Buying phones in Hong Kong

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#81221 9-Apr-2011 16:47

I've got a mate going to hong kong next month, can he get Vodafone Nokia phones cheap up there and will they work back here?

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#457052 9-Apr-2011 18:37

Should be fine. We have been buying phones from HK for years. You just have to remember to change the mms settings and data settings for smartphones.

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#457053 9-Apr-2011 18:40

Change the what settings?
i'm not very good with phones, what should he be looking for?

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#457055 9-Apr-2011 19:00

If neither of you have confidence with phone settings, you'd be better off getting phone in NZ as you'll get the support from Vodafone. Vodafone doesn't support parallel imported or self imported phones.

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#457058 9-Apr-2011 19:09

I completely agree with chiefie but I was talking about

If you plan on getting a smartphone:

* the settings for the phone connecting to the internet ie Vodafone

* mms settings (picture message)

But if you'll just get a cheap nokia or something there shouldn't be any problems and don't need to do this unlesss you really want to send a receive sms with pictures in them (mms)

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#457059 9-Apr-2011 19:14

hmz I never had a problem of editing APN or MMS setting. just insert voda sim and all setting are there. happened to number of the phones I owned.

So that should not be a problem at all.

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#457071 9-Apr-2011 20:16

porche20002: I completely agree with chiefie but I was talking about

If you plan on getting a smartphone:

* the settings for the phone connecting to the internet ie Vodafone

* mms settings (picture message)

But if you'll just get a cheap nokia or something there shouldn't be any problems and don't need to do this unlesss you really want to send a receive sms with pictures in them (mms)

...but if you are only getting a cheap nokia or something then the savongs will probably be next to nothing. better to spend the extra $20 or so, buy the phone in NZ and get all the support and warranty etc

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#457092 9-Apr-2011 21:21

what about a good one? or a blackberry?

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#457093 9-Apr-2011 21:23

Blackberry is out if you want to make good use of blackberry service. Otherwise it's a glorified semi-smartphone.

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#457119 9-Apr-2011 22:50

It works in New Zealand.

For my opinion, you only get a GST free (15% less) smart phone if you buy a smart phone in HK.

I like buying electronic devices in NZ because of the warranty.

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#457159 10-Apr-2011 07:32

Okay so i would not get full use of a blackberry in NZ.
What about a 3G phone?

Is it a good idea or not?

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#457168 10-Apr-2011 09:27

hotban: It works in New Zealand.

For my opinion, you only get a GST free (15% less) smart phone if you buy a smart phone in HK.

I like buying electronic devices in NZ because of the warranty.

Not necessarily. Yes you get the 15% savings but you also get the exchange rate savings!!

for example here the iPhone outright is NZ$ 1,123.00 (Apple NZ) BUT
in Hong Kong it's HK$5,230 which would be 859.588 NZD at the current exchange rate so there is quite a bit of a savings there.

Also I recently bought a Macbook Pro in Hong Kong and saved $800 (if you want to check it was the 15inch entry level) plus the warranty is international.

So i wouldn't agree only the 15% savings.

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#457169 10-Apr-2011 09:27

Maybe you should start by deciding what model phone you want. Low end phones are just as cheap here.

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#457174 10-Apr-2011 09:58

what about say a Nokia E63?

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#457176 10-Apr-2011 10:04

kiwis: what about say a Nokia E63?

Would depend entirely if you could find one in Hong Kong. They're an obsolete phone so it might be hard to find stock, many stores only carry late model phones.

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#457183 10-Apr-2011 10:29

sbiddle:
kiwis: what about say a Nokia E63?

Would depend entirely if you could find one in Hong Kong. They're an obsolete phone so it might be hard to find stock, many stores only carry late model phones.

They're still a current phone in production.

$299 is about what you'll pay in HK from the quick search I done.

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