Pricing and availability of Sony Xperia Z5 Compact in Bangkok?

[bbbrisco]

Has anyone seen any Z5 Compacts in the Sony stores (or other retailers) in and around Bangkok? If so, any ideas of prices charged? I'll be in Thailand for 3 months in Jan and badly need a new phone, and the Z5 Compacts are not sold here in Canada, so my best bet may be to pick one up in Bangkok instead of ordering from an international shipper.

Thanks!

[dddave]

Just be sure any Sony Z-5 localized for Thailand covers whatever the bandwidth is you'll need in Canada. With 4G, it's getting complicated.

Sorry, no idea if or where they are being sold in Thailand.

[bbbrisco]

Just be sure any Sony Z-5 localized for Thailand covers whatever the bandwidth is you'll need in Canada. With 4G, it's getting complicated.

Sorry, no idea if or where they are being sold in Thailand.

I've been looking into that, and you're right it's a mine field out there for some phones. Luckily, the Sony has just two models (E5823 and E5803) and both seem to have a pretty wide (and identical) selection of LTE bands. From what I can tell, the only difference is that the E5823 supports something called LTE Cat 6 (up to 300Mb downloads) while the E5803 supports LTE Cat 4 (up to 150Mb downloads). Not sure which countries the E5803 is aimed at.

Thanks!

[kkerry]

Sony are making the Z3 in their Thailand factory so maybe they will start production of the Z5 as well. If no-one else has an answer about availability I can check for you this Saturday.

[kkerry]

Sony store at Siam Paragon today.

Edited November 21, 2015 by kkerry