I don't know if it is just me, but every time I walk into a tech shop, whether that is Harvey Norman, Noel Leeming or Jb-HiFi. But I am always disillusioned with the selection of
handsets that we are offered here in NZ. Sure you have the LG's, the Samsungs, Apple, Huawei, ZTE, Microsoft and Alcatel, but the phones
in my opinion seem mediocre compared to what you get from sites like Aliexpress, BangGood or Gearbest(OK, they are all similar across the stores) and the prices steep.  Looking at Aliexpress for example,
I can find a 4G Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 for $US 164.99 so about $NZ236. And for that you get a full HD display, 2GB RAM, 5.5 inch screen, 16GB storage, 13MP camera
and a Mediatek Helio X10 Octa Core processor. and it's about $100 less than the Smart Ultra 4 which only works on Vodafone or 2degrees. 

Sure the processor is Mediatek, but is that such a bad thing? Anyway, what I am trying to say is, to me some of the phones available here look boring compared to what can be had from overseas. 

Am I the only one who thinks like this? And have you bought from overseas and wondered afterwards why you spent a lot of money here on some phones with less features? Don't get me wrong, there are a few nice phones here, but back to walking into the shops, the phones just don't 'grab me' as in buy me, when they look umm, a bit bland.