Posted 15 June 2023

Anyone bought a Samsung Galaxy from China?

I have a friend coming over from China and the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 256gb cost about £600 brand new in China, compared to the pricing of either brand new/various different used/refurbished states.

Has anyone bought a Samsung from China? Will I have to side load all the google services? how about Samung Pay? Any issues with 4G/5G on UK carriers?
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  1. jamie15's avatar
    No GMS (Google services) in China (edited)
  2. deleted9453's avatar
    You can get S23 Ultra for not much more in UK with the various offers that pop up.
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    only if you trade in a phone or are on some kinda perks/student programme
  3. guilbert53's avatar
    Note if you buy a Samsung phone abroad THEN try to trade it in for a Samsung deal in the UK at a later date they WONT accept it.

    This happened to one of my relatives. Bought a Samsung phone in Hong Kong then later in the UK tried to offer it to Samsung as part of a trade in and they would not accept it.
  4. 10661960's avatar
    I was pested with Chinese phone calls and adds
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