Thread: Handtec sourced N9 crashes thread
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2011-11-17 , 17:24
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Originally Posted by vitaminj View Post
My new (Central European) one arrived from Handtec today - all works great - no reboots - marvellous.
Strangely (unlike previous N9) it came with all the sample media, and it also went into the out-of-box experience on first boot, so probably no post-factory fiddling. Was all ready to flash it, but was no need - just did an OTA update to PR1.1. All previous issues: gone!
That's how my Austrian Handtec N9 arrived. It makes me wonder if there's a mix of returns and new handsets. Mine was pristine. The only thing I noticed was the box had no seal but also no signs it ever had one either. Usually mobile phones have seals on the boxes don't they?

Handtec, Expansys etc have to 'grey import' the N9 from suppliers in the EU, not from Nokia it seems. Who knows (except Handtec, Expansys) where they actually come from. This can't be a good situation for either the 3rd party suppliers or Nokia and it'd be so much better for everyone if Nokia just capitulated to public demand and supplied Handtec and Expansys directly in the UK.