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2016-05-27 , 17:37
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Originally Posted by tmi View Post
Care to specify that 'significantly less' with actual figures?

If you do, take into consideration proper VAT (for different countries) + postage.
How would you 'import' from Snapdeal - via agent or take a trip to India? Consider those, too.

What comes to warranty and distance: limitations exist e.g. you cannot ship mobile phones from UK to India, you cannot ship devices with batteries via post office from Finland to India (only via courier i.e. UPS/DHL, read: costly) etc... I'm sure other limitations exist. Of course, you can take (another) trip to India which is a bit pricey for that -as you put it- 'proper warranty' and IMO practically nullifies it altogether in usefulness.

Not saying you're wrong, I'd just like to see what 'significantly less' actually comes down to, proper warranty or not.
I'd seen an early misprint on a site re: the price - €275 ... €175 is a rather better deal.

However, sending things around - regardless of sparsely policed import regs - is rather less complicated than you make it sound.

Also, I don't think the battery part is significant. Since if the device is faulty as opposed to the battery, you need not return the battery.

Still, the seeming likelihood of them wanting to try to get away with a very limited warranty should be rather alarming. Especially given that this is Jolla (major issues in the past), and that Intex generally tend to offer EXTREMELY cheap devices from low grade OEMs, which probably have a higher than average failure rate. Also, I don't think a limited warranty is likely to be compatible with EU law. There is no way to not define this as a consumer product, given that despite the titular developer programme, it is absolutely nothing of the sort and makes no attempt to be. There's no selection or application process ... it's just first come, first served for ANYONE.
 

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