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| Thread ID: 140734 | 2015-12-06 03:19:00 | Samsung Galaxy J5 | bk T (215) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1412413 | 2015-12-06 20:47:00 | I see 2Degrees are selling this phone at the moment payable over 24 months with a one-off $29 fee for a total of $317, which seems a fair deal. | Greg (193) | ||
| 1412414 | 2015-12-06 20:54:00 | My boy has one of these and when he is here at Christmas I'm going to try my 2 degrees sim in it and see if it works as I won't one but won't to stay on 2D It takes a nano SD card, so your SIM might not fit. Other than that, it should work fine. Can't remember off the top of my head, but I don't think it's locked to Vodafone. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1412415 | 2015-12-06 20:56:00 | Its NOT 'crap'. Ive owned 3 low end Samsung Galaxy's . ALL are lower spec than the J5 Young Ace Express (still using it) Even the lowest end bottom of the range had no issues with touchwiz. In fact I had no issues with any of them (aprt from screen size). There just a limit as to what games they will play . The express is a great ph, despite being lower spec than the J5. It does everything I want, youtube,email,camera, games, & works as a ph. So the J5 would be a great phone . Dont be caught up in the 'need to have high system specs' BS. Its a ph, you dont need alot of grunt to run a phone . And the J5 has 5" HD Super AMOLED Screen , I wouldnt buy another Samsung unless it had the AMOLED Screen . Im not a Samsung fanboy btw. On the low end ph's , you will never get Android updates for it. Samsung pretty much just release & then abandon their lower end ph's . Please do explain why you'd take a J5 over a Smart Ulta 6. J5 has a poorer screen, less RAM, slower CPU, less storage, a more heavily skinned version of Android, and a worse camera. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1412416 | 2015-12-06 21:00:00 | The smart ultra 6 isn't locked in NZ. Works on 2degrees and Vodafone. Just not spark/skinny coz it doesn't support the bands. | sahilcc7 (15483) | ||
| 1412417 | 2015-12-06 21:30:00 | Thanks guys for your views and input. Looks like J5 should do the job. However, I am still shopping around - came across Parallel Imported, they have much lower prices in various models and makes. Remember, quite sometime ago that they have very bad service support, how are they now? Anyone here can share their experiences? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1412418 | 2015-12-06 21:55:00 | Please do explain why you'd take a J5 over a Smart Ulta 6. J5 has a poorer screen, less RAM, slower CPU, less storage, a more heavily skinned version of Android, and a worse camera. Please explain your please explain. I never said that at all, I never implied the J5 is better than every other ph around the same price. Just because there are better deals doesnt make it 'crap' Lower res doesnt mean a poorer screen , either. There are some crappy screens with higher res . :-) The smart Ultra is a crap ph for those of us on Skinny :banana If it worked on skinny Id consider it . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1412419 | 2015-12-06 23:19:00 | I got the huawei P8 lite. Took it back after a week. Then paid the difference for the P8. Good phone so far. No ctap ware either | plod (107) | ||
| 1412420 | 2015-12-07 01:07:00 | Please explain your please explain. I never said that at all, I never implied the J5 is better than every other ph around the same price. Just because there are better deals doesnt make it 'crap' Lower res doesnt mean a poorer screen , either. There are some crappy screens with higher res . :-) The smart Ultra is a crap ph for those of us on Skinny :banana If it worked on skinny Id consider it . I agree. It's all relative - horses for courses. Is the smart Ultra just a Chinese 1st/2nd tier phone? Vodafone branded mobiles like Google seem to use Huawei, or LG, maybe ZTE. Since they can't/wont' manufacture their own...In fact I read somewhere, their phones distort/interrupt pricing/marketing for branded phones. Their phones (VF, Google) exist because of the branded phones... |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1412421 | 2015-12-07 01:21:00 | In fact many Chinese phones out spec the Samsung near equivalents, saturating eBay and Ali express with new generic type names every week. Course they cost a bit less- but what about durability - quality aspects? | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1412422 | 2015-12-07 09:55:00 | Please explain your please explain. I never said that at all, I never implied the J5 is better than every other ph around the same price. Just because there are better deals doesnt make it 'crap' Lower res doesnt mean a poorer screen , either. There are some crappy screens with higher res . :-) The smart Ultra is a crap ph for those of us on Skinny :banana If it worked on skinny Id consider it . Easy - if you can get a phone which is better in every way, for the same or less amount of $$, surely one is crap compared to the other? |
Nick G (16709) | ||
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