Most helpful Jubilee777. I might end up purchasing the phone(Nokia 6230i) on my stopover in Singapore anyway as it could:
1. Still offer significant saving's over buying in China
2. Give me buyer protection as I can be sure it is real (something that can be iffy on the Chinese Mainland).
3. Save on the 5% Tax downtown
4. Display Chinese Characters, something the Nokia I have now cannot do as it was purchased in Thailand. This can be quite annoying when getting an SMS in Chinese that looks like [] [] 3 []
Just for comparison mobilechoice.com.sg gave me a price of $630sg and the price of the same phone in China the price would be well over $900sg. So while Changi might be over priced on mobile phones for SIN residents it might still offer value for some value for those of us who have less competitive shopping options and I have found in the past the prices are way better than the prices in Hong Kong Airport. I'll see when I go through in about 2 weeks and if it is somewhere in the middle I will probably buy it and let you know.
Thank You so much for the assistance.
-UFFA
Originally Posted by Jubilee777
Thats correct, i am a S'pore Resident. What you don't know is I work at Changi Airport

so I know the prices well....
Mobile phones in Singapore can display Chinese characters, and of course to send Chinese words, you must be proficient in Hanyu Pinyin..
Cheers..