Cell Phones Dedicated Discussion (Market Prices/ Troubleshooting/ Advice/ Recommendations)

[asharab.butt]

Interestingly at that time i had mentioned only and now i have bought it along with my friend in UAE and on his iphone 7 plus 128 gb its showing tax rs7865 and on mine same thing its showing 4037. But as per decoding of serial number mine is 2016 second half batch and his is 2017 first half batchAnd more interestingly on an iPhone 6s plus 16gb DIRBS system is showing 7865 tax. Wow its Pakistan

Do you have any idea about iphone Xr?

[mrdeejay]

DIRBS

How do you check tax on a phone?

[crossfirex]

No idea on Xr. Please do post all the rates here if u get them confirmed from DIRBS (authentic source) and for that u need to have IMEI of particular phone and either u create ur account online or dial *8484# from ur mobile and follow the instructions

[mrdeejay]

Anyone have DIRBS account, who can check tax for following IMEI: 357400091933250

IMEI is of an iPhone 8 Plus i found on ebay - haven't bought it, just want to get an idea of how much tax would be.

[pwuser150208336795]

[mrdeejay]

Thanks!! I'm surprised the tax is quite high, what's the criteria for low tax on some iphones like @crossfirex mentioned?

[asharab.butt]

Thanks!! I'm surprised the tax is quite high, what's the criteria for low tax on some iphones like @crossfirex mentioned?

The criteria is simple:
Stupidity and mood of the fbr employees along with a bit of luck on your part.

[mrdeejay]

Aren't those employees inputting the IMEI in their system to calculate value?

I'm wondering if they are inputting lower C&F value, cause they know cellphone is old and isn't worth the full retail price.

[Gringo1]

Need oneplus 7t in Lahore. Any leads? seems out of stock everywhere. Thanks.

[abart]

i am also interested in nova 7i , please share if i buy it can i install the applications like gmail, google home, google keep, youtube, youtube kids and google drive in it?

[faakhir19]

gmail

Gmail works. There is a pre installed app named email jiske andar gmail ki option bhi hai

google home

No idea about Google home and keep

youtube

YouTube vanced (premium version without ads) work for free. It's a little difficult to download but it works.
YouTube kids won't work. However another easier way to use YouTube is that you can bring the YouTube icon to home screen and it will direct you to the YouTube browser.
Google drive won't work

[faakhir19]

Detailed information
Google maps work fine. You can't sign in to your account but kaam normal tareeqe se karte hain
YouTube works fine but its a bit difficult procedure to download YouTube. Actually YouTube vanced download hoti hai (premium version without ads). For downloading, there is only one video on YouTube with correct procedure. Otherwise, you can bring youtube icon on your homescreen and it will directly take you to youtube browser. Works same as normal youtube

Baqi kuch apps hain jo download nahin ho sakti. Mostly are available on apk store
Netflix works well. Have to download through apk
PakWheels saheeh chalta hai
PakWheel forums apk se download krna parta hai
WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, twitter ka koi masla hahian. Facebook and WhatsApp are available on Huawei app gallery. Insta and twitter apk se karne parte hain

Baqi overall, I am satisfied with my purchase

[asharab.butt]

Actually YouTube vanced download hoti hai (premium version without ads)

I can't remember the last time I used the normal YouTube app on my phone, Vanced is so much better.

[abart]

Thank you all for the reply ... i really liked nova 7i when i read its specifications and it has a great processor. but i very much use google applications ..yeh problem ha otherwise its looking better than redmi note 9 pro, right?

[faakhir19]

yeh problem ha otherwise its looking better than redmi note 9 pro, right?

Yes, Nova 7i is better than its competitors but if you are a frequent Google apps user, you may face problems

[asharab.butt]

Guys is there a way to verify if some international website is legit? I've found this website through an Instagram ad and the prices are definitely too good to be true.

https://erafoneshop.id/Apple-iPhone-11-Pro-Gold-p220204492

[crossfirex]

Bro this is an Indonesian website and the Rs sign u r seeing is Indonesian Rupiah not PKR. Where 1PKR=87Rupiah
But still prices seems somewhat odd

[asharab.butt]

Bro I know but then it's even weirder

[s15]

Subscribe to Zong Data Management service, to stop random balance deductions.

Dial *4004# and subscribe it.

After that, no balance deductions guaranteed.

Other network users facing same problem of random balance deductions, keep phone on 2G/3G mode and not on 2G/3G/4G mode.

[s15]

Randomly came across a thread over pakwheels about random balance deductions, so posting it here

I was victim of same fraud of random balance deductions too, on multiple networks. Even PTA complaints did not help, but now soon using some high end sources, and this complaint will be escalated to senior most officials of PTA.

It's basically a 4G related thing and ONLY happens to those who have not subscribed to any mobile data buckets.

It's a 4G technical restriction, that the 4G internet connection of a consumer is always active from companies back end, even with mobile data off and there is very slight (5-10kb) mobile data usage happening at back end, several times a day causing balance deductions.

These companies are all very well aware of this thing and even know the solution of this problem, but to fraudulently make money, they don't resolve it and pretend that issue does not exist.