Any good parallel importers? Looking for a Pixel 9a

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#3382731 11-Jun-2025 09:56

Update availability education begins...

Good news for S24 users

- Samsung are releasing Android 15 update today

Better news for Pixel users

- Google are releasing Android 16 update today!

Also, Android 16 is releasing for Pixel worldwide for everyone all the way back to Pixel 6.

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#3383635 13-Jun-2025 13:01

farcus:

mudguard:

I'll ask the stupid question. How sure are you it will work after the 3G shutdown?

all Pixels 6 and up will work after the 3g shutdown

Isn't that contrary to a few threads on here then? Is Google loaded the carrier profiles for NZ?

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#3383814 14-Jun-2025 00:26

mudguard:

Isn't that contrary to a few threads on here then? Is Google loaded the carrier profiles for NZ?

Yes. For Pixels 6 and up.
Nothing earlier

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#3383857 14-Jun-2025 10:56

farcus:

mudguard:

Isn't that contrary to a few threads on here then? Is Google loaded the carrier profiles for NZ?

Yes. For Pixels 6 and up.
Nothing earlier

All three carriers?

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#3383882 14-Jun-2025 14:07

In doing my own reading on the matter of pixel phones and nz carrier profiles.

https://www.spark.co.nz/help/mobile/device-help/device_compatibility_list/
lists the pixel 6 up to pixel 9 (but not the 9a yet - I guess though they most likely haven't updated the list recently rather than the profile not being present on the 9a though).

https://www.2degrees.nz/help/mobile-help/calling-features/phones-compatible-with-volte-and-wifi-calling
lists pixel 6 up to pixel 8. Again though I'd guess they haven't updated the list recently since it seems unlikely to me that google would have removed profiles that they were previously shipping.

https://one.nz/our-networks/volte/#voltecapable
Doesn't list pixel phones. But that may be a case of one.nz not listing phones that they don't sell. Rather than pixel phones not having the right profile?

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#3383931 14-Jun-2025 14:15

nztim:

All three carriers?

I believe so . . . although I think the OneNZ carrier settings still refer to vodafone.

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#3384172 15-Jun-2025 08:13

Thanks everyone, it sounds like the phone will at least work but I will also get 0 support from the seller if anything goes wrong.

I think Im going to take me chances because Im not really a fan of any of the other options.

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#3384274 15-Jun-2025 09:32

KevlarCoated:

Thanks everyone, it sounds like the phone will at least work but I will also get 0 support from the seller if anything goes wrong.

I think Im going to take me chances because Im not really a fan of any of the other options.

I mentioned earlier I went through a similar dilemma two years ago. I'd used LG phones which I really liked. But knew of the pending shutdown. So was left really with Samsung and Oppo.

Remarkably my Samsung Flip has not only been the most expensive phone I've owned, but it's also been fixed twice under warranty. I happen to live fairly close to Samsung's service centre, but I'd be annoyed if I'd tried to import a phone and had the same issue.

Some stuff I don't mind importing, where the risk of failure is low (like some golf gear or bits for my mountain bike) where I'll just the swallow the cost of it breaks. But for a device costing four figures and being used everyday, I wanted local support.

And to be honest, for me, phones have just turned into an appliance. The last couple sat in their box for a couple of weeks before I could be bothered setting them up. A new or replacement device is not a seemless experience compared to Apple.

What do you do if the Pixel doesn't work properly?

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#3384593 16-Jun-2025 07:17

mudguard:

What do you do if the Pixel doesn't work properly?

Probably the usual stages of grief,

Be upset that my shiny new phone broke

Point out to the vendor their obligations under the CGA and report them to the commerce commissions when they tell me to go away

Attempt to do a credit card charge back

Accept defeat and go and buy an iPhone

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