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I applied yesterday and got the approval mail instant, one minute after applying.

I'm travelling from Switzerland and had all the documents in a good jpg quality.

But I have another question: do I need to install some apps beforehand or just go with the PCR test and Thailand pass to the airport? Thanks

there were a few units for sale in Switzerland last week but I was not lucky enough to get one.

I arrived in Thailand today and wanted to buy one. They told me that they aren't coming until the end of April, beginning of Mai (HTC store). Probably at MBK they will get them sooner.

bought it today at the Mobile Expo. Was the hell out there, full of people and the phones were sold out quick. The white one was sold out at noon, but I got a titanium gray in the afternoon.

Paid 22'900. Got a 16GB San Disk MircoSD with full of apps/games and a car charger for free.

Unfortunately no german language and no german keyboard available...

Perfect, thank you.

the warranty for samsung mobile is worldwide i read. So it seems like i'm gonna buy a new phone next week!

iam too keep me up to date and price ais tel wiz is where i wll purchase, good promotion worth 26,000 baht

I'm gonna buy it without contract or extra stuff...going back to europe in one month, so i wouldn't be able to use the extra stuff i guess

Perfect, thank you.

the warranty for samsung mobile is worldwide i read. So it seems like i'm gonna buy a new phone next week!

Thank you Ban Sao.

Do you know if this is a special Thailand version, is it different to the european one?

I'm thinking of buying one but i need to be sure that i can switch to german language and that it will work in europe

Goes on sale in thailand on october 4th.

is that official? in every store or just imports in MBK?

That is always the case in Thailand!

Maybe I'm going to the wrong places, but I never managed to get an early import device ;-)

I only go to Pantip or MBK, but MBK is that big...maybe I'm going to the wrong stores.

If you want an official localized product it might end up being mid-October, best case.

So your guess is, that there will be some Note 2 available from import sooner than the "official" ones?

They said it would be released in october (Europe). But I read that there are rumors that the release in India is in late September.

I will be in Thailand from mid-september to mid-october. Wondering if I can buy it in Bangkok...hope so at least.

I dont know where you plan on using the phone but Thailand has no LTE, the regular S2 has HSPA+ which theoretically gets 21.1 mbps but I have never come close to getting that speed on any network. Im using it right now on ATT in America and i never get more than 5mbps, and in Bangkok its much slower. LTE promises faster but have never used the network.

I would like to buy this LTE Galaxy as well. Not to use in Thailand, but at home (and not because of the LTE). Since it came out in Korea, it there a chance to get it in Bangkok?

Where ist generally the best place to buy mobile phones in Bangkok? Is it really the MBK or the Pantip? Or does anyone of you know other good stores?

Is the MBK the place where they have the phones at first?

And what mobile websites do you rate the best for news about Thai mobile phones (doesn't matter if it is in thai or english or german)?

I'm here until the end of november and I'm interested in either the "nokia lumia 800", the "galaxy nexus" or the "motorola droid razr". But I couldn't find any thai releasedates of these phones.

thanks!

We (Wife, 3-year old daugther, 1 year old son and I) want to go to Thailand in November. The funniest (or sadest) thing are the prices for the flight to Bangkok:

Swiss Airways (normally not the cheapest one) will cost 4'000 swiss francs (about 3'600 US$).

Thai Airways (which we love and would love to fly with) will cost about 5'000 swiss francs (about 4'500 US$).

That's more than 20% more expensive. This will be the first time since about 5 years we will fly with Swiss, with that extra 1'000$ we can book a nice hotel for some days.

I know that non-direct flights are not easy with small kids but you should also check out the Gulf carriers (Emirates, Qatar and Etihad). All are superior products in terms of comfort, entertainment etc and service quality is good. Dubai airport is also a comfortable transit.

That is true, thanks for the information. Some of the flights (from Zurich) would be good, but as you said, with kids it's not the best, especially as they are still very young. And I for myself am afraid to fly and happy if I don't have to start and land two times ;-)

None of the three has ever had an accident. They also have almost brand new, top quality aircraft and very experienced flight crew. Safety standards are very high. I spend my life climbing onto planes for either biz or pleasure (minimum 50 flights a year) and I too do not sleep to well the night before (unless lots of beer) so I sympathise. Either way, I hope that you and your family have an excellent holiday despite all the doom and gloom on the various boards. I still love Thailand - rather more than some Thais I fear.

Thanks for sharing your experience! I really do hope the holidays will be as great as the ones before.

We (Wife, 3-year old daugther, 1 year old son and I) want to go to Thailand in November. The funniest (or sadest) thing are the prices for the flight to Bangkok:

Swiss Airways (normally not the cheapest one) will cost 4'000 swiss francs (about 3'600 US$).

Thai Airways (which we love and would love to fly with) will cost about 5'000 swiss francs (about 4'500 US$).

That's more than 20% more expensive. This will be the first time since about 5 years we will fly with Swiss, with that extra 1'000$ we can book a nice hotel for some days.

I know that non-direct flights are not easy with small kids but you should also check out the Gulf carriers (Emirates, Qatar and Etihad). All are superior products in terms of comfort, entertainment etc and service quality is good. Dubai airport is also a comfortable transit.

That is true, thanks for the information. Some of the flights (from Zurich) would be good, but as you said, with kids it's not the best, especially as they are still very young. And I for myself am afraid to fly and happy if I don't have to start and land two times ;-)

We (Wife, 3-year old daugther, 1 year old son and I) want to go to Thailand in November. The funniest (or sadest) thing are the prices for the flight to Bangkok:

Swiss Airways (normally not the cheapest one) will cost 4'000 swiss francs (about 3'600 US$).

Thai Airways (which we love and would love to fly with) will cost about 5'000 swiss francs (about 4'500 US$).

That's more than 20% more expensive. This will be the first time since about 5 years we will fly with Swiss, with that extra 1'000$ we can book a nice hotel for some days.

The rent for an appartement in Switzerland is about 60'000 to 70'000 baht/month (about a 5 room appartement with 130 square meters, in the suburb of big cities).

And yes, your idea sounds good. It's worth considering it. We're still young and have many alternatives, so we have to consider carefully.

Not that you get a wrong image. We don't have 20million baht left right now.

We could have have this much money in some years time if we would work for our "big dream" and save every penny.

About the money:

A house in Switzerland is not as expensive as you might think (about 15-20 million baht), and that's about the money we would have in a couple of years if we would save hard.

And that is exactly the point...I don't know how much money we would need in Thailand. Of course, it depends on how luxurious you want to live.

We could live for free and eat for free, there are some houses from the family of my wife. But that's not exactly what we want. At least a rent or the food or something we would like to pay.

In four or five weeks of vacation we always spend easily around 150'000 baht...so that's not the standard we could afford for a long time.

Our children are 3 and 1 years old. So, again, it depends on how long we would be there. If it were only for 1 or 2 years, they could easily go to school back in Switzerland.

Thanks for the interesting opinions!

Some of you think it might be possible to get a (decent) job, some think it would be hard if not impossible.

Of course it would be a big step to move to Thailand. It means leaving all behind and spending (probably) all the savings.

We have not yet decided what to do. My further education will end in 2009 or early 2010, so we have some time to think about it. And my knowledge of the thai language will be better then. I can learn every day some words as our children are learning it too.

Right now, it seems best to take a one year sabbatical and go there with no job just for vacation. If some opportunity comes along, I may can apply for a job then or move back to Europe and had a good, long vacation.

Thanks for all your answers.

We could afford a 1 or 2 year sabbatical, we have enough savings for that. We're just not sure what to do. With our savings we could buy a house/appartement here in Switzerland or we just go to Thailand and see how life is there and forget about a house in Switzerland.

My wife has been back in Thailand for some longer occasions. In 2002 she spent a whole year back there because her grandfather was sick. So she knows the situation back home. But you're right, life is probably not the same like in the 1980s.

If it is that hard to find a decent job (or a job at all) we might go there just for a long one year holiday. One wish was, to show our 2 children their second home.

Thanks for your replies.

We live a great life here in Switzerland and we don't need to go there. But sometimes...you know. Sometimes you would just love to go where the weather is warm and where other people are for holidays.

Bangkok is so great, in 2 hours you are at a nice beach and when you drive 2 hours in the other direction you have great nature in Kanchanaburi. And the people there seem happier than in Switzerland even if they don't have as much as we have (money, houses, cars, ...).

Founding an own company is also an option, but could be hard as well. We have friends with big hotels, so maybe there's a possibility to manage a club or something, I'm in the middle of a further education in management.

We would love to try it out for 1 oder 2 years and decide afterwards if it is something we could imagine for the rest of our lifes.

Hi there

my wife an me have this idea of working for 1-2 years in Thailand and then returning back to Switzerland, or if it's "fun" we could also stay there forever. So I'm doing some research and try to find out how good the chances are of finding work.

Here are some facts from me:

- Married to a thai woman (who grew up in Thailand until she was 12 years old, since then she lived in Switzerland and is now 30 years old). She has a swiss passport and speaks/writes fluent german and thai.

- I'm also 30 years old and a Swiss citizen, we visit Thailand like 4 weeks each year.

- I'm a computer specialist (I work now as a "Test Engineer Professional" and earn around 100k/year US$)

- Computer skills: Microsoft MCP, Office, IBM and HP software (for example Quality Center), have a lot of experiance in HP OVO, System monitoring too and support. Mac experiance too. I have several IT diplomas (for example "IT specialist with Fed. Diploma of Higher VET", a swiss diploma close to a bachelor degree).

- I speak German, English, some French, some Italian, want to learn more Thai.

- We have houses to live in from her family somewhere in Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani.

So, how hard will it be to find work in the IT industry? What salary could I expect?

Are there any good job homepages to look at? Or do you think this is hopeless?

Thanks!