730/735 availability in China / HK?

[Marc_SP]

Hello everyone.

After the official introduction of the Lumia 730 I decided that it was the right phone for me. However, I have been waiting, and waiting, and it is still not available to purchase (or even mentioned on the Nokia/MS website) here where I live (China). Does anyone have any clue about when will it be released over here (or Hong Kong)? I even called MS and they said "We have no information at this moment".

It is quite weird, as the 830 has been available for more than one month (so long, in fact, that it already got its first price drop from the launch price). Even the very new 535 already shows up on the official chinese website as "coming soon", but not the 73x.

 

[Aleksi]

I live and work as an expat in Shanghai. I've also been waiting for 735/730 to be released here, but it's starting to look like China is going to skip this one. Currently one can buy the "non-China model" from taobao, but it's not really a serious option to consider. Shame, it has great value for the price ! I just got one for my mum back at home and I must admit that I prefer it over the more expensive 830. Also in China the lack of 4G windows phones is frustrating. Only 638 and 637 with 4G :angry:.