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Thread ID: 136466	2014-03-03 00:12:00	My friend wants to buy a mobile phone from ebay - would you	Digby (677)	PC World Chat

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1369141	2014-03-03 00:12:00	A friend of mine wants to buy a Nokia N8 mobile from ebay from a Hongkong seller. They say the phone is unlocked. What should we watch out for ? Locked Charger Any other fishhooks Its about $217 NZ	Digby (677)
1369142	2014-03-03 00:24:00	I'd watch out for everything considering the phone is unlocked and the seller is not local. Personally I'd say it would be safer to buy a cheap smart phone locally. Much less risk to the buyer if it all goes sideways. It's also a Nokia. As a company they have lost their phone Mojo in a big way recently. Your friend would be better off getting a second hand iPhone or Android - ( chose preferred brand)	Webdevguy (17166)
1369143	2014-03-03 00:50:00	Also, if it breaks, what is their return policy? Do they have a return policy?	Agent_24 (57)
1369144	2014-03-03 05:49:00	I bought my Nexus One from a dealer on eBay - shipping from USA though and he had thousands of good reviews.... In this case I actually agree with Webdevguy (!! :) ) - the N8 is an 'old' phone now. Might be better to encourage your friend to bite the bullet and buy something a newer, from a technology POV...	johcar (6283)
1369145	2014-03-03 17:03:00	Yes I am asking more from the connection side of things rather than the rusk of buying from overseas. She thinks she can save a couple of hundred dollar and has already bought dress from ebay (China) I told her about Nokia being on a downward slide sales wise, but she has had 2 of them before and likes the brand. What does unlocked mean ?	Digby (677)
1369146	2014-03-03 17:32:00	Unlocked means not tied to a specific telco. I believe Skinny and Vodafone lock their cheap (>$70) handsets so they can only be used on their own network. This is a common practice overseas, and not just for cheap phones. But even if it is locked, there are ways to get then unlocked, either by requesting the Telco she's with our by googling the unlock codes	johcar (6283)
1369147	2014-03-03 20:05:00	Yes I am asking more from the connection side of things rather than the rusk of buying from overseas. She thinks she can save a couple of hundred dollar and has already bought dress from ebay (China) I told her about Nokia being on a downward slide sales wise, but she has had 2 of them before and likes the brand. What does unlocked mean ? Unlocked is ok, its when they are jailbroken that the warranty is void. Have you suggested to your friend that she could go into a Noel Leemings or Dick Smith and check out some other decent phones before she drops $200+ on a crappy Nokia?	Webdevguy (17166)
1369148	2014-03-03 20:17:00	Unlocked is ok, its when they are jailbroken that the warranty is void. Have you suggested to your friend that she could go into a Noel Leemings or Dick Smith and check out some other decent phones before she drops $200+ on a crappy Nokia? May be I'll take her in to have a look But why do you say the Nokia is crappy ?	Digby (677)
1369149	2014-03-03 20:30:00	It was released in 2010. Says it all really.	icow (15313)
1369150	2014-03-03 20:41:00	May be I'll take her in to have a look But why do you say the Nokia is crappy ? I say that because they were too stubborn to adapt to the changes that happened to the market after the iPhone got introduced. Nokia's Symbian OS was no match for the iPhone OS or for Android and it still isn't. They were stuck at a cross road and with a stubborn CEO running the company they couldn't decide which way to go. Blackberry had similar issues with their two stubborn CEOs and they are now screwed. To top that all off Nokia are now are stuck with putting a dual Windows/Android package on the phone in an attempt to make it attractive to customers. To make a great phone these days you need to have your UI to gel with your OS which gels with your hardware and the phone eco system. The iPhone has it, Android has theirs. Nokia has some bits. They have some good points about the hardware but not enough for the full package.	Webdevguy (17166)
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