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It was true on the first devices using those technologies, now it's extremely rare
in some samsung devices if you typed *#0*# you will get a screen to test your phone it includes scree,touch,speaker,camera,sensor,vibrator,camera flash ...
m.sabra wrotein some samsung devices if you typed *#0*# you will get a screen to test your phone it includes scree,touch,speaker,camera,sensor,vibrator,camera flash ...
So for what reason there is 1 year warranty for phones, and up to 4 years warranty for Laptop if we can test our electronic devices from the first minutes ?
in my opinion it's just madness to pay this much money just for warranty Samsung Lebanon claims that the GSII will be available for below 1000$ so maybe 900$ and it's available now for 675$ and i am certain that it will be cheaper in the next few weeks and as Vegetaleb said software and OS are not considered problems anymore and manufacturing problems are extremely rare so just don't be so pessimist.
12 days later
Thank you m.sabra for your previous reply. But is 675$ the final SGSII price? And does anyone know the current price of the predecessor the S one at the shop?
correction the SGSII2 price at the last time i checked was 665$ and as i know yes the prices are final. but you should call or ask them at facebook for the latest prices because prices usually drop every week.
Guys can we have one thread for phones/amhaz/ everything else ? Its a waste having a billion threads discussing the same two phones over and over again !
blabsters wroteGuys can we have one thread for phones/amhaz/ everything else ? Its a waste having a billion threads discussing the same two phones over and over again !
people are asking questions about this topic anywhere even in Forum loby and i am just answering it's not my fault.
regarding buying tehreeb or not, lebanon is a city of 4 million people, so a dealership cant expect to become billionaires with such a small population of consumers. but for some reason they are actually trying to become billionaires by marking up the price so much that it's just ridiculous to buy any electronic device from the dealer.

so now we have 2 choices, either we dont buy from the dealer hoping that one he will wake up and join us on planet earth and give realistic prices (in the meantime we buy tehreeb to keep up with tech), or we keep buying from the dealer proving to them we r the gullible saps they thought we were.

tehreeb is the best resort in the current sick dealership system. and i seriously dont expect the dealer to lower the prices if his sales surge, he will be looking at the next yacht to buy with all that extra money and maybe he might grow a pair and even raise the price more just because "he can".
@rtwo what about import taxes? are they part of the dealer/importer's plan? are they private or public? aren't they the main reason behind the astronomical tech/everything prices in Lebanon?
yes there are import taxes etc... but the prices the dealer gets from the mother company is seriously low. the dealer does not get the items at the retail price we see in USA, he gets it at a fraction of the price.

in the EU they also have VAT (around 20-30%, not 10% like Lebanon) and they also have import taxes, how come their prices are still lower than ours in Lebanon?

moreover, just to add more fuel to the fire, i highly doubt that the dealers are paying the full duty taxes (customs, vat etc...) because most dealerships belong to big people in Lebanon who can navigate the taxes maze as good as the tehreeb people ;)
Do Amhaz have FB or website to check prices?
What is the price for Galaxy S2 ?
a month later
Help...HEEEEEELLLPPPP!!!!
I just bought an HTC Desire HD from Amhaz, I turn it ON at home and, Surprise: There is no android market application and it apperas to be blocked to UAE, although I'm in Lebanon. I bought another one four months ago and it was fine in every way.
They are closed now, but I'm hoping they'll be such gentlemen to provide me a fair solution, because without the Market Application, the phone is worth 0$.
after googeling a bit it seems like UAE remove the market from all android phones you can try installing the market manually or root the phone and install the original Android OS.
Thanks Sabra, I took it to them today and they promised to install foreign software on Monday...Fingers crossed.
If it doesn't work out,I'll try your advices, thank you all. Feedback on Monday...
another solution: google earth and the youtube app was blocked on my nexus s when i bought it and they worked after i did that (i suggest you to try this before installing the market manually if Amhaz couldn't figure it out)
1- Go into Manage Apps --> All
2- Google Partner Setup
3- Clear Data
4- Reboot