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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: suicidal_orange on Wed, 24 August 2016, 19:14:53

Title: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here? [NoRacist]
Post by: suicidal_orange on Wed, 24 August 2016, 19:14:53: Strange title but I smashed my phone, a Jolla, and the logical replacement (the only phone currently available with Sailfish OS, plus it's orange!) is the Intex Aqua Fish which is only available in India. The official website links to this ebay listing (http://www.ebay.in/itm/Intex-Aqua-FISH-Orange-Qual-Comm-Snapdragon-4G-2GB-RAM-16GB-ROM-8-0-2-0-/142056036614?hash=item2113331906:g:U4AAAOSwIgNXidoG) but they only post to India and I found a couple of sellers who will send one here but the price is at least double plus import taxes...

Are there any friendly Indians on here who would be willing to proxy one for me?
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 24 August 2016, 19:38:30: You might reach out to moz
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 02:19:11: Isn't he in Jo'burg, South Africa :confused:

Thanks for the tip, no harm in asking!
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 August 2016, 05:37:55: Quote from: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 02:19:11
Isn't he in Jo'burg, South Africa :confused:

Thanks for the tip, no harm in asking!

Smuggling fones on them African fishing boats aka (pirates)
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 12:37:01: Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 August 2016, 05:37:55
Quote from: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 02:19:11
Isn't he in Jo'burg, South Africa :confused:

Thanks for the tip, no harm in asking!

Smuggling fones on them African fishing boats aka (pirates)

He didn't mention any fishing but did say he's not going to India anytime soon :))
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 August 2016, 12:38:57: Quote from: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 12:37:01
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 August 2016, 05:37:55
Quote from: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 02:19:11
Isn't he in Jo'burg, South Africa :confused:

Thanks for the tip, no harm in asking!

Smuggling fones on them African fishing boats aka (pirates)

He didn't mention any fishing but did say he's not going to India anytime soon :))

That's precisely what a Pro-Smuggler would want you to think...

/Misdirection
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: katushkin on Thu, 25 August 2016, 16:49:53: The title is very misleading... Makes you seem racist :))

Context is a great thing :thumb:
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 August 2016, 17:15:05: Quote from: katushkin on Thu, 25 August 2016, 16:49:53
The title is very misleading... Makes you seem racist :))

Context is a great thing :thumb:

Hahahhahahahaha

hahahahahahahahhahahahahaha

I thought the cellphone kiosk was an Israeli thing..

Is it Indian now ?
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: jdcarpe on Thu, 25 August 2016, 17:37:16: Quote from: katushkin on Thu, 25 August 2016, 16:49:53
The title is very misleading... Makes you seem racist :))

Context is a great thing :thumb:

forgot to add the [noracist] tag, similar to [nohomo]
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 August 2016, 17:40:09: Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 25 August 2016, 17:37:16
Quote from: katushkin on Thu, 25 August 2016, 16:49:53
The title is very misleading... Makes you seem racist :))

Context is a great thing :thumb:

forgot to add the [noracist] tag, similar to [nohomo]

Or maybe your fone's not even broken,, and you're just so racist, that you needed to get your racist fix on the internet..
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: katushkin on Thu, 25 August 2016, 17:40:54: Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 25 August 2016, 17:15:05
Hahahhahahahaha

hahahahahahahahhahahahahaha

I thought the cellphone kiosk was an Israeli thing..

Is it Indian now ?

Well I just meant like technical support... In the UK it's usually outsourced to Indian call centres.
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here?
Post by: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 17:59:39: Quote from: katushkin on Thu, 25 August 2016, 16:49:53
The title is very misleading... Makes you seem racist :))

Context is a great thing :thumb:

I hadn't thought of it like that - it was just supposed to be a bit random and intriguing to encourage people to open the thread :(
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here? [NoRacist]
Post by: katushkin on Thu, 25 August 2016, 18:25:45: You know you can buy them from eBay, right? They are all in India, but they do ship to the UK.
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here? [NoRacist]
Post by: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 18:41:46: Quote from: katushkin on Thu, 25 August 2016, 18:25:45
You know you can buy them from eBay, right? They are all in India, but they do ship to the UK.

Yup, £56 -10% within India or £113 international - either they have the worlds most expensive postal service or someone's making a lot of money scalping. I don't like scalpers!
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here? [NoRacist]
Post by: katushkin on Thu, 25 August 2016, 19:02:11: £113 for shipping alone?

woooooooooooow
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here? [NoRacist]
Post by: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 19:38:32: No the £113 includes the phone and shipping but if I'm doing it right shipping is about £13 for 4-10 day and the phone is £50, so I'm paying £50 (plus another £10 in VAT on arrival) for someone to put it in a box and walk it to the post office...
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here? [NoRacist]
Post by: nubbinator on Thu, 25 August 2016, 19:41:46: Quote from: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 19:38:32
No the £113 includes the phone and shipping but if I'm doing it right shipping is about £13 for 4-10 day and the phone is £50, so I'm paying £50 (plus another £10 in VAT on arrival) for someone to put it in a box and walk it to the post office...

Maybe it's state subsidized and they have to charge full price for export?
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here? [NoRacist]
Post by: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 19:55:35: Quote from: nubbinator on Thu, 25 August 2016, 19:41:46
Quote from: suicidal_orange on Thu, 25 August 2016, 19:38:32
No the £113 includes the phone and shipping but if I'm doing it right shipping is about £13 for 4-10 day and the phone is £50, so I'm paying £50 (plus another £10 in VAT on arrival) for someone to put it in a box and walk it to the post office...

Maybe it's state subsidized and they have to charge full price for export?

Could be, but if it was something like that wouldn't the official seller to have an international listing rather than it being a third party? I really have no idea.
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here? [NoRacist]
Post by: MOZ on Fri, 26 August 2016, 03:33:03: It's an Indian company that sells only in India. The markup is because it's not otherwise available outside India. It happens with everything only sold in India, be it food, medicines, electronics, anything.
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here? [NoRacist]
Post by: LunarisDream on Mon, 29 August 2016, 20:38:24: You can expand your phone options greatly if you're willing to deal with community mods:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS#Community_enthusiasts.27_ports_to_devices_from_other_vendors
Title: Re: Smashed my phone, are there any Indians on here? [NoRacist]
Post by: YoshiCaps on Sat, 22 October 2016, 22:14:46: I was think about Jolla but I couldn't switch, the gesture based os really isn't my thing but the fact that it runs android apps is great.