This ticks all the boxes for me when it comes to an imported device other than no Band 20 LTE. Gearbest have generally been really great whenever I have had any issues, you can order this device in confidence. Something that really appeals is the fact that although it has a 4100 mAh battery it only weighs 157g.
That is a shame! I have always had really good service from them when I have needed to raise a ticket. Immediate refunds for non delivered items etc. I think you can expect Chinese instructions though, if you are ordering a Chinese device, from China...
mynameisthehulk to sam_of_london
19 Jan 174#41
Gearbest do provide a warranty and I have quite clearly stated the LTE situation in the opening line of the deal. You are a very dull, odd little man.
shadey12
18 Jan 174#5
+1
bendaw
18 Jan 174#3
Personally wouldn't recommend buying tech items from Gearbest from my experience - paid extra for 7-10 days delivery which took 29 days, device came with Chinese instructions, mains plug not suitable for UK mains, and no warranty. Their customer services didn't want to know. Never again
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chimp14uk
18 Jan 172#1
Is this subject to import taxes? And if it is, around how much is it?
mynameisthehulk to chimp14uk
18 Jan 171#2
So in my experience with these devices, if you take the free shipping option you will not get picked up for import taxes. Once I had one sent via expedited shipping and it did get picked up, I paid £19.50.
jameswhilliard to chimp14uk
18 Jan 17#9
I ordered one of these from Gearbest on the 6th of Jan, and only opted to pay around £1.30 insurance with free 10-20 business day postage. It arrived yesterday without any additional charges.
My Xiaomi MiBand 2 was the same (although it took 12 days to arrive).
Personally wouldn't recommend buying tech items from Gearbest from my experience - paid extra for 7-10 days delivery which took 29 days, device came with Chinese instructions, mains plug not suitable for UK mains, and no warranty. Their customer services didn't want to know. Never again
mynameisthehulk to bendaw
18 Jan 177#4
That is a shame! I have always had really good service from them when I have needed to raise a ticket. Immediate refunds for non delivered items etc. I think you can expect Chinese instructions though, if you are ordering a Chinese device, from China...
shadey12
18 Jan 174#5
+1
badboyofrock
18 Jan 173#6
Great price, and never had a problem with Gearbest. Nice find.
raybarclay
18 Jan 17#7
I got a Redmi Note 3 from them last May on the free delivery. No taxes, came in 4 days by courier and was tracked once it entered Europe. Never had problems with them in lots of purchases over the last 2 years. There have been faulty items but GB refunded or re-sent all apart from the phone which developed a camera fault after about 6 months. They do have a warranty. I think its 40 days return then up to 1 year where you pay return costs, which for the phone was expensive (£64 when I checked for tracked) but they did offer me $40 refund which was about enough to get it repaired over here, though its not a difficult fix with the help of YouTube and some simple tools. You do need to watch what ROM they use as it wasn't the official one on mine and it invalidates the warranty to replace with the official one and there are no updates, which is a pain.
higgmeister
18 Jan 17#8
Price now showing as £131.47
mynameisthehulk to higgmeister
18 Jan 17#10
Need to use the code as shown in the title :smiley:
dcx_badass
18 Jan 17#12
If you buy this you will need to flash it. You should do it from any seller but gearbest are of the worst, ship them with buggy malware ridden roms that will never get an update. The official global rom is out now anyway so flash that instead.
mynameisthehulk to dcx_badass
18 Jan 17#13
Never had a bad ROM from Gearbest, Banggood however are a different matter!
badboyofrock
18 Jan 172#14
If the MIUI version number, 8.0.5.0.0 is correct, they are both fake rooms, as the version number should have 4 digits, not 5. Also, it appears to be a Chinese Rom.
Opening post
Display: 5.0 inch, FHD screen, 441PPI
CPU: Snapdragon 625 Octa Core Max 2.0GHz
System: MIUI 8
RAM + ROM: 3GB RAM + 32GB ROM
Camera: 13.0MP rear camera + 5.0MP front camera
Sensor: Gravity Sensor, Gyroscope, Infrared sensors
SIM Card: dual SIM dual standby, Nano SIM / Micro SIM / Micro SD card
Feature: GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Bluetooth: 4.2, Bluetooth HID
Network:
GSM B2/B3/B5/B8
WCDMA B1/B2/B5/B8
TD-SCDMA B34/B39
CDMA2000/1X BC0
FDD-LTE B1/B3/B7
TD-LTE B38/B39/B40/B41(2555-2655MHz)
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My Xiaomi MiBand 2 was the same (although it took 12 days to arrive).