The thread title says it all. Rather curious how I can get my hands on the Chinese version. I'm an American living in States, but those prices are ridiculously lower. The handset itself is supposed to be identical. Anyone know how I can order one?
How To Buy Way Cheaper Chinese a Variant
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Kind of crappy for OnePlus to charge America an extra $137. Fake tariff response.
https://m.gsmarena.com/oneplus_8_and_8_pro_launch_in_china_you_wont_like_the_prices-news-42716.php
https://m.gsmarena.com/oneplus_8_and_8_pro_launch_in_china_you_wont_like_the_prices-news-42716.php
Chinese 12GB 256GB in black with oxygen OS
Ordered mine for £780 inc delivery, hopefully will be delivered before the weekend. Sooooo excited
I've loved my OP5T but so looking forward to wireless charging, IP68, OIS 120Hz etc.
Ordered mine for £780 inc delivery, hopefully will be delivered before the weekend. Sooooo excited
I've loved my OP5T but so looking forward to wireless charging, IP68, OIS 120Hz etc.
Ordered mine for £780 inc delivery, hopefully will be delivered before the weekend. Sooooo excited
Where did you purchase it from? With the reports of the screen issues in some phones im hesitant to order from another country in case OnePlus have an issues with warranties with phones from different regions
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Ordered mine for £780 inc delivery, hopefully will be delivered before the weekend. Sooooo excited
can you tell me exactly what you did to accomplish this bro? Like step-by-step. I'm assuming you went to oneplus.com/cn and used Google translate to navigate through? And it'll allow you to ship to United States?
No. He most likely purchased it on a site like Wonda Mobile dot com or Trading Shenzhen dot com.
Yep, you got it. According to DHL tracking it's in the UK already ?
I've bought phones from Wonda before without issues.
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The handset won't be identical
The Chinese version will be missing out on quite a few LTE/5G bands support in the states
https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/g5870q/psa_chinaindias_op8_is_cheaper_but_itll_be/
I have bought foreign phones before and have always found ways to enable/disable bands as needed.. The Snapdragon is very versatile. I'm hoping that installing the international oxygen OS rom will configure the bands. When I get the device I will thoroughly test every band and let you know how I get on.
I still have DFS tools installed on my desktop. The last time I went down this route I ended up enabling every band there was.. naughty but fun.
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I still have DFS tools installed on my desktop. The last time I went down this route I ended up enabling every band there was.. naughty but fun.
Haha your post cracks me up, mate. Did you ever get the band unlocked? I'm torn between waiting four more days until it's available in the US, or getting it off of Wonda.
Perhaps you can help me decide. When the phone arrived, did it look brand-spanking-new? Or were there fingerprints all over it? After all, they had to manually flash the international version of OOS I'm assuming? and did it come in original packaging? Or do they just take the components out and just stick it in a random box?
Careful the Chinese version is missing a few of the bands we use here. Think o2 is fine but the rest need band 32 I think for lte advance so you may get slower 4g speeds if on Three voda ee or their mvno's.
Maybe you can unlock bands. Wonda mobile a great trustworthy store
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I'm in Canada and bought a pro 256gb from Alibaba for about 1240 CAD all in. Flashed with global ROM.
Very risky for general user but I've been buying equipment and components for my company from Alibaba for years now. I personally have never had an issue (with fraud anyways)
Very risky for general user but I've been buying equipment and components for my company from Alibaba for years now. I personally have never had an issue (with fraud anyways)
Well, just setting up my Chinese black OP8 and all seems well. VoWIFI, VoLTE, everything working beautifully. I've got a
12 GB model for less than the 8GB model. Happy bunny.
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The seal on the box was broken to upgrade the firmware but the device was still wrapped in its protective film. I'm currently on band 20 VoLTE and the device is identifying itself as the international version. I suspect the relevant bands were enabled/disabled with the ROM change.
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Question for those using chinese version in USA.
How is it working?
I want the green 256GB version and dual Sim. So going down this route might be my best option.
Only problem I see is if I have a screen issue, will be harder to return.
What do you guys think? Thanks for the replies.
How is it working?
I want the green 256GB version and dual Sim. So going down this route might be my best option.
Only problem I see is if I have a screen issue, will be harder to return.
What do you guys think? Thanks for the replies.
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The handset won't be identical
The Chinese version will be missing out on quite a few LTE/5G bands support in the states
https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/g5870q/psa_chinaindias_op8_is_cheaper_but_itll_be/1
The seal on the box was broken to upgrade the firmware but the device was still wrapped in its protective film. I'm currently on band 20 VoLTE and the device is identifying itself as the international version. I suspect the relevant bands were enabled/disabled with the ROM change.1I have ordered many times from Wonda Mobile, can't rate them high enough. My 8 Pro was shipped on Monday and I had it by Saturday, 12/256gb £100 cheaper......:good:1
My unit seems to be perfectly fine, no green tint issues, not sure about heat, but played an hour or so of PubG last night and all was fine ?
