With well over two million people waiting to receive a OnePlus 2 invite through the official international channels many of you will be looking at Chinese resellers to get your 2016 flagship killer. Here are stores that we can recommend you buy the OnePlus 2 without an invite.
Why these stores?
- You must be asking why we have posted links to these stores and not others? Well the simple reason is that they have agreed to send us a OnePlus 2 review phone and have given us the DHL tracking numbers for the phone. To us this classes as pretty good proof that they managed to get stock this past Monday and that phones are on the way.
So should I order my OnePlus 2 right now?
- To be on the safe side I would say wait until next week when the orders arrive so we can be sure that we were sent the OnePlus 2 as promised. Of course shop.gizchina.com can be trusted and the store is offering a free tempered glass protector with OP2 orders.
Will this version of the OnePlus 2 work with my network provider?
- Remember that these versions of the OnePlus 2 are the Chinese version of the phone and will only have 3 x FDD-LTE bands, where as the true international model boasts 6. You, should check that the Chinese version of the OP2 works with your mobile network provider before ordering.
Are there other stores I can trust?
- Yes, and as soon as we find them we will add them to this list. Keep posted.
7 Stores you can buy the OnePlus 2 without an invite
We’re sure that there will be more stores offering the OP2 and once we are 100% sure that they have stock and can be trusted we will consider adding them to this or another list.
GizChina Shop
Of course we are going to mention our own affiliated store and why not. We are working with this team because we trust them and we trust them to ship OnePlus 2 phones as soon as they are made available.
The GizChina shop warehouse in China has stock of the OnePlus 2 available to buy right now, and ordering now will mean you also get a free tempered glass screen protector. Stock will also be available from the EU warehouse as soon as possible. Stocks are limited, so act fast.
Buy the OnePlus 2 from shop.gizchina.com
Giztop
Giztop have stock of the 64GB OnePlus 2 in stock at their Chinese warehouse now. Like other resellers only the black version of the OP2 is available at this time and quantities are limited!
Buy the OnePlus 2 from Giztop.com
UU Online Shop
UU Online Shop are a new company to us, but they have sent us order confirmation details from OnePlus.cn and a DHL tracking number for our review phone. The company say that they have already sold 100 OP2 phones and will be ordering more through their Chinese channels ASAP.
Still you must be careful before ordering from a new store. We would recommend waiting for our review phone to arrive to be 100% certain, but so far they seem legit and our OP2 should arrive next week (depending on how DHL are feeling).
Buy the OnePlus 2 from uuonlineshop.com
Gizchina News of the week
Chigon Aliexpress Store
You might have never heard of Chigon before, but the chances are you may have dealt with a European reseller that uses this Chinese based company to source stock. Chigon supply a number of EU resellers with Chinese phones, and have now opened their own Aliexpress store to offer phones direct from China.
Buy the OnePlus 2 from Chigon on Aliexpress
GearBest
GearBest are one of the better known resellers, with a long reputation and a huge selection of products. We recently received a OnePlus 2 from the company from China with fast shipping. The OnePlus 2 can be ordered from GearBest.com right now with no invite.
Buy the OnePlus 2 from Gearbest
Oppomart
Reseller Oppomart once specialised on only Oppo devices, but they now deal in most premium Chinese phone brands. Oppomart is also advertising the OnePlus 2 at one of the lowest prices we have seen the phone at since its release last week.
Buy the OnePlus 2 from Oppomart.com
Everbuying.net
Everbuying.net aren’t the oldest known resellers of Chinese products, but have quickly made their way up in the list of trusted Chinese stores. At the time of writing the article, the OnePlus 2 (in the 4GB RAM, 64GB version) is being offered at an attractive $435.99 from Everbuying.net with free worldwide shipping.
Buy the OnePlus 2 from Everbuying.net
Pandawill
Pandawill have the OnePlus 2 listed at just $459.99 for the 4GB RAM 64GB ROM version of the 2016 flagship killer.
Buy the OnePlus 2 from Pandawill.com
More Stores Soon
We have spoken to more stores in the hope they can provide us with proof that they too have OnePlus 2 stock allowing you to buy the phone without an invitation. We hope that more stores can be added as this will also give us the chance to offer OnePlus 2 phones as giveaway prizes!
Keep posted for more shops you can buy the OnePlus 2 without invite.
Umm, 100€ more expensive ? Better wait imho.
Depends how desperate you are to get one. If you wait I believe you could be waiting till early next year if those 1.5 million people are really going to buy one
Well, I’m an early member (thanks to GizChina BTW! can you find the very first thread you posted about OnePlus on this blog? would be amazing!!)
then I’m expecting an invite not so late… That said, I can live without an ‘early’ OP2. My point was that 100€ more result in a less “bargain” phone, compared to a few others… Anyway, as you said, some people are desperate… 🙂
Me too, but I doubt I will get an early invite :p
OnePlus doesn’t send you one themselves for review? Your site in part (among others) contributed to their success. Do any brands send you phones for review or is it always the resellers?
They usually send phones for reviews only to more well known american sites (engadget,techradar etc)
Technically Techradar is a British site but I get your point.
Nope, we have very little communication with them these days.
That is interesting to hear.
No, there are brands which send phones to us. OnePlus, Oppo are the only two who wanted our help when the started the international markets and now ignore us. Vivo, Xiaomi, LeTV, and all the smaller brands send phones to us direct.
That’s pretty messed up.
I think this is the first article: https://www.gizchina.com/2013/12/16/ex-oppo-staff-set-oneplus-launch-next-generation-cyanogenmod-smartphones/
Yep, looks like! Awesome Andi! 🙂
Im desperate and i am actually eager to take the risk – Or ill get a Moto X style/Zte Axon/Zuk Z1 or if i get some spare greenies the Lg G4
I’d get the X Style, it’s about the same price with NFC, Micro-SD slot and near stock Android with fastest updates. It also looks a lot better imo and has stereo speakers if you’re into that. The SD 808 has also proven itself to have no issues unlike the SD 810. I see no reason to pick the OPT over this tbh, unless you really want a fingerprint scanner. You can wait how the cameras turn out I’m sure someone will do a comparison of both phones.
Well the x style camera has been already benchmarked as one of the best camera on the market so still gotta see what 1+ offers
Well im on the place 1.832 567
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Help me im desperate
Pretty sure all these stores are selling the Chinese version which only has 3 FDD LTE bands (the international version has 6).
good point, added this to the article
Hi Andi, do you have any experiences ordering through giztop.com? The reason I am asking is because they advertise no customs fees yet in their “return & refund” section under the point “price” they write prices exclude customs duties and tax and payment is the responsiblity of the buyer.
They said this last year even said there was two different production lines, mine came without the cyanogenmod logo and running color os, I flashed the the rom and they are exactly the same, I also had mine at least 3 months before my invite finally dropped.
Good point, I won’t even consider to buy another chinese oneplus, the last oneplus one that i bought on aliexpress didnt support 4G lte in Mexico, i even had to root it in order to get it to work with the network from the mexican companies. IT SUCKS!.
I also heard that Chinese version only supports one imei outside of China – making dual sim support redundant?
Umm, 100€ more expensive ? Better wait imho.
Depends how desperate you are to get one. If you wait I believe you could be waiting till early next year if those 1.5 million people are really going to buy one
Well, I’m an early member (thanks to GizChina BTW! can you find the very first thread you posted about OnePlus on this blog? would be amazing!!)
then I’m expecting an invite not so late… That said, I can live without an ‘early’ OP2. My point was that 100€ more result in a less “bargain” phone, compared to a few others… Anyway, as you said, some people are desperate… 🙂
Me too, but I doubt I will get an early invite :p
I think this is the first article: http://www.gizchina.com/2013/12/16/ex-oppo-staff-set-oneplus-launch-next-generation-cyanogenmod-smartphones/
Yep, looks like! Awesome Andi! 🙂
OnePlus doesn’t send you one themselves for review? Your site in part (among others) contributed to their success. Do any brands send you phones for review or is it always the resellers?
Well im on the place 1.832 567
Edit
Help me im desperate
They usually send phones for reviews only to more well known american sites (engadget,techradar etc)
Im desperate and i am actually eager to take the risk – Or ill get a Moto X style/Zte Axon/Zuk Z1 or if i get some spare greenies the Lg G4
Technically Techradar is a British site but I get your point.
Nope, we have very little communication with them these days.
That is interesting to hear.
No, there are brands which send phones to us. OnePlus, Oppo are the only two who wanted our help when the started the international markets and now ignore us. Vivo, Xiaomi, LeTV, and all the smaller brands send phones to us direct.
That’s pretty messed up.
I’d get the X Style, it’s about the same price with NFC, Micro-SD slot and near stock Android with fastest updates. It also looks a lot better imo and has stereo speakers if you’re into that. The SD 808 has also proven itself to have no issues unlike the SD 810. I see no reason to pick the OPT over this tbh, unless you really want a fingerprint scanner. You can wait how the cameras turn out I’m sure someone will do a comparison of both phones.
Well the x style camera has been already benchmarked as one of the best camera on the market so still gotta see what 1+ offers
Pretty sure all these stores are selling the Chinese version which only has 3 FDD LTE bands (the international version has 6).
good point, added this to the article
They said this last year even said there was two different production lines, mine came without the cyanogenmod logo and running color os, I flashed the the rom and they are exactly the same, I also had mine at least 3 months before my invite finally dropped.
Good point, I won’t even consider to buy another chinese oneplus, the last oneplus one that i bought on aliexpress didnt support 4G lte in Mexico, i even had to root it in order to get it to work with the network from the mexican companies. IT SUCKS!.
Hi Andi, do you have any experiences ordering through giztop.com? The reason I am asking is because they advertise no customs fees yet in their “return & refund” section under the point “price” they write prices exclude customs duties and tax and payment is the responsiblity of the buyer.
I also heard that Chinese version only supports one imei outside of China – making dual sim support redundant?
Beware :OP2 Only support China market !!
While it is the Chinese version, it still will work outside of China.
Beware :OP2 Only support China market !!
While it is the Chinese version, it still will work outside of China.
Haha, i have got the Oneplus 2, Six months ago we had disassembled Oneplus 1, for Oneplus overall design engineers and construction ideas in terms of in-depth knowledge, though after a lapse of more than 460 days, but Oneplus2 overall pick in the structure changes are not large, but the cover is opened the design, much easier than before, so it is not inevitable dismantling difficulty. I have write an article about how to disassembled Oneplus 2, if you are interested, you can find that at here http://www.mtkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=2112&p=5198#p5198
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What’s up? can we have a talk?
Is there a change of leadership at Oppomart?? They never sell phones lower than others and now have done it with both this and the Meizu Mx5 ($329 same on Gearbest). Usually they are $50-200 more expensive.
Haha, i have got the Oneplus 2, Six months ago we had disassembled Oneplus 1, for Oneplus overall design engineers and construction ideas in terms of in-depth knowledge, though after a lapse of more than 460 days, but Oneplus2 overall pick in the structure changes are not large, but the cover is opened the design, much easier than before, so it is not inevitable dismantling difficulty. I have write an article about how to disassembled Oneplus 2, if you are interested, you can find that at here http://www.mtkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=2112&p=5198#p5198
……….?
What’s up? can we have a talk?
Is not 100$ more expensive: I bought one from flosmall (464 usd express shipping included with coupon “optcina” ), for European users like me is the same price of official (464 usd = 424 euro and the official price is 399 euro + shipping fees). And they install oxygen before shipping (chinese version use Hydrogen Rom)
Have you recieved the phone?
No, from tracking I will receive next week (10 days total shipping time)
Is there a change of leadership at Oppomart?? They never sell phones lower than others and now have done it with both this and the Meizu Mx5 ($329 same on Gearbest). Usually they are $50-200 more expensive.
LOL
Is not 100$ more expensive: I bought one from flosmall (464 usd express shipping included with coupon “optcina” ), for European users like me is the same price of official (464 usd = 424 euro and the official price is 399 euro + shipping fees). And they install oxygen before shipping (chinese version use Hydrogen Rom)
Have you recieved the phone?
No, from tracking I will receive next week (10 days total shipping time)
LOL
but why would any one buy an OP2 ? 😀
Some people are a fan of that brand and like their quality. I am not a fan of the company and their decisions but they do make very good phones, just like big brother OPPO.
but werent u bashing oppo a few months back for the HORRIBLE customer support ??
esp wen a issue in ur phone’s camera arose ?
Yea I had a bad experience with them but others have had good experiences. Most people I talk to actually say incidents like mine are isolated to just this region (Thailand/Malaysia) and the rest of OPPO is very good to deal with. And there are very few complaints of One Plus customer service (except those that didn’t get invites lol).
what can it do better than $100-$200 phone
It can do just about everything better than a $100 phone, as for a $200 phone it depends on which one we are talking about.
but why would any one buy an OP2 ? 😀
Some people are a fan of that brand and like their quality. I am not a fan of the company and their decisions but they do make very good phones, just like big brother OPPO.
but werent u bashing oppo a few months back for the HORRIBLE customer support ??
esp wen a issue in ur phone’s camera arose ?
Yea I had a bad experience with them but others have had good experiences. Most people I talk to actually say incidents like mine are isolated to just this region (Thailand/Malaysia) and the rest of OPPO is very good to deal with. And there are very few complaints of One Plus customer service (except those that didn’t get invites lol).
what can it do better than $100-$200 phone
It can do just about everything better than a $100 phone, as for a $200 phone it depends on which one we are talking about.
Also available at ibuygou.com
Also available at
Teknistore also has some in stock for people buying from EU: http://www.teknistore.com/index.php?id_product=237&controller=product&id_lang=1 They also claim it to be the EU version (which i doubt) but they did list 4G bands which include the european ones. The picture makes no sense though… But for people buying from EU, you don’t pay customs if you choose standard shipping (its sent from italy). That picture is hilarious though XD
I know for sure Coolicool has it also….
http://www.coolicool.com/goods/search/index?encode=YTo0OntzOjE4OiJnb29kcy9zZWFyY2gvaW5kZXgiO3M6MDoiIjtzOjE4OiJzZWFyY2hfY2F0ZWdvcnlfaWQiO3M6MDoiIjtzOjg6ImtleXdvcmRzIjtzOjk6Im9uZXBsdXMgMiI7czoxODoic2VhcmNoX2VuY29kZV90aW1lIjtpOjE0MzkyNDAxMTc7fQ==
Teknistore also has some in stock for people buying from EU: http://www.teknistore.com/index.php?id_product=237&controller=product&id_lang=1 They also claim it to be the EU version (which i doubt) but they did list 4G bands which include the european ones. The picture makes no sense though… But for people buying from EU, you don’t pay customs if you choose standard shipping (its sent from italy). That picture is hilarious though XD
I know for sure Coolicool has it also….
http://www.coolicool.com/goods/search/index?encode=YTo0OntzOjE4OiJnb29kcy9zZWFyY2gvaW5kZXgiO3M6MDoiIjtzOjE4OiJzZWFyY2hfY2F0ZWdvcnlfaWQiO3M6MDoiIjtzOjg6ImtleXdvcmRzIjtzOjk6Im9uZXBsdXMgMiI7czoxODoic2VhcmNoX2VuY29kZV90aW1lIjtpOjE0MzkyNDAxMTc7fQ==
I can confirm Gearbest has it and they are offering a special deal, check out my forum post.
I can confirm Gearbest has it and they are offering a special deal, check out my forum post.
If helpful to someone !!!
Now you can directly ask questions here if you are willing to buy from our store, We are thankful to Andi for giving us chance to provide you all this phone quick than others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gUAiNO77wI
If helpful to someone !!!
Now you can directly ask questions here if you are willing to buy from our store, We are thankful to Andi for giving us chance to provide you all this phone quick than others.
Add iBuygou.com to your list 🙂 https://www.ibuygou.com/p-oneplus-2-qualcomm-snapdragon-810-octa-core-18ghz-4gb-ram-64gb-rom-kevlar-edition-6946.html
Add iBuygou.com to your list 🙂 https://www.ibuygou.com/p-oneplus-2-qualcomm-snapdragon-810-octa-core-18ghz-4gb-ram-64gb-rom-kevlar-edition-6946.html
Someone can explains me how is the DualSim working with the Chinese versions who only has 1 IMEI ? Thank you.
Someone can explains me how is the DualSim working with the Chinese versions who only has 1 IMEI ? Thank you.
Anyone know anywhere (except teknistore listed under) that might have the “international” version?
Anyone know anywhere (except teknistore listed under) that might have the “international” version?