Nokia 1520 for ?400 - what's the catch?

[cathain]

Ebay seller has it for ?368 now! Think I'm going to go for it and just hope I don't have any problems and have to return it to Hong Kong!?

 

[marky9074]

Also, you are supposed to get ?20 free from the store when you register on the Nokia site. However, when I put in my IMEI it bombed out, so assume its because its a HK variant.

 

[HarkAtYou]

I bought one from Amazon for ?400, came the next morning. I am assuming its a HK variant, as during the initial setup the numbers for setting the time and date also had the Asian symbols for numbers Since setting the country I'm in i haven't seen them again, and (I believe), when you register it, it registers it to the country you were in when you did it? There's a message that asks if you would like it to use location services to check your country to register the device.

 

[HarkAtYou]

Ah yes, under info it has listed the manufacturer name as RM937_APAC_HONG_KONG_222

 

[cathain]

I bought one from Amazon for ?400, came the next morning. I am assuming its a HK variant, as during the initial setup the numbers for setting the time and date also had the Asian symbols for numbers Since setting the country I'm in i haven't seen them again, and (I believe), when you register it, it registers it to the country you were in when you did it? There's a message that asks if you would like it to use location services to check your country to register the device.

Yeah got my Hong Kong model today and it was the same

 

[cathain]

Ah yes, under info it has listed the manufacturer name as RM937_APAC_HONG_KONG_222

Where can you see this info?

 

[Evan_ISS]

There are a number now (last time I checked there were x3) of "fulfilled by Amazon" options, has anyone bought from any of these 3 sellers and are they also offering the HK variant?

 

[HarkAtYou]

Where can you see this info?

Settings > Extras+Info > More Info.

It also says Mobile Operator 000-HK.


Just a thought though, if you pay for it with a credit card instead of a debit card, it doesn't matter if they don't honour the warranty, as it'll be covered under the warranty you get through the credit card purchases protection.

 

[Cpt_Streamline]

I've just taken out an O2 refresh deal which means I can pay off the phone in one go, and out of my contract, for ?360. Not bad for this type of phone.