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What methods are people from overseas using to get the Nexus S? I used a mail forwarder to get my Nexus One but that was made a bit easier because Google's online store accepted overseas credit cards. Unfortunately Best Buy only accepts US credit cards.
I was just going to use the "Buy it for me" service that some mail forwarders offer but just wanted to check if anyone on here had another trick up their sleeves.
I'm using mobicity.com.au
prices are alright (not great) but they will get it to you.
mazodude said:
I'm using mobicity.com.au
prices are alright (not great) but they will get it to you.
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But there's no statement, when NS will be available there. Right now you can just pre-order.
I used a mail forwarder to get my Nexus One but that was made a bit easier because Google's online store accepted overseas credit cards. Unfortunately Best Buy only accepts US credit cards.
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Best Buy isn't shipping to any "known" freight-forwarders.
From the mobicity website
The Nexus S is released by Google in the US on the 16th of November. Given this is just before Christmas we expect to start shipping late December/early January.
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Use NYBox.com for Nexus S orders
I recommend nybox.com they have Buy For Me service. They buy Nexus S from Best Buy and ship to you worldwide. They charge 15% buy for me fee. Great service, i used them for my Nexus One last year.
I have just placed buy for me request for Nexus S from them.
i go tit right from Bestbuy.com
THeres a generic address you put in ur billing address if ur using international card (its in the help, a Texas address)
then I put in the shipping address of a mail forwarder (shipito.com)
all good!
I'm suffering, because i cant pre-order this "i think" awesome product..
who else is feeling the same.
Hopefully other retailers will sell these to the countries Google has over looked.
I doubt that there will be many for sale at reasonable prices on Ebay when they first come out.
I'm waiting for this type of tablet, why is the world so divided
Well count me in...
I was watching I/O and as they showed it I got more and more excited. Then they said where it will be available and I wanted to cry :banghead:
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I want to order nexus 7 but in my country it is not available.
The retail market will sold it much more that the google's price... I think about 300 Euro or more. Will live and see...
Well in my case i used tor to access USA Play and change my shipping address to a mailbox on miami.
I preordered from Norway using my mastercard and an american shipping address that acts as a forwarding address to my Norwegian address. Jetcarrier.com. Ads around 25$.
runemail said:
I preordered from Norway using my mastercard and an american shipping address that acts as a forwarding address to my Norwegian address. Jetcarrier.com. Ads around 25$.
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Did you use a norwegian credit card or how did you get a us-one? I heard only cards issued in US, UK and Canada would be accepted.
Thanks
Tried different cards and Visa was not accepted, maybe because Mastercard is a Google Wallet Partner? Dunno, maybe it was just a glitch. Lets see if anyone else manages to order from an illegal location with a local card.
Well tried to preorder but got the unconfortable message stating that the device is not available in my country and that they are doing their "best" to make it possible as soon as they can. Which is I am guessing by the end of the year for 100 euros more in retail store. I'd really like to have the same price and treatment by buying directly from the play store but no official details on that either... That's complete bs. Why make such a global product so restricted for so many areas. my money ain't green enough I guess.
PS: apparently there are no official confirmations for a launch in Europe yet...
i really don't like that. i planned to instantly order one, because i waited so long for a 7inch tablet that's worth the money.
i'm pissed.
EDIT: probably we find some nice guys here at XDA who can buy and send us those awsome tabs? XDA Marketplace ftw?
runemail said:
I preordered from Norway using my mastercard and an american shipping address that acts as a forwarding address to my Norwegian address. Jetcarrier.com. Ads around 25$.
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ohh man, you are soo lucky.
vengador said:
Did you use a norwegian credit card or how did you get a us-one? I heard only cards issued in US, UK and Canada would be accepted.
Thanks
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I Ordered a Nexus 7 (16GB) with a similar Service as runemail. It seems they accepted my Austrian Visa Card.
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I Ordered a Nexus 7 (16GB) with a similar Service as runemail. It seems they accepted my Austrian Visa Card.
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How? Can you please describe it a bit more detailed? I'm from Austria too and want one.
What were the costs for the shipping and the service?
What will you have to pay in total?
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I Ordered a Nexus 7 (16GB) with a similar Service as runemail. It seems they accepted my Austrian Visa Card.
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Did you use a proxy to place your order ?
From here it says it's not available in my country
Damned Google
mikep1993 said:
How? Can you please describe it a bit more detailed? I'm from Austria too and want one.
What were the costs for the shipping and the service?
What will you have to pay in total?
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I made an account at Borderlinx, they give you an US-Adress where google will send the device first, then they send it to you. I have to pay 280$ to google, and about 370 total, thats about 300 Euro which is not cheap but ok i guess.
@salv-ice
Yes i used Hotspot Shield.
robbycz said:
I made an account at Borderlinx, they give you an US-Adress where google will send the device first, then they send it to you. I have to pay 280$ to google, and about 370 total, thats about 300 Euro which is not cheap but ok i guess.
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Yes i used Hotspot Shield.
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Wouldn't it be cheaper to do it from the UK?
can't just someone from the US buy me one and send it to me?
I'm paying all the costs.. xP
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Wouldn't it be cheaper to do it from the UK?
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I guess, but strangely they didnt accept my credit card there.:silly:
For info, I just read on a french tech news site that Asus will distribute the Nexus 7 through it's own network (but no date announced yet) !
So we should find it in stores outside US / UK
I live in Belgium and we don't have the full play store, only apps. But I managed to buy a Nexus 4 in November through a VPN with a credit card and an American adress of a service that will ship US items to Belgium or the Netherlands.
Before that I also bought stuff like magazines, movies, music through VPN, both from UK and US play store. Never had any problems! Just used my creditcard and a random UK or US adress when I wanted to buy something from the US/UK play Store. Haven't bought a whole lot though.
But since a few days ago now when I want to buy something from whatever store Belgium/UK/US my payment can not be authorized and the orders get cancelled.
When I go to Wallet and check the the transactions it now says:
Google has cancelled your order. You won't be charged.
Reason: Other (describe below)
Comments from Google: "We have cancelled your order because your account is on hold."
My account is on hold... Buying things from foreign play stores while not living there is illegal or fraude and now it seems my account is up for review I guess. Am I in trouble? Legally? Is there something google can do?
WoozyBE said:
I live in Belgium and we don't have the full play store, only apps. But I managed to buy a Nexus 4 in November through a VPN with a credit card and an American adress of a service that will ship US items to Belgium or the Netherlands.
Before that I also bought stuff like magazines, movies, music through VPN, both from UK and US play store. Never had any problems! Just used my creditcard and a random UK or US adress when I wanted to buy something from the US/UK play Store. Haven't bought a whole lot though.
But since a few days ago now when I want to buy something from whatever store Belgium/UK/US my payment can not be authorized and the orders get cancelled.
When I go to Wallet and check the the transactions it now says:
Google has cancelled your order. You won't be charged.
Reason: Other (describe below)
Comments from Google: "We have cancelled your order because your account is on hold."
My account is on hold... Buying things from foreign play stores while not living there is illegal or fraude and now it seems my account is up for review I guess. Am I in trouble? Legally? Is there something google can do?
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Are you sure its not your credit card account that is on hold? Imho youre not in trouble with google, they cancelled your order. It never was charged.
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Are you sure its not your credit card account that is on hold? Imho youre not in trouble with google, they cancelled your order. It never was charged.
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They were charged and cancelled right after. My card works and is active.
Uh oh, just had this happen to me too. Same circumstance, VPN to access US play store outside US. Was even able to buy bumper from the play store. Today, tried buying swift key and got cancelled. Twice. Haven't gotten refunds yet.
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Others had mentioned the same thing when trying to buy their phone when the credit card address did not match up to the shipping address. IIRC, one person fixed the issue quickly by changing their credit card address through that credit card company to their desired shipping address and the order went through.
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Others had mentioned the same thing when trying to buy their phone when the credit card address did not match up to the shipping address. IIRC, one person fixed the issue quickly by changing their credit card address through that credit card company to their desired shipping address and the order went through.
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Yeah, heard this as well, although for my case, both shipping and billing address are the same. I also previously received error messages, but those said payment declined, which I would assume is what would happen if the addresses don't match. But now, it says my account is on hold. I've even read people being asked to verify their accounts with passport and drivers licenses but I have not received any similar notification.
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Just make a new account? I'm from Israel and I bought 2 Nexus 4 from US play store by simply making new google account with my own credit card and account details of a friend in the US which also received the items.
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Just make a new account? I'm from Israel and I bought 2 Nexus 4 from US play store by simply making new google account with my own credit card and account details of a friend in the US which also received the items.
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I think making a new account is out of the question as many would have already spent quite a bit of money on apps and other stuff on their current accounts.
Anyway, I'm also in the same boat here. Problem started early February for me. Last night, somehow I could actually purchase the Google play credit (where previously I couldn't), but somehow even with that, I could not buy any apps!
Yeah okay, it sounds crazy but hear me out. I've never used Expansys, but guys on here seem to like them. I've always used Handtec (love them) and Negri (not crazy about them, but never a major problem)
So last night I place an order for 3 SGS4's (i9500) with expansys, using a credit card. This is the same credit card I've had for many years, I've used it to order *countless* phones from Handtec, Negri, etc. I prefer Google Checkout. Never an issue.
I get this email today:
Thank you for your order, however I'm afraid that we are unable to
accept it as a credit card order.
If you would still like us to ship your order you can pay for it by
bank transfer or Amazon checkout. .
Amazon Checkout can only be utilized if the item ordered is in stock and you will
need to create an account with Amazon (if you do not have one already) and be
subject to their security checks.
Please send a response email if you are willing to pay for your products via wire
transfer or wish to pay with Amazon checkout.
You must contact us via email so we can make sure the shipping charges are correct
before you send the wire payment.
We will send you wire instructions and the amount due. Your order will be
processed immediately upon receipt of funds in our account.
If you wish to pay with Amazon checkout, we will cancel this order and you will
need to place a new order and select that payment option.
Your credit card has not and will not be charged.
Thank you for placing your order with eXpansys.
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Okay, so I called them up to find out the problem. All he could tell me was due to security they can't accept *a* credit card. (not just *my* credit card) So I asked about going through Amazon. (I'm a prime member) He tells me they can't do that either, until the phones are actually in stock. So my ONLY choice is to pay a fee, and do a bank transfer. (which boggles my mind... the phones won't be shipping for at least 1.5 weeks)
So now what? Negri is the only other place with the I9500s, and they want $75 more per phone. I wish Handtec had them, but they only have the I9505s.
Is there something else I can do, or someone else I can talk to? I told they guy the only option I have is to use Negri, he didn't care. What am I missing?
(yes this is half rant, half question...)
Is your shipping or billing address different to the address attached to the card? sometimes they don't like that :s
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Is your shipping or billing address different to the address attached to the card? sometimes they don't like that :s
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No, everything is the same. Like I said, it wasn't an issue with my credit card, but any credit card. My ONLY option was a bank transfer.
Its looking like I'm going to have to use Negri.
Are you talking USA or the Brits? I have used a credit card at the USA website several times.
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Are you talking USA or the Brits? I have used a credit card at the USA website several times.
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USA. The order was for 3, totaling $2300 ish.
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Hmmmm, wonder if it's the amount either in dollars or number of phones? Might try and see if the website will accept an order for one. If they don't there is something up with your card. I can only go back to last years order but I made that one with a different card that was subsequently cancled do to a mass security leak. At any rate I have used two different cards there for sure. If they do accept the order you could order them one at a time I suppose. Guess if there was no time cruntch that would be the cheaper route.
Wire transfers bank to bank should not be that expensive, I have done a number of them for watches and never paid more than 40 dollars so that would still be quite a bit cheaper than Negri. IMO another route would be to call up and ask to be escalated up to someone who has the authority to make a call. I would guess if buying 3 that person might be willing to deduct it from the total price.
They made it VERY clear that it wasn't anything to do with my particular card. He just said no card could be used at all.
I'm going to try and get ahold of someone else tomorrow.
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I have ordered from them before, but only once and no issues. The dollar amount and qty of phones could be the issue and perhaps they are concerned about fraud given the popularity of the phones, risk of not getting paid if it were a case of fraud, etc.
I would say its a tough call, doing a $2300 transfer is something I wouldn't do no matter how much I liked a reseller, you could wait until they are in stock, but you risk them selling out quickly.
What kind of guarantee are they giving you if you needed to cancel the order, how long to get the funds back, are there any fee's etc. Would they do something to offset the fee's, say a credit towards accessories, etc? Never hurts to ask and that is a nice order.
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I have ordered from them before, but only once and no issues. The dollar amount and qty of phones could be the issue and perhaps they are concerned about fraud given the popularity of the phones, risk of not getting paid if it were a case of fraud, etc.
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Yeah, I can understand that. Heck when I saw the email I thought "okay, gotta call em up" But they didn't even ask. And I called less than 10 minutes after getting the email. The guy didn't even wanna deal with me.
The person who sent me the email had already gone home, so I dealt with him. I emailed her back, perhaps I'll hear something tomorrow.
I bought my gt-i9100 and motorola xoom off of expansys. First time cc worked no problem second time they asked for money transfer which I did. Everything went fine they shipped right away. Just make sure you ask the to fill out the international warranty papers in the box.
If you'd like to PM me I can get to the bottom of this for you. Is your CC by chance issued outside of the USA? That is what initially comes to mind.
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If you'd like to PM me I can get to the bottom of this for you. Is your CC by chance issued outside of the USA? That is what initially comes to mind.
Regards,
Corey
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Nah, its a normal US CC. Ive used it for some pretty large phone purchases with Handtec and Negri in the past. (some of my friends don't have their crap together, so they pay me to order them phones)
PM me order Ref and I can look at it.
Hopefully the OP wont mind since I reckon he is interested as well... When do you anticipate stock and subsequent shipment Corey?
In my case, contacted UK Expansys for a quote, as US chat support told me to contact their UK division for a quote, with European tax and warranty. Two days and no reply yet :/ Support it's not serious at all and this could be a problem in case warranty support it's needed.
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Hopefully the OP wont mind since I reckon he is interested as well... When do you anticipate stock and subsequent shipment Corey?
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limited amount of white landing today, but our annual inventory starts at noon. If fedex gets to us by 10:30am, all white backorders go out today.
Bummer, I'm in early but for the black. Thanks for the update regardless.
Just an FYI for the thread, Corey was able to take care of the problem for me, but I had already placed an order w/Negri. (it shipped the very next day, no time to cancel)
I'm from Croatia and I cannot buy it since google store is not available here (yet)
Do I have to wait for amazon to have one available or is there any quicker way to preorder it?
Isus <3 said:
I'm from Croatia and I cannot buy it since google store is not available here (yet)
Do I have to wait for amazon to have one available or is there any quicker way to preorder it?
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You could try eBay
Short of knowing someone in the areas that it is available that can buy one for you ebay or swappa would be your best bet. Depending on how tight supply is they will likely fetch a premium.
I ordered my N5 from Germany Play Store via mailboxde.com back in the days. Worked nicely.
I live in Bahrain (middle east) and i ordered mine from the us play store. It will arrive at my virtual address with comGateway.com,which will then get forwarded to me. Steps you need to take to be able to do this:
1. You need a US google account. To do that, use vpn and then enter your credit card details with a US billing address in your play store account (Google store payment system does not seem to authenticate billing address). Take a 1 month trial of google music unlimited, and now even without vpn, your account will remain a US account.
2. Open an account with comGateway(or any other package forwarding site, i use this one because it's in a zero tax state) and you will get a virtual address in the US.
3. Go to Google store and order your phone to be delivered to your US address.
If step 1 doesn't work for you, comGateway has a "buy for me" service where they will buy the phone for you and charge you 10% extra. Alternatively, there are websites which can give you a virtual US credit card, but I'm not sure if that will work in the google store.
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I live in Bahrain (middle east) and i ordered mine from the us play store. It will arrive at my virtual address with comGateway.com,which will then get forwarded to me. Steps you need to take to be able to do this:
1. You need a US google account. To do that, use vpn and then enter your credit card details with a US billing address in your play store account (Google store payment system does not seem to authenticate billing address). Take a 1 month trial of google music unlimited, and now even without vpn, your account will remain a US account.
2. Open an account with comGateway(or any other package forwarding site, i use this one because it's in a zero tax state) and you will get a virtual address in the US.
3. Go to Google store and order your phone to be delivered to your US address.
If step 1 doesn't work for you, comGateway has a "buy for me" service where they will buy the phone for you and charge you 10% extra. Alternatively, there are websites which can give you a virtual US credit card, but I'm not sure if that will work in the google store.
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Thank you so much!
Do you have skype? I have few questions ^^
Do you have access to huawei.com
They are also selling it.
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Thank you so much!
Do you have skype? I have few questions ^^
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You can pm me with your queries.
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Do you have access to huawei.com
They are also selling it.
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They are not accepting non-US credit cards. I tried there first as it was working out to be a little cheaper.
I want this phone, or the 5X, too. I'm, too from Croatia.
The only web shop I found so far that delivers here is Expansys.si (or whichever EU country Explansys operates in). There's no list price yet.
Anyways, I'm not keen of using these virtual address forwarding services, so I'd like to know if anyone else found a EU online store that will eventually sell the phone(s)?
yupyup, preordered mine from carphone warehouse in the UK, its only 440£ (around 596€, so 54€ cheaper than the official price here in germany will be). they only offer the 32gb versions in aluminum and graphite and only ship to UK mainland adresses, so i used borderlinx
another nice thing to note: quoted delivery date is oct 22nd
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yupyup, preordered mine from carphone warehouse in the UK, its only 440£ (around 596€, so 54€ cheaper than the official price here in germany will be). they only offer the 32gb versions in aluminum and graphite and only ship to UK mainland adresses, so i used borderlinx
another nice thing to note: quoted delivery date is oct 22nd
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I truly hope you do get it that early, but it sounds too good to be true. carphone won't be getting them any sooner than the actual play store.
Again, I hope I'm wrong, but I wouldn't hold your breathe on that date.
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I live in Bahrain (middle east) and i ordered mine from the us play store. It will arrive at my virtual address with comGateway.com,which will then get forwarded to me. Steps you need to take to be able to do this:
1. You need a US google account. To do that, use vpn and then enter your credit card details with a US billing address in your play store account (Google store payment system does not seem to authenticate billing address). Take a 1 month trial of google music unlimited, and now even without vpn, your account will remain a US account.
2. Open an account with comGateway(or any other package forwarding site, i use this one because it's in a zero tax state) and you will get a virtual address in the US.
3. Go to Google store and order your phone to be delivered to your US address.
If step 1 doesn't work for you, comGateway has a "buy for me" service where they will buy the phone for you and charge you 10% extra. Alternatively, there are websites which can give you a virtual US credit card, but I'm not sure if that will work in the google store.
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does this method work for anyone else outside of the US?
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does this method work for anyone else outside of the US?
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Yes, it should. I use Shipito to get some items to Australia. They're very good and reasonably priced. You just need to make sure that your location is on the list of places that they deliver to.
it doesn't work for me.. i am from austria and using the service viabox.
when i try to buy google music i get this error
Unfortunately, your transaction can't be completed at this time. Please try again or contact us. [BM-CPE-25]
tried serveral other ccs and followed the instructions precisely
deoneR said:
it doesn't work for me.. i am from austria and using the service viabox.
when i try to buy google music i get this error
Unfortunately, your transaction can't be completed at this time. Please try again or contact us. [BM-CPE-25]
tried serveral other ccs and followed the instructions precisely
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I guess that's probably due to having a foreign credit card. I guess if I decide to buy this phone I'll have to get one of my American friends to purchase it on my behalf.
For all Europeans I would actually suggest odrering in UK and not USA. US version has dofferent LTE bands which will influence LTE availability during usage.
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I ordered from Carphone Warehouse to Germany through Borderlinx.
Do you guys know how the warranty will be treated?
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Big Cam said:
I truly hope you do get it that early, but it sounds too good to be true. carphone won't be getting them any sooner than the actual play store.
Again, I hope I'm wrong, but I wouldn't hold your breathe on that date.
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other users having talked to CPW online chat confirmed delivery date of oct 22nd staying optimistic!
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[/COLOR]I ordered from Carphone Warehouse to Germany through Borderlinx.
Do you guys know how the warranty will be treated?
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either through huawei directly, google or CPW, got all options open to you
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other users having talked to CPW online chat confirmed delivery date of oct 22nd staying optimistic!
either through huawei directly, google or CPW, got all options open to you
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OK, let's hope that this is applicable for the international orders... Btw, I was on the phone with CPW and the sales lady mentioned 16.10. as release date. So they are planing 5 days for delivery.
Hi I'm also from bahrain and i would like to buy one for myself. How much it will be including the shipping charges in Bahrain dinar (BD). A 64 gb graphite one, please kindly give me a reply
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