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| Thread ID: 65865 | 2006-02-02 21:03:00 | Cellphone options? | Tony (4941) | PC World Chat |
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| 426630 | 2006-02-05 07:37:00 | When I checked yesterday, the swapya deal is finished - did I miss something. | Peter H (220) | ||
| 426631 | 2006-02-05 07:54:00 | Telecom are offering the Nokia 2280 for nothing as part of the swapya deal - which is a price hard to beat.Eeek, black and white screen, run and hide. :p If you are in the market for a low end phone I would suggest looking for one that is a little more modern (ie. has a colour screen) and perhaps a bit smaller. From memory the Nokia 2280 is pretty chunky. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 426632 | 2006-02-05 08:33:00 | If you want a good phone - and when I say good I don't mean $500+, just an everyday phone - Vodafone is your only choice. Major brands manufacture very few CDMA phones and Telecom has made the same "lack of handsets" mistake again with their new 3G network in my opinion. My recommendation would be a Sony Ericsson K700 (a good mid to low range phone - $349) or Sony Ericsson J200 (low end phone - $139) on a Vodafone motormouth plan. :) Major brands manufacturer very few CDMA phones? what are we judging this on? Perception or reailty? 3 out of the 5 top manufacterers worldwide make CDMA phones, why? apart from the inept capability of GSM. (Note, that CDMA 3G has a much higher speed and lower latency than the GSM Network. Take a geeser at the telecom mobile gallery, all of the phones bar one is from a "Major Brand". Also, considering the average lifetime someone will have a phone, say 1-2 years or perhaps longer, 3-4 years, is the portability of a sim card really so much of a feature than a hinderance? GSM phones are one of the easiest phones to steal, and reprogram with new ESN numbers etc. While their range is not the biggest, its perfectly fine interms of features. I aint ever going to video call anyone in the forseable future, so its no biggy. |
Tux (606) | ||
| 426633 | 2006-02-05 08:43:00 | Eeek, black and white screen, run and hide.The last thing my wife will care about whether it has a colour screen. Letters and numbers look just as (if not more) visible when black on white. As to size, whatever she gets is going to be smaller than the one it is replacing, and while smaller may be better for teenage fingers, for slightly arthritic middle-aged ones, it certainly isn't. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 426634 | 2006-02-05 08:45:00 | When I checked yesterday, the swapya deal is finished - did I miss something.According to the flyer it goes till March 10, "or while stocks last" - maybe there has been a run on the clunky black and white screens. :) Edit: Look here (www.telecom.co.nz). The offer still looks valid on that page. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 426635 | 2006-02-05 09:18:00 | Read carefully as it probably locks you into a contract with Telecom. If she's got to go through the hassle of changing number anyway don't let the bauble of a free phone take precedence. In reality the phone wouldn't be sold for much more than $100 anyway - take that in consideration of the fact they are pulling a network out from under you. Consider Vodafone, better service, better handsets, better technology, a roaming service that actually works properly etc. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 426636 | 2006-02-05 09:30:00 | Major brands manufacturer very few CDMA phones? what are we judging this on? Perception or reailty? 3 out of the 5 top manufacterers worldwide make CDMA phones, why? apart from the inept capability of GSM. (Note, that CDMA 3G has a much higher speed and lower latency than the GSM Network. Take a geeser at the telecom mobile gallery, all of the phones bar one is from a "Major Brand". Also, considering the average lifetime someone will have a phone, say 1-2 years or perhaps longer, 3-4 years, is the portability of a sim card really so much of a feature than a hinderance? GSM phones are one of the easiest phones to steal, and reprogram with new ESN numbers etc. While their range is not the biggest, its perfectly fine interms of features. I aint ever going to video call anyone in the forseable future, so its no biggy. The market of CDMA is very small.Not alot of places uses CDMA these days. How many mobiles have the big manufacturer made that are designed for CDMA compared to GSM?You won't find much models.I doubt CDMA will ever be popular than GSm mobiles. I have not seen any nokia 2280 overseas apart from new zealand and australia.Motorola V3 for example is a gsm network mobile found everywhere overseas and it's quite popular also. I find it lack of feature with cdma mobiles and I doubt i will use a cdma mobile in the future. You might not use video calling to anyone but I will certainly will.Everyone is different. GSM maybe slower than CDma but will improve as time goes by.There's something called EDGE now replacing GPRS CDMA mobile is pretty much useless to me.I can't do the things I want with a Cdma mobile. Gsm will always be my prefered choice. I think Sony Ericsson has already stopped making CDMA models |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 426637 | 2006-02-05 09:44:00 | most of asia, the pacific, and the americas use cdma as well as gsm. every network is different, they all have different pricing schemes and design policies. it doesnt make a phone any less a viable option. remember, its what is in the best interests of the personal consumer, we dont get the tmobile sidekick in nz, but it doesnt make it any less a viable alternative. And what features other than video calling does cdma lack? the new networks that gsm are utilising one of which is 3GSM which is based on WCDMA, you tell me, why would they move to so called inferior technology? Oh, and i have found that when travelling (i travel alot in NZ) that in spots where there is no voda signal, theres usually cdma signal. | Tux (606) | ||
| 426638 | 2006-02-05 09:51:00 | The market of CDMA is very small.Not alot of places uses CDMA these days. How many mobiles have the big manufacturer made that are designed for CDMA compared to GSM?You won't find much models.I doubt CDMA will ever be popular than GSm mobiles. I have not seen any nokia 2280 overseas apart from new zealand and australia.Motorola V3 for example is a gsm network mobile found everywhere overseas and it's quite popular also. I find it lack of feature with cdma mobiles and I doubt i will use a cdma mobile in the future. You might not use video calling to anyone but I will certainly will.Everyone is different. GSM maybe slower than CDma but will improve as time goes by.There's something called EDGE now replacing GPRS CDMA mobile is pretty much useless to me.I can't do the things I want with a Cdma mobile. Gsm will always be my prefered choice. I think Sony Ericsson has already stopped making CDMA models sony ericsson still make cdma phones for the japanese market. and what cant you do with a cdma phone that you can do with a gsm phone? other than video calling? |
Tux (606) | ||
| 426639 | 2006-02-05 11:10:00 | Haven't seen any smartphones so far with cdma | Ninjabear (2948) | ||
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