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Digital Solitude

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Would that be hard to get imported here due to the size?

Don't think so, a few of the lads from the PC Building forum have QNIX 27" displays from Korea. I know this is far bigger but can't see it being a problem. DHL would handle it in the worst case.

It'd be closer to €600 after taxes but still fairly good value!

Iseedeadpixels

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Don't think so, a few of the lads from the PC Building forum have QNIX 27" displays from Korea. I know this is far bigger but can't see it being a problem. DHL would handle it in the worst case.

It'd be closer to €600 after taxes but still fairly good value!

I shall be buying one

Digital Solitude

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

I shall be buying one

My PC barely handles 1080p so 4k is wasted on me, and I don't watch much TV :pac:

Though it is made by Xiaomi....

corwill

OP, rename thread to "Chinese Whatever-you're-having-yourself", please!

Digital Solitude

corwill wrote: »

OP, rename thread to "Chinese Whatever-you're-having-yourself", please!

Can't you'll have to get a mod on it

eamonnq

corwill wrote: »

OP, rename thread to "Chinese Whatever-you're-having-yourself", please!

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2015-New-Mini-Smart-Self-Balancing-Electric-Unicycle-Scooter-Balance-2-Wheels-Electric-Scooter/32378861149.html

Think one of these might do me for getting in and out of work !!

moneyman

Hi all, thinking of buying the Letv Le 1 phone. Has a great spec and has gotten very good reviews. Anyone know anything about it or can suggest a good seller? And can anyone tell me if it will definitely work here? I'm with 48, which I believe is owned by Tesco (could be wrong).

Digital Solitude

moneyman wrote: »

Hi all, thinking of buying the Letv Le 1 phone. Has a great spec and has gotten very good reviews. Anyone know anything about it or can suggest a good seller? And can anyone tell me if it will definitely work here? I'm with 48, which I believe is owned by Tesco (could be wrong).

Been hearing about LeTV lately, I'd say it's worth a good punt. Sellers in OP should have it.

I'm with 48 and have never had an issue with a chinese phone, data speed isn't great but I'm not sure if that's 48 or the bands I've got. Living in Leitrim probably doesn't help.

48 uses the 900/1800 bands anyways, both of which the Le 1 supports.

If you buy will you give a review? I'd actually be very interested after seeing how it looks, my Mi3 just doesn't want to die

kingerae86

hi my moto g battery is on its last legs after 2 years.
im looking at the xiaomi mi3 64gb.
is there any better value out there?
any downsides with this phone apart from no 3g and no sd card slot...
is there anywhere selling it for less than €165 delivered?

moneyman

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Been hearing about LeTV lately, I'd say it's worth a good punt. Sellers in OP should have it.

I'm with 48 and have never had an issue with a chinese phone, data speed isn't great but I'm not sure if that's 48 or the bands I've got. Living in Leitrim probably doesn't help.

48 uses the 900/1800 bands anyways, both of which the Le 1 supports.

If you buy will you give a review? I'd actually be very interested after seeing how it looks, my Mi3 just doesn't want to die

I'll definitely do a review, just need to find the right seller. I've never used alibaba or aliexpress so I'm a bit nervous, the websites are really poor and lack information.

If I order from China, do DHL actually deliver quicker as advertised? I know with ordering jerseys from there, they actually arrived quicker by choosing international air mail. Am I guaranteed to be hit with 20% VAT also from China?

Digital Solitude

moneyman wrote: »

I'll definitely do a review, just need to find the right seller. I've never used alibaba or aliexpress so I'm a bit nervous, the websites are really poor and lack information.

If I order from China, do DHL actually deliver quicker as advertised? I know with ordering jerseys from there, they actually arrived quicker by choosing international air mail. Am I guaranteed to be hit with 20% VAT also from China?

AliExpress is normally sound as you'll get with a high rated seller. It's such a massive marketplace that people always go for highly rated sellers, so they'll do anthing they can to keep their rating up.

Every phone I've gotten delivered by DHL has taken 5-7 days, which is fairly good. With DHL yeah it's basically a given that you'll pay customs.

kingerae86 wrote: »

hi my moto g battery is on its last legs after 2 years.
im looking at the xiaomi mi3 64gb.
is there any better value out there?
any downsides with this phone apart from no 3g and no sd card slot...
is there anywhere selling it for less than €165 delivered?

Mi3 is a fantastic device, can't rate it highly enough. Xiaomi in general make very high quality stuff.

The Mi3 has 3G, it doesn't have 4G. And with 64gb when are you going to need an SD card? I've the 16gb version and only use 8-9gb normally, though I don't carry any music or movies on it.

Where are you getting it for €165? That's stupidly cheap.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Don't think so, a few of the lads from the PC Building forum have QNIX 27" displays from Korea. I know this is far bigger but can't see it being a problem. DHL would handle it in the worst case.

It'd be closer to €600 after taxes but still fairly good value!

Imagine the stress if it got damaged in transit though...

uck51js9zml2yt

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Mi3 is a fantastic device, can't rate it highly enough. I believe tatranska misses his after moving on to greener (newer) pastures. Xiaomi in general make very high quality stuff.
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My name being mentioned in vain
It was a great little phone. I've been using the zoppo zp999 the last few months and am now awaiting a new Ulefone Be Touch 2.
Got it for @$179 in a flash sale.
I really like the bigger screens (5.5")

Digital Solitude

Steven Numerous Flare wrote: »

My name being mentioned in vain
It was a great little phone. I've been using the zoppo zp999 the last few months and am now awaiting a new Ulefone Be Touch 2.
Got it for @$179 in a flash sale.
I really like the bigger screens (5.5")

Apologies, there's someone here does anyways! Unquote me and I'll edit it out

Knew it was one of ye

uck51js9zml2yt

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Apologies, there's someone here does anyways! Unquote me and I'll edit it out

Knew it was one of ye

Don't worry about it. It was true. Corwill got one as well.
If you do a search, I created an mi3 owners thread with loads of info on it.

moneyman

Digital Solitude wrote: »

AliExpress is normally sound as you'll get with a high rated seller. It's such a massive marketplace that people always go for highly rated sellers, so they'll do anthing they can to keep their rating up.

Every phone I've gotten delivered by DHL has taken 5-7 days, which is fairly good. With DHL yeah it's basically a given that you'll pay customs.



Mi3 is a fantastic device, can't rate it highly enough. Xiaomi in general make very high quality stuff.

The Mi3 has 3G, it doesn't have 4G. And with 64gb when are you going to need an SD card? I've the 16gb version and only use 8-9gb normally, though I don't carry any music or movies on it.

Where are you getting it for €165? That's stupidly cheap.

So aliexpress is just one guy/seller? Customs is the problem, it would go from being affordable at €300 quid to expensive at €360. No way to get around it?

Shame, can't seem to find anywhere shipping it from Europe. Really want that particular phone as well.

corwill

Steven Numerous Flare wrote: »

Don't worry about it. It was true. Corwill got one as well.
If you do a search, I created an mi3 owners thread with loads of info on it.

Yep, the Mi3 is a really nice phone, just moved to the ZP999 for the bigger screen and 4g.

Digital Solitude

moneyman wrote: »

So aliexpress is just one guy/seller? Customs is the problem, it would go from being affordable at €300 quid to expensive at €360. No way to get around it?

Shame, can't seem to find anywhere shipping it from Europe. Really want that particular phone as well.

Nope it's thousands of sellers. There's a fair chance of missing customs with the free post but it takes like 3 weeks to get here.

It's an absolutely ridiculous spec for €360! Octa Core 2.2gHz with a big 1080p gorilla glass screen? *swoons*

uck51js9zml2yt

moneyman wrote: »

So aliexpress is just one guy/seller? Customs is the problem, it would go from being affordable at €300 quid to expensive at €360. No way to get around it?

Shame, can't seem to find anywhere shipping it from Europe. Really want that particular phone as well.

http://www.honorbuy.com/11-xiaomi

They ship from the EU.I bought mine from them when Called xiaomishop

kingerae86

Digital Solitude wrote: »

The Mi3 has 3G, it doesn't have 4G. And with 64gb when are you going to need an SD card? I've the 16gb version and only use 8-9gb normally, though I don't carry any music or movies on it.

Where are you getting it for €165? That's stupidly cheap.

i taught it was on aliexpress at €165 delivered.
but it was the 16gb version,they had 64gb in the title though.
i presume its still cheap at €199 delivered for what you get?
or is there better for the price range?

Digital Solitude

kingerae86 wrote: »

i taught it was on aliexpress at €165 delivered.
but it was the 16gb version,they had 64gb in the title though.
i presume its still cheap at €199 delivered for what you get?
or is there better for the price range?

The 64gb is about €240 or that iirc. Depends on you if you'll need the 64gb. IMO It's up with the best of them in that price range. For day to day usage it's as good as anything really.

_Tombstone_

kingerae86 wrote: »

hi my moto g battery is on its last legs after 2 years.
im looking at the xiaomi mi3 64gb.
is there any better value out there?
any downsides with this phone apart from no 3g and no sd card slot...
is there anywhere selling it for less than €165 delivered?

My original Moto still does 2 days.:D

jayo26

Lads just wondering if one ordered an item from outside of europ and they ended up having to pay import tax on it howndo you pay that tax or what way does it work?

Digital Solitude

jayo26 wrote: »

Lads just wondering if one ordered an item from outside of europ and they ended up having to pay import tax on it howndo you pay that tax or what way does it work?

If you get it from DHL, they'll email you saying it's due, fairly sure it's paid online. They won't deliver until it's paid.

With AnPost, they email you, you send off a PayPal receipt and they'll tell you how much is due. You pay the postman

unkel

jayo26 wrote: »

Lads just wondering if one ordered an item from outside of europ and they ended up having to pay import tax on it howndo you pay that tax or what way does it work?

A phone from China? There's no import duty on it, only VAT @23% of the value of the phone (what you paid for it) + shipping costs + insurance

You might get lucky and the thing is not intercepted (happened on my Elephone P7000 a few weeks ago ) or it might get intercepted, in which case you pay VAT and an admin fee. In the case of the $370 phone you linked to, that would come to about €90. Once you pay it, they'll release it to you (but expect delays!!!)

jayo26

unkel wrote: »

A phone from China? There's no import duty on it, only VAT @23% of the value of the phone (what you paid for it) + shipping costs + insurance

You might get lucky and the thing is not intercepted (happened on my Elephone P7000 a few weeks ago ) or it might get intercepted, in which case you pay VAT and an admin fee. In the case of the $370 phone you linked to, that would come to about €90. Once you pay it, they'll release it to you (but expect delays!!!)

Cheers for theat yhh i had an idea of how much just didnt realise how they would charge it. Its still not bad valuein some cases if you are buying the right phone its still a lot of phone for the money.

Mick Murdock

Surely the Paypal receipt is open to a bit of fiddling?

unkel

jayo26 wrote: »

Its still not bad valuein some cases if you are buying the right phone its still a lot of phone for the money.

Indeed! Just with the weak Euro at the moment and the hefty enough VAT, it makes particularly the higher end Chinese phones less value for money

I would be reluctant myself to spend €430 to import a Chinese phone...

jayo26

unkel wrote: »

Indeed! Just with the weak Euro at the moment and the hefty enough VAT, it makes particularly the higher end Chinese phones less value for money

I would be reluctant myself to spend €430 to import a Chinese phone...

Depends on what your buying, i was planning on getting an s6 at Christmas time myself and know id end up rooting it in a matter of a month and flashing roms on it on a weekly basis if i csn get a really nice chinese phone woth similar spec and looks just as good and save myself couple of hundred in process then its worth a gamble.

Digital Solitude

Mick Murdock wrote: »

Surely the Paypal receipt is open to a bit of fiddling?

Most definitely, its only ha screenshot that you send .

If they cop it I'd assume you're in for a bit of **** though