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Mobile phone from USA

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rohitshakti_sehgal Original post #1
May 10, 2022 at 7:55 PM
Hi friends,

One of my relatives is coming from USA, any suggestions which phone can be bought from there (preferably dual sim & 5G) upto 15k or any other thing to buy ?

regards
R
May 10, 2022 at 8:23 PM
Sorry posted here wrongly as it should have been in the buying mobiles section, can I myself transfer it there.....?
omega44-xt
May 10, 2022 at 9:44 PM
Lower end phones are better in India. $500+ phones are cheaper in US vs India. So buy a Xiaomi or Realme or iQoo or Moto phone here.

Reason - Sales volumes. In India 8-20k smartphones sell a lot, so more competition & lower margin per phone, hence lower cost. Flagships don't move much volume here. In US it is the other way around, flagships sells a lot, because $1000 is not as valuable to Americans to say even what 35k is to Indians. Also higher taxes here.
R
May 17, 2022 at 10:34 AM
Thank you for the reply.

Is there any other Tech item which is better from US to buy ?
khalil1210
May 17, 2022 at 11:47 AM
check out *www.bestbuy.com/ or amazon.com Sometimes they have better deals compared to indian prices.
omega44-xt
May 17, 2022 at 6:33 PM
Thank you for the reply.

Is there any other Tech item which is better from US to buy ?
It applies to many other higher end items as well, like a $200 headphone in US would be 20k here, so you can save like 4-5k buying from there. Similarly, Xbox controller is much cheaper there on sale vs here, so on.

But if you have a 15k budget for a phone, I doubt you would buy a 15k headphone. Maybe check out Amazon fire tab 8 without ads, decent tab for its price, much better than any budget tabs in India. Although compared to higher-end Fire tab 10+, better buy Realme Pad 10 in India for 18k.
RumbaMon19
May 18, 2022 at 4:56 PM
Hi friends,

One of my relatives is coming from USA, any suggestions which phone can be bought from there (preferably dual sim & 5G) upto 15k or any other thing to buy ?

regards
15k dollars?

if ever getting anything from us, always get iphone. Everything else is available here.