chinese N900s on ebay?
 

whats up with the $200 new n900s on ebay from hong kong

legit or knockoff?

Re: chinese N900s on ebay?
 

maybe legit. In Ebay Spain, I founded brand new n900 for 180 € (arround 200-210 USD maybe)
Hope this helps

Re: chinese N900s on ebay?
 

Recently some hard-to-distinguish (before You have it in your hand, actually) fake N900's appeared. Of course, they're not powered by Maemo, and resemble real N900 only visually.

Re: chinese N900s on ebay?
 

People have told me about good stories and negative ones, though the good ones were always in reference to the HongKong models priced more than $300. I think generally when you purchase from HongKong you are getting refurbished models.

I got my first N900 a little over a month ago. Unfortunately, half of that time it has had a broken LCD. I have ordered two more new (hopefully) N900s since. Tracking these things down is really quite a chore.

Needless to say, if this is your first N900 and you are affiliated with IT you will really enjoy it.

Good luck,

Abe

Re: chinese N900s on ebay?
 

I took a gamble and ordered a "new" N900 for $220 from a Chinese seller. I'll be happy to report how it turns out here. The feedback for the seller was extremely positive, so here's hoping!

Re: chinese N900s on ebay?
 

i am sure you did a good research in the forum before:confused:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...highlight=ebay

Re: chinese N900s on ebay?
 

I just bought the RIM BB PlayBook for $200 (in Sydney it holds same price, never got fire sale).

You guys think I should hold on to it?

Re: chinese N900s on ebay?
 

At the very least you should ask to see a screenshot before ordering, to see if it's really Maemo or some knock-off.

Re: chinese N900s on ebay?
 

I havent seen any magic on the Playbook so you will have to judge if a web browser for $200 is worth it.

Re: chinese N900s on ebay?
 

Yep. At the price I'm more or less prepared to be happy with a refurb in good condition. Also went through the seller's history with the N900 in particular.

And most importantly, more than ready to contest if it's an outright scam. :)