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Sorry for starting yet another thread on this but i finally got around to buying one and it was very cheap, in fact the postage from Hong Kong to Ireland would probably be more than what i paid for it, has anyone purchased from this seller before on eBay, looks fine from the feedback but unless they are making these jigs for pretty much nothing im wondering how they can be making any profit?
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/110732890241...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_2524wt_1037
jonny68 said:
Sorry for starting yet another thread on this but i finally got around to buying one and it was very cheap, in fact the postage from Hong Kong to Ireland would probably be more than what i paid for it, has anyone purchased from this seller before on eBay, looks fine from the feedback but unless they are making these jigs for pretty much nothing im wondering how they can be making any profit?
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/110732890241...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_2524wt_1037
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mass production man.. don't think the chinese ones are backyard home jobs anymore... The one I got was definitely not handmade, very good quality
i got one too from ebay...very good quality and definitely not hand made.....it was worth the purchase
Cheers guys the sellers feedback is very good so that is always a good sign and for the princely sum of €1.46 you can't go wrong.
I got one from the very same seller last week, off ebay.co.uk. It took about 8 days after shipping to get to southern England. It's definitely not handmade, and it works. As you say, you can't go wrong at that price.
I have buyed this one - http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280748150971 - it works als with 2.3.5 (KI8)
kslw said:
I got one from the very same seller last week, off ebay.co.uk. It took about 8 days after shipping to get to southern England. It's definitely not handmade, and it works. As you say, you can't go wrong at that price.
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8 days is pretty good coming from Hong Kong i was thinking it would take a minimum of 2 weeks,i assume it'll take similar to here given our countries are beside each other.
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8 days is pretty good coming from Hong Kong i was thinking it would take a minimum of 2 weeks,i assume it'll take similar to here given our countries are beside each other.
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I would think so. I guess it might go via London rather than direct to Dublin, but that shouldn't add more than a day. Also depends if Irish Customs take an interest in it - I don't think mine was opened by UK Customs, but when they do inspect something it adds a bit of delay in my experience. I think you'd have to be a bit unlucky for that to happen though.
I've found the black LG g pad at places like asda direct and Amazon priced at £259 can only find the white version on Amazon for £299 and its from a dodgy looking marketplace seller. Any other UK owners out there and where did you buy?
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Nathanation said:
I've found the black LG g pad at places like asda direct and Amazon priced at £259 can only find the white version on Amazon for £299 and its from a dodgy looking marketplace seller. Any other UK owners out there and where did you buy?
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I bought from ASDA because I wanted the black, but the white is available from Tesco Direct at £259. It's also available from Clove (£259) and Expansys (£249), but haven't used either of those sites myself so can't vouch for their reliability.
I bought mine last night from ADSA Direct, it's listed at £249 but if you use the voucher code 'taboffer' you'll get £20 off.
£229 is the best price I've been able to find (from a reputable source) in the UK.
Thankyou, i did look on tesco direct in early November and they weren't on there then. I will check it out!
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PerryTech said:
I bought mine last night from ADSA Direct, it's listed at £249 but if you use the voucher code 'taboffer' you'll get £20 off.
£229 is the best price I've been able to find (from a reputable source) in the UK.
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Thanks but asda only seem to stock the black version, I really want the white one. Also been reading about the Google play edition... Might wait for it to hit the play store here, I think it would go nicely with my LG Nexus 5.
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clove dot co dot uk are selling the white version
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I picked up my white version from tesco in the uk. £20 off with voucher which is still valid plus the tesco points on the account. Ordered late one thursday night and picked up from store saturday evening.
Great service from tesco, regular emails and texts confirming progress.
Might have to wait a little for GPE in uk. No word yet.
handtec are selling the white one for £240
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Nathanation said:
Thanks but asda only seem to stock the black version, I really want the white one. Also been reading about the Google play edition... Might wait for it to hit the play store here, I think it would go nicely with my LG Nexus 5.
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None of the GPE phones have come to the UK Play Store, so I wouldn't hold out for this one.
I picked up a white version from Tesco with the same £20 off. Missus has wrapped it now, but not before giving it a good 'test' .
I really hope Google sort it out and get the GPE phones and tablets out in Europe. My nexus 5 is great, I've always been a fan of stock android. Although LGs skinned version doesn't seem to bad on the G pad, I like the idea of tap tap too. May well get a V500...
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Ive seen the Co-op with them and also Asda, as well as all the ones mentioned previously. I to am still praying that Google will release the GPE one in Europe, i would buy it in a flash.
Quite like the Asda deal, but can anyone tell me what the stock Android version is, and has there been any rumours about updates to 4.4?
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I bought mine online as there is much more competition, bought for £221.95 from Simply Electronics. Cannot fault their service as the device came in 2 days, amazingly quick and a great device to match. Do not worry about buying products online, as they are exactly the same as in store, but cheaper. Yes you are waiting a few days, but wouldn't you rather save money? I know I would!
LG G Pad 8.3 priced for UK launch, full HD and quad-core for £259.
I can't seem to find the Dot view case in stock anywhere. Have they released? If not, do we know when they will? I can't find anything but reviews on google either.
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I can't seem to find the Dot view case in stock anywhere. Have they released? If not, do we know when they will? I can't find anything but reviews on google either.
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Verizon had them on there website for sale a couple days ago for $37, wasnt going to order, not i kinda want it, they are sold out from what it looks like
Shopandroid.com will have them, you can pre order them now
HTC Only has the black availably
https://shop.us.htc.com/category/accessories?brandsSel[]=HTC&categoriesSel[]=Cases%2C+Covers+%26+Bags&sort=priceDescending
WhiteSRT69 said:
Verizon had them on there website for sale a couple days ago for $37, wasnt going to order, not i kinda want it, they are sold out from what it looks like
Shopandroid.com will have them, you can pre order them now
HTC Only has the black availably
https://shop.us.htc.com/category/accessories?brandsSel[]=HTC&categoriesSel[]=Cases%2C+Covers+%26+Bags&sort=priceDescending
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Just ordered my black one from HTC. That was the only color I wanted. Lol. Thanks a lot man! I had been checking the website, just hadn't done it since this morning. Must have been updated.
I ordered mine (black, which is more grey) off of the HTC websites and it shipped from a site called Xentris Wireless. Maybe you could check Xentris to see if they're available directly.
I just ordered mine from the HTC website and got a confirmation from Best Buy that it was shipping.
Got an ATT M8 but ATT didn't have the dot case. Went to Verizon and I bought the grey one in stores. (This was last week)
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A HTC rep in my teleco shop (Starhub) says that the case will be available from 1 week after launch in Singapore.
(Just got my phone on launch day, above information is only 15 minutes old )
They seem very rare, got chatting to a retailer on Elevate so she told me exactly when she was getting stock so I ordered 2 (one for a friend, totally not being selfish )
Apparently I ordered too late. I'm now on backorder on the HTC website. I've checked eBay, Amazon, Newegg, and all of google's recommended sites. I've checked every best buy and Verizon around, and their websites. Any other ideas?
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I had to Pre-order mine from Android Central. They then got a few but not enough to fill all the Pre-Orders and is now out of stock. Hope to get mine soon.
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I had to Pre-order mine from Android Central. They then got a few but not enough to fill all the Pre-Orders and is now out of stock. Hope to get mine soon.
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Looking for one too. Seems HTC built more than enough phones, but not enough cases!
Checked all my local Verizon/BB.
So here's my long story short - I've placed 2 orders now for a grey P8000 and still I have no phone. My original order was on October 3rd...
Both are Chinese/HK vendors (Focal Price & iGOGO) showing stock but weeks pass and nothing happens except generic responses to my queries about delays in receiving new stock.
Eventually I just cancel my orders (unfortunately manually via PayPal claims due to a lack of cooperation from the vendors).
Now I know these vendors can be a little shady with little or no customer service but I now wonder should I just give up? It seems there's no easy way for me to get this phone (at least at the RRP)?
I've since pre-ordered the Umi Iron Pro via BangGood but I'm now doubting whether this is a good move due to a lack of development, no open sources and no 800Mhz LTE for the UK. However the design is nice, twin flash, full metal casing, better cameras, OTG support and slimmer(!) bezels.
Would welcome any feedback or suggestions you may have. Such a shame as I really thought I'd have a new gadget to tinker with by now!
Try UK seller.
Although the prices are low there waiting time plus the chance of vat hit put me of Chinese sellers.Took a punt on Ebay UK seller,a £115.99 bid excepted on Friday morning for a gold one.
Royal Mail site entered tracking number and states waiting arrival to them at 9 am yesterday,so fingers crossed should be here by Thursday.
So with the price at the moment £113.81 on Focalprice can not see the benifit of buying there,what if its faulty etc.
Hi,
why not buy it in the manufacturers shop?
I bought my phone @ "elephone DOT hk" (sorry, I am not allowed to post a link here as a fairly new user) and didn't have any problem except the price was a bit higher but no problems with delivery etc.
morrig said:
Although the prices are low there waiting time plus the chance of vat hit put me of Chinese sellers.Took a punt on Ebay UK seller,a £115.99 bid excepted on Friday morning for a gold one.
Royal Mail site entered tracking number and states waiting arrival to them at 9 am yesterday,so fingers crossed should be here by Thursday.
So with the price at the moment £113.81 on Focalprice can not see the benifit of buying there,what if its faulty etc.
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Thanks for replying. Can I ask the name of your eBay seller? I'm tempted by the gold metal and then buying a black battery cover off AliExpress to tone down the carbon fibre effect!
cyrrel said:
Hi,
why not buy it in the manufacturers shop?
I bought my phone @ "elephone DOT hk" (sorry, I am not allowed to post a link here as a fairly new user) and didn't have any problem except the price was a bit higher but no problems with delivery etc.
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Thanks for replying.
I've seen this link before: http://www.elephone.hk/online.htm
Due to the numerous links, I personally found it a bit hard to differentiate between authorised resellers, third-parties and the 'official' store.
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not 100% sure that this is the official store, but from my research it looked good and as I have received my phone I guess they aren't bad
Have a look at Dealsmachine.com. Just got mine from them. Took just one week from ordering to receive in Canada via DHL and their customs valuation was very positive in my favour !
shiggs1988 said:
Thanks for replying. Can I ask the name of your eBay seller? I'm tempted by the gold metal and then buying a black battery cover off AliExpress to tone down the carbon fibre effect!
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The carbon fibre effect is actually really nice! The black cover is probably more grey but it would soften the look a bit
Well I've now cancelled my Umi Iron Pro pre-order - can anyone recommend a UK-based eBay seller?
I've used Geekbuying (based in China) on a number of occasions to purchase phones and tablets. In each case the process has been hassle free with the goods despatched around a week from the order point (assuming in stock). I'm also in UK and like the fact that the small delay in despatch is because this retailer checks the item works and configured it for the UK before sending the item out. I've always used the very cheap DHL option which means once despatched the item is with me within 3 days with full tracking on route.
I don't have any links to this company but have found them reliable.
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I used Everbuying.net. I ordered in August and the phone only arrived in October, so it was at least 2 months wait. I assume they have stock now, as the phone went on special not long ago.
As mentioned above I used Everbuying with no problems and fast delivery. Just did a quick check and is on sale for less than 100.00 GBP - $149.99 US which is what I paid. Fast dispatch on gold (3-5 days) but longer on other colours (4-10 days). I assume they got a decent sized shipment and are now blowing it out. I was a little leery of them but have no complaints at all and my import cost was about 8% including DHL brokerage fee even though we have 12% tax so that gives an idea of how they valued it for customs purposes.
shiggs1988 said:
Thanks for replying. Can I ask the name of your eBay seller? I'm tempted by the gold metal and then buying a black battery cover off AliExpress to tone down the carbon fibre effect!
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I bought from mobileskingdom based in Hayes UK,they have a white and gold with bidding over £105.59 with nearly 3 days to go.
Royal mail have it tracked to there Royal distribution centre London at 0.22 this morning.
Its for my partner in place of a Cubot s208,bit of a upgrade,she uses two hands so should be ok for diddy woman hands.
You can buy it on AliExpress: KlickKlack After Discount you pay $154,99.
morrig said:
I bought from mobileskingdom based in Hayes UK,they have a white and gold with bidding over £105.59 with nearly 3 days to go.
Royal mail have it tracked to there Royal distribution centre London at 0.22 this morning.
Its for my partner in place of a Cubot s208,bit of a upgrade,she uses two hands so should be ok for diddy woman hands.
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Thanks - I bought the grey model yesterday from their sister seller (same contact details plus also listed in Hayes) and they've emailed me this morning to say the grey is out of stock and can only offer the gold!
I've accepted the gold but would quite like a free case or something to make up for it! I do wonder if I've just been extremely unlucky so far...
shiggs1988 said:
Thanks - I bought the grey model yesterday from their sister seller (same contact details plus also listed in Hayes) and they've emailed me this morning to say the grey is out of stock and can only offer the gold!
I've accepted the gold but would quite like a free case or something to make up for it! I do wonder if I've just been extremely unlucky so far...
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The grey ones are damn nice but my partner wanted gold and have ordered the gold clock cover from Banggood.
If getting a silicon case it would hardly be noticable but then you lose the lovely look, but then you could buy a grey cover to replace the gold one.
Just checked on Elephone site and grey one for P7000 is £8.56 so P8000 one should be available soon?
Gearbest was great with me, and a friend of mine also bought one from Gearbest which arrived successfully. They had some stock issues initially but were honest about it, and my patience paid off. They usually dispatch from China after 5 days and send it through Express postage. From dispatch, it arrived within 7 days by courier. I paid $159.99 (£109 at the time), and after two months with the device, its fantastic and was worth the wait - the stock ROM was perfectly usable with a few bugs, but the Eragon ROM has completely sorted these. Knowing what I know now, ensuring a strong developer community should be a very high priority when buying a china phone.
shiggs1988 said:
Thanks - I bought the grey model yesterday from their sister seller (same contact details plus also listed in Hayes) and they've emailed me this morning to say the grey is out of stock and can only offer the gold!
I've accepted the gold but would quite like a free case or something to make up for it! I do wonder if I've just been extremely unlucky so far...
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I have just bought from an eBay seller and told the same thing, no grey, only gold. Ordered Wednesday morning, expected delivery today (hopefully).
kevvyboy said:
I have just bought from an eBay seller and told the same thing, no grey, only gold. Ordered Wednesday morning, expected delivery today (hopefully).
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Got a message this morning to say it's been dispatched with a Royal Mail tracking number but it's not showing on their system yet.
There's obviously a massive supply problem with the grey model and it wouldn't surprise me if these 3rd party sellers are expecting new deliveries of stock from Elephone that just keep on getting delayed?
I paid £110 and have been promised a £3(!) refund to cover the inconvenience
I'm considering buying the black battery cover though:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Elep..._91_22_80,searchweb201644_5,searchweb201560_9
Black and gold might be a good look after all...
shiggs1988 said:
Got a message this morning to say it's been dispatched with a Royal Mail tracking number but it's not showing on their system yet.
There's obviously a massive supply problem with the grey model and it wouldn't surprise me if these 3rd party sellers are expecting new deliveries of stock from Elephone that just keep on getting delayed?
I paid £110 and have been promised a £3(!) refund to cover the inconvenience
I'm considering buying the black battery cover though:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Elep..._91_22_80,searchweb201644_5,searchweb201560_9
Black and gold might be a good look after all...
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I think the gold looks decent. It's for the wife who is going to slap a purple silicone TPU on it anyway! If she complains then she can have the grey cover from my p8000!
I ordered the IceView case directly from the HTC web site along with my phone. Both items were listed on the order. I received my phone on Friday but the case was not included.
I talked to HTC customer service and they didn't know much. They said they do not have any IceView cases and they don't know when they will be getting them. I tried to speak with a manager but didn't really get anywhere (a "manager" called me back but I think it was just a normal rep pretending). Nobody was able to offer a solution and nobody could offer me any compensation. I tried a message on twitter but that also got no reply. The "manager" is supposed to call me back on Monday but I'm not holding out much hope.
Anyone else in the same boat? Has anyone been able to get more info about when the cases will be shipping?
I ordered my case on May 2, no email or tracking number as of yet. I sent them an email regarding the case with no reply yet.
It seems nobody knows when the case is coming out, including retailers, as places like Amazon UK haven't set even an estimated release date yet.
Amazon were supposed to deliver mine on 4 may but then notified me that they haven't foundb any stock yet.
Not Amazon's fault of course
Strangely it's still listed as "in stock" on the htc store.
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Strangely it's still listed as "in stock" on the htc store.
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Yes so are USB c cables (u like the 3.0.charger). I just gave up and cancelled my order after a week of waiting for an in-stock item to ship.
Just wait until other vendors have the cases etc because at this point I can't even imagine having to rma something.
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I'm gonna have to order a cheapo case from Handheld Items until this Ice View arrives, I am freaking out about dropping this damned thing!
No way will I spend $50 on this case (I have been testing a device which was supplied with the case.) It's not quite as nice as the Dotview Ice cases were (although it is also not as prone to tearing at the seam....although my test case *has* torn at the seam). I'll wait until I can grab one <$20....but mostly will continue to keep my 10 in a clear TPU case, like the Fosmon or the Spigen.
Looks like the gave all the IceView inventory to T-Mobile to give away with the purchase of a new phone. That sucks that HTC isn't honoring paying orders placed a month ago but T-Mobile people will be swimming in them in a week (May 18th).
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Looks like the gave all the IceView inventory to T-Mobile to give away with the purchase of a new phone. That sucks that HTC isn't honoring paying orders placed a month ago but T-Mobile people will be swimming in them in a week (May 18th).
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Nope, no cases at TMo in a week: "Redemption req’d by 6/20/16 at htc10offer.htcpromotions.com. Limit 1/customer; 2/household; allow 10 weeks."
Still a chance it is our free item haha
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for people who ordered in Poland with carrier or not,you can ask your free ICE VIEW at
http://www.htcpolska.pl/
So where are these bad boys?
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So where are these bad boys?
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T-Mobile had a deal for a free Ice Case and a free second quick charger if you purchased on launch day or day 2...they didn't say that I wouldn't get these free extras in store and I had to fill out some online form before 5/20 (it launched on 5/18 for T-Mobile) after I finished, they said it could take like 8 weeks but SHOULD be about a month. They waited to tell me that part until after I initialled the last page!
My ice view is coming from the US. Sick of the stock issues and found a seller not charging 100's for the damned thing lolol
I ordered mine direct from Verizon last Thursday, received it Friday. Ended up shipping it back on Monday. NOT worth the money IMHO. Cover doesn't close all the way even without a screen protector, and I found the interactions to be very unresponsive.
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I ordered mine direct from Verizon last Thursday, received it Friday. Ended up shipping it back on Monday. NOT worth the money IMHO. Cover doesn't close all the way even without a screen protector, and I found the interactions to be very unresponsive.
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That's quite a shame considering their dot view was amazing and worked flawlessly. Perhaps it was defective?
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Mine will be here tomorrow apparently (kudos to the eBay vendor if it does! Three days is super last from the US to UK ). I will let people know my initial findings.
I just preordered from HTC for 29.95. They're having a Memorial Day Sale (40% off).
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for people who ordered in Poland with carrier or not,you can ask your free ICE VIEW at
http://www.htcpolska.pl/
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I ordered mine through Verizon in the US and just registered my 10 on the poland htc site. They said after verification of my IMEI, they're going to send my Ice view after the 1st of June. Who knows if it will work since I'm in the US.