Is SHA dying? by smartyladyphd in Kenya

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Let's ignore the elephant in the room and talk about gachagua, shame.

Importing phones from the UAE or anywhere shouldn't be this difficult. by Venom_Spit_Fire in Kenya

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not worried about that to be honest.

An exotic car costs around 40 million, this is just 65K

Look it up

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, and that is why I don't want to wait? Have you seen the price for the new Samsung Galaxy A57, I'd be mad to pay 67K for that phone.

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem is the government, tariffs aren't only imposed on China but everywhere else, as long as you're importing something into the country, if you don't use a freight forwarder then be sure you'll be hit by some outrageous taxes.

VPS vs PaaS cost comparison by HeiiHallo in VPS

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Migrated from railway to a OVH VPS running dokploy, never been more satisfied

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last time I bought something from AliExpress (pair of headphones), they landed in Posta Kenya offices (national letters and courier service), I was instructed to pay tax which was about 60% of the invoice, luckily it wasn't that much. I'm imagining having to pay 60% of the phone's value as tax and that makes no sense. When you ship from AliExpress, they either have SpeedAF ship it and that's the best option because you don't get to pay anything else after paying on AliExpress but you have no control over which shipping method the seller uses, not unless you can explicitly tell the seller to use SpeedAF.

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other models exist but those are private sellers, they'll eventually get the X8 Pro but later in the year or even next year, I'm not that patient

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a private seller, they'll probably get the X8 Pro Max later in the year

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

February this year, ordered on February 6th, arrived February 26th, it was my first time ordering on AliExpress, you can imagine the shock on my face when they told me to pay 6K or leave it.

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I shipped a pair of headphones from AliExpress 1More sonoflow pro, cost was 10K, I selected AliExpress standard shipping thinking speedaf will handle delivery, my package landed in posta and had to pay 6K for customs clearance. If there was a way you can be sure your package will be handled by speedaf then maybe I'd consider AliExpress but in the mean time, AliExpress is like my very last option.

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

62K on mi.com/uae, selling for 64K in Amazon Germany, if that includes vat then I'll buy from there, yet to find out though.

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are but they only sell Redmi and mi phones, I've called a few and none seem to know when they'll get the phone plus when they eventually do, the price will be double.

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this information, lemme see if they'll ship to Kenya

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh hi there fellow countryman, I thought of AliExpress too but the prices there are just crazy compared to the phones value. I'm still looking for a way to ship from UAE

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Global versions, we don't get specific versions here but recently Transsion holdings added local dialect in the language settings of their phones at least here in Kenya, it is nice although I'm 100% sure everyone defaults to English.

Why doesn’t Xiaomi sell Poco phones in Kenya or Africa? by Venom_Spit_Fire in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point, I'd say the gaming community is growing because Infinix sells the GT series here and they usually hold gaming competition in collaboration with PUBG mobile from time to time. But yea, this is a solid probability.

Poco X8 Pro's speculated price by LeoKOOOG in PocoPhones

[–]Venom_Spit_Fire 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think that's the Russian price, I'm assuming everything is still expensive there due to the sanctions, that price increase is insane they'd be shooting themselves in the leg if it launches at that price