Where to buy cheap gadgets in Singapore?

distro_dave

In my next trip I have a long layover at Singapore. I'd like to make the most of my time there visiting cheap electronic gadgets shops (mainly chinese products). I've read that there is a building called Sim Lim Square where you can find electronic items, but everything I've read about it's refered to international trademarks (Nikon, Lenovo, Apple...) and (worst) the prices are equal than in Europe. To clarify, I'm looking for items like the...

Originally asked by Ivan on Stack Exchange (travel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Not sure where you've been reading that, but I can assure you they're quite wrong, Sim Lim Square sells every make of cheap electronics, so Chinese no-name brands and outright ripoffs are legion. Back in the day when iPhones were the new hotness and weren't officially available in Singapore yet, I remember seeing a plethora of "jPhones", "iFones", "iPhons" etc, all thinly disguised Windows or Linux. Some dealers aren't above selling you the real thing and slipping a clone in the bag instead, although the Tourist Board is cracking down on this pretty hard. The general rule of thumb for exploring SLS is that the higher up and deeper down you go, the more esoteric the fare on offer. To...

Full answer by lambshaanxy: https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/27299 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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