Ebay prices for Pureview and a question.

[NAVVARR]

I'm noticing on ebay some sellers offering US versions of the Pureview at very competitive prices..

New Nokia 808 Pureview Quad 41MP HSPDA GPS 16GB Black Phone | eBay

What would be the difference in buying a US version- if its unlocked- will ym UK T-mobile sim work in it?

Also I read somewhere that you can change the product code using Phoenix - whats to stop someone buying this US version and then using Phoenix to change the product code?

[Doc Tran]

You might want to avoid a US 808. Joikuspot doesn't work.

[buxz777]

thats a much better price then what amazon were selling for recently , they wanted near on £600 for the black version for about 10 days before dropping it to just under £500 like the white version is

[93tid]

Let's not forget the regional warranty matter. For that sort of cash I would like to have the 24-month EU warranty on my Pureview.

[buxz777]

Let's not forget the regional warranty matter. For that sort of cash I would like to have the 24-month EU warranty on my Pureview.

yep there is that , the 2 weeks it will take to turn up , the fact you might have to flash eu firmware and risk a brick device via firmware conflicts and phoneix , if this happends finding a dead flash method and firmware that works with your 808 to bring it back to life

id defo be a bit put off by all that but the pricing is much better :-)

iam still looking forwards to a windows 8 flagship with pureview and too see how it can do in the market , i reckon it could do quite well and a phone like that would probably bring me back to be a nokia user in the future for sure , lets just hope windows 8 is a much more finished item then windows 7 and that nokia can get pureview adapted to it sooner rather then later :-)

[NAVVARR]

Can anyone tell me - is there any difference between a US and a UK Pureview- I mean in terms of - can i put my T-mobiile sim into one and it will work - access the network- use 3G etc etc.

[93tid]

AFAIK there is no difference.

---------- Post added at 07:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:24 AM ----------

You might want to avoid a US 808. Joikuspot doesn't work.

That is an FCC restriction applied by US carriers within the USA and not a handset firmware restriction. Joikuspot will not work on any 808 if used in the US.

1) It doesn't matter where you get your Nokia 808 PureView from, ie it doesn't matter if it's a US, Singapore or Finnish variant.. If you are using that device on a network/carrier in the US, the device recognises this and is not going to allow you to make Ad-Hoc wlan connections, as per the regulations set out by the FCC.

2) I understand (this I am not certain on) that the FCC regulations came into force in 2011. Therefore for any device manufacturer since then, the device is not allowed to create Ad-Hoc networks otherwise the device manufacturer wouldn't get FCC approval.

3) The FCC restrictons are in this case technically talking about Ad-Hoc networks, not 'wifi direct' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Direct) networks that are used for example in Lumia 610/710/800/900.

4) I understand the US Variants of Nokia 808 PureView do not have JoikuSpot preinstalled.

5) I understand that US customers are not able to purchase JoikuSpot from Nokia Store.

[TQ335]

Well my 808 is a UK version and JoikuSpot doesn't function either. However, that is simply because the network I am using it on specifically bans 'Tethering'. If you use a network that allows tethering or use a sim for that purpose then it does work. Why you'd want to I cannot imagine though.

Cheers