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You just have to love the competition in Cyprus! Shopping around for the best price for an iPhone 8:

Stephanis €859
Bionic €859
Public €859
istorm €859
MTN e-store €859
Prismstore €859
Electroline €859

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If it isn't urgent, consider getting it shipped over from the UK by RSS or LHUKCY.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-iPhone-6 ... B075V4TM45

That link shortens. It isn't actually for an iPhone 6, it is an iPhone 8.

A lot cheaper.
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Based on that price of £659, it would be around €720 - so even with shipping of around €20 with someone..... saving over €100
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There were cheaper ones too, but that one was from Amazon rather than a 3rd party seller. I think you will need RSS or LHUKCY to ship though, as I don't think they can get sent via plane.
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Lloyd supposedly the best smartphone that will soon be available and slightly cheaper than I Products, Apple are always more expensive and not always worth it, thinking of pre-ordering an S9 for myself, but am I smart enough to use one? I doubt it. :(
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I've tried the S9 and S9+ at their launch in Barcelona last week and the screens are incredible, cameras excellent - particularly the slo-mo videos.... The interface is enviously android and very different to apple...

PRICEWISE very similar to high-end androids like the google pixel and the iPhone x

Incredible we now consider paying more for a phone than a computer!
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I have a new Huawei Y7. Does everything a Samsung does and costs about 170 euros in Stephanis. Excellent phone. Why pay more.
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Lofos-Jan wrote: Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:03 pm You just have to love the competition in Cyprus! Shopping around for the best price for an iPhone 8:

Stephanis €859
Bionic €859
Public €859
istorm €859
MTN e-store €859
Prismstore €859
Electroline €859
Whereas here in the UK, the prices are .... all the same.

You pay's your money and takes your choice. :D
I chose to buy a Motorola MotoG for about 20% of that price! ;)
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It is against the law but widespread in the UK. Min markup for the average wedding dress was about 300%. If you go below that, or whatever the agreed rate is, the designer will drop you like a stone. You are allowed to go above it, but not below.
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I did check the UK and the prices do vary. From £659 at Argos, £699 at Currys and various others including Amazon UK ranged from £617 to £749. The £617 on Amazon UK bizarrely is dispatched from a company called Digitech4all in Greece. So I checked their website direct and it costs €770 on there. The reason I prefer to buy in Cyprus is that if anything goes wrong, you can return it easily for support.

Lloyd, I am an absolute Samsung/Android fan. I have a J7 and one of my sons has the S8+. My other son has the Huawei P10 and loves it. The iPhone is for hubby who has had his iPhone 5 for many, many years. He doesn't want to part with it but there are no longer updates for it. He doesn't want to learn something new!

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