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Need to order another galaxy 2 for my wife. I bought my first one from gummobile.com and it is perfect. It is a UK version.
Amazon seems cheaper right now and I can get it overnight. Is the amazon version a UK phone or from somewhere else?

Mine was UHKE2 (Chile). Gotta love Amazon Prime. Not too happy about the no-warranty bit though.

kbiz90 said:
Mine was UHKE2 (Chile). Gotta love Amazon Prime. Not too happy about the no-warranty bit though.
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Non warranty ? I've just ordered amazon to replace my dhd .... Surely u get warranty I'm in UK ordered off amazon UK
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mancuk29 said:
Non warranty ? I've just ordered amazon to replace my dhd .... Surely u get warranty I'm in UK ordered off amazon UK
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Didn't realize you were talking about Amazon UK. Totally different.
In the US, Amazon sells it without a warranty. Of course, there are several places in the US that will include a warranty, but it's usually more expensive.
US customers are getting jacked.

Ah u had me worried there ... Surely it's Samsung who provide the warranty ... Us seems a little unfair
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Sorry, should have stated I was in the U.S.
Any U.S. sellers selling the UK version?

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Any U.S. sellers selling the UK version?
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Expansys USA might sell the UK version. So you know, the Chile version is perfectly fine. You don't need to habla to use it.

kbiz90 said:
Expansys USA might sell the UK version. So you know, the Chile version is perfectly fine. You don't need to habla to use it.
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I guess you are right, it's not like I am going to be using kies to update the phone anyways.
Any battery life issues with your?

kbiz90 said:
Expansys USA might sell the UK version. So you know, the Chile version is perfectly fine. You don't need to habla to use it.
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I'd order it from Expansys-USA. UK inventory is plentiful now so you'll get a UK phone which, unless you intend to mod it heavily, is your best bet for updates. They also ship the phone back to the UK for service for you during the two-year warranty period. If the screen dies on a phone without a warranty the replacement cost is 300 GBP ($477 USD). Something to think about.

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Any battery life issues with your?
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I rooted the same day so I'm not too familiar with stock. However, I read WiFi Sharing and the Samsung apps/hubs are battery killers. I'm running Cognition 1.08 with SetCPU and Tasker. I haven't used it too much today, but I'm at 75% after 18 hours.

BarryH_GEG said:
I'd order it from Expansys-USA. UK inventory is plentiful now so you'll get a UK phone which, unless you intend to mod it heavily, is your best bet for updates. They also ship the phone back to the UK for service for you during the two-year warranty period. If the screen dies on a phone without a warranty the replacement cost is 300 GBP ($477 USD). Something to think about.
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Yup, $25 extra for UK version and warranty. Sans shipping and taxes.

BarryH_GEG said:
I'd order it from Expansys-USA. UK inventory is plentiful now so you'll get a UK phone which, unless you intend to mod it heavily, is your best bet for updates. They also ship the phone back to the UK for service for you during the two-year warranty period. If the screen dies on a phone without a warranty the replacement cost is 300 GBP ($477 USD). Something to think about.
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I just looked at expansys they want to charge me tax on a phone that is being shipped to texas. The price ends up being cheaper if I just order it from the UK again.

I got mine from Amazon (US) and received the UK version of the device. They give you 30 days for a refund and in my experience, most software and hardware issues rear their head within that time frame. Two other friends of mine also ordered from Amazon and received UK version.
Cloves is also another good site to look at. Most people who have ordered from their have been happy.

jlevy73 said:
I got mine from Amazon (US) and received the UK version of the device. They give you 30 days for a refund and in my experience, most software and hardware issues rear their head within that time frame. Two other friends of mine also ordered from Amazon and received UK version.
Cloves is also another good site to look at. Most people who have ordered from their have been happy.
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Same deal for me. I got it from Amazon themselves (not another company that was Fulfilled by Amazon or w/e), and it's worked great for me so far.

Mine is from Chile as well was running stock, but battery life is same as everyone elses here. Just flashed Lite'ing Rom.
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imbapanda said:
Same deal for me. I got it from Amazon themselves (not another company that was Fulfilled by Amazon or w/e), and it's worked great for me so far.
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I'm curious. What's wrong with fulfilled by Amazon? I did it that way and they told me my phone would be subject to the same return policy as though it was sold through Amazon itself.

angieutc said:
I'm curious. What's wrong with fulfilled by Amazon? I did it that way and they told me my phone would be subject to the same return policy as though it was sold through Amazon itself.
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Yes, same one month return policy. There is really nothing wrong with using it. However, all else equal, I prefer to deal directly with Amazon.

kbiz90 said:
Yes, same one month return policy. There is really nothing wrong with using it. However, all else equal, I prefer to deal directly with Amazon.
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Fair enough. One thing Amazon told me was because it was fulfilled by, if there was a defect they'd have to give me a refund due to it being another company's stock. If it was Amazon directly then they could replace.

angieutc said:
Fair enough. One thing Amazon told me was because it was fulfilled by, if there was a defect they'd have to give me a refund due to it being another company's stock. If it was Amazon directly then they could replace.
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I didn't know that. How does replace work? They send a new one before you send the old one back?

kbiz90 said:
I didn't know that. How does replace work? They send a new one before you send the old one back?
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Not sure on that but I know they will replace it..which is a nice perk

Ordered the T-Mobile version!

I ordered the T-Mobile version earlier today, FINALLY. Not sure if I should have waited for the DEV edition, but the T-Mobile version comes with an unlockable bootloader so I guess that's good. If the DEV edition becomes available later this week I will simply return the tmo version and get that.
Anyone else order the T-Mobile Moto X?
UPDATE: Our Moto X's have started shipping, although the moto site still does not reflect it. Showing a delivery date of 9/16 (Monday)!

KiNG OMaR said:
I ordered the T-Mobile version earlier today, FINALLY. Not sure if I should have waited for the DEV edition, but the T-Mobile version comes with an unlockable bootloader so I guess that's good. If the DEV edition becomes available later this week I will simply return the tmo version and get that.
Anyone else order the T-Mobile Moto X?
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Might wait for the Dev. Edition and/or Motomaker edition, the appealing thing about the Moto X is the possibility of the 32gb internal storage and you won't get that with the carrier version.

Do we know if the Dev edition will come with T Mobiles AWS HSPA? If so, that is what I'm going to wait for.

Turb0wned said:
Do we know if the Dev edition will come with T Mobiles AWS HSPA? If so, that is what I'm going to wait for.
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It probably won't. The T-Mobile version does though, and is fully unlockable... so I'd go with that one.

Almost bit the bullet and bought one of these. Can't justify dropping 600 bucks for 16gb and from most accounts a poor camera and average screen. I really wanted to love the phone, but in my limited time in playing with one, I just don't feel it's a 600 dollar product. Motorola pays 220 dollars to have the phone made, they would have taken over the world if they didn't try to get 3x the price out of customers.

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Almost bit the bullet and bought one of these. Can't justify dropping 600 bucks for 16gb and from most accounts a poor camera and average screen. I really wanted to love the phone, but in my limited time in playing with one, I just don't feel it's a 600 dollar product. Motorola pays 220 dollars to have the phone made, they would have taken over the world if they didn't try to get 3x the price out of customers.
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Good luck finding a phone to buy. AFAIK most phones cost about that much to make.

yawdapaah said:
Good luck finding a phone to buy. AFAIK most phones cost about that much to make.
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Thanks for wishing me luck, it worked. I bought a LG G2 for 600 dollars. Problem solved. I appreciate the luck! :good: 32GB, 1080P screen, Great camera with OIS, for the same price. It wasn't the fact that phones cost 600 dollars, its the fact that Motorola is charging 600 dollars for that phone. Its not a 600 dollar piece of hardware. Anyway, I'm good to go now, back to my regularly scheduled G2 forums. Best of luck X guys! Its really a cool and unique phone.

Anyone get a ship notification since ordering the T-mobile version?

dyndragon said:
Anyone get a ship notification since ordering the T-mobile version?
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I have not and I ordered mine yesterday in the morning.

dyndragon said:
Anyone get a ship notification since ordering the T-mobile version?
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Ordered mines yesterday as well...has not shipped yet...i don't understand why it would take longer then 24 hours if its in stock.

Good thing you ordered right away because it's now listed as out of stock.

Semantics said:
Thanks for wishing me luck, it worked. I bought a LG G2 for 600 dollars. Problem solved. I appreciate the luck! :good: 32GB, 1080P screen, Great camera with OIS, for the same price. It wasn't the fact that phones cost 600 dollars, its the fact that Motorola is charging 600 dollars for that phone. Its not a 600 dollar piece of hardware. Anyway, I'm good to go now, back to my regularly scheduled G2 forums. Best of luck X guys! Its really a cool and unique phone.
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You're welcome
And congrats!

I tried to order one several times yesterday. I had it the basket every time and when I clicked the purchase button I kept getting a message about an error with my credit card which has plenty of money on it. Now I have three holds pending on my credit card in the amount of the purchase and they all say Motorola Direct. First chat session was cut off and second one was with a person saying the only moto x available for purchase was the att exclusive one. I told them they had bad information and they insisted I was wrong. I made a call about it and have had two call backs today but each time I was busy. Hoping for another call back today because I'm not going to sit on hold for another 20 minutes today to see what they have come up with. They did admit that the website has a problem but without more info I am in the dark still I'm losing my faith in this company and it sucks because I want to try this phone and give them a chance but it is frustrating so far. I know its early in the game for the T-Mobile variant but damn, its not looking good so far.

dyndragon said:
Good thing you ordered right away because it's now listed as out of stock.
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Only black is available currently, says so on the page.
Mine still has not shipped and I ordered shortly after it went live.

same here
orderd yesterday as soon as I could and it still shows not shipped

Same here.. Ordered yesterday and still no shipping notification. Not sure why the delay when it shows in stock. Anyone spoke to Moto customer care?
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kirdroid said:
Same here.. Ordered yesterday and still no shipping notification. Not sure why the delay when it shows in stock. Anyone spoke to Moto customer care?
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Same here, I called and the guy told me that the order won't show up in his system until Thursday? Wtf does that even mean?

echim4192 said:
Same here, I called and the guy told me that the order won't show up in his system until Thursday? Wtf does that even mean?
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In other threads that don't have to do with the t-mobile version, people have reported the phone showing up even before the motorola order status page was updated. So....anyway, take that with some heavy salt.

dyndragon said:
In other threads that don't have to do with the t-mobile version, people have reported the phone showing up even before the motorola order status page was updated. So....anyway, take that with some heavy salt.
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Hopefully that's true because it sucks to wait for a phone in stock. Does anyone know if signature is needed for delivery?
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Still no shipping confirmation. Its been two days. Wonder what the hold up is?
Iwhen I Google this, articles come up with "t mobile moto x now available, not shipping yet"
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*sold out* cheap Mate 9 on Amazon

All sold out now
I knew it would get discounted, but not this fast or by this much so soon.
USED VERY GOOD @ $425
USED LIKE NEW @ $450
BRAND NEW @ $500
If you really want one you can check back as they get more returns and people cancel orders they will put more back.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01MYRABC3/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

Thanks!

Motherfu........
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Just got my price adjustment from best buy!

acshulk said:
Just got my price adjustment from best buy!
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when did you buy your phone? i got my phone a month ago

Only 6 days ago. There is a 14 day return policy. You are out of the window. Doesn't hurt to call and try to get it done anyway. I called 1-888-best-buy

Wow. I just got mine on Thursday. I emailed Amazon. Hopefully they adjust.

Amazon does not. You'd hafta buy it again and return the old one. I'm certainly thinking about it...
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Guys I had to return my first one because the bottom of the screen was yellowish so beware, these are either like new for a reason or they just didn't like it.

Totally bummed I missed this.

Never mind

400
I saw a amazon third party seller had new mate 9's for 400 + 5 dollar shipping. But I assume they sold out before I pulled the trigger because it's not in my cart anymore.

sd97cl said:
I saw a amazon third party seller had new mate 9's for 400 + 5 dollar shipping. But I assume they sold out before I pulled the trigger because it's not in my cart anymore.
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I think they were a shady seller. It said to email them before purchasing in their description. I was almost tempted until I saw that.

I tried hard for the past few months not to purchase this phone. Yesterday I failed I made an impulse buy off swappa!

954wrecker said:
I tried hard for the past few months not to purchase this phone. Yesterday I failed I made an impulse buy off swappa!
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You won't regret it. I just came back from vacation. I only had my mate 9 and I didn't need to touch a PC once because I could do everything on it. Fantastic device.
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CptAwesomeTT said:
You won't regret it. I just came back from vacation. I only had my mate 9 and I didn't need to touch a PC once because I could do everything on it. Fantastic device.
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It's going to be pretty hard to knock off my OnePlus 3t. I have it pretty dialed in and it's the fastest most energy efficient phone I've had by far. Same setup on my Nexus 6P and Note 5 have always got me an average SOT of 6-8. I thought that was really good...OnePlus averages 12 and Ive never seen it average under 10. I have hit 14 before a few times over a few loonngg boring 3 day weekends.

No mate 9 for me. My gut was right. The guy was a scam and swappa was extremely unhelpful. Took them forever to shut the guy down no matter how much evidence they had he was a scammer! Anyone know anyone who wants to do a story about how shady swappa is? I have so many screenshots and messages and saved web pages before they erased my messages. First and last time using swappa for sure

954wrecker said:
No mate 9 for me. My gut was right. The guy was a scam and swappa was extremely unhelpful. Took them forever to shut the guy down no matter how much evidence they had he was a scammer! Anyone know anyone who wants to do a story about how shady swappa is? I have so many screenshots and messages and saved web pages before they erased my messages. First and last time using swappa for sure
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I've had nothing but great experiences on Swappa. Care to elaborate more? I mostly sell but I'm now extremely curious about your buying experience.

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I've had nothing but great experiences on Swappa. Care to elaborate more? I mostly sell but I'm now extremely curious about your buying experience.
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So the wrong phone arrived today it's the white one not the black one I ordered. Swappa wasted my time to verify everything with the numbers I provided. The help they gave me at the end was exactly the same as earlier. Contact PayPal! Thank you swappa what a great business. It shows me they are amateur and have no power to help anyone at all in any way other than tell people to contact PayPal. The last thing I want is a white phone OR to try and deal with PayPal again after the last 3 days of dealing with this.

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So the wrong phone arrived today it's the white one not the black one I ordered. Swappa wasted my time to verify everything with the numbers I provided. The help they gave me at the end was exactly the same as earlier. Contact PayPal! Thank you swappa what a great business. It shows me they are amateur and have no power to help anyone at all in any way other than tell people to contact PayPal. The last thing I want is a white phone OR to try and deal with PayPal again after the last 3 days of dealing with this.
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That's extremely crappy. Swappa made a HUGE deal about me refunding the buyer of my old Note 7 despite the fact that he could have just swapped it out or tried to get a refund himself. They really need to get their act together and treat all cases the same. They should be the ones trying to make the seller do the right thing here...

Motocare

I am on the cusp of ordering the G5 plus 64. I went to the Moto site and got it in my cart and went to check out. There I noticed I was given no option for Motocare. I stopped and posted about it on their forum. It is my opinion that if you do NOT offer a warranty, you have no faith in your product (so why should I).
Anyone else been down this road already? Any news? Thanks.
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I never buy this type of thing, although i have not looked into motocare. Something to consider, is that the phone is just a week old or so, and they will likely have something out there shortly. There are other 3rd party places that offer insurance if you need it immediately. Many times, you can get coverage from your Renters/homeowners policy too.

Karlinski said:
I never buy this type of thing, although i have not looked into motocare. Something to consider, is that the phone is just a week old or so, and they will likely have something out there shortly. There are other 3rd party places that offer insurance if you need it immediately. Many times, you can get coverage from your Renters/homeowners policy too.
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Thank you for your response. I hadn't really thought of that.
I think at this point I will hold off a little longer. It is nice to be reminded of the other options that I have , again they hadn't occurred to me. Still their lack of insurance creates the idea that they have no faith in their product. When I had a moto G3, I had bought two... One for me one for my wife. One of the two died in the first month. This happens with all Electronics , but I can't help being wary.
Thanks again for your quick response. Definitely gave me some other options.
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Best place for new battery

Well seems my battery is @67% health and was wondering as so many of you have probably changed the battery where is best to get it from and rough cost.
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Newegg has one with decent reviews and price. I can't post links, however i think the seller is CellMart or CellSmart something along those lines. Its $24.00 + shipping. Ill be getting one soon also as i have about 25% of actual use out if my battery
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Thanks for replying but unfortunately they don't ship to UK, I should of mentioned it before.
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eBay for $9.99.

zetret said:
eBay for $9.99.
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Found one for £12.99 and it's arrived but they sent wrong dam battery,
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This what was sent

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This what was sent
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That's wrong. I got this and it works well - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Li-ion-Int...oogle-Nexus-6P-H1511-H1512-Tools/252482757101
BUT, there are several like this.

Sapphiress said:
Newegg has one with decent reviews and price. I can't post links, however i think the seller is CellMart or CellSmart something along those lines. Its $24.00 + shipping. Ill be getting one soon also as i have about 25% of actual use out if my battery
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The battery I bought off ebay for 16 USD turned out alright so far. Manufactured in Oct. 2017. The person had sold 3,000 of them and had good reviews. The Same battery is now going for $115 3 days later lol.

Hey guys, i have the random reboot problem but only sometimes. Accubattery is showing 99% battery health but it still shuts down some days specially whenever i'm outside. I'm in Canada and well everything freezes here so i don't blame the device lol
There are not oem batteries in the market (not that i could find anyways). Could someone recommend a good battery that i can order online?? Also accubattery shows good health but it still shuts down so i'm debating as to what to do next.

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Hey guys, i have the random reboot problem but only sometimes. Accubattery is showing 99% battery health but it still shuts down some days specially whenever i'm outside. I'm in Canada and well everything freezes here so i don't blame the device lol
There are not oem batteries in the market (not that i could find anyways). Could someone recommend a good battery that i can order online?? Also accubattery shows good health but it still shuts down so i'm debating as to what to do next.
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Seeing as how you are in Canada, I would go with this: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Original-OE...%3Afa5fb3d61600aa13ae677e61ffff1135%7Ciid%3A1
It comes from Winnipeg so shipping should be quick. You can also order it with an extra camera glass. Someone recently asked about that very same battery on reddit and there were no complaints about it. It's supposed to be good. I'm in Sask and planning to order one of these soon.

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Seeing as how you are in Canada, I would go with this: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Original-OE...%3Afa5fb3d61600aa13ae677e61ffff1135%7Ciid%3A1
It comes from Winnipeg so shipping should be quick. You can also order it with an extra camera glass. Someone recently asked about that very same battery on reddit and there were no complaints about it. It's supposed to be good. I'm in Sask and planning to order one of these soon.
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Thanks. I might get this or get it fixed when i go to Edmonton from a kiosk at the mall.
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Seeing as how you are in Canada, I would go with this: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Original-OE...%3Afa5fb3d61600aa13ae677e61ffff1135%7Ciid%3A1
It comes from Winnipeg so shipping should be quick. You can also order it with an extra camera glass. Someone recently asked about that very same battery on reddit and there were no complaints about it. It's supposed to be good. I'm in Sask and planning to order one of these soon.
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Thanks, i might get this or get one from the mall when i go to Edmonton.

Got another one from eBay, came next day with manufacturing date of 19th may 2017.
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