii are made in Korea. That's a fake. Definitely fake.
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Could you prove this? My first galaxy nexus was a Korea one bought at major retailer and I could not tell the difference in the build or performance. The Korea one I had the glass didn't even sit flush on one of the corner. If this was a fake, they wouldn't be stupid enough to put big made in China sticker on the box when every other Nexus is made in Korea. Actually the Korea one they don’t even put any sign of where it’s made on the outer box.
screen shot of the phone build info. Also could someone confirm me that the 11.12 after the S/N = december 2011
I bought mine in Europe from a major online retailer and it's made in China. It has all the original Samsung documents and warranty, obviously.
kmv416 said:
Is there gsm galaxy nexus made in china. I live in Canada and all the galaxy nexus here are made in Korea and never heard any galaxy nexus online thats made in china. I think I'm the only one that has this made in China nexus that's why I'm trying to find more info.
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i received 2 galaxy nexus from bell on launch date: both made in korea.
i used one for a few weeks, and it had the airplane mode problem; it would go into airplane mode by itself but the settings etc won't recognize its on. when i toggle the mode, it won't turn off. only way was a power off...
i returned the unit for a new one today.
the new one is made in china. i put my 2nd korean brand new unit side by side with my new made in china unit.... i cannot believe the difference in colour quality!!! the CHINA phone has beautiful deep blacks and colours where the korean unit has faded yellowish/grey blacks....! i thought it would be the other way around!
also, for the glass: the korean unit didn't seem as flush as the chinese unit .
i hope the china unit will not have the airplane mode problems.
also, on the back of the phone after the serial numbers there is a 11.11 for the korea unit and a 11.12 for the china unit.
anyone know what this means?
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All galaxy nexii are made in Korea. That's a fake. Definitely fake.
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Not necessary, even the sgs2 had models made in korea, made in china and some says just made by Samsung.
My nexus says just made by Samsung.
So to the op nothing to worry as long as you bought it from proper source.
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Made in finland.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.
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All galaxy nexii are made in Korea. That's a fake. Definitely fake.
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Not sure if serious
anyways OP I bought mine from bell a week after launch.
Made in China.
If bell is selling fake units then we have a serious issue.
Manufacturers often produce a first batch at their home production plants as a first run to work out kinks and errors in the manufacturing process. Following this first "trial batch" they then move onto larger scaled mass production facilities to facilitate the worldwide demand, and of course take advantage of cheaper labour.
The company who does this the most - SONY.
Example, the first little batch of PSPs were made in Japan. every single component was Made in Japan by Sony themselves. Fast forward a couple of weeks and parts started getting sourced out to Chinese firms, which eventually meant the entire device was manufactured in China.
The same goes for PS3s, PS2s, TVs, Sony Ericsson phones, Sony AV equipment, all the lot.
I bought my GN today and its made in China too...
good or bad?
idk...
PS: its from Bell Eaton Center
My Bell GN is also made in China.
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Got mine launch day - made in Korea. Like terencec said - buy from a reputable site and don't worry.
I just compared the korea vs china made nexus today. The china nexus screen looks a bit better. The blacks it a bit deeper with the china made one.
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I just compared the korea vs china made nexus today. The china nexus screen looks a bit better. The blacks it a bit deeper with the china made one.
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Doesn't necessarily mean anything. Even screens made one after another in the same production line held up next to each other can look different.
Why bother. It is the same.
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It's fake, I'll give you $100 for it. PM me asap
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I wish.
Don't worry about it, it's legit.
When the HTC Sensation came out, some guy was going nuts cuz his was made in China and not Taiwan like everybody else.
Is the galaxy nexus sold by expanxys USA the one supported by google(the yakyu one)?
Yes it is...just received mine today!
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Be specific: USA Verizon, or USA everyone else...?
It is. I ordered mine from them but called first, and they said they specifically order ones that are supposed to be yakju. I've heard of a couple of people getting non-yakju versions, but expansys seems pretty anal about this not happening.
They're great to work, very happy with my purchase experience
Thx for the answers, i gonna order one for $609, i guess when the gsm version get to the USA it wont be less than 529 ( nexus s cost) so, i can take $80 dollars loss but i wont be waiting anymore
Just like the title says, have you had to ship back your Nexus to Expansys who THEN ship to the UK to have your phone checked out by Samsung?
Does it really take 6-8 weeks?
My phone does not charge my battery anymore. I've been using one of those external chargers for the time being.
Should I just get this done some place near me?
Well, I'm in France so I can't say, but I bought mine via Pixmania, but the vendor was Expansys and the GN came right from the USA.
The thing is : the exterior shipment box wasn't damaged at all, but the Galaxy Nexus package itself was kinda bumped and got black stain all over it
I wouldn't mind, but now (about 3weeks after receiving it) to top it off I have a dead pixel. I'm considering sending it back to Expansys for repair (if I got another one or two dead pixels...), so if you ever send it to Expansys, well I'm all ears. Good luck.
Well just think.. shipping to Expansys, then Samsung Europe, then they have to fix it, then back from Samsung Europe to Expansys, then finally back to you. 6-8 weeks sounds possible.
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Well just think.. shipping to Expansys, then Samsung Europe, then they have to fix it, then back from Samsung Europe to Expansys, then finally back to you. 6-8 weeks sounds possible.
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Definitely DOES sound possible, also it's what Expansys has stated. Really looking for opinions from someone that has done it. Thanks for the input though.
Usually these time frames are established to under promise and over deliver. It's entirely possible that this could be done in as little as two weeks.
Sounds like a faulty battery. I'd try a replacement battery from amazon before shipping it out
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I was kinda hoping with the announcement of the new Nexus 4, Google would slash the price to $200 to clearance them out, but I'm hearing nothing. The gnex was still being sold earlier today so what's to become of remaining inventory?
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Yea strange. I guess they wanted to keep all their products aligned. 4, 7, and 10. All Nexus no manufacturer branding. No where have I seen Samsung or LG or ASUS.
Maybe they will eventually. I was thinking $249. $200 is really low.
Inventory wasn't very big to begin with and must have dropped off steeply after the Nexus 4 went into production. I guess they were selling off the remainder all this time if you think about it.
Yeah as a guy who works for a retail store, I'm wondering if Samsung bought back all the inventory. I've seen my company do it over model changes. This might be the whole point of the Galaxy Premier, the unused gnex inventory might be remanufactured into a different phone model.
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I bought mine one year ago, and I still see local stores, that sell it, some even didn't drop the price since than, I don't get it? where the hell the get them? or any other old Galaxy like I9000 or I9100?
Most of the ones available around me are remanufactured. There are a few scattered on eBay for BIG $ which is ridiculous. The phone is great though.
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Hello there,
Giving that Nexus 4 has been out for a while and that Nexus 5 is just under the horizon, my opinion is that there are no new Galaxy Nexus'es made. That's just why prices of the SH ones are rising.
Just my two cents...