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Re: Nokia.co.uk selling the 808 via GREY importers
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R. Mark Clayton
Jan 10, 2013, 4:26:33 PM1/10/13
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"Peter" <occassional...@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Go to nokia.co.uk.
>
> Select the Nokia 808 phone.
>
> Click on Buy.
>
> It takes you to amazon.co.uk and two specific sellers both selling
> GREY imports from Malaysia, which Nokia EU wash their hands of as
> regards any warranty.
>
> The sellers offer their own warranty - as is usual with grey imports
> which are common in the camera business too.
>
> I wonder who this could be reported to?
>
> All 808s on the UK market are grey imports.
Not so - Amazon were selling them legitimately - for a while.
>
> The lack of Nokia UK warranty support is quite relevant since the 808
> has a subtle hardware problem. Reading between the lines (I am an
> electronics engineer) it seems to be caused by weak (poor signal) HSPA
> connections, which cause the phone to go to max power, which pulls
> down the supply rail and crashes the CPU :) Or switching between
> networks.
>
> The "fix" is to disable HSPA but leave 3G enabled. That apparently
> solves the issue but there is a big speed penalty. With another phone
> I have just measured a 7x difference in website loading speeds, which
> is as expected. Plain 3G is about 300-400kbits/sec whereas HSPA is
> about 10x faster. 3G is usable for a lot of stuff but this is a £400
> phone...
>
> The HSPA issue can be fixed only by a Nokia service shop (according to
> Nokia, they have all been issued with PCB modding instructions).
>
> That was posted by a Nokia rep in their forums in November 2012.
>
> I would think Nokia would have fixed it by now, but they are not
> saying if/when new stock has been sent out, and the importers don't
> know either.
>
> I would buy the phone now but obviously won't until I get a fixed one.
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Chris Hills
Jan 12, 2013, 7:56:28 AM1/12/13
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On 10/01/2013 20:23, Peter wrote:
> I would buy the phone now but obviously won't until I get a fixed one.
I never got on with Nokia's Symbian phones. The N9 and N950 are pretty
> I would buy the phone now but obviously won't until I get a fixed one.
good (Harmattan/Meego), and Lumias are plain terrible.
My next phone will be a hard choice. There are 2 main competitors I am
considering:- BB10 and Sailfish. There will also be Tizen, Ubuntu Mobile
and Firefox OS devices heading to market.
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R. Mark Clayton
Jan 13, 2013, 6:56:29 AM1/13/13
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> "R. Mark Clayton" <nospam...@btinternet.com> wrote
Not checked if they still are.
The Nokia centre in Manchester Arndale said they would service them.
>
> "R. Mark Clayton" <nospam...@btinternet.com> wrote
>
>>> All 808s on the UK market are grey imports.
>>
>>Not so - Amazon were selling them legitimately - for a while.
>
> So you agree with "are" i.e. present tense ;)
>>> All 808s on the UK market are grey imports.
>>
>>Not so - Amazon were selling them legitimately - for a while.
>
Not checked if they still are.
The Nokia centre in Manchester Arndale said they would service them.
alexd
Jan 14, 2013, 4:09:11 AM1/14/13
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Peter (for it is he) wrote:
> I wonder who this could be reported to?
What do you mean?
> I wonder who this could be reported to?
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