So, I have a gut feeling that Elephone is having a tough time producing this phone. Why,?
1) GearBest originally had a shipping date of Nov 23. This is now the middle of Dec and they currently have no stock. This is despite taking thousand of pre-orders. Every time I contact them they say it is packed and ready for shipping and to wait another 1-2 days . . rinse and repeat. In reality they have no stock.
2) Coolicool have moved their shipping date to the middle of Dec
3) The only reviews I see on the web are from (what appear to be) hand picked reviewers, or people just using the stock renders.
4) No one on Aliexpress appears to have got one despite thousands of orders.
Interesting for a phone which was supposed to start shipping a week ago.
I want mine!
InsGdt76 said:
So, I have a gut feeling that Elephone is having a tough time producing this phone. Why,?
1) GearBest originally had a shipping date of Nov 23. This is now the middle of Dec and they currently have no stock. This is despite taking thousand of pre-orders. Every time I contact them they say it is packed and ready for shipping and to wait another 1-2 days . . rinse and repeat. In reality they have no stock.
2) Coolicool have moved their shipping date to the middle of Dec
3) The only reviews I see on the web are from (what appear to be) hand picked reviewers, or people just using the stock renders.
4) No one on Aliexpress appears to have got one despite thousands of orders.
Interesting for a phone which was supposed to start shipping a week ago.
I want mine!
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I think Elephone underestimated the amount of pre orders they would receive and are shipping first to customers the purchased the S7 directly from them rather than stocking resellers.
I know Gearbest have the Black 4gb/64gb in stock - about 190 pieces left - for $229 as mine has just been shipped.
As for the other colours/configurations I'm not sure. However I do know the Blue 4gb/64gb is due in stock at both Gearbest & GeekBuying on the 11th Dec as I've spoken to them both.
I originally wanted a the Blue version but didn't want to wait until the new year to get the phone in my hands as it's a Xmas gift to myself (which I do every year) so I changed my order to the Black one which should be here by mid Dec.
So the moral of the story is if you want an S7 ASAP go check out the Black version at Gearbest.
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I think Elephone underestimated the amount of pre orders they would receive and are shipping first to customers the purchased the S7 directly from them rather than stocking resellers.
I know Gearbest have the Black 4gb/64gb in stock - about 190 pieces left - for $229 as mine has just been shipped.
As for the other colours/configurations I'm not sure. However I do know the Blue 4gb/64gb is due in stock at both Gearbest & GeekBuying on the 11th Dec as I've spoken to them both.
I originally wanted a the Blue version but didn't want to wait until the new year to get the phone in my hands as it's a Xmas gift to myself (which I do every year) so I changed my order to the Black one which should be here by mid Dec.
So the moral of the story is if you want an S7 ASAP go check out the Black version at Gearbest.
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The thing that really annoys me with GearBest is that they stated a shipping date when you pre-order, but clearly haven't secured the stock to do so. Now when contacted, they know they don't have stock, but won't admit to it. Instead it is "please wait 1 or 2 days more". Honesty goes a long way. I wonder if the other resellers got stuck with this too.
I'd be interested to know when your one arrives.
Mine is now marked as shipped. but I think GearBest are playing games again. If I go to DHL I can see a shipping label has been printed but the parcel hasn't actually been picked up from GearBest. Having worked in a number of companies closely associated with large despatching operations, I can't see why you would tell DHL (a priority shipping service) there is a parcel to pick up, then leave it sitting in Despatch for over 24 hours. . . More games.
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The thing that really annoys me with GearBest is that they stated a shipping date when you pre-order, but clearly haven't secured the stock to do so. Now when contacted, they know they don't have stock, but won't admit to it. Instead it is "please wait 1 or 2 days more". Honesty goes a long way. I wonder if the other resellers got stuck with this too.
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My personal opinion is that Elephone hasn't delivered (so far) on it's promises to resellers. With the S7 looking like its going to be Elephones biggest ever seller - by far, I do think they gave all major resellers the same original delivery date and have struggled to ramp up production. I think this is the case as I've spoken to eFox, Geekbuying, Gearbest and Dealsmachine and they have all initially said they would deliver in late November and now they all all saying mid December.
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I'd be interested to know when your one arrives.
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I'll certainly post here when it arrives, although I went with standard delivery rather than DHL so not expecting it for a few weeks.
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Mine is now marked as shipped. but I think GearBest are playing games again. If I go to DHL I can see a shipping label has been printed but the parcel hasn't actually been picked up from GearBest. Having worked in a number of companies closely associated with large despatching operations, I can't see why you would tell DHL (a priority shipping service) there is a parcel to pick up, then leave it sitting in Despatch for over 24 hours. . . More games.
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This is nothing new for Gearbest and is the reason I chose not to go with DHL, I've ordered a few products via this method with GB and its always taken 3-4-5 days from getting my tracking info for my package to physically enter DHLs system - I've also been hit with import tax a few times which has never happened to me with other shipping companies.
Finally, I hope your receive your device quickly and with no issues, be sure to keep us updated with the situation
Regards
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Finally, I hope your receive your device quickly and with no issues, be sure to keep us updated with the situation
Regards
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So the plot thickens. . . .
Using the tracking information I could see that DHL got a shipping notification on the first day . . . . then everything stopped. I have had a lot of things shipped via DHL and other courier services and it is very unusual for a priority service to not update for 24 hours plus.
GearBest via support tickets and LiveChat, just kept telling me to wait 2 more days, wait 3 days for an investigation, wait 2 days for tracking information etc etc etc.
I ended up doing my own investigation by calling DHL on their local contact centre.
Result?
Singapore Customs were holding the phone with concerns that it contained hazardous materials. Specifically the DHL operator questioned whether the phone was a Samsung Galaxy Note 7. I suspect that the designs are so similar that Customs may be mis-identifying these units when x-raying them, as Note 7s are banned from all carriers. As GearBest are the shippers only they can update the shipping information to get it released.
So I contacted GearBest again and twice got "please wait 3-4 days for an investigation". I got a bit stroppy with them at this point and just got a notification through from DHL that the parcel appears to be moving again.
So if you see your Elephone S7 stop moving for an extended period of time on DHL. Start questioning it.
Thanks for the update.
It makes me wonder if Gearbest are writing 'S7' on the documentation and that's what caused the delay?
Also once the parcel has entered the shipping system there's not really too much Gearbest can do to help hurry to process along, unless its a documentation issue - But can see why this can be annoying.
Anyway, glad your package is in the move again, hope you get it soon.
Mine has just left HK airport so hoping it'll be arriving at the UK sorting centre in the next few days with no customs issues.......fingers crossed!
I ordered my S7 64GB via Gearbest on Oct 21, was delivered on 28th Nov to UK.
Given that 22nd Nov was the date which GB said the stocks will arrive, it was pretty fast delivery.
I shipped via Priority Mail some £1-2 extra & there was no customs charges.
(Using the 'courier shipment' option is known to attract customs charges. Best of luck.)
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Thanks for the update.
It makes me wonder if Gearbest are writing 'S7' on the documentation and that's what caused the delay?
Also once the parcel has entered the shipping system there's not really too much Gearbest can do to help hurry to process along, unless its a documentation issue - But can see why this can be annoying.
Anyway, glad your package is in the move again, hope you get it soon.
Mine has just left HK airport so hoping it'll be arriving at the UK sorting centre in the next few days with no customs issues.......fingers crossed!
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It was a documentation issue. SG Customs held it until the shipper (GearBest) finally contacted them to update the shipping information. They only did this after sitting on the issue for a week of me getting increasingly agitated with the "Please wait" responses from GearBest.
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I ordered my S7 64GB via Gearbest on Oct 21, was delivered on 28th Nov to UK.
Given that 22nd Nov was the date which GB said the stocks will arrive, it was pretty fast delivery.
I shipped via Priority Mail some £1-2 extra & there was no customs charges.
(Using the 'courier shipment' option is known to attract customs charges. Best of luck.)
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What spec and colour did you order? Apparently Elephone were very late delivering sufficient stocks of the Blue 64GB version and others.
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What spec and colour did you order? Apparently Elephone were very late delivering sufficient stocks of the Blue 64GB version and others.
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Mine was 64 GB, Black.
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Mine was 64 GB, Black.
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Thought it might have been. The black has been in stock most of the way through.
I finally have my hands om my 64GB Blue model and I am quite impressed so far. Usually with Chinese electronics I purchase there always seems to be some quirk or weird behaviour that takes the gloss off the product. After 24 hours, I've yet to find one.
I preordered a green version, but it seems there are production troubles. This morning gearbest sent me a mail:
Thank you for your recent order at Gearbest.com
This is an update about following item:
We are sorry to let you know that we cannot ship it at this time
remain items
sku*quantity:199096209 * 1 , Elephone S7 5.5 inch 4G Phablet
199629301 * 1 , 3D VR Cardboard Glasses Virtual Reality Box
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So, nobody knows when the green version will come out,
and after all the troubles with touchscreen, gps, no source code released i choose the refund. If the situation improve i'll buy it again.
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I've wanted this phone for the longest time.
So, last Friday I was expecting delivery of a Note 4. I had gotten a killer deal @ $599 flat I get an email, that morning, from oppostyle, telling me the phone is now available in the US at a savings of $250 off. I know he phone is now a little bit older, but it is the one I had really lusted after. I had watched pre-release and then afterwards, dismayed it hadn't been released for the US market. With the price drop the phone is very attractive.
Anyway, I ditched the Note 4 and the Spigen case I'd bought for it, at my full cost and have ordered the Oppo 7.
Can't wait to get it.
New prices $499 and $399.
The oppostyle website is where they're available.
Did you get any notification regarding shipping? I just ordered mine today. I have a note 4 and I can't wait any longer for a root. It's never going to happen on the AT&T Note 4
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Did you get any notification regarding shipping? I just ordered mine today. I have a note 4 and I can't wait any longer for a root. It's never going to happen on the AT&T Note 4
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Yeah, I got notice yesterday. It came in today. I'm setting it up now.
So you got it in less than a week? Also what provider are you setting it up for? Let me know how it goes with setup. Oh and congrats
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So you got it in less than a week? Also what provider are you setting it up for? Let me know how it goes with setup. Oh and congrats
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Yes, ordered it on the 12th, came in today, the 18th.
Well, things happened really quickly once they got moving. But very little notice in between.
I ordered Thursday, 3-12-2015, and I got a notice saying they'd received my payment and order, and that they'd post a tracking # once it was available.
But things kinda "went dark" til late Monday, or so. Then yesterday I get a text message, from DHL, saying delivery was anticipated for today.
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also, this late exchange of emails -
Mar 16, 16:58
Your Order #4xxxxxxxx (placed on 12 March 2015 09:11:40 CST)
Has my order shipped yet? It was placed last Thursday.
Scott
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Hi Scott,
Great! 4xxxxxxxx is on the way to its destination on 17 March, 2015 00:14.
View Tracking Details: https://oppostyle.aftership.com/989934xxxx
Tracking Number: 989934xxxx
Detail Status: Processed at HONG KONG - HONG KONG
Latest Location: HONG KONG - HONG KONG
Courier: DHL Express
Courier Contact: 18002255345 (United States)
Please note that the expected delivery date is provided by the courier, and is subject to change. For any questions, please contact the courier directly.
Thank you very much!
OppoStyle
http://oppostyle.com
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Hi Scott,
Great! 4xxxxxxxx is out for delivery on 18 March, 2015 10:41.
View Tracking Details: https://oppostyle.aftership.com/989934xxxx
Tracking Number: 989934xxxx
Detail Status: With delivery courier
Latest Location: LAS VEGAS,NV - USA
Courier: DHL Express
Courier Contact: 18002255345 (United States)
Please note that the expected delivery date is provided by the courier, and is subject to change. For any questions, please contact the courier directly.
Thank you very much!
OppoStyle
http://oppostyle.com
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I'm setting it up for T-Mobile. Slapped the SIM from my Galaxy S3 and my 64gig mSDXC in there, put it in the case, put the battery in and voila.
The case that comes with it replaces the back cover ( put it away in a nice safe place you'll remember ). The phone walks you right through setup. Then just log into your Google account. Easy. Once I was setup, the phone let me know that there was an update available for the ColorOS and I went ahead and did that.
Oppo does a hell of a job packaging the phone. Very meticulous.
Going to be getting a different case than what comes with it, though. The flip style deal doesn't work real well for me, as the phone has to stay in my pants pockets. Still it is kind of cool. The installed screen protector is well fit, to the phone (kind of), but is of low quality. They include a different screen protector in it's own packaging and I'll be putting that on tomorrow. However, I'll be ordering a tempered glass one along with the different case, shortly.
Slim pickings for that, as they don't have the market saturation that iphones and Samsung devices do; so there is not as much monetary incentive to put a lot of 3rd party stuff out there. The choice of cases available is very limited.
Hope that helps.
-Scott
Great, Thanks for all of that. I actually checked back on their website and its marked as shipped. even though I didn't get an email regarding that yet. I have also ordered a tempered glass from amazon. My main goal is to get my Wifi Tether going on this phone. As I couldn't do that on my Note 4 because of no root options and to use Titanium Backup again. Enjoy your phone bro and thanks again.
-rakill3r
Did you have to pay any duty or import fees here in the US? I was thinking about getting the 7a.
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Did you have to pay any duty or import fees here in the US? I was thinking about getting the 7a.
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Nope the us doesn't have import taxes. I picked up a nice used one not Long ago and really like mine. And I've owned a one plus one before and this is much nicer. Its a real nice phone. But I think this is a better deal then the one plus one.
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.
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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.
Hi,
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 !
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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).
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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).
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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...
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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...
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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!
Hi All -
I purchased a Mi Mix 2s in White from GearBest back on May 14th. I still don't have the device, in fact, it took until the 3rd of July for it to ship due to some kind of problem with the white model shipments that GearBest was receiving. The shipment has been sitting in HK based on the tracking information from 4px, and based on what I found online, the average shipment time from HK for 4px is apparently 52 days. Does anyone else have any feedback on this process? I couldn't change the shipping on this device when it was ordered, they weren't allowing any other shipment method, or I would've paid for some other kind of expedited shipping.
Am I really looking at delivery at the beginning of September?
What do the supplier say? Sometimes the shipment gets delayed, or misplaced. Just had a shipment from Ali, that stopped in Chinese customs, and was returned to the seller. If I had not communicated with the seller, none of us would have known. They resent my order. (not a phone, but).
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GearBest replied to my inquiry saying shipping is outside their control and that they do not have any more information than what was provided on a tracking site they use (less than using the 4px page). I guess it's just a waiting game now. Phone didn't move from the 4px facility since the day they picked it up from GearBest.
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GearBest replied to my inquiry saying shipping is outside their control and that they do not have any more information than what was provided on a tracking site they use (less than using the 4px page). I guess it's just a waiting game now. Phone didn't move from the 4px facility since the day they picked it up from GearBest.
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GearBest is normally quite good. If you used PayPal cancel it or file a dispute. I think the time limit is 60 days for a dispute but if you never received it that's different. Either way, never buy from any Chinese vendor that doesn't accept PayPal.
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GearBest is normally quite good. If you used PayPal cancel it or file a dispute. I think the time limit is 60 days for a dispute but if you never received it that's different. Either way, never buy from any Chinese vendor that doesn't accept PayPal.
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I bought mine from AliExpress, which doesn't have PayPal but I trust them. I placed loads of orders and never had any issues. My mix 2 was shipped from Singapore to UK and it was delivered in 15 days. It would have been delivered faster but it got stuck at Heathrow and had to pay custom's which was about 12£.
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I bought mine from AliExpress, which doesn't have PayPal but I trust them. I placed loads of orders and never had any issues. My mix 2 was shipped from Singapore to UK and it was delivered in 15 days. It would have been delivered faster but it got stuck at Heathrow and had to pay custom's which was about 12£.
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Mine showed "despatched" (yes, typoed) on the 4px page and SingPost tracking page. Bound for LAX according to that via air, but that was 3 days ago. USPS says they don't offer tracking for packages from Singapore Post anymore, and nothing's been updated. Still hoping it gets here, but we'll see. It's been so long between order and actual shipment that I don't think Paypal will do anything at this point.
2018-07-10 18:40 USLAX / Despatched to overseas
2018-07-10 18:08 HK / Hand over to airline.
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Well, been buying for several years from Ali, no problems at all. One does have to be a bit patient, as the seller does not have any control over the shipping company,other than checking up delays. Ali has always refunded me if I have opened a dispute. (Happened with 3 of maybe 200 orders..). Most sellers will answer you politely,if they're difficult, open a dispute or complain... Many are very small shops connected to the bigger ones, as AliExpress, Banggood, Gearbest, etc.
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Yes yes, I know they'll probably fix it. Usually Sprint ships them early and UPS tells me the tracking number exists with no delivery date. This time I got all the notifications of a pending delivery tomorrow including the email/order update from sprint saying it's delivering tomorrow.
Anyone else?
You aren't the only one https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxynote10/comments/cqq9yf/shipped_phone/
Samzebian said:
You aren't the only one https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxynote10/comments/cqq9yf/shipped_phone/
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Ha, I was trying to find where someone had posted already. Figures it would be on reddit.
I got the Note 8 early, so here is hoping lol
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Yes yes, I know they'll probably fix it. Usually Sprint ships them early and UPS tells me the tracking number exists with no delivery date. This time I got all the notifications of a pending delivery tomorrow including the email/order update from sprint saying it's delivering tomorrow.
Anyone else?
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Mine (3 phones) shows delivery tomorrow (16th) as well. Fingers crossed!
man screw tmobile. i ordered like an hour after pre-order opened and still its giving me a 23rd ship date. they didn't even pulled the funds from my account yet. smh.
Until you actually see scans (i.e. a physical package moving within the UPS system) then I wouldn't get too excited. Sounds like the label was electronically sent to UPS but your (phone) isn't going to be handed to UPS for another week. That's 168 hours.
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Until you actually see scans (i.e. a physical package moving within the UPS system) then I wouldn't get too excited. Sounds like the label was electronically sent to UPS but your (phone) isn't going to be handed to UPS for another week. That's 168 hours.
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In my past experience with Sprint, they would hand them to UPS and UPS was told to hold them until such and such date. Same way apple has always done it.
This year, have the legit sprint order page, UPS, ETC all saying 16th delivery. I'm also less than 2 hours from the sprint warehouse they ship from.
Not saying I will for sure get it, this is just really weird for sprint.
Nah.
Happens with all the phones.
They make the tracking numbers but ups doesnt pick them up until closer to release date.
Been through this for years
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Nah.
Happens with all the phones.
They make the tracking numbers but ups doesnt pick them up until closer to release date.
Been through this for years
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Past 6 pre-orders not once has Sprint told me my product had shipped until the intended ship date. I knew it shipped early as UPS had tracking, but UPS has ALWAYS picked the package up early and held it. So if that's changed, it's a new practice for Sprint, least for me.
Same thing Apple had done for years. They would ship them early and UPS would hold them sometimes as long as a week before delivering. I think Apple may have stopped though since their packages were obvious and phones were getting out early.
Not to mention I've gotten pre-orders early before. It was actually how I got lucky and got that Samsung bundle of the 256Gb MicroSD and the bluetooth headphones for $100 at the time few years ago. I remember because most of the sprint customers got that deal, most everyone else didn't make it in with a few exceptions. Want to say we had the phone like 3-4 days early that time.
More power to you if you get it early.
But i only heard of a few cases where people did.
I got one phone a day ealry. They ship it with 2day shipping but i live close to the shipping place and got it 1 day early.
But we will see what happens
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More power to you if you get it early.
But i only heard of a few cases where people did.
I got one phone a day ealry. They ship it with 2day shipping but i live close to the shipping place and got it 1 day early.
But we will see what happens
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It might have been the Note 8, hair foggy on all that. I also remember best buy being late by a few days on pre-orders. No one with a best buy pre-order could get the $100 samsung bundle from what I remember. Not a place I'd pre-order from.
I checked another spot it dawned on me to look, UPS's app shows a 16th delivery date, but also list August 21st. Since it's 2 day shipping, the August 21st date would have to be a requested date I imagine. Still going to be earlier than the rest of the carriers I bet
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It might have been the Note 8, hair foggy on all that. I also remember best buy being late by a few days on pre-orders. No one with a best buy pre-order could get the $100 samsung bundle from what I remember. Not a place I'd pre-order from.
I checked another spot it dawned on me to look, UPS's app shows a 16th delivery date, but also list August 21st. Since it's 2 day shipping, the August 21st date would have to be a requested date I imagine. Still going to be earlier than the rest of the carriers I bet
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Yeah bestbuy is pretty bad for pre orders. When I worked there we would somehow misplace them only to find them a week later. Sometimes we would receive them but they would sit in our shipping area for days without being scanned in so basically it would show in our system as not in stock. Deliveries were a low priority in our store so even when a customer would show up to pick one up I wasn't able to just scan them in they would have me do something else in the store instead. I highly advise not ordering from them. Those examples are just few of many that would happen. The most extreme examples are breaking them from heavier packages falling on top or actually throwing them into our sorting containers. We return a lot of cellphones for the reason but managers didn't seem to care.
So looks like it's being delivered tomorrow. Still a few days early from what I saw as official release is friday. Got my case in and despite the reviews I saw acting like it was gigantic compared to the Note 9, it's not really that much bigger in physical form. They are nearly identical.
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So looks like it's being delivered tomorrow. Still a few days early from what I saw as official release is friday. Got my case in and despite the reviews I saw acting like it was gigantic compared to the Note 9, it's not really that much bigger in physical form. They are nearly identical.
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Most T-Mobile orders are being delivered tomorrow as well.
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So looks like it's being delivered tomorrow. Still a few days early from what I saw as official release is friday. Got my case in and despite the reviews I saw acting like it was gigantic compared to the Note 9, it's not really that much bigger in physical form. They are nearly identical.
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Yeah I went to T-Mobile last week to compare. Can't really tell if they are different or not. Just the screen that's bigger.
Nice. Mines not coming until 18 days after the phones released... ? So much for a "Pre-order".
On my way to pick mine up right now. NZ pre order. Can't wait to play
I've my Note 10+?.
It arrived 5 minutes ago with DHL.
I have ordered it over 1 & 1, Germany
Two of mine will be here in a few hours.. on the truck now... my 3rd will be a bit delayed until next week... all ordered through samsung. The 600 dollar trade in is a no brainer!!!
Just received my Sprint Note 10+ today
I managed to preorder on the 20th cloudy white 128gb directly from google delivery date 27th Oct.
256gb black out of stock.
In the uk we don’t seem to have 512gb version.
Currently on google no delivery dates mentioned at all.
Anyone else preorder one?
Ordered the 256gb black version, started with 28th for delivery, now showing by 26th.
Probably good the 512Gb one isn't offered in the UK yet as don't need it but would have probably ordered it anyway
Ordered mine Cloudy white, through EE at 7.00pm 19/10, called during the announcement and they called me back at 7pm. Got it ordered fine, but no delivery date yet. They said I was the first one to order one, which was cool!
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Ordered mine Cloudy white, through EE at 7.00pm 19/10, called during the announcement and they called me back at 7pm. Got it ordered fine, but no delivery date yet. They said I was the first one to order one, which was cool!
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Most people that ordered online have delivery dates set at 27-30 october. If you have no delivery date, you were not the first one.
Ordered the 256gb black 6 Pro on the 19th (launch night) and currently showing a delivery date of 26th October from the official Google store.
6 Pro 256 GB Black. Placed an order as soon as the ѕhitty checkout stopped erroring, which was like 2 hours after it became "available". "Delivered by 26 Oct" order status online. Meaning they would have to ship today or tomorrow.
It absolutely sucks аss that there is no 512 GB version in UK, another retarded decision from Google.
Got mine from Curry's coming 26th black 128gb
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Most people that ordered online have delivery dates set at 27-30 october. If you have no delivery date, you were not the first one.
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It could also be that EE are a little slow on the system, same happened when I ordered the P4XL the date was only updated the day before delivery. Fingers crossed.
Ordered mine from Google store this morning and it's showing Nov 23rd delivery date. Will this likely change?
128gb Pro from the Google store UK - delivery "by" 26/10. Still got over 30gb free on my pixel 5 so didnt see any point doubling space.
Delivery date of the 27 October for me
For me it's 26th the problem is that i'm abroad and be back Friday 29th. I tried to contact them to reschedule delivery, but I can only cancel it, I cannot change the date. How do they deliver? I know I]it may be a stupid question, but ow I'm stressed.
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For me it's 26th the problem is that i'm abroad and be back Friday 29th. I tried to contact them to reschedule delivery, but I can only cancel it, I cannot change the date. How do they deliver? I know I]it may be a stupid question, but ow I'm stressed.
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If previous ones are anything to go by then they come by courier, so you should be able to select a re-delivery slot to suits you.
CPW states 2/11 for me!
by the 26th for mine direct from the playstore
Ordered from Curry's on 12 months Intrest free,Google's klarna offer wouldn't work due to credit limit being set below price of the phone ,still get the free head phones and phone delivery date is 28/10 , got sim.only 5g on EE already,ordered the charger from Google but have a few one plus fast chargers as well
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Ordered from Curry's on 12 months Intrest free,Google's klarna offer wouldn't work due to credit limit being set below price of the phone ,still get the free head phones and phone delivery date is 28/10 , got sum.only 5g on EE already,ordered the charger from Google but have a few one plus fast chargers as well
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I had the same issues with googles 0% offer. The phone is £849 yet klarna set the limit as £830. That would be fine as it was meant to take a £35 deposit but it wouldnt let me. Just kept saying "payment declined"
Wasnt a big deal for me as i just paid outright for it, was only going to do the monthly payment as it was 0% but bit ridiculous that it wouldnt let me.
So I received a text from Google an hour ago that my Pixel will be delivered today, the 25th, by DPD. It could be bull**** though, because DPD tracking is saying "We've received your order details, and we're expecting your parcel shortly". No email, no order status change online yet.
EDIT: Email received, partial shipping, phone only, not the case.
Just got my dispatch email from Google with an expected delivery of tomorrow (26th) with DPD 1 day shipping. Google store has updated with DPD tracking number but not yet tracking on their site.
Not had a text.
Nothing for me yet. Still says expected by tomorrow though so hopefully get something soon