Samsung Galaxy S20+ G985 8GB/128GB Dual Sim - Cosmic Grey €750.49 (-36% €1,152.99)

peterofthebr · 14-07-2020 10:06pm

I just ordered SAMSUNG GALAXY S20 PLUS 5G DUAL SIM (G9860) 12GB RAM 128GB UNLOCKED - from WONDA MOBILE ..€898.14...

UPDATE:15.07
... Your Parcel has been dispatched from Hong Kong, it will take around 3-4 working days to arrive at our UK warehouse, then will pass to the courier for delivery. Attached tracking no...

Nyum Nyum · 15-07-2020 12:36am

peterofthebr wrote: »

best price always seems to be - https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/mobiles-tablets/mobile-phones/samsung.html

Is there ever any import duty with that place?

Tig98 · 15-07-2020 5:46pm

https://www.phonesonline.ie/samsung-galaxy-s20-plus.html

One of my parents needed a new phone (only for the pure basics of whatsapp) so I picked up this phone for myself and gave her my old one. It was delivered within two days, Im no technie but I really love it. It was an absolute splurge with zero research and i don't know if it was much of a deal at all at that price but ye can decide for yereselves

peterofthebr · 15-07-2020 5:55pm

Tig98 wrote: »

https://www.phonesonline.ie/samsung-galaxy-s20-plus.html

One of my parents needed a new phone (only for the pure basics of whatsapp) so I picked up this phone for myself and gave her my old one. It was delivered within two days, Im no technie but I really love it. It was an absolute splurge with zero research and i don't know if it was much of a deal at all at that price but ye can decide for yereselves

that seems a good enough deal...good find, they must have cut their prices recently

podgeandrodge · 16-07-2020 9:43am

peterofthebr wrote: »

I just ordered SAMSUNG GALAXY S20 PLUS 5G DUAL SIM (G9860) 12GB RAM 128GB UNLOCKED - from WONDA MOBILE ..€898.14...

UPDATE:15.07
... Your Parcel has been dispatched from Hong Kong, it will take around 3-4 working days to arrive at our UK warehouse, then will pass to the courier for delivery. Attached tracking no...

I've used Wonda a few times before, never had any problems.

Barr · 16-07-2020 10:30am

Nyum Nyum wrote: »

Is there ever any import duty with that place?

No , they gaurantee you won't have to pay duty .

clashoftheash1 · 23-07-2020 10:56pm

Pacifico wrote: »

Went for the regular S20 from eglobal...590 including insured shipping. First order with them! Hope it arrives this month anyway...good price even compared to sellers on Adverts.

Is flashing the stock rom a big deal? I assume Samsung Ireland won't entertain any warranty claims if required?!

I'm thinking of getting the S20 myself or the S10, the plus models are too big.

Any update on your order? (I've never ordered from them myself)

Francescoli · 23-07-2020 11:34pm

clashoftheash1 wrote: »

I'm thinking of getting the S20 myself or the S10, the plus models are too big.

Any update on your order? (I've never ordered from them myself)

I placed an order for S20 on the 14th and they came back to me on 17th to say the it was out of stock but should be back and dispatched within 2-3 days .
Still nothing, im not in a hurry but they could say when ordering if something isn't in stock.

Dr hoRse · 29-07-2020 11:37am

Just had samsung s20 delivered, less than 2 weeks after ordering from egloba, great service so far.
It's from samsung malaysia according to the IMEI code
Theres an inlay 'Regional lock guide' which basically says that the phone needs to be unlocked with a sim from the south-east asia region and to use with other regions a 5 minute call needs to be made with a SE-Asia sim and if another region sim card is used the phone may not work.

Anyone with experience of this? - Should I just put my SIM in and go for it?

rizzee · 29-07-2020 11:50am

Dr hoRse wrote: »

Should I just put my SIM in and go for it?

Yes.

Dr hoRse · 29-07-2020 11:06pm

Dr hoRse wrote: »

Just had samsung s20 delivered, less than 2 weeks after ordering from egloba, great service so far.
It's from samsung malaysia according to the IMEI code
Theres an inlay 'Regional lock guide' which basically says that the phone needs to be unlocked with a sim from the south-east asia region and to use with other regions a 5 minute call needs to be made with a SE-Asia sim and if another region sim card is used the phone may not work.

Anyone with experience of this? - Should I just put my SIM in and go for it?

Just an update on this, the phone works perfectly, no issues so far. So just over €600 for an S20, delivered and everything within 3 weeks.
Had reservations about eglobal myself but can't fault them here at all

Lenny · 29-07-2020 11:25pm

Can't fault it either, ordered on Tuesday 15 recieved it on Monday, less than 2weeks,
Happy enough, I do wonder how thy bring them in it was just jn a bag with the dpd sticker, no other tracking info on it

Francescoli · 30-07-2020 12:46am

I ordered the S20 on 14th July and they are telling me its out of stock since then .
I enquired on the 21st about it and was told more stock expected in 2 or 3 days ,I asked again today and got the same response.

I wouldn't mind but they wouldn't have told me it was out of stock except I enquired and they are still selling the phone with no mention that it isn't in stock.

Barr · 30-07-2020 9:43am

Dr hoRse wrote: »

Just had samsung s20 delivered, less than 2 weeks after ordering from egloba, great service so far.
It's from samsung malaysia according to the IMEI code
Theres an inlay 'Regional lock guide' which basically says that the phone needs to be unlocked with a sim from the south-east asia region and to use with other regions a 5 minute call needs to be made with a SE-Asia sim and if another region sim card is used the phone may not work.

Anyone with experience of this? - Should I just put my SIM in and go for it?

If it is from Malaysia it is the same chip as the phone they sell here , basically Samsuungs own Exynos chip.

Other parts of the world get the snapdragon chip.

clashoftheash1 · 30-07-2020 11:13pm

Francescoli wrote: »

I placed an order for S20 on the 14th and they came back to me on 17th to say the it was out of stock but should be back and dispatched within 2-3 days .
Still nothing, im not in a hurry but they could say when ordering if something isn't in stock.

Did you order the "Samsung Galaxy S20 8GB/128GB Dual Sim - Cloud Blue"? I ordered that one on the 24th (straight away after I asked you about it!) and they sent me an email straight away saying my order was being processed and I've heard nothing since.

I never inquired or tried to find out more though as I just accepted it was gonna be at least 3 weeks going by what I had read.

Francescoli · 31-07-2020 12:20am

I ordered the grey version. Still no sign of it to dispatch .

clashoftheash1 · 04-08-2020 7:01pm

Francescoli wrote: »

I ordered the grey version. Still no sign of it to dispatch .

Did you try and get in touch with them? I replied to the original confirmation email (like they said to do if you had questions) but I never got a response. On the site the status is still down as 'processing'.

The ****ers sent me an email today then with all the offers they have and the exact phone I ordered is one of them...

Francescoli · 05-08-2020 2:10am

clashoftheash1 wrote: »

Did you try and get in touch with them? I replied to the original confirmation email (like they said to do if you had questions) but I never got a response. On the site the status is still down as 'processing'.

The ****ers sent me an email today then with all the offers they have and the exact phone I ordered is one of them...

I emailed them twice and both times they replied 2 or 3 days later with the same excuse that they are expecting stock in 2/3 days and will dispatch it then.

I'm going to give it until the end of this week and then I think I'm going to cancel.

Krusty_Clown · 05-08-2020 11:34pm

Same as. Will likely cancel tomorrow.

leanin2019 · 06-08-2020 3:25pm

Ordered my S20+ on July 7th 2020, received on July 28th. so 3 weeks exactly.

So far so good. Language was wrong when turning on but once it recognised sim it restarted and rebooted into English.

28/07/2020 13:42
The parcel has been delivered.
Ireland

28/07/2020 08:48
The parcel is expected to be delivered during the day.
Ireland

28/07/2020 07:53
The parcel has reached the parcel center.
Ireland

27/07/2020 16:40
The parcel has reached the parcel center.
Ireland

24/07/2020 23:07
The parcel has left the parcel center.
United Kingdom

23/07/2020 18:20
The parcel has left the parcel center.
Netherlands

23/07/2020 18:20
The parcel was handed over to GLS.
Netherlands

08/07/2020 10:29
The parcel data was entered into the GLS IT system; the parcel was not yet handed over to GLS.
Netherlands

clashoftheash1 · 06-08-2020 7:28pm

Francescoli wrote: »

I emailed them twice and both times they replied 2 or 3 days later with the same excuse that they are expecting stock in 2/3 days and will dispatch it then.

I'm going to give it until the end of this week and then I think I'm going to cancel.

How are you contacting them? I replied to the initial confirmation email but I got no response and I can't find another way of talking to them.

Francescoli · 06-08-2020 10:47pm

clashoftheash1 wrote: »

How are you contacting them? I replied to the initial confirmation email but I got no response and I can't find another way of talking to them.

I used the confirmation email and they responded twice but it wasn't much use when they just spin the same story .
Over 3 weeks now since I ordered and it hasn't been dispatched yet.

Edit:

They replied to me this morning to say stock is expected next week.Ive told them to cancel the order.

All they had to do was say it was out of stock at the beginning and I would have purchased the S20+.This craic of saying stock is coming in 3 days is annoying ,dont sell me something if you don't have it.

clashoftheash1 · 08-08-2020 1:23am

Same. I would have bought any of the S20s they showed if they came back and said they were in stock.

Don't know what I did to the boys that they aren't responding to my emails though. Doesn't exactly fill me with confidence that they actually are 'processing' my order.

clashoftheash1 · 10-08-2020 11:33pm

Whist. Got an email today saying they are currently packing my order and getting it ready for dispatch.

Knew these boys would pull through. Never doubted em.

gabbo is coming · 11-08-2020 12:04pm

leanin2019 wrote: »

Ordered my S20+ on July 7th 2020, received on July 28th. so 3 weeks exactly.

So far so good. Language was wrong when turning on but once it recognised sim it restarted and rebooted into English.

28/07/2020 13:42
The parcel has been delivered.
Ireland

28/07/2020 08:48
The parcel is expected to be delivered during the day.
Ireland

28/07/2020 07:53
The parcel has reached the parcel center.
Ireland

27/07/2020 16:40
The parcel has reached the parcel center.
Ireland

24/07/2020 23:07
The parcel has left the parcel center.
United Kingdom

23/07/2020 18:20
The parcel has left the parcel center.
Netherlands

23/07/2020 18:20
The parcel was handed over to GLS.
Netherlands

08/07/2020 10:29
The parcel data was entered into the GLS IT system; the parcel was not yet handed over to GLS.
Netherlands

https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/samsung-galaxy-s20-g985-8gb-128gb-dual-sim-cosmic-grey-1.html?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=70b62bd82afed57da4b677ce423e5b2c2ee7de25-1597143581-0-AZVPkvw0klhrT-Q_FrG3c1MWKWQ2_xHSiPvsXLxsZFaRhtssx4VJz8tMEnxVbTVVQJje7puPwUH3lco7SHn2n2m-5n0cwJM3MHsjr1booxrfUqQ9-UQ7C9gwcvXJUATEgKUSQdnHEUl-L2muWyroLxchDbOwZj-SYoYbBiJR-uU8myUGjLTLHhdfcHW5oGl3kQe0CVMW6e2wP4CFizUKnMygAxo3coOGvX1h-SQlB935OG_EcIFdPd3wzaWrInk2wNMAviwqjoPEbxawvMgUzLdnEYJF33CDTMS3_It-swlB2nFAfO_F0ffp-kB6ngA6QgjjFB2at8T0AhPQXabQcxmEq9oPmwCqLm4hxAOxOsGPQoZZTj9JeQDG5euerKcqdjpn10hbKyNIT9Wvl18O5XQdGe8oxDSDQjQAl9E9Erfl

This one?

Mango Joe · 12-08-2020 11:56am

peterofthebr wrote: »

how did you manage to get a 3pin plug? ..did you ask when buying it?

so if the security seal was broken..i guess its best to do a factory reset on the phone in case some dodgy software was installed on it..

doctorg wrote: »

Probably best to reflash the ROM from official Samsung Website ?

I bought a phone from eGlobal in 2015....Everything was apparently fine initially but it the software the phone shipped with was intended for another market/region (may have been Malaysia/Hong Kong - can't remember now)

Issue was I never got any Android OS or Manufacturer updates.

Then had to try flashing phone....lots of stress, nothing worked, phone almost bricked multiple times trying random ROMs that some Dude online "swears" works perfect (?!) It was a horrible place to be.....

Not sure if any of the above is still a concern today but it 1000% put me off eGlobal for life.

maik3n · 14-08-2020 11:59am

Phone mentioned in the OP is now gone down to €611.99.

masterboy123 · 15-08-2020 11:10pm

Is this Snapdragon or Exynos version?

Snapdragon version is a lot better in terms of overall performance.

Krusty_Clown · 16-08-2020 7:55am

maik3n wrote: »

Phone mentioned in the OP is now gone down to €611.99.

It was €592.79, so has actually gone up in price recently. I ordered it on the 22nd July and it was despatched on rhe 14th August, so if ordering, set your expectations appropriately. With EGlobal, 'in stock' actually means 'in stock at some point in the near future'.

Krusty_Clown · 16-08-2020 8:18am

It's kind of hard to tell but the G985 designation seems to suggest it's the Exynos variant, based on:
https://www.techwalls.com/samsung-galaxy-s20-plus-model-number-sm-g985-g986-differences/

masterboy123 · 16-08-2020 8:44am

Thank you. I will try to source the snapdragon version.

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

It's kind of hard to tell but the G985 designation seems to suggest it's the Exynos variant, based on:
https://www.techwalls.com/samsung-galaxy-s20-plus-model-number-sm-g985-g986-differences/

Krusty_Clown · 16-08-2020 9:51am

masterboy123 wrote: »

Thank you. I will try to source the snapdragon version.

Might not be as easy as it sounds. Samsung don't seem to distinguish between the two, just listing the phone as Octa-core. This article here suggests that the US market gets Snapdragon (for US carrier support), while everywhere else in the world gets Exynos, but it also suggests that for dual-sim support, it has to be Exynos. So, if you want to specifically buy a Snapdragon chipset, you need to look for a single-sim model targeted at the US, Canadian or Korean markets, and likely expect to pay a lot more for it.

EGlobal does sell a 5G model (S20+ G9860) for €680, that according to the page I linked to previously, has the Snapdragon chipset, but is targeted at the China, Hong Kong, Japan and Brazil markets only. Hard to know when they don't list the chipsets anywhere.
The performance difference between the two chipsets seems primarily to be when playing graphic-intensive games over prolonged periods (where the CPU can get throttled for heat-management), which is not going to be a frequent use case for me, so I reckon the Exynos will be grand for my needs.

Francescoli · 16-08-2020 9:58am

From reading up a bit about both chips, it seems that regular every day tasks on the phone there is little to no difference between both.

I was going to source the snapdragon version but don't think its worth the extra cost unless you use the phone for gaming.

clashoftheash1 · 20-08-2020 5:34pm

leanin2019 wrote: »

Ordered my S20+ on July 7th 2020, received on July 28th. so 3 weeks exactly.

So far so good. Language was wrong when turning on but once it recognised sim it restarted and rebooted into English.

28/07/2020 13:42
The parcel has been delivered.
Ireland

28/07/2020 08:48
The parcel is expected to be delivered during the day.
Ireland

28/07/2020 07:53
The parcel has reached the parcel center.
Ireland

27/07/2020 16:40
The parcel has reached the parcel center.
Ireland

24/07/2020 23:07
The parcel has left the parcel center.
United Kingdom

23/07/2020 18:20
The parcel has left the parcel center.
Netherlands

23/07/2020 18:20
The parcel was handed over to GLS.
Netherlands

08/07/2020 10:29
The parcel data was entered into the GLS IT system; the parcel was not yet handed over to GLS.
Netherlands

Where did you get this information? On the email they sent me they gave me a link to Pro Carrier website but it doesn't have much detail on it about where my parcel is.

Francescoli · 20-08-2020 5:42pm

I sort of forgot about this thread.

I tried to cancel the order and while waiting for a reply I got an email on 8/08/20 to say stock had arrived and did i want to go ahead with the purchase.

Said I did and the phone arrived yesterday. Less than 2 weeks from dispatch.

It all worked out in the end but the lack of communication from them is a nuisance.

I had my old phone sold but couldn't do that while waiting and it looks like that will cost me a bit of money as CEX prices have dropped a lot since I ordered.

Krusty_Clown · 20-08-2020 7:33pm

Mine arrived today. Ordered 22nd July, arrived just shy of 4 weeks later. Not bad, given the cost saving, but the communication is ferocious and I came very close to cancelling a few times. Very happy with the phone, which is now all setup and configured, after a migration from my old S8, which took around 20 minutes.

22nd July - Order
<silence>
<some email exchanges - excuses about stock>
14th August - dispatched
<random delivery updates without naming actual places>
20th August - DPD ring the doorbell

CPU-Z confirms it's an Exynos 990, but that's all you're realistically going to get in this country anyway, without buying a phone targeted as US/Canadian carriers, or HK/Korean markets.

clashoftheash1 · 20-08-2020 8:49pm

I must order a cover so if it could arrive at any moment. Looking at the ESR Metal Kickstand.

Any other recommendations? Looks like the Spigen Tough Armour peels the factory screen protector.

Krusty_Clown · 20-08-2020 10:21pm

clashoftheash1 wrote: »

I must order a cover so if it could arrive at any moment. Looking at the ESR Metal Kickstand.

Any other recommendations? Looks like the Spigen Tough Armour peels the factory screen protector.

It comes with a flexible clear plastic cover. It'll do, while you figure out what works best.

clashoftheash1 · 21-08-2020 12:08am

Oh good. I was wondering if it did. Sound man.

griffdaddy · 12-09-2020 11:00am

Seems like eglobal have removed all Samsung products for some reason? Was gonna pick up the S20 5g but will look elsewhere

dan786 · 12-09-2020 2:27pm

griffdaddy wrote: »

Seems like eglobal have removed all Samsung products for some reason? Was gonna pick up the S20 5g but will look elsewhere

They did same for UK site last year and then stopped selling them altogether. Looks like EU site now doing the same. Must be due to legal reasons.

clashoftheash1 · 24-09-2020 9:19am

Am I the only ape that never got a phone? Been 8 weeks since I ordered. They tell me that it has been dispatched and that the courier has it but the tracking info has never updated and they haven't responded to me in over a week.

youcancallmeal · 24-09-2020 10:35am

clashoftheash1 wrote: »

Am I the only ape that never got a phone? Been 8 weeks since I ordered. They tell me that it has been dispatched and that the courier has it but the tracking info has never updated and they haven't responded to me in over a week.

This was my experience with them a couple of years ago. Phone dispatched, emailed them after 4 weeks because it hadn't arrived and tracking had it stuck in France. After a few more email they stopped responding altogether. Had to open a paypal dispute which was a painful process, I eventually got my money back after 6 months. This is the risk with eglobal, if everything goes fine then it's a bargain but if anything goes wrong you will get your money back eventually but it's a horrible process.

Francescoli · 25-09-2020 12:12pm

clashoftheash1 wrote: »

Am I the only ape that never got a phone? Been 8 weeks since I ordered. They tell me that it has been dispatched and that the courier has it but the tracking info has never updated and they haven't responded to me in over a week.

I think it took me a similar amount of time .

Id leave it another week as I know the tracking on mine wasn't updated for close to 2 weeks .

maik3n · 25-09-2020 2:13pm

Suitable alternative source perhaps?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-G985-Galaxy-128GB-cosmic/dp/B084LFG1DW/

A few euro more and provided that it's the same model, which I think it is? :cool:

podgeandrodge · 25-09-2020 2:18pm

Do these still have the camera focus issues?

CyberGhost · 25-09-2020 5:17pm

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Do these still have the camera focus issues?

S20+ never had focus issues as far as I know. Only S20 Ultra did.

clashoftheash1 · 25-09-2020 11:20pm

youcancallmeal wrote: »

This was my experience with them a couple of years ago. Phone dispatched, emailed them after 4 weeks because it hadn't arrived and tracking had it stuck in France. After a few more email they stopped responding altogether. Had to open a paypal dispute which was a painful process, I eventually got my money back after 6 months. This is the risk with eglobal, if everything goes fine then it's a bargain but if anything goes wrong you will get your money back eventually but it's a horrible process.

**** me anyway. Did they just stop responding to you as well? Do I have to contact PayPal to arrange this?

clashoftheash1 · 25-09-2020 11:37pm

Francescoli wrote: »

I think it took me a similar amount of time .

Id leave it another week as I know the tracking on mine wasn't updated for close to 2 weeks .

I dunno lad. More than 6 weeks ago they told me "Parcel departed from retailers facility" on the ProTracker website they linked me and it hasn't been updated since.

They told me two weeks ago that they were talking to the courier, that the parcel is in transit and that the tracking information would be updated the following week. That didn't happen and they haven't responded to me since.

Hopefully I do get the phone and I'm going to give them another week or two but Christ is it fair annoying.

youcancallmeal · 26-09-2020 10:43am

clashoftheash1 wrote: »

**** me anyway. Did they just stop responding to you as well? Do I have to contact PayPal to arrange this?

Yeah they responded a few times after I started questioning why it was taking so long. They initially fobbed me off with responses similar to what you're getting and then stopped altogether. I'm guessing it was seized at customs somewhere in the EU and sent back to Hong Kong. Anyway when you open a PayPal dispute they first go to the retailer and give them a chance to respond. Eglobal sneakily said I received the phone and so PayPal closed the claim without even asking for proof. I had to get them to reopen it and explained to several PayPal agents over several weeks that I did not receive the phone and eglobal have no proof that I did(like a courier delivery confirmation). PayPal went back to eglobal and then they wouldn't even respond to PayPal so I eventually had my claim upheld. That's the short version btw.

Samsung Galaxy S20+ G985 8GB/128GB Dual Sim - Cosmic Grey €750.49 (-36% €1,152.99)

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