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Expansys USA confirms Octa.

As per title.... I asked Expansys USA to confirm which variant they would be selling and the office manager (Caroline Philipchuck) checked with their procurement and confirmed that the units are sourced from South America and are the Octa without LTE. Again, without LTE despite what it says on their website.

Release date?

I don't have LTE in my area and wont for years so I preordered this hoping it would be the Octa as stated. This morning I got an email saying they were shipping next week and to confirm my order for immedieate shipment. Thats when I contacted them to confirm which variant. Whether it actually ships then, got no idea.

I've just ordered mine after they confirmed (by chat) it has Exynos 5 Octa.
I'm from Europe and they use FR office to serve european customers, They will receive it in USA office next week so i think it will be shipped between 5/10 days.

I'm from the UK so will I be able to purchase it from the US site? And will it charge me import fee?
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well negrielectronics also has the Exysnos 5 octa on preorder but it will cost you around 1000$.
http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-i9500-galaxy-s-iv-16-gb-lta-unlocked-black-mist.html

NewEgg get's most of their devices from Trinidad so they'll be Octa/HSPA too.

CQ7 said:
I've just ordered mine after they confirmed (by chat) it has Exynos 5 Octa.
I'm from Europe and they use FR office to serve european customers, They will receive it in USA office next week so i think it will be shipped between 5/10 days.
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The current status says due May 4th

Here's a helpful hint about Expansys. Their online inventory isn't real time and fluctuates madly as do the availability and shipment dates. They only work business hours Monday through Friday and aren't particularly responsive to e-mails depending on the time of day they are received. I've ordered a bunch of stuff from them and they've always been reliable (dates and time aside) and easy to work with as I had a couple of returns/exchanges. So save yourself a lot of head banging based on expected delivery; you'll get what you ordered but it's not always going to be on the timetable indicated.

Agree with Barry on them and have ordered there numberous times myself. Best to ignore their online status for anything and simply call or email. Once contact has been made they have always followed through for me. At first I thought they were kind of sketchy but they have an odd knack for pulling through despite the somewhat irregular service.

$775 though.....yeesh.

barondebxl said:
well negrielectronics also has the Exysnos 5 octa on preorder but it will cost you around 1000$.
http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-i9500-galaxy-s-iv-16-gb-lta-unlocked-black-mist.html
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The one yuo linked to is the LTA version..
Not sure what LTA is...
But the regular non-LTA, non-LTE Exynos version is priced a quite bit cheaper ~$800
http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-i9500-galaxy-s-iv-16-gb-unlocked-black-mist.html

jeffs99 said:
The one yuo linked to is the LTA version..
Not sure what LTA is...
But the regular non-LTA, non-LTE Exynos version is priced a quite bit cheaper ~$800
http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-i9500-galaxy-s-iv-16-gb-unlocked-black-mist.html
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Not sure what LTA stands for, maybe LTE but in a different language? lol.

I dont know why people must have the octa version. The differences in performance is not that big. And neither is the battery. Games peforms better in snapdragon chispet and In daily use of both two phones, you wont see the difference at all. What important is the LTE and dev support. Believe me, i have a s3, the dev there pull their hair off when they try to develop roms for the s3.
And trust me, you dont want to have the octa chipset, in view of dev support. All the experienced exynos developers will not support the chipset anymore. It take 2 week to develop a good aosp rom for sony experia z and it take 16! month to develop the same thing for samsung s3, and it still buggy.
So why would you still buy the exynos chipset phone?
Sorry for my bad english btw

Dont care about the performance as phones have reached a level of performance that fully satisfies me, I'm in it for the batt life. No insult to the gents working on ASOP for whom I have nothing but props but I prefer touchwiz based roms for the time being meaning support isn't a concern for me. Nor do I care about LTE since my area isn't even on my carriers road map yet. I get a new phone at the most annually but ususally sooner so I'm going to try out the Octa and see how it goes. If the better battery plays out great, if not the next thing is always coming and the Octa becomes one more phone in a long succession phones that have gone on to their next owner. The long and the short of it is I lose nothing by giving the Octa a spin so I'm going to do just that.

definitely will not buy from Negr* anymore. Recall my painful exp last yr with S3

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definitely will not buy from Negr* anymore. Recall my painful exp last yr with S3
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Thanks for noting the bad service from Negri it was one I had considered.
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BarryH_GEG said:
Here's a helpful hint about Expansys. Their online inventory isn't real time and fluctuates madly as do the availability and shipment dates. They only work business hours Monday through Friday and aren't particularly responsive to e-mails depending on the time of day they are received. I've ordered a bunch of stuff from them and they've always been reliable (dates and time aside) and easy to work with as I had a couple of returns/exchanges. So save yourself a lot of head banging based on expected delivery; you'll get what you ordered but it's not always going to be on the timetable indicated.
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So basically if I was to order from Expansys USA it may take awhile to get my order but they don't rip anyone off? I don't mind waiting as there already is Exynos shortage, I just don't want to be out $775. Thank you for posting your experience with them.

mw86 said:
Thanks for noting the bad service from Negri it was one I had considered.
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So basically if I was to order from Expansys USA it may take awhile to get my order but they don't rip anyone off? I don't mind waiting as there already is Exynos shortage, I just don't want to be out $775. Thank you for posting your experience with them.
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It's a legit website. You don't have to worry about getting ripped off. Pay with a credit card. OR pay through PayPal route that through a credit card.
Cheers

mw86 said:
So basically if I was to order from Expansys USA it may take awhile to get my order but they don't rip anyone off? I don't mind waiting as there already is Exynos shortage, I just don't want to be out $775. Thank you for posting your experience with them.
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They are absolutely fine, before and after the sale. When new devices come out their slammed because they can show availability when they don't have any and people get frustrated with the delay(s). I've never heard anyone complain that they didn't get what they ordered (at some point) or that they in any way felt ripped-off. I'd suggest calling rather than e-mailing though if you need them because at times they can be slow to respond. Like I said before I've had to do some returns and exchanges and they were really accommodating.

Nephilim-Giant said:
It's a legit website. You don't have to worry about getting ripped off. Pay with a credit card. OR pay through PayPal route that through a credit card.
Cheers
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Until they change the price, try to send you something else, say a release date before anyone else on the planet and then when unsurprisingly the stock doesn't arrive in time tell lies. Search Negri on the sgs3 forum if you want to read a story about how to make certain a whole bunch of people will never order from then again.

International Exynos I9500 for $699 Shipped. Get yours now!

Wanted to share this deal for you guys, I purchased a GS3 international from these guys before and everything was peachy.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Samsung...407?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51ac15dad7
Get them while they last!

Dan37tz said:
Wanted to share this deal for you guys, I purchased a GS3 international from these guys before and everything was peachy.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Samsung...407?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51ac15dad7
Get them while they last!
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Holy Batman!

No warranty no buy!
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Shipping: $99.95 FedEx International Priority
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Ehhhh. No sorry that's a bit much. Still amounts to 615€ which is overpriced.
I think I'll have to wait to get this device at reasonable price... (Still tempting)

Ahh yes, unfortunately not that good of a deal if you live outside of the US since the shipping is only FREE if you live here.
Still $150 cheaper than Negri Electronics, the only other place that is shipping them now....

AndreiLux said:
Ehhhh. No sorry that's a bit much. Still amounts to 615€ which is overpriced.
I think I'll have to wait to get this device at reasonable price... (Still tempting)
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This is how they make money by boosting the shipping cost. I live in China I know how much they pay the phone and I know how much it cost to ship a phone. I shipped a guitar for 40$ in Montreal from Shanghai so 99$ for a phone makes no sense.

They are local to me. I wonder how much if i picked it up and pay cash.
Will I get LTE on AT&T with this one?

Isnt it best to wait for a Korean version? Dont they support both lte and octa core?
I ordered a Korean phone before and it worked fine in the uk
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If the Korean Version did have octacore and support LTE it would be worth waiting for, as long as it wasn't 3-4 months down the line anyway.

Sarcron said:
If the Korean Version did have octacore and support LTE it would be worth waiting for, as long as it wasn't 3-4 months down the line anyway.
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Thats what ive heard... Im going korea in june so maybe i can pick one up

ive bit the bullet and ordered the international one, will send my lte one back when it arrives..
@AndreiLux Hope you get the device soon and start making your legendary kernels

I contact him to buy to Puerto Rico but not answer me

Has anyone actually received yet?
I ordered but havnt had any confirmation and i notice he hasn't had any feedback on the s4 either
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Guitarfreak26 said:
Has anyone actually received yet?
I ordered but havnt had any confirmation and i notice he hasn't had any feedback on the s4 either
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I was tempted to order one myself but wanted confirmation that it was the I9500 and not the Snapdragon 600 I9505. So I sent him a message early this morning. As yet - no reply !!!
This doesn't inspire confidence in buying from him even though he has a very good seller rating. Also, as you say I can only see 1 positive feedback from someone who has purchased an S4 - yet he has sold over 1000.
I was prepared to order this morning but not now. Especially after reading your message and not getting a reply to my earlier question, I'm not sure what to do.
I hope you get yours and at least you're covered by eBays Buyer Protection should anything go wrong !!! Keep us posted.

He replied to a message I sent on saturday today. All I can think is that he has so many messages he can't get through them all
I'm hoping it comes tomorrow if he holds up to his one buisness day claim

Guitarfreak26 said:
He replied to a message I sent on saturday today. All I can think is that he has so many messages he can't get through them all
I'm hoping it comes tomorrow if he holds up to his one buisness day claim
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Thanks for the update.
I contacted someone who had left positive feedback for purchasing an S4. I asked whether it was a genuine Octa I9500, you never know with alot of online retailers simply copy/pasting specs, and he confirmed that it was.
He also mentioned that the packaging was in spanish/portugese or something so looks like these might have been destined for South America maybe.

I got this reply..
Dear Buyer,
Thank you for your order. We will email you the tracking details to your order once it is processed and shipped. We are working hard to get your order processed. Thank you for your understanding in this matter. Once your order is shipped you can follow the progress of your package online
PS- please note that SAT & SUN are not business day or shipping days
Thank you
Looks like there getting overwhelmed with orders, meh

Guitarfreak26 said:
I got this reply..
Dear Buyer,
Thank you for your order. We will email you the tracking details to your order once it is processed and shipped. We are working hard to get your order processed. Thank you for your understanding in this matter. Once your order is shipped you can follow the progress of your package online
PS- please note that SAT & SUN are not business day or shipping days
Thank you
Looks like there getting overwhelmed with orders, meh
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Well, that sucks because you are paying $99 shipping for FedEx International Priority so even if they are really busy - they owe it to you to ship your order out in a timely fashion.
I have just placed my order - it's working out about the same as buying the Snapdragon 600 version here in the UK, as long you don't get it hit by Customs that is !!! Hopefully, I get by the weekend at the latest otherwise I won't be a happy bunny

Yeah i agree, still no notification of shipping!

For what it matters, I did in the end buy from this guy. It arrived today. It's a latin america destined 9500 with the Octa as advertised. The thing left the manufacturing line only about a week ago. No problems in terms of tracking or shipping (Intl is FedEx, inside of the FedEx box it was wrapped in a UPS wrapper). Btw: European users: it comes with a US-power adapter, so probably you should order a Note 2 charger to go with it (works flawlessly).
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I ordered it Friday and it arrived yesterday (from across the globe!) but it missed the daily courier truck so I got it only today.
In the end it was worth it because my country apparently doesn't give a crap about adding VAT to inbound packets and didn't ask me to pay nothing in addition, so I actually paid no taxes at all on it, i.e. 537€. (Plus shipping)

Onda V919 Dual Boot .. who has it in stock ? Please Read ...

I have started this thread so people can post / reply to this thread when they find the Onda V919 Dual Boot in stock and ready to ship.
It looks like Chinese sellers are telling lies saying they have stock when they do not so you place an order with them.
I have spoken to Anna Fang from OKQI on Aliexpress today ( 19th Jan 2015 ) and she says no stock before 28th Jan 2015 but even then she is not sure stock will arrive.
If anyone finds a seller with this in stock ready to ship please post on this thread .. thank you

I just ordered directly from Onda... The dual boot 64gb version cost $252 including shipping and tax.
It did not state that it was a pre-order but it did not say when it would ship either. I paid via PayPal so hopefully I will have some protection.
Will keep you posted....

Hello,
I have ordered first on January 14th directly at Onda online shop, they couldn't provide a tracking number until Jan 22th so I claimed shipping via PayPal protection message.
I told them I don't want my money back(no refund), but I want my device shipped asap.
Directly after I have opened the PayPal dispute I received a message via mail directly from Onda, that my order is completed. And somehow in their web shop system there appeared a magical "refund"...
As answer to my PayPal dispute they told me they will provide tracking number in 2-3 days and that I should close the PayPal dispute.
I told them I will close the PayPal dispute as soon as I have received the tracking number.
A few hours after that Onda closed the dispute by themselves by giving me my money back, although I told them I do not want a refund/money back.
Now I placed a new order ... This throws me back in the waiting line, but with PayPal protection there should be no risk..... Let's wait and see, I have re-ordered on January 22th but didn't receive a tracking number for my second order yet.
Has anyone had more success?

http://www.onda-tablet.com/news/onda-v919-3g-air-dual-boot-tablet-dispatch-notice/

http://www.onda-tablet.com/news/onda-v919-3g-air-dual-boot-tablet-dispatch-notice/
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Yes I already have seen this as his statement from Jan 16 is not really new, but cannot really believe what Onda writes there, as my order is still waiting to be processed and if you read the French text comment there I don't seem to be the only one...

I contacted a guy in FB with similar problems:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSNBSQmyYiE
Seems like TinyDeal has them, or at least had them
Also another video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCr69cnkDjg so maybe they at last are in stock

Thanks guys.
Lets hope some get in stock soon.

I received this from Onda today.....
Onda V919 3G Air Dual Boot Tablet is pre-order,we will send your package according your order number in 3 business days.
We will send a screen protector as a gift for you.
Have a nice day.
Micheal
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rg1003 said:
I received this from Onda today.....
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I just got my V919 dual boot today, there is a delay on the 64GB models, but the 32gb is now shipping from geekbuying.com where I brought mine. I had to cancel my Aliexpress order due to these stupid delays.

Hendrickson said:
I just got my V919 dual boot today, there is a delay on the 64GB models, but the 32gb is now shipping from geekbuying.com where I brought mine. I had to cancel my Aliexpress order due to these stupid delays.
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Hooray, will be waiting for review, hope it comes this week Most important how battery compares to teclast

@Hendrickson,
Great news.
Will be keeping an eye on this thread and your other thread

Anyone received a tracking number from Onda-tablet.com during the last few days?
Have they finally started shipping?

MrIngenieur said:
Anyone received a tracking number from Onda-tablet.com during the last few days?
Have they finally started shipping?
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If it's a 32gb model they should have shipped. 64GB have another week or so to go (delayed yet again)

Just received shipment notification for my Onda v919 dual boot 64GB
At the moment it is just the pre shipping information, as dhl has not scanned the package yet... We will see...
Tracking Consuming:247.09796905518 Millisecond
2015-01-31 , Shipment information received, SHENZHEN - CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC
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Onda-tablet.com delivery and transparency problems
MrIngenieur said:
Just received shipment notification for my Onda v919 dual boot 64GB
At the moment it is just the pre shipping information, as dhl has not scanned the package yet... We will see...
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Just sent Onda-Tablet.com another complaint:
You are slowly getting bad press about your stock availability and delivery transparency!
Just look at these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/onda-v919-air-3g-dual-boot-9-7-t3015933
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/onda-v919-dual-boot-stock-please-read-t3006855
Can't you just be honest to ALL your customers and tell them that you don't have it in stock by now, but that there is a preorder with estimated delivery date!?
It is frustrating if you tell all the possible customers on your website that you have stock and ready to send in 3-5 days, then people are ordering by PayPal and as soon as they see that Onda-tablet seems to be lying they claim their money back! People are not dumb!
This is not good for you and not good for your customers! Just be honest and transparent about stock availability and delivery times!
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Onda V919 Dual OS Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuTQN9hdrds

MrIngenieur said:
Just sent Onda-Tablet.com another complaint:
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Response From onda-tablet.com:
Thank you for your mail.
Our Onda V919 3G AIr Dual boot Tablet is pre-order,we will send your package according your order number in 1-2 weeks.
We are Onda Tablet online store,we will not cheat you for one tablet.All our package come with tracking number.
Any question please tell us.
Micheal
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ZTE V5 Pro on sale on the 24th

Offer has ended!
For those looking for firmware update, look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63371647&postcount=394
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The ZTE V5 Pro will be sold for 159.99$ on the 24th on Aliexpress. Only 2000 units will have this price, so keep on eye open on Thursday. Direct link to shop: Mod Edit by @Darth : Online store link removed.
Source (contains affiliate link): Mod Edit by @Darth : Online store link removed.

I'm interested in this phone. It's too bad there are absolutely no reviews of it on youtube or anywhere else. The camera software you see for only a second in one of the product showcase videos looks pretty awesome (it looks like the Lumia camera software) but I'd like to know how the pictures actually turn out.

Yes, not a lot of reviews, but for this price it deserves a little risk. It is still a ZTE Phone, not a no-name Chinese brand (yes, I know ZTE is Chinese).

Today I bought this phone. For 3-4 weeks I will show you my review on YT.

Great device, i want buy it.

Both me and my gf have bought one today (she made an AliExpress account just for this), love it already. Think this will be better than the Xiaomi RedMi Note 2 that I was waiting for. The price is definitely better. The build looks nicer too, and it supports MicroSD.
The only review I could find of this device is here - http://www.chinasmartphonereview.com/zte-v5-pro-n939st-fingerprint-id/
They ran out of the discounted stock now. So that's 2000 units in less than 12 hours!

Me too. Bought one. Hope we can get a CWM and a few custom english roms. For the price = great spec!
I got the last unit! 235AUD. It said 0001 left and I got it - 1hour ago.

Regarding this phone, please share with us the situation on dual-sim... From what i read there is DUAL 4G ACTIVE on both sim at same time...so i can have both sim on 4G at the same time and we can use OR 1 sim -4G and second sim -2G?
thanks!

For those that missed the deal on Aliexpress, Gearbest just posted the same offer (1000 units only): http://www.geekbuying.com/item/ZTE-...re-Fingerprint-ID-13-0MP---Silver-353108.html

rooting, TWRP, flashing your ZTE V5 Pro/N939ST/Mighty 3
So I hope you have managed to read the first 9 posts in this thread to be able to read this one!
If you haven't then you are hopeless and probably the best thing you can do is to post a "How can I root/TWRP this phone?" question in this thread and somebody might give you justice...
Rooting & TWRP guide for ZTE V5 Pro/N939ST/Mighty 3:
Please read my post
How to install CyanogenMod on ZTE V5 Pro/N939ST/Mighty 3:
Please read my post
How to install original ZTE 5.1 [CNUnicom 1.34] ROM ROOTED with TWRP, GApps nano, MultiLang & all Chinese stuff removed:
Please read my post
How to make your Chinese/English ROM MultiLingual:
Please read supercowz' post
How to use two SIM cards plus an SD card on ZTE V5 Pro/N939ST/Mighty 3:
Please read supercowz' post
The original ZTE ROMs are on ZTE's website:
pictures & specs
downloads for ZTE V5 Pro/N939ST/Mighty 3 (please choose N939st)
download link for ZTE V5 Pro/N939ST/Mighty 3 CNUnicom 1.34 ROM
You can download them either by registering on baidu directly or follow this guide:
Please read badermq's post
Please note that all the usual crap applies: you will void your warranty/I am not responsible for your stupidity/you can seriously f**k up your phone kind of crap!
I don't share any links to ET Star (the seller on Aliexpress) ROMs as I consider them crap with full of bloatware and such unsecure. You might have a different view but I am not interested so please do NOT reply to this post regarding this, although I am cool if you're happy with the ROM.

yourmate said:
I would keep it myself if I could change to a custom ROM (preferably cyanogenmod). As probably this never gonna be a mainstream device with many developers owning one I am probably out of luck - I don't even have a custom ROM for my HTC E8...
I noticed however that it has Snapdragon on board.
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Never say never, it already has Chinese TWRP recovery and CM build (alpha).
The three ZTE V5 Pros I managed to order yesterday have been now been shipped so lets see how long it takes them to get to UK.
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kingoddball said:
Me too. Bought one. Hope we can get a CWM and a few custom english roms. For the price = great spec!
I got the last unit! 235AUD. It said 0001 left and I got it - 1hour ago.
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Nice one, it was saying 0001 for a while. I was even considering ordering a 4th one lol

geko95gek said:
Never say never, it already has Chinese TWRP recovery and CM build (alpha).
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If you say so Link?
geko95gek said:
The three ZTE V5 Pros I managed to order yesterday have been now been shipped so lets see how long it takes them to get to UK.
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I got the email this morning from AE although I have not received a tracking number yet still I expecting it midweek.
I was thinking to buy some more but wasn't sure about the build quality. Pictures were fine but I wanted to see it in flesh.
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Nice one, it was saying 0001 for a while. I was even considering ordering a 4th one lol
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Probably they sold more than a 1,000 as they had no problem - the money was coming in and they probably just needed to walk across the street to the manufacturing plant to order some more for today

Put a order in for mine last night and got shipped today suppose to be with me in 3-5 days , looking at the specs and build quality it seems like a great phone for the price, would be great like mentioned above if custom roms would become available but who knows

be careful - I got charged full price ($232) not the 30% discount. Cancelled order...
Back on the ZTE train, baby!
Found another seller with discounted ZTE V5 PRO if anyone missed it.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orig...est=201556_3,201527_4_71_72_73_74_75,201409_3

Bought one too.
After the payment was made, I've started to regret my decision. First, I've sent the seller a message regarding the delivery details. Got no real reply, just two spam ones , with a "one of a kind offer" for "a special customer like me".
I've decided to patiently wait for the seller to reply to my message, but, to my surprise, this morning I've got a notification from aliexpress leting me know that the parcel has been shiped. After about 24h still no answer from the seller.
I've tried the tracking number on DHL(I've paid extra 5$ for it) and on 17track, with no succes.
After some searches in the feedback of the seller, and some searches on google. I've found out about the awfull Eternal Team.
Although the seller that I've bought from the phone is ETStar, I do belive that is the same with Eternal Team.
Let's hope that we won't be in the same situation as these guys were.
L.E: the tracking number seems to work on 4px, at least it's showing the destination country.

Got mine from ETStar seller but just received a strange message asking for shipping information , i have ordered lots of products before from aliexpress :/
Dear friend
Sorry to tell you that DHL inform us that from recipient information they can't find your address.
please provide the correct country name, city name, zip code, so that they can transfer the parcel for you
That's why there is no tracking information .
Pls check via this link, and provide us the address again
Pls leave your address in such format(write in English)
Name:
Address:
City
State/Province:
Country:
Zip Code:
Phone:
Regards
Luna-etstar

I guess, for now, we just have to wait and see what happens. At the moment i feel kinda disappointed and cheated.

I ordered one too
Cm12.1
http://www.tdbeta.cn/thread-264234-1-1.html
https://github.com/Silentlys/android_device_zte_N939St

Hmm..
I guess we all wait.
When I cancelled my first one (the discount where I was charged full price $232USD) I was refunded in full within 6 hours.
I have had no issues at all with aliexpress, they actually have really good customer protection.
I bought an arcade board (PANDORA 3 or something) and seller gave poor info (needed CGA, send VGA) and they refunded in full in a few hours.
Worst case for us is we get a refund hahaha
Awesome specs on this phone for the price!
Lets hope for a full english UI and nice hackabilty!
Edit: That link is great! Thanks! CM already!!

supercowz said:
I ordered one too
Cm12.1
http://www.tdbeta.cn/thread-264234-1-1.html
https://github.com/Silentlys/android_device_zte_N939St
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is that official?

Uk shipping date?

Anyone know when they'll be shipping the ones that have been preordered in the UK?
A couple of websites are saying 25th of may but Asus themselves are just saying they're waiting for stock from the manufacturer and won't give us a date.

twistedvegan said:
Anyone know when they'll be shipping the ones that have been preordered in the UK?
A couple of websites are saying 25th of may but Asus themselves are just saying they're waiting for stock from the manufacturer and won't give us a date.
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If I try to pre-order the Zen 6 from Asus's website it says it'll ship the week of 9th July. UK btw.

Just chatted to Asus customer support. Date of 9 july isn't right - they will know today when stock is arriving and will be updating shipping date at some point today, with preorders also updating and going out as soon as stock arrives.

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If I try to pre-order the Zen 6 from Asus's website it says it'll ship the week of 9th July. UK btw.
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If you look at the booking steps carefullu, it says 9th July 2018 (not 2019). So it is confusing.
Pre-order starts today.
Link here
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If I try to pre-order the Zen 6 from Asus's website it says it'll ship the week of 9th July. UK btw.
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One of the step in Pre-Order form says that shippig starts from 09th July 2018 (not 2019). Confusing.
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Pre-order starts today.
Link here
One of the step in Pre-Order form says that shippig starts from 09th July 2018 (not 2019). Confusing.
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Pre-order starts today.
Link here
One of the step in Pre-Order form says that shippig starts from 09th July 2018 (not 2019). Confusing.

hello
as you can see here in post 1 , i have it since yesterday ( sended from Asus Netherlands )
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-6-2019/how-to/zs630kl-firmware-t3932221
regards

smohanv said:
If you look at the booking steps carefullu, it says 9th July 2018 (not 2019). So it is confusing.
Good spot, I've checked back several times and didn't once notice that, but you are right.
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yakapa40 said:
hello
as you can see here in post 1 , i have it since yesterday ( sended from Asus Netherlands )
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-6-2019/how-to/zs630kl-firmware-t3932221
regards
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When you ordered your phone do you know what the shipping date was written as in the checkout? Asus support in the UK said it'd be updated today but it hasn't been yet, curious if yours was different.
Also, how long was it between your order and delivery?

@TheCookieButter
same for Asus Fr
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TheCookieButter said:
When you ordered your phone do you know what the shipping date was written as in the checkout? Asus support in the UK said it'd be updated today but it hasn't been yet, curious if yours was different.
Also, how long was it between your order and delivery?
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There's no estimated shipping date on my receipt, and the Asus store is still showing 9 July 2018. Hoping this gets updated early next week.
After a terrible customer service experience with an asus Chromebook I swore I'd never buy an asus product again, but this phone was just too tempting to replace my op3t. I hope I don't regret my weakness ?

jeremyet said:
After a terrible customer service experience with an asus Chromebook I swore I'd never buy an asus product again, but this phone was just too tempting to replace my op3t. I hope I don't regret my weakness
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I need a phone soon-ish but I can't bring myself to pay £500 without an actual date. Shipping date hasn't been updated despite what ASUS support said, so guess I have to wait and see on Tuesday because of bank holiday. At least I'll get to see K20 in time.

Hmmm - now the asus UK page is showing 'Out of Stock' and not allowing any further orders. Looking at my receipt there was no delivery date mentioned. Will wait until tuesday before contacting asus support again...

jeremyet said:
Hmmm - now the asus UK page is showing 'Out of Stock' and not allowing any further orders. Looking at my receipt there was no delivery date mentioned. Will wait until tuesday before contacting asus support again...
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I hope that is wrong or they just put a placeholder stock number in that has run out, especially since support said they were still waiting for 'stock expectancy' from Asus. If you do contact them report back here, please, very interested to know what's going on with stock / delivery dates. Never thought I'd be annoyed by a bank holiday

jeremyet said:
Hmmm - now the asus UK page is showing 'Out of Stock' and not allowing any further orders. Looking at my receipt there was no delivery date mentioned. Will wait until tuesday before contacting asus support again...
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Oh this doesn't look good. I was thinking they were quiet because it's the bank holiday weekend. But it seems they are not absent and actually made changes over the weekend.
I never got a delivery date when I pre-ordered. Still no further emails from them, despite writing to them.

subhani said:
Oh this doesn't look good. I was thinking they were quiet because it's the bank holiday weekend. But it seems they are not absent and actually made changes over the weekend.
I never got a delivery date when I pre-ordered. Still no further emails from them, despite writing to them.
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Like previous reply said, probably just a placeholder stock figure. Hopefully we will get an update after the bank holiday.

I got an email today from asus customer support, still not able to provide a shipping date.

gavinfabl said:
I got an email today from asus customer support, still not able to provide a shipping date.
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Hey Gavin. Are you coming from the P20 Pro too?

subhani said:
Hey Gavin. Are you coming from the P20 Pro too?
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No. Had a stack of phones in between. Currently have a OnePlus 7 Pro, P30 Pro, S10+, Honor 20 Lite and I can borrow my wife's iPhone XR

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No. Had a stack of phones in between. Currently have a OnePlus 7 Pro, P30 Pro, S10+, Honor 20 Lite and I can borrow my wife's iPhone XR
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Looking forward to your camera comparison.

Just got this too

No stock for customers but plenty of units available for 'influencers' to post the same old ****e reviews.
Really poor that they can't even give an ETA but yet take full payment.