whoa! RM1400 for 32GB?? damn worth bro.

Read few pages back that said items purchased online cannot claim get.

Not too sure about AUS. Typically in the EU, there are many forms to fill or one buys stuff only from shops participating in Global Blue Tax Free service. Just need to pay a small service charge and you pay only for the goods there and then tax free. Usually not available through purchases online, but I can't find info whether it is really not applicable.

Is your friend just in AUS to visit or does he/she have a resident permit? If he/she has a resident permit, it is already not allowed to get a refund, even if she is buying it for a friend.

I think I saw someone posting about emailing google to get a proper tax invoice which can then be presented to the customs people at the airport. I'll try searching.

Well it's actually two friends. One is staying in australia and he bought it for me, and will be shipped to his address, while the other friend is visiting him and will bring the phone back for me.

I'll try getting the GST refund, if not it's still a really good deal. Just hope that it doesn't come with any defects!

Just went through the reviews of gsmarena and found out about the poor battery life. Actually I think gsmarena is just trying to make it look worse? Somehow, at 50% brightness, Nexus 5 has about 300 nit and LG G2 only has half of it. You can see the difference in brightness in this video as well: http://youtu.be/qJNSBO29J_c

Don't trust gsmarena. I just realise they use 50% for each phone and not locking the phone to a certain brightness. And earlier today I saw a video comparison of Nexus 5 and the LG G2. The Nexus 5 at about 30% brightness is already brighter than the LG G2 at 50% brightness.

Then again, I do not know who to trust now at all lol.

buy liao sendiri test....

That's what I said before. gsmarena doesn't standardize screen brightness across all devices.

my nexus 5 panel is really bright coming from sgs4. Even the auto brightness is a bit too bright to my liking. I had to use lux to reduce it to my comfortable level.

This post has been edited by gmhafiz: Nov 14 2013, 11:11 PM

Anandtech's reviews are trustworthy imo

where is the review

I agree with u
battery optimization ? bigger capacity beat that.

g2 has quite a lot of development too , when ur nexus can flash custom kernel , how about flashing the custom kernel and cm/pa/aokp on g2?

I would seriously consider G2 if LG put the power at the side instead of at the back.

Generally good idea to disregard observations on battery life from reviews that use the phone for less than a week. Armando Ferreira is getting 4.5 hrs SOT after a week: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ArmandoFerreir...sts/SbWte4x7RYo

good reviews take time, and we all know the quality of reviews that came out in 3 days
*cough*theverge*cough*

This post has been edited by Tsukiyomi001: Nov 15 2013, 12:23 AM

My sister and I are currently studying abroad. She'll be going to Aussie for holidays soon. Is it wiser to ask her/ her angmoh bf to get it there for me? Or should I just ask my gf to buy it for me from 1G?

Gsmarena get 4 hours 46 minutes

Find something more productive to do then, not healthy to stare at a small 4.95in screen so long.

Good news is that Malaysian prices have dropped to rm1699, I think once LG officially brings them in the AP sets should be down to 1.3_1.4k price.

Then will be big value deals

better ask him to check since he's only coming back on 1st Jan as mentioned. Im letting my bro test drive it all he wants (of course besides drop test ) before he comes back end of jan

How much is the tax buying from US play store?