Hi!

I have been following this thread for a while and finally i registered to ask you for advice. My situation is: i am from spain but i have acquaintances in KL willing to make me a favor and they are coming here on 23rd of march. The prices you are talking about are rm1800 or even rm1600, which compared with the ~rm2450 (540€) here, the safe well worth to ask for the favour

then my options are: order it from directd for rm1600 right now, but i dont have any reference about the store and i wont see the phone until it will be too late and too far for any claim.

my second option would be to hope it will be sold in the official sony store before 23rd and send him to get it physically. this would be rm1800, but it is my favourite choice, i am more confident about the official store.

so, would you bet they will be able to get it before 23rd? is directd trustful enough to risk to order it?

i also concern about the phone itself, do malaysian phones include english language by default? are they internationally standard? i guess in the sony center they sell it completely free of operator and unlocked, so i will be able to put any other rom when available without zone restrictions... am i right about this or all my plan is a big fail and i would get a very nice brick from 11000km away?

Thank you very much!

thank you for your advices, i have change my mind and if i do it, i will do it with directd, if the only difference is that it is imported, i can definitely live with that

the dark points now are the warranty, which i had already renounced when i got the idea, and the updates. its true i would like to have the latest spanish software asap, but i trust xda for the latest updates and the language its not a deal breaker.

btw, @Godevil you have said phones in malaysia are not carrier blocked, but do you know if they lock the bootloader? in the begining i will only use official sony's roms (with my current phone, xperia ray, i have installed sony's roms from diferent countries without problem being locked), but maybe in the future, when sony drop the support, i will want to use alternative roms and i am not sure how to deal with the bootloader

@briantwj, i have no doubt about buying it here would be much better, those rm800 must worth something... and about tax, i dont pretend to have a sealed box, i will even let him use it before bring it to me, i just want the phone for a price as low as i could get...

so, have anybody purchased this phone from directd? do you know which country come them from and the screen provider for the black one?

thank you very much for your help funny duck, Godevil and briantwj, you are very kind!

btw, what does AP actually mean? i presume it implies it is imported, but i dont get the real menaing...

hi mitahi, i am about to order the same phone to directd and i have a pair of doubts, maybe you can help me.

first, how did you choose the color? i began the order and i didnt find the option... is there any comment box further? i am still in step one.

and second, could you tell me which screen does it carry? it can be JDI or AUO, you can find it in the file shell@D5503:/ $ cat /sys/devices/mdss_dsi_panel/panel_id

thanks!

hehe, no idea, i think you dont need root and it is a file you can see with any browser... i will look for more information and tell you.

what about the color of the phone? i hope it is not a lottery, i dont wanna the pink one...

edit: here is a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gixb5XmJjIs

This post has been edited by AlPG: Mar 14 2014, 01:04 AM

Thank you very much mitahi, i am willing to have mine already!!!