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

[Abd008]

Fellows, i would like to buy Galaxy S10 New. one option is to buy in Dubai (price on Amazon is around 1800 UAE Dirham (almost 82k Pak Rs), can anyone tell me how much duty i have to pay on passport/without passport?

or any Pakistani place where i can get it on at least the same price + tax.

[abart]

i have got redmi note 9s, it is good phone if one is only interested in powerful performance and huge battery life .. i got new for around 38.800 here in Rawal[pindi but i heard it is available for sale in Lahore for around 37500.

[rajaahmed96]

You have to pay 22k to get it pta approved. If its dual sim then 42k.

[despacitod362]

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[krafiq]

Asking a question for only personal information, as buying a mobile these days is becoming a technical job! I read on daraz that Huawei is using better hardware configuration than the others. For instance in their Nova 7i set C12 modem is being used for better connectivity while others use C6 modem. I being a non- techie am clueless.
Now I have just come back after visiting Northern areas and to my dismay my cell phone performance was very choppy, no signals, no internet, 4G became a dream. So my query is does having a C12 modem do the trick in northern areas like Hunza, Naran etc or not?

[k-four-nine]

Technology has advanced to the point that modems on even cheap phones are pretty good. And in my personal experience, connectivity depends a lot on cellular band, as opposed to modem.

Here in Pakistan, we use Band 1, 3, 5 and 8 for LTE which have a frequency of 2100, 1800, 850 and 900 MHz respectively.

Higher frequency = better data speeds = lesser coverage. It's a trade-off.

Unfortunately, only Telenor and Jazz use low frequency 4G LTE (Band 8 and Band 5) so I'm sure you'll get much better LTE coverage in remote areas if you switch to either of these cellular carriers.

Band 1 and 3 are only really meant for densely packed urban areas as the signal can't travel far.

[krafiq]

Thanks for the detailed reply

[tintin1]

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[k-four-nine]

Thanks for the detailed reply

If the area in question is covered by Band 8 or 5 cell towers then you'll get better coverage, or at least you should!

A few months ago I traveled from Lahore to Karachi via train and was able to get (mostly) stable 4G signals throughout the journey by forcing my phone to Band 8 because Jazz extensively use the band in rural areas. They're likely using their existing 900MHz low-band GSM infrastructure for LTE coverage.

In any case, I made several calls on WhatsApp without problems.

so. Ufon's 4G is good or they are also using low frequency like Telenor or Jazz?

Sadly no. Ufone is only licensed to use Band 3 @ 1,800MHz for LTE.

[asharab.butt]

AOA guys I was thinking of getting wireless earbuds and was told redmi airdots are the best under 5k. I looked at mistore but it is sold out but I came across eshopnow.pk who are apparently selling original ones for 3k and first copies for 2.4k. Does anyone have any experience with this website and should I get these?

[saqibhassan95]

You can get these from telemart

[kaashiif]

I am getting OnePlus Nord 8/128 for 75,000 brand new in packing but its non PTA any idea how much will be tax once I go for registering it with PTA?

[saqibhassan95]

I believe it's 22000
On passport it's less

[kaashiif]

Did you check here?

[usman_arooq2]

I'd suggest you to shop from Dablew,their products are 100% original. Prices are sometimes high but they have a rotating sale on their products.

I bought QCY T5 from them and found it much better than Xiaomi ones in terms of sound, seal and battery life (almost 3 hours on call, 4-5 hours while watching movies on laptop, case can charge 4 times)

Another thing, if you are buying to make calls, get the one with 2 mics in each bud. The call quality on any bud with single mic is not satisfactory. and get the ones with mic facing downward (classic earphone shape, not the pebble shape ones)

[k-four-nine]

So... is this mega thread now finally dead? No one has bumped it in almost 2 weeks. I think that's a first since its inception in March 2010...

Personally, I think it lost most of its momentum when @S15 abandoned it. He was (is) the heart and soul of this thread!

[saqibhassan95]

Yeah it's dead

[HellsGuardian]

I think its dead because every day at least 2-3 new phones are being released by different companies. I have to buy a new phone in a month or two so i keep following the news.

[ali_77]

What is the better choice in range of about 40k?
Samsung A31
Huawei Nova 7i
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S
Realme 5 pro
Realme 6
Or any other

[omaruser156370259465]

I would suggest you to wait a bit for Redmi Note 10 or Realme 7 to get launched here as both will be in 40-43k price range