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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B $44.69 + $2.79 Shipping = $47.48 at Zapals

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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B $44.69 + $2.79 Shipping = $47.48 at Zapals
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shagaroo on 03/11/2016 - 12:29 zapals.com (1307 clicks)
Last edited 03/11/2016 - 14:57 by 2 other users

Appears to be a counterfeit, purchase at own risk.

MOD: It's the CN version according to Zapals customer service, rather than the UK version.

Don't forget the 8% cashrewards discount as well (not included in title price).

From the link looks like this is the Chinese version. Not sure what the difference is other than made in China.

There was an option for Hongkong Post Standard Shipping (7-45 days) AU$1.63 but I chose to go with Australia Post Air Packet (7-15 business days) No Tracking AU$2.79. On the product page it says: Processing Time 2-3 Days. Shipping Time 3-14 Days so lets see how long it takes!

  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) on board for low energy consumption and more convenient.
  • 1GB LPDDR2 memory, it is enough to make sure smooth work while connecting with other devices.
  • 802.11n Wireless LAN with up to 10/100Mbps LAN speed, you will never be troubled by the low LAN speed.
  • Adopt video-core IV dual-core co-processor for smooth and stable multimedia operation.
  • Full HDMI port allows you to enjoy fabulous video-watching experience.
  • CSI camera port for connecting a Raspberry Pi camera.
  • DSI display port for connecting a Raspberry Pi touch-screen display.
  • Micro SD port for loading your operating system and storing data, very convenient.
  • It supports all the latest ARM GNU / Linux distributions and Windows 10 IoT.
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  • Forskin on 03/11/2016 - 12:38
    +7

    Pretty good price. Can turn it into a portable old school game console emulator with RetroPie which runs quite well, if that's your thing.

  • bdl on 03/11/2016 - 12:42

    Are these genuine or counterfeit? (Do counterfeit Rpi's even exist?)

    • Forskin on 03/11/2016 - 12:46
      +1

      Orange Pi ?

      • athk on 03/11/2016 - 12:50
        +1

        Not really "counterfeit" variants of the PI do exist, such as BananaPi.. RPI is open source, the blueprints are available to download and use.

        What bdl wants to know is if it's actually officially made by RPI themselves or just some cheap rip off, I'm buying one regardless, I guess we'll see when they get delivered.

  • athk on 03/11/2016 - 12:48
    +2

    Just an FYI you can get a free "gift" for https://www.zapals.com/new-registrant-for-an-early-christmas… if you're a new member.

    More "freebies" pay for postage here - https://www.zapals.com/freebies.html

  • Black Hole on 03/11/2016 - 12:49
    -2

    I have 2 Raspberry Pi 2. I am looking forward to the Raspberry Pi 4 release in Feb 2017. I believe it will sport a 1.8GZ Quadcore, 1xUSB3, and 2mb of RAM.

    • Jamiea on 03/11/2016 - 12:54
      +7

      2MB RAM? Wow!

      • 303-Acid on 03/11/2016 - 12:56
        +27

        No one will really need more than 640k anyway.

      • kurisu on 03/11/2016 - 13:00
        +3

        No, not two megabytes, two millibits.

    • wildweasel on 03/11/2016 - 12:56
      +1

      What will you do with 2mb ram?

      • [Deactivated] on 03/11/2016 - 15:00
        +1

        Windows 3.1

    • start3r on 03/11/2016 - 12:59

      Do you have a source for this information or rumor?

    • EightImmortals on 03/11/2016 - 13:19

      I have a raspberry pi 2 as well, if I upgrade to a 3 or 4 can I just whack the memory card from the 2 straight in or do I have to setup from scratch again? (cos that would be pain).

      Cheers

      • CLoSeR on 03/11/2016 - 13:24

        I think it depends on what you have loaded on the card, buy yes you can straight swap form Rpi2 to Rpi3 with OpenElec for example as the image is the same.

      • Crownanchor on 03/11/2016 - 13:25

        Yes, I believe that is possible as the Pi2 and Pi3 are similar, and the Pi2 will be 32 bit, so you would not be able to move from a Pi3 64bit to a Pi2. You will definitely have a problem going from a 1 to a 2 or 3.

        • EightImmortals on 03/11/2016 - 13:45

          OK thanks. I have openelec/kodi. Might try the experiment when the 4 comes out. :)

        • CLoSeR on 03/11/2016 - 14:00

          @EightImmortals: I have Kodi/Openelec on the Rpi2 as well, also waiting for the 4. ;)

  • ZarthiaRule on 03/11/2016 - 12:59
    +9

    This is a counterfit unit!!! One its not an authorised reseller and if you look at the photo that they provide where the man is holding the unit, where is the ELPIDA chip on the back and why is the micro sd insert the old spring sort when raspberry pi got rid of those last generation. I use these and the older generations with my work and this is definatly COUNTERFIT!!! Link to proof! http://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/products/raspberry-pi-3-…

    • iforgotmysocks on 03/11/2016 - 13:06
      +4

      *COUNTERFEIT!!!

      • yojabbajabba on 03/11/2016 - 13:15
        +4

        *definitely

        • StrayfireX on 03/11/2016 - 21:49
          +1

          Maybe the RaspPi just needs to go to the gym. Don't judge. It might be counterfit.

    • [Deactivated] on 03/11/2016 - 13:13
      +2

      Yeah it looks weird.

      I'm not sure if it is a mistake or not.

      https://www.zapals.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/3…

      I wouldn't mind if the counterfeit was $20, but for this price. lol.

      • Blitzfx on 03/11/2016 - 18:31

        Yeah, cost should be a lot lower if it's a counterfeit.
        For the RPi, the cost of parts is cheap.

    • athk on 03/11/2016 - 13:19

      "Zapals Customer Service
      The item in our website is CN version. But the function are the same except for the apperance."

    • macca on 04/11/2016 - 19:24

      The photo is showing a Raspberry pi 1 B+ where they updated it to 40 pins.
      ref: http://raspi.tv/2014/raspberry-pi-model-b-launched-today . They've just used the wrong photo. Might need to settle down there

  • iimech on 03/11/2016 - 13:02
    -1

    Why would they reduce the RAM from 1GB to 2mB?

    • Black Hole on 03/11/2016 - 19:08

      My mistake, typo when you are busy.

  • ZarthiaRule on 03/11/2016 - 13:14

    Actualy the more i look at there photos the more i see as well.
    The usb Sockets are the incorect sort(Very cheap and there half height wrap arounds)
    The capacitors are very cheap and much smaller than any they have ever used.
    The circuitry is clearly difrent between photos
    Compare the "Made in the UK" stamp between all the photos lol 2 opf them say "Made in FFC"(or something like that)
    Compare the box with the previous link, element 14 put there barcodes on the bottom not the top.
    In the photo of the box and the unit it clearly does not say on the chip in the top corner "Made in the UK"
    Also why is the plastic on some of the conectors all black, i have nere seen a pi with that.

    • shagaroo on 03/11/2016 - 13:23

      Maybe an explanation (I hope so): with the RPi V2 there were differences in components and colours between made in UK and made in PRC (Peoples Republic of China).

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP4qoVnhAEY

      • bdl on 03/11/2016 - 15:33

        FFS PRC! = FFC :P

  • PleasureMe on 03/11/2016 - 13:21

    "802.11n Wireless LAN with up to 10/100Mbps LAN speed, you will never be troubled by the low LAN speed."

    Actually I would be troubled. The fact that they haven't put a 1G port on this is a joke.

    • bdl on 03/11/2016 - 15:33

      The Ethernet is connected internally via a non-USB3 port so no gigabits for you

    • bargaino on 03/11/2016 - 18:49
      +4

      The fact that they haven't put a 1G port on this is a joke.

      Too right! No USB3 or SATA either! How am I supposed to build a corporate fileserver with this?

    • Shonky on 03/11/2016 - 23:37

      You are completely missing "the facts" as to why it doesn't have it.

  • CLoSeR on 03/11/2016 - 13:21
    +7

    Buy the real thing from Element14; $55 including free shipping and you'll have it quick smart.

    http://au.element14.com/raspberry-pi/raspberrypi3-modb-1gb/s…

    • [Deactivated] on 03/11/2016 - 13:33

      i wonder if both of these are made in the same factory?

      http://au.element14.com/raspberry-pi/raspberrypi3-modb-1gb/s…

      Legislation and Environmental
      Country of Origin: China
      Country in which last significant manufacturing process was carried out

      • CLoSeR on 03/11/2016 - 13:37
        +1

        The genuine thing is made in China now just like iPhones, there are many factories in China. As always buying from a reputable seller will ensure you receive the real deal. Element14 and RS Components are the major sellers of Rpi.

        • Crownanchor on 03/11/2016 - 13:38
          +1

          My Pi3 is made in the UK, while my Pi2's are made in PRC. Also the Pi1 was firstly made in China, then there was UK for the Pi1 R2.

        • CLoSeR on 03/11/2016 - 13:41

          @Crownanchor: no doubt some are made in UK..

    • Shonky on 03/11/2016 - 13:48
      +2

      $55 + GST

      • Crownanchor on 03/11/2016 - 14:00

        Yes, so its $60

        Best to wait for an Element14 sale, which is often around this time of the year, but some sales exclude raspberry pi.

        • Smigit on 03/11/2016 - 14:10

          They had one last week that excluded the Pi.

  • dreamerman on 03/11/2016 - 18:11
    +1

    They should come up with a model with 2 LAN ports so that can be used as firewall/router/gateway all-in-one server. I have one sent by IBM Raspberry Pi Promo that is still sitting in my drawer.

    • Jackson on 05/11/2016 - 12:33

      I was burning I missed that deal, also never got the promised arduino from Intel

    • bargaino on 05/11/2016 - 12:40
      +2

      They should come up with a model with 2 LAN ports so that can be used as firewall/router/gateway all-in-one server.

      You don't need two physical ports for that. You can connect to your modem over a different sub-net on the same physical port.
      Or use a USB ethernet port.

      • dreamerman on 05/11/2016 - 16:42

        Thanks, never knew that is possible. Learnt something new today :-) I am currently running pfsense in an old dual core box with two physical LAN cards.

  • bjdchwr on 03/11/2016 - 19:13

    I've been using PRi for years and they are great for doing small jobs, including Bitcoin mining controller (back to the old days….)

    Yesterday I set up a FlightAware feeder and connected one compatible TV dongle to my old RPi 2 so now I am feeding live ATC data to the community.

    Link: http://flightaware.com/adsb/stats/user/bjdchwr

    My future plan is to develop some of the small automation using RPi - either using Visual Studio + Win10 IoT or Python….

    By the way, it seems my RPi 3 purchased from element14 was made in China as well…. My RPi2 was made in UK..

  • athk on 04/11/2016 - 07:23

    So while I was with online with chat trying to figure out if this was official or not I asked for the title to be changed so it's more clear on what it actually is.. they've added the words genuine and Chinese version.

    I'm not convinced it's official, these aren't hard to replicate even with the same components..

    I think it still stands buyer beware, the device might act the exact same..

    I ended up getting a refund on mine, it's not worth the risk.

    • ZarthiaRule on 04/11/2016 - 10:27
      -1

      If you do get this its easy to check if the serial number is valid, this may come straight from the CN factory. This company is not authorised to be using element 14 logo and such in there photos and there not an official distributor or on any list that i can find. Also the photos to show what you are getting show CN and UK versions and between CN photos they show different build quality, and the photo without the ram chip im thinking must be a RPI Zero, I have RPI 1-3 and none look like that. Good luck :)

    • bargaino on 05/11/2016 - 12:43

      these aren't hard to replicate even with the same components..

      Its a custom SoC from Broadcom. How do you replicate that?

      • thut6366 on 07/11/2016 - 10:14

        the chips them selfs are normaly not counterfit, but you have the silicon board, connectors and various other commponets that they can change

        • bargaino on 07/11/2016 - 10:18

          It is a custom chip. You cannot buy it. There are no clones, just similar devices like the Orange Pi.
          Whats a "silicon board"??

  • athk on 15/11/2016 - 06:47

    @shagaroo did you end up getting yours yet?

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