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Cheap phones (Chiva / V6 / ZTC) on EBay?

  • 30-05-2007 10:08pm
    #1
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,196 ✭✭✭✭


    Was looking at the 'Items Ending Now' listings on EBay and came across these phones for very cheap by a seller in Hong Kong.

    Any experience with them? Read through feedback and they seem to be getting good reviews (apart from instruction manual being in Chinese or whatever).

    Sellers store is here and look for the Chiva / V6 / ZTC listings underneath. Seem like grand phones for around EUR45 - EUR50 including shipping.


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  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    They look pretty good but I'd be wary of the build quality but I suppose if the thing only costs €50 and breaks after a year who cares just get a new one :)


  • #3
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,196 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    That's true...

    But at about EUR50 for a quite unique phone (can't say many people will have it), i wouldn't mind if the build quality failed after a year or was lost / stolen - best of luck finding a sim-free phone for anywhere near that price!

    Might give them a shot when my current phone starts to fail.


  • #4
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Yeah they look pretty cool and as you said what are the chances that any one else will have one. When I had my samsung (can't remember the name of it but it looked like the d600) everyone thought it was cool as they hadn't seen one before. then they started selling like hot cakes and that was gone :(. As long as it lasts around a year relatively problem free it would be wprth it. Just after checking the shipping price on one of the phones and it was nearly 30 pound sterling which makes the phone a bit dearer but still relatively cheap.


  • #5
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,196 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    AlmightyCushion wrote:
    Just after checking the shipping price on one of the phones and it was nearly 30 pound sterling which makes the phone a bit dearer but still relatively cheap.
    But the phone is probably 1p or something! :D

    Tis always the way with EBay... you pay nothing for most items (99p) but the shipping will screw ya!


  • #6
    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭drdre


    I wouldnt bother as some chinese quality is REALLY bad.So whats the point in wasting money.


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  • #7
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    basquille wrote:
    But the phone is probably 1p or something! :D

    Tis always the way with EBay... you pay nothing for most items (99p) but the shipping will screw ya!

    I'd say they'd pay you to buy the thing and then charge you a bomb for the shipping if they could :D


  • #8
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    seen a few of them last night they chiva one looks very nice :) one thing i noticed is that they state i-mode enabled

    thought that was some propriatery o2 thing or is it not?


  • #9
    Timmins
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭Timmins


    The PDAphone with the touch screen looks fairly cool, but i'm not gonna spend 100+ euro on one of those "it might be cool.." type products to be honest


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