I can get one from my friend in China for decent price but don't want to do without confirmation.
Are there any x100 pro/ultra owners here that can confirm whether their phone is affected by the ban? I will assume it won't work here unless people confirm otherwise. Have a broken beat up iPhone 7 so need a new one before end of year ideally.
Thanks in advance for responding.
best not to gamble $1000+ it seems.
$200, meh, give it a shot… $1000??? (fropanity) NO! You could literally update to a slightly used, almost new iPhone for those prices. I replaced my daily with a almost brand new, iPhone 14 Plus/Max/Big'un (not the Pro) for about $850 less than a year ago.
Try to check the imei in AMTA website.
Maybe get the imei from Youtube video (if available) or from the box there before purchasing.
I bought mine through WondaMobile shipped from HK. Checked on AMTA and it still works. Mine is the international version V2309 which costs an arm and a leg more than the chinese version. 100% worth getting the international version over the chinese version since certain android features don't work on the chinese version.
I think you'll be fine. No vivos have been reported as having been affected here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FaJYdW0l9ZydAn8gS_fo…
Just a heads up that I recently got a chinese Vivo x200 pro and both my 5G Belong Sims are working just fine on the phone.
I personally would not be buying any phone out of China (or any part of the world) until this 3G switch off debacle has been sorted out. It seems the general consensus is that if the phone was not earmarked for sale in Australia and there is no record or ID in the IMEI, then it may work initially until the system picked up that it is a non-market phone and blocks it.
Ironically, I have a Aus delivered Xiaomi RedMi 12 here that was knocked on the head by Telstra that I installed an Optus SIM in after the 3G Shutdown, and it worked for about 4 days and it too was knocked on the head (has since gone back for a refund).
I also have a HiSense A5C that was NEVER sold in Australia and is the Chinese domestic market model and for some reason it still works on a Telstra MVNO some 3 weeks post 3G shutdown. So make of that what you will…