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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 from $884, Galaxy S8+ from $764, S8 from $724 Delivered (HK) @ amaysim eBay (Dual Sim) + 2yr Warranty

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 from $884, Galaxy S8+ from $764, S8 from $724 Delivered (HK) @ amaysim eBay (Dual Sim) + 2yr Warranty
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PTechNerd on 13/01/2018 - 14:43 ebay.com.au (4475 clicks)
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PCTECH

Imported Note 8, S8+ and S8 for reasonable prices. All devices come with 2yr Amaysim Local Warranty.

Recently purchased the Note 8 from Amaysim eBay. Delivered in exactly two weeks from purchase date (including public holidays). Came with travel adapter, $2 Amaysim Sim Starter Kit, and Warranty Information. Was bubbled wrapped very well and was further wrapped in an Amaysim Branded Cotton Bag.

You can also use cash rewards for a little more discount.

Note 8 colours/prices:
Orchid Grey: $884 ($1105)
Midnight Black - $892 ($1115)
Maple Gold - $908 $900 ($1135 $1125)
Blossom Pink - $900 $892 ($1125 $1115)

S8 colours/prices:
Midnight Black - $748 ($935)
Orchid Grey - $748 ($935)
Maple Gold - $724 ($905)

S8+ colours/prices:
Midnight Black - $772 ($965)
Orchid Grey - $764 ($955)
Maple Gold - $764 ($955)
Coral Blue - $764 ($955)

EDIT 1 : Full Price in Brackets.

EDIT 2 : I just noticed this deal will continue with the "PRAWNS" 20% of eBay Promotion. So technically the deal will continue until the 28th of Jan. Just use the "PRAWNS" coupon code instead of PCTECH after the 22nd of Jan. Not sure if I am allowed to change the coupon code from the original post.

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  • melcool on 13/01/2018 - 15:20

    do they sell note8 in blue?

    • TechNerd on 13/01/2018 - 16:19

      Nope, unfortunately they don't sell the Deep Sea Blue Colour. I highly recommend the Maple gold for the Note 8 though. Looks really nice. Very happy that I chose gold over black.

      • hogwarts on 13/01/2018 - 19:30
        +1

        But it's the most expensive. I recommend Orchird Grey.

  • PLANT on 13/01/2018 - 15:21

    Unlocked?

    • TechNerd on 13/01/2018 - 16:16

      Yep it's fully unlocked. I'm on Optus and works perfectly fine. Also tested it on Aldi Mobile and it works.

  • Bargainer on 13/01/2018 - 15:27

    TRS return possible?

    • ashtyn on 13/01/2018 - 15:38

      I don't think so, it's HK stock. Aus stock is available, but it's more expensive even after code+trs.

  • DanNRz on 13/01/2018 - 15:57
    +2

    Since the invoice normally has the price before the 20% discount, will this mean it will be slugged with tax by customs as it makes this >$1000?

    • TechNerd on 13/01/2018 - 16:12
      +7

      Amaysim takes care of import/ customs tax. As I mentioned, I purchased my Note 8 from Amaysim for $1145 ($916 after discount), and I didn't get charged tax.

      • [Deactivated] on 27/01/2018 - 14:26

        Did Amaysim send you an invoice/receipt with the package?

        • TechNerd on 28/01/2018 - 21:26

          I didn't get a physical invoice. Only PayPal Invoice from e-mail. I think you can ask them through live chat or eBay to send an invoice.

  • vrsac on 13/01/2018 - 16:28

    Has anyone claimed warranty from Amaysim? How does it compare with Samsung Australia warranty?

    • mitchellp on 13/01/2018 - 17:28
      +3

      I have. It doesn't exist.

      • HereYeeHereYee on 13/01/2018 - 17:31

        That's disappointing if that's the case, which makes me want to hold out for Aus stock note 8 :(

        • chk on 13/01/2018 - 17:43
          +2

          I was going to ask the same, maybe the title should be updated to say 3rd party warranty, not officially Samsung warranty

        • mitchellp on 13/01/2018 - 17:52
          +1

          Yeah I asked two times and they said their warranty department will call me. Never happened.

          They also send really terrible charging cables because it is not local stock. The cable they sent me split in two after a few days.. lucky i had other ones sitting around from old phones.

        • lostn on 13/01/2018 - 20:12
          +4

          @mitchellp: Shouldn't the cables be the same regardless? It's the adapter that would be different.

        • mitchellp on 13/01/2018 - 21:03
          +1

          they changed cables as well to some cheap aftermarket things.

    • rexii2300 on 13/01/2018 - 19:04
      +2

      My experience - bought note8 from their website when it launched. When I opened satchel, there was no bubble wrap, just phone box inside the satchel. Phone worked but I was concerned that it might crap out any time as the box had various dents on it.

      Raised case and took a week for their manager to contact me and ended up shipping this unit back and got a new package sent to me.

      A bit of a hassle and took a little while but at least they did something.

      • TechNerd on 13/01/2018 - 20:50

        Dam that would be concerning. Considering it is a $1000 phone, the least they could do is bubble wrap it.

        But they must be improving their packaging. Mine came well bubble wrapped with like 2 layers. This was then packed inside a cotton cloth bag which had the Amaysim logo on it.

        • rexii2300 on 13/01/2018 - 22:49

          Yeah. I was one of the first to order. My replacement was wrapped nicely inside a cloth bag too. Kudos for the improvement.

    • titan0r on 13/01/2018 - 17:51

      Did you get the note 8 for $650 or the s8?

      • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2018 - 18:18

        S8. Don't know why I'm being downvoted for stating facts but meh.

        • Saulami Jedi on 13/01/2018 - 18:56

          People suspect you are lying

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2018 - 19:32

      Liar

      • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2018 - 19:58
        +1

        Call me a liar all you want. I know what I got and jealousy isn't going to change anything :)

  • BargainKen on 13/01/2018 - 16:32

    If HK stock, is this N9500/Qualcomm ?

    • TechNerd on 13/01/2018 - 16:40
      +1

      This is the SM - N950F/DS variant. It has the Exynos processor.

      • PLANT on 13/01/2018 - 16:49

        Is that the same or worse than the Jbhi\HN $998 chip?

        • TechNerd on 13/01/2018 - 17:01
          +1

          The local Australian Note 8 (JB/HN/TGG etc…) also uses the Exynos Processor.

  • BuyNow Think Later on 13/01/2018 - 16:48

    OP,
    Was your Note8 still Samsung factory sealed when it arrived?
    I assume it's grey import G950FD. Does it support 2 x 4G SIMs at the same time? The specs say "One 3G/4G SIM and One 2G SIM"
    Do you know the country stock?

    • TechNerd on 13/01/2018 - 17:13
      +5

      If you are referring to the Samsung Seal on the box, I think it may have been opened and then sealed again with an "Amaysim Quality Assurance" sticker. But the phone inside the box looked untouched. The phone and all the other accessories still had the Samsung wrapping around them. It even came with the Samsung Note 8 clear case inside the manual/documentation box.

      I tried putting two sims into the device, one Sim is 4G and the other is automatically placed as a 3G sim. So You can have one sim for data using 4G and the other for calls/texts using 3G. You cannot have both of them using 4G at the same time. But the software built for managing the sim cards allows you to interchange which sim uses 4G and which uses 3G really fast. (No need to reboot each time you want to change.)

      I downloaded an application to check the country stock. It says the CSC Country is Taiwan/TW.

  • kenthevk on 13/01/2018 - 17:12
    +3

    Bought one from this company before x mas,two things I wanna mention here before you guys pay for it.

    1. Bixby linked with taobao (chinese kinda ebay)

    2. doesn't support Samsung pay, and region is fixed to China.

    those 2 functions cannot be modified without flashing au Rom.

    • TechNerd on 13/01/2018 - 17:20

      Lol I didn't even try Bixby. Installed an app to remap the button to launch google assistant from Day 1. I might try it out later on.

      The Samsung Pay thing is a let down from these imported models, especially after using it on my Galaxy S6 for so long. Using Android Pay now, not supported at some local shops, but works at most major supermarkets.

  • mitchellp on 13/01/2018 - 17:27

    DO NOT BUY FROM AMAYSIM.

    They sent me a broken phone and were impossible to contact for warranty. After a few attempts i gave up and just kept the broken phone.

    • Carbon Door on 13/01/2018 - 20:13
      +1

      what happened to it to make it broken?

      • mitchellp on 13/01/2018 - 21:22

        I purchased an S5 because i wanted to use the infrared for the aircon/tv. The day I got the phone and went to use the IR and it doesn't work.

        • Ceilingcat on 14/01/2018 - 11:49
          +1

          are you sure it wasnt the app

        • mitchellp on 14/01/2018 - 13:42
          +1

          Yeah. Looked at it a bit and found you can watch for a purple Infrared beam with another camera. This phone has the slightest purple dot when using any app whereas another S5 i checked was a solid beam.

  • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2018 - 17:30
    +1

    worth buying this with s9 coming out so soon?

    • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2018 - 17:44
      +15

      I'm waiting for Note 20.0

      • [Deactivated] on 13/01/2018 - 17:47

        good to know

      • Carbon Door on 13/01/2018 - 20:22

        Note 21 is where it's at

    • lostn on 13/01/2018 - 20:15
      +1

      Wait for S9 unless you need a stylus.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/01/2018 - 10:08

      S-series do not have S-pen. I don't know much about the technical specs, but you'd probably need to wait nearly a year for S9 price to come down to this level (if it is indeed $884).

      • lostn on 15/01/2018 - 23:02

        No you wouldn't. The S series is cheaper than the Note series to begin with. You should see S9+ for this Note 8's price or better within a few months.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/01/2018 - 10:30
      +1

      Yep, specs are tempting. Time to fork out another $900 for 25 more grams of Samsung. Had Note 5 for two years and were very happy with it. Having S-pen is healthy (for fingers). Sometimes may become boring but you can always use your fingertips as well. It's main advantage is it's use to capture part of the screen and to write on photos etc using 'Air commands'. These air commands are unavailable in S8-S9 etc.

      Only downside for Note 5 was 32GB memory which required me to delete my stuff a few times in the past year. I imagine 64GB + SD card would be a whole lot better. Ram is also 6GB compared to 4GB, which was already great for opening 5-6 apps same time. Plus, I think water resistant feature is really good as the 'home button' in my Note 5 got screwed because of water getting under it.

      • khing on 14/01/2018 - 11:19

        I heard that N8's spen is not good as N5's spen.

        • [Deactivated] on 14/01/2018 - 11:41

          That would be a downside. What bothers me most is an actual physical button for Bixpy(?). Even if you deactivate it, having a nonfunctional physical button next to volume is annoying. It will be weird to press it for nothing to happen. If I assign some other tasks to it it will still be mixed up with Volume Down an will be accidentally pressed a lot. May be just assigning Volume - function to it to have a redundancy there.

        • lostn on 15/01/2018 - 23:03

          @superready: I think you will soon be able to remap that button, if you can't already.

      • [Deactivated] on 15/01/2018 - 08:23

        I got a note 5 too was a good phone, I'd still be using it if the battery didn't go to shit :( Battery was expanding to the point where the back cover pretty much popped off. I'm not really a fan of the S-pen so a note series doesn't really matter to me it just has more RAM than the s8+. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  • DarthLord on 13/01/2018 - 19:01

    Any deal for pixel2?

  • DarthLord on 13/01/2018 - 19:33
    +1

    Pixel 128gb should be $565 after 20% off
    Not a bad deal

    https://m.ebay.com.au/itm/Google-Pixel-in-Quite-Black-Really…

  • spacejase on 13/01/2018 - 21:37
    +1

    My note 8 arrived exactly the same as rosrav, well packaged and sealed in the box, with power adapters and a sim and a bag from amaysim

    CSC was UAE and Samsung pay was set for Arab Emerates

    Very easy to flash AU rom with odin which allows Australian Samsung pay, phone does not need to rooted to do this

    Very happy with it wanted dual sim plus exynos which is rootable

    Aussie versions with snapdragon are not rootable

    • TechNerd on 13/01/2018 - 22:00
      +1

      Im pretty sure Aussie versions run on exynos aswell. Only US/China ones run on Snapdragon.

      • spacejase on 13/01/2018 - 22:29
        -1

        The one Harvey Norman was selling a few weeks ago for under $1000 for the one day was a snapdragon from what I could tell

        • colcha on 14/01/2018 - 03:18

          Bought mine from HN that day and it is
          Exynos.

        • spacejase on 14/01/2018 - 09:06

          @colcha:

          Good to know thanks
          I would have got the Aussie model (if it was exynos) but wanted dual sim

    • [Deactivated] on 18/01/2018 - 17:06

      mate, can you confirm/comment on my comment about AU ROMs (the very last comment on this post)?

      • spacejase on 18/01/2018 - 17:57
        +1

        Have responded below

  • koalafied on 13/01/2018 - 21:43

    I paid $1020 for the 128GB from seller perfect_mission on eBay, this however is a really good price.

  • Agret on 13/01/2018 - 23:16
    +2

    HTC U Ultra for $348 is a great bargain

    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HTC-U-Ultra-in-Black-Blue-Pink-W…

  • GammaMelb on 14/01/2018 - 01:46

    Tempted..

    • Kamsi on 14/01/2018 - 10:31
      +1

      Me too, but I'll wait a bit longer.

  • CGradeCyclist on 14/01/2018 - 11:47
    +1

    Daughter bought the S8 for $708 fromm amaysim in the previous ebay 20% off sale. Arrived in two weeks (although initial email said 4-5 weeks). Was in sealed box. She is very happy with her purchase, and would buy from amaysim again… :-)

  • heytherehoney on 14/01/2018 - 12:10
    +1

    Great price for the Note 8. I ordered mine during the eBay 20% Boxing Day sale on 27 Dec - arrived on 4 Jan. Very happy with the speed of delivery.

  • somebody123 on 14/01/2018 - 15:33

    Will they add GST at the customs on arrival? The price on the invoice will probably be original, which is over $1k.

  • fab boy on 15/01/2018 - 09:51

    Asked them through the eBay message about the local warranty and got an answer like

    "The Australian stock…. will be shipped locally and warranty is with the manufacturer."

    So does the warranty honour by Samsung Australia?

    • dealhunting007 on 15/01/2018 - 11:11
      +1

      That's for Australian stock, so yes. But the dual sim version is Direct Import, therefore Samsung Australia will not honor the warranty here but Amaysim.

      • fab boy on 15/01/2018 - 11:22

        Thank you.

  • RoweDizzle on 15/01/2018 - 10:36

    I was hoping for an Aussie Note 8 to be available for around the $900 in this sale….!

  • No ONE on 15/01/2018 - 13:29

    Op, can you please put the full price in bracet (price before discount) bcz it would be easier to determine price jack without going through steps of calculating.

    • TechNerd on 15/01/2018 - 13:36
      +1

      Done

  • sirbangforbuck on 15/01/2018 - 20:51

    worth paying the extra from Amaysim? Or cheaper from SS below? $676.08($845.10)
    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S8-64GB-Dual-Sim-4…

    • TechNerd on 15/01/2018 - 21:01
      +1

      That price will most likely be price jacked after the 20% of eBay Sale starts. Shopping Square almost always price jacks when an eBay promotion takes place.

    • dealhunting007 on 15/01/2018 - 23:22

      Does SS give 2 year warranty?

  • tomieraw on 16/01/2018 - 10:20

    Is this the cheapest for the note 8? looking for 2

    • dealhunting007 on 16/01/2018 - 10:22

      Might be cheapest, or a slight high. However, I don't think anyone else give 2 years warranty on Direct Import but amaysim so worth the deal.

    • TechNerd on 16/01/2018 - 13:44

      You could probably get it a little bit cheaper - $879 @ Vaya eBay Store

      But then again it depends on how much the 2yr local warranty means to you. Since Vaya only offers 1yr local warranty.

      Other than that they are both the same phone.

  • dealhunting007 on 16/01/2018 - 10:20

    Deal is on, ordered one. Thanks.

  • [Deactivated] on 16/01/2018 - 10:23

    From this description it appears that only Australian Stock has 4G compatibility?

    2G bandsGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (N950F - Australian stock)
    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 and SIM 2 (N950FD - Direct import)

    3G bandsHSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 (N950F - Australian stock)
    HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SIM 1 Only (N950FD - Direct import)

    4G bandsLTE bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 66(AWS-3) - (N950F - Australian stock)

    • [Deactivated] on 16/01/2018 - 10:26

      So, the question: is 1 SIM at 2G and 1 SIM at 3G good enough for a couple of years in Australia (2G has already been phased out with many carriers including Telstra)?

      • toto on 16/01/2018 - 10:54
        +2

        http://www.phonemore.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-duos-sm-n950f…
        https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note8-8505.php#n950f…

        direct import one-n950fd does have 4g based on the above spec

        • [Deactivated] on 16/01/2018 - 10:58

          It has on SIM 1 only (as per both links) but also see comment by spacejase below for a workaround. I don't usually flash ROMS as it is highly risky and if you choose 'wrong' firmware you will more than likely brick your phone.

        • [Deactivated] on 16/01/2018 - 11:00
          +1

          @superready: If having the correct firmware (looks like it is available based on a few comments in this post ) and you know what you are doing then it is great.

        • [Deactivated] on 16/01/2018 - 11:02

          yeah, strange.. I only had checked Amaysim, Ebay store, description

    • spacejase on 16/01/2018 - 10:52
      +2

      Just flash the AU firmware with odin and if you flash your carriers version you can even use voice over lte, can confirm it works

      • [Deactivated] on 16/01/2018 - 10:54

        Thanks, will android pay and Samsung pay also work?

        • spacejase on 16/01/2018 - 10:55
          +1

          100%
          Samsung pay WON'T work without flash
          Because it wants to load country of origin Samsung pay ie. Arab Emerates or Taiwan wherever it is sourced from

          I think Android pay would work regardless but didn't check

        • TechNerd on 16/01/2018 - 13:25

          I can confirm Android Pay works out of the box, no need to flash any software.

  • spacejase on 16/01/2018 - 11:01
    +1

    Flashing is not that scary, all the Australian files you need are on sammobile.com

    Generic carrier, telstra, optus and Vodafone

    • [Deactivated] on 16/01/2018 - 11:03

      Last time I checked they had started to charge for subscription. It used to be free. Can't remember how much it was.

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