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Is the HTC Desire available in HK. I will be there from 12-14th of April and Im really hoping to get it then. The legend is already available but no news about the Desire.
Not sure but try either the top floor (entry level) of Wan Chai Computer centre or the places around Sham Shui Po. If you have never bought electronics from HK, you need to be aware that there are two prices - one for HK stock (usually pricer) and the other for grey imports from China and Japan. Warranty coverage for the latter is done by the shop, so if you have a problem you will have to send it back to that shop. That being said, HTC probably wont provide warranty coverage outside of the country of purchase (according to one of the other threads).
Thanks for the advice. My iPhone was bought in Shenzhen so no worries about warranty. I have been coming to HK since last 7 years on business. Buying most of my gadgets there. I was only concerned regarding availability of the phone in HK as cant see it mentioned anywhere in any of the forums or Google.
I've checked out WanChai just last night actually and there's no sign of the Desire.
Good news is, because of the current favorable exchange rate with the GBP, you can just do what I do. Order overseas from Clove! I'm expecting mine to arrive in HK on Monday. And even with shipping, it's cheaper than it would be when it goes on sale in HK.
A friend was 4 days ago in HKG and he found it somewhere in Kowloon.
Sorry, i've no more details and no price tag...
zedeff said:
Is the HTC Desire available in HK. I will be there from 12-14th of April and Im really hoping to get it then. The legend is already available but no news about the Desire.
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I will try to the same as I will be in Hong Kong a couple of days after you.
I have bought HTC devices several times in Hong Kong and never had any problems.
The computer stores in Wan Chai and Mongkok are your best bet. Look around though do a bit of bargaining.
keep us inforned.
ohyeahar said:
I've checked out WanChai just last night actually and there's no sign of the Desire.
Good news is, because of the current favorable exchange rate with the GBP, you can just do what I do. Order overseas from Clove! I'm expecting mine to arrive in HK on Monday. And even with shipping, it's cheaper than it would be when it goes on sale in HK.
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I cant order it to HK as I will be there only for 3 days and also cant order to India as then too expensive after paying import taxes. N1 is around 4500HKD in Mong Kok if Desire is same price or lower it will be ideal. I will look around Mong Kok and Sham Shui PO. Also Kowloon ( Thanks to Atomicman). If found and bought I will inform on this forum immediately.
I've been looking around for the Desire in HK too, so far nothing. Most of the shops either say they don't know the release date, or "maybe next week", which is the typical answer when they have no idea.
The latest from the HK forums (using google translate) is that HTC HK has said they're not sure of an exact date, maybe in June. The consensus is that they want to give the Legend (out March 31st) some time to sell before releasing the Desire. I'm sure grey imports from the UK will start to show up soon, but at a premium.
Not sure if it'll be cheaper than the Nexus One, since you can get an N1 directly from Google for less than $4500, so their price in Mongkok just includes a small mark-up. The Legend is $4180, down to $3980 in some places, so I reckon the Desire will be at least $6-800 more than that to set it apart.
Based on all that info, I also ordered from Clove today.
@ohyeahar: when did you order yours? Do you have a DHL tracking number for it already?
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@ohyeahar: when did you order yours? Do you have a DHL tracking number for it already?
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Ordered on March 8. Already shipping. Expecting it on Monday.
So slim to zero chance of getting a desire in HK before 14th April? So what do you suggest I do buy the Legend or N1? Please advise as Im quite eager to buy an android phone now. I will be able to change it only after 6 months so have to live with whichever phone I buy till then.
ohyeahar if you feel like selling your Desire let me know ;-)
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I got your PM and was trying to reply, but you've disabled receiving of PM's. You might want to look into that.
Finally bought the Nexus One as couldn't find the desire and cant with for an android phone any longer. I'm in HK till 15th Morning so if any one knows of a definite place where desire is available here do let me know. I don't mind buying that as well. Can always sell my N1 on Ebay in India.
I bought my HTC Desire (UK) version at a shop in Tsuen Wan. It mainly deals online shopping for customers from mainland china but they also sell phones there. I just got mine there yesterday. See if they have any stocks left and you can get one there. The contact information below:
Rm2412, 24/F, Wing Hing Ind Building
83-93 Chai Wan Kok Street, Tsuen Wan
Tel:3583 2773
Rmb to mentioned I introduce you there hehe, as I will get extra discount when I buy ipad there next time.
lesliekkwu said:
I bought my HTC Desire (UK) version at a shop in Tsuen Wan...
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Congrats! How much did you get it for?
$4380
Well to TBH you can buy it at Clove at a cheaper price...but what happens if your phone breaks down ? You won't be buying a round trip ticket to UK to just fix your phone... (Rmb the warranty for HTC UK is 2 years !!)
They include a one time FREE deliver service to UK center to repair the machine...and afterwards they charge you $200 only.
Just like ordinary HKers time is important...hehe
lesliekkwu said:
$4380
Well to TBH you can buy it at Clove at a cheaper price...but what happens if your phone breaks down ? You won't be buying a round trip ticket to UK to just fix your phone... (Rmb the warranty for HTC UK is 2 years !!)
They include a one time FREE deliver service to UK center to repair the machine...and afterwards they charge you $200 only.
Just like ordinary HKers time is important...hehe
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That's a good price actually. If you consider the price difference between the Legend and Desire in UK and that the Legend's retail price in HK is 4199, I'd expect the Desire to cost about 4389.
That is a good price considering the phone isn't available in the usual shops in HK.
Regarding the warranty, according to the spec on Clove the phone comes with a 2 year International warranty, so if anything goes wrong you should be able to get HTC HK to take care of it, right?
Hello, I am going to Hong Kong tomorrow for a short trip + I have a birthday on the 26th of November, so I would really like to buy Galaxy Nexus there I haven't fined any info if it is available there now, but this phone was announced in HK, so probably it has to be release one of the first there? Checked HK expansys, there is just a preorder.... Hope I will find it somewhere in the market, otherwise, will have to buy Motorola Droid RAZR or HTC Titan, but I really liked Galaxy Nexus, it just feels so nice in my hands
My understanding is that its literally only available in the UK right now.
They are not selling in HK yet
Any news on this yet??
If the phone was launched in HK why is not available here... how does that work?
No other Asian country gets the phone now except Japan.
because at that time, there was some other event going on in HK. (Asia D).
they usually announce something in conjunction with another event. (so that since the people that is going to launch is there for that event, (asia D), might as well do it together).
that doesn't mean it will release the phone there just yet. they just announce it.
Expansys HK said they should be getting stock by the end of the week~ but the price is around 6K HKD i believe which is similar if not a bit more expensive than the ones Expansys US sell at right now.
You might find one in the computer centre by the ladies market I forget the name of it now. But they quite often have phones from the UK in there . Would be more expensive though.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
kmv416 said:
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.
Here is the thing: on the 20 of may dad goes to Hong Kong for 1 week. I want a htc one x ever since it has come out. I have found out that they are the cheapest in Hong Kong. But i have never been there myself neither has my father so he told me if i wanted a one x i had to give him an adress or at least a store where he can buy it for me. I have been looking on the internet but i couldnt find anything good.
So does anybody know where to buy this phone in Hong Kong for a resonable price? It would be nice in it was a premium package with the beats by dr dre headset but that isnt nessesairy. Almost forgot, it has to be one without a contract
Any help would be highly appriciated!
Hello, not sure if you can read Chinese or not?
In HK, you can bought it from the following stores (I'm not their sales!!), which should be reliable:
http://www.wilsoncomm.com.hk/shopaddress.aspx
http://www.broadway.com.hk/shop
http://www.fortress.com.hk/fortress...T11&hf_srv_id=Nv_fstore_loc&hf_rand=615678963
However, as I know, One X is currently out of stock in HK.
Got my premium package in the HTC store in TST. I've seen them on expansys (non premium) for 5000hkd.
The above mentioned stores should be reliable.
I don't think you'll get a premium package any more. Over here it came with the Solo.
The 1.28 update was maybe 2 weeks after the first updates starting rolling out.
This site should be better:
http://www.htc.com/hk-tc/smartphones/#buy
I think the cheapest place would be broadway, one of the shops mentioned above. Was there just after it got released and they were the cheapest. Also they have loads of shops around Hong Kong.
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I have been shopping around since I want to sell my AT&T One X for an international version, and I am having a little bit of an issue. I have found some decently priced on eBay but was wondering if this particular product is the international unlocked version because the spec sheet says otherwise:
amazon . com/HTC-S720E-Unlocked-Android-SmartPhone/dp/B0078LXM4A
If anybody knows anywhere with good prices and customer service it would be much appreciated. Live in the U.S. just for the record. Thanks.
I'm not in US so cant help you with recommending a good place to buy.
That Amazon listing is confusing. URL has S720E , which is the model number of international Tegra3 / 32GB variant, but like you said, specs are from dual core snapdragon variant. Maybe the seller made a mistake while listing specs. Why don't you contact the seller and ask ?
I bought mine from eBay. Seller was some kind of chineese company don't remember name now, but paid £340 which was cheapest I could find. Received faultless white unit from sh26 batch just in TWO days!! Can you believe, from Hong Kong to London in 2 days, lol
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feis said:
I bought mine from eBay. Seller was some kind of chineese company don't remember name now, but paid £340 which was cheapest I could find. Received faultless white unit from sh26 batch just in TWO days!! Can you believe, from Hong Kong to London in 2 days, lol
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You sir just used all the luck you had in this life , you should prepare yourself for what's coming.
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You sir just used all the luck you had in this life , you should prepare yourself for what's coming.
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Haha, the funny thing is together with phone I received FedEx invoice, which stated that Chinese guy paid 130$ for delivery. So 340£-130$=do the maths yourself, I think I got bargain lol.
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Haha, the funny thing is together with phone I received FedEx invoice, which stated that Chinese guy paid 130$ for delivery. So 340£-130$=do the maths yourself, I think I got bargain lol.
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Are you sure you haven't got a Chinese fake hox? There's a few floating around
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Fears said:
You sir just used all the luck you had in this life , you should prepare yourself for what's coming.
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Agreed, cannot believe that 1 - You recieved a faultless chinese product
2 - You recieved it from honkong in 2 DAYS!
Lol guys I guess I'm just lucky. I'm at work atm but when I get home I'll give you sellers name. As I said its faultless white one x from sh26 batch, and no its not cheap chinese copy. Btw last time I checked he still had over 10 to sell.
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Yes, LINK ME TO THE SELLER PLEASE?!?!
Thanks (PM it me if possible mate)