Posted by carkitter
Sorry, but I can't agree with any of those statements. We don't manufacture consumer electronics in NZ so our issues have little relevance to manufacturers. You'd be shocked to know the cost price of electronic goods; aftermarket brand BT headsets cost wholesalers $1.00...
If you want to discuss the American motor industry crisis, that's a different matter.
Posted by frankthetank
The manufacturing sector as a whole is what is being hit by the financial crisis. The fact that the source of our consumer products is overseas suppliers only proves me right I'm sorry, as those markets are most influenced by the state of the major world economies!
I work in the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering sector and I can guarantee that the prices of those products alone are set to increase 5% per month in the new year to an overall increase of approximately 25%, while the ripples of economic recession will be making waves in other sectors for much longer.
The fact that most consumer electronics are made in Asian countries also suggests that when everyone has turned to them to manufacture because of the perceived economic advantages, they will dictate the price at which they are sold back to the western world, and the associated cost of materials (Just look at oil prices until recently as a best example), especially when the value of their currencies are directly linked to the value of the Greenback and the Euro.
People are actually cottoning on to the fact that continually producing new products in an "upgrade and dispose of the old" cycle is detrimental to economies and the environment; you will find that this is already bringing about a paradigm shift.
Hopefully the idiot accountants who have been running the world for so long on imaginary money realise soon that they have made a hash of it.
Gosh what a rant, apologies all...
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Posted by Muhammad-Oli
This article somewhat supports frankthetank here, even though it really only states that Europe will see price hikes. I would tend to assume we'd see the effects of rising European prices here though.
Posted by yea g
If people think its bad now, they should wait till after xmas. I'm sure alot more cuts will be announced after 2008 finishes.
Posted by yea g
I heard them advertising telecoms new "faster" network on the radio. I wonder if anyone actually realises that it will just be the same as vodafones.
Posted by carkitter
unfortuneatly Telecom have gone out of their way to make the new network as different and non-compatible with Vodafone as possible.
I've just come to the end of my jury service obligations for this year. Deciding on allegations of assault on a child certainly puts life into perspective. I'm taking today off to come to terms with the experience. I'll do it again and will certainly recommend every NZer do their part.
Posted by frankthetank
I guess you can't talk about it really, but being a parent certainly changes the point of view! And giving a child a clip round the ear for trying to run out on the road is deemed as assault these days so that kind of throws a lot of opinion into the mix...
Posted by frankthetank
In other news...
I got a new new toy today so the K850i may be taking it easy for a while...
Would you believe only $1017 for a twin lens kit and a 4GB SDHC card, and a free bag via redemption from Canon. I couldn't talk myself out of it lol!
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Posted by carkitter
Actually, because the alledged incidents took place before the legislation changed, section 59 was a defence for reasonable application of force for the purpose of correction.
The harrowing part was finding out the background of the accused on Google after the case was over. All I'll say is that I feel justified with my final decisions but the jurors who criticized me may not sleep well.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2008-12-11 01:43:00, carkitter wrote:
unfortuneatly Telecom have gone out of their way to make the new network as different and non-compatible with Vodafone as possible.
I've just come to the end of my jury service obligations for this year. Deciding on allegations of assault on a child certainly puts life into perspective. I'm taking today off to come to terms with the experience. I'll do it again and will certainly recommend every NZer do their part.
Funny that you mention jury duty. I had to do it in January of this year, but I was never picked to be on the jury. I almost was picked on a minor assault case, but then they didn't draw my name once we were in the courtroom and so I went home. It was still a good experience to see how it all works. Dodgy looking people everywhere in the court buildings though!
Then I got a letter asking me to do it again only about a month back, but because I had already done it within the last two years, I was able to get out of it. I would have done it if the pay rate wasn't so low but I earn more on my crappy minimum wage job at Timezone, and so I pulled out. I really need to save for next year, so money is more important to me right now.
What I don't really get is why they sent another jury summons to me when I had done it so recently. I mean, I know heaps of people that have never been summoned at all.
@frankthetank: Nice camera! Must have set you back a bit! My parents bought a 40D (I think) a few months back that I've had a bit of a play on. Really great cameras, them Canons.
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Posted by yea g
On 2008-12-11 07:35:24, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
but I earn more on my crappy minimum wage job at Timezone
That part made me lol
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Hahaha yeah. Timezone pay is awful, but jury duty is worse.
My girlfriend has suddenly decided she doesn't want the K770i anymore. Women eh?
Probably getting her a K660i from etown if they'll lower their prices a bit.
Posted by yea g
You could get it cheaper at expert infotech
Posted by carkitter
Doing jury duty was inconvenient and the money isn't appealing. But the experience really opened my eyes to how the justice system works. The court staff were excellent, they supplied us an excellent dinner when our deliberations went into the evening and eventually supplied us taxis to get home.
I wish telecommunication companies could provide such a high quality of customer service.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2008-12-11 08:37:04, yea g wrote:
You could get it cheaper at expert infotech
I'm not buying from them until they supply a proper 1 year warranty and up their reliability a bit. They still seem a bit dodgy to me.
Posted by yea g
Lol Oli are you still wary about them because of this?
On 2008-08-11 07:59:52, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
Pffft, I just emailed Expert Infotech asking whether their phones come with a one year warranty and got this in reply:
"Yes the phone comes with 1 year warranty. Its an imported item.It comes with 1 year warranty by Manufacturer Overseas, we will take care of its warranty for 1 year."
Lol, I'm sorry but I just can't give my money to a company that can't punctuate properly. Also, it doesn't sound very good to say "It comes with 1 year warranty by Manufacturer Overseas, we will take care of its warranty for 1 year."
It makes them sound like scammers, so screw that! Even if they are trustworthy, I'm not going to risk it.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Pretty much. But mostly just that if there is a fault with the phone, they are going to send it back to where they bought it from, meaning an extra long wait for repair. I'm not putting up with that. Etown and Parallel Imported have their own technicians that fix phones and that's what I call good service.
Posted by yea g
Well if the phone was origanally from norway....
Posted by K71
@oli - do you want us to provide links to selected photo's, or do you just want permission to use whichever photo's you like? you can use any of mine for esato earth nz edition, but i'm quite happy to select a few if you want.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
@K71: It would be cool if you could select some and send me the links. Obviously I can't use all of our photos, so if you select the ones you like the best I think it would be better.
Cheers.
Just wanted to say my girlfriend is now the semi-proud owner of a black K770i. We went and got it for her yesterday. The main gripes with the phone are that the menu is a bit laggy and when texting it is very easy to click the camera button and mess up the text. Texting is laggy too. Anyway I'm going to have a look at it today to see if I can find a fix.
Posted by dennevhyn_31
Guys, good morning! Which is better? K850i or K770i? I already have K800i but I'm planning to buy another SE phone.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Hi mate, I don't think the K770i is much of an upgrade from your K800i really. In fact in terms of flash, it is a downgrade. So I'd say go for the K850i but just be sure to look for a more recent production model.
Posted by yea g
And make sure you have recent firmware!
Posted by dennevhyn_31
Oh ok. Thank you very much. There are some people that k770 is better than k850.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Well my girlfriend just got a K770i and it is very nice, but one thing that bothers me is that it uses the old Sony Ericsson software and it just wouldn't be worth it coming from a K800i in my opinion. It is a really nice phone and it is certainly worth the money, don't get me wrong, but I think that it's better for us mobile phone forum goers to get a more modern phone.
Posted by dennevhyn_31
As of now, what is the best SE phone in terms of everything like camera, music, features, etc.?
Posted by yea g
I would say either g705 or c905
Posted by dennevhyn_31
Yah you know i want to have c905.
Posted by yea g
Don't we all.
Posted by dennevhyn_31
hahaha yah i know everyone wants to have c905. hehehe. how much it is by the way? in dollars?
Posted by yea g
NZ dollars? if so $952
Posted by dennevhyn_31
How about in US Dollars?
Posted by yea g
umm.... I think its somewhere around $500 over there, maybe $550
Posted by dennevhyn_31
Oh so I think it's around P27,500.00 here in the Philippines. One dollar is approximately P50.00 here in the Philippines. I can already buy three SE K800i on that amount of money here.
Posted by yea g
lol
Posted by soane28
After 4 months or so without internet, im finally back online!
good to see the w980 in stores already and the N96. They seem to be getting faster with bringing phones out now.
Went into vodafone and had a play with the w980. Cant say i am amazed with the w980 music quality. My N82 is better i thought. Prob cos i got a sony mp3 player and they are superior!
Thinking of getting one of the 8 megapixel phones out at the moment. C905 yes, although my eyes are interested in the LG Renoir. Great video on LGs these days!
Oh and by the way Oli, im from Palmerston North
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Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Welcome back mate. Three months is a long time to go without internet!
I've seen the W980 dummy in Vodafone stores and it looks really really nice. Obviously I couldn't try the phone though... How is it overall, not including audio quality?
Let us know what you decide to buy if and when you do! If you get an LG, we could have a little NZ 8 mega pixel shoot-out when yea g gets his C905!
And thanks, I've changed your location. Not sure why I assumed Auckland.
Posted by yea g
I'm not going to Palmerston North to take a bunch of pictures!!!!!
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Yeah but you could always take similar subjects.
Posted by soane28
Haha that would be funny if you did!
Yes i got awhile till i even get enough money for either LG or C905!
The W980 is good, takes awhile to load up though. Once it has, very quick and responsive. Camera is placed in the worst location and you have to hold it in a real arwkid way. I really liked the front music touch buttons really really good! Walkman software is great and easy to use. Perfect for texters too, the keypad is one of the best ive used. The softkeys are on the small side however. I dont feel that its worth its price though, espcially when you can get so much more for the same price.
Posted by yea g
Ordered my C905 today. Expert infotech says it should be there around thursday. Yay!
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2008-12-15 05:28:50, soane28 wrote:
The W980 is good, takes awhile to load up though. Once it has, very quick and responsive. Camera is placed in the worst location and you have to hold it in a real arwkid way. I really liked the front music touch buttons really really good! Walkman software is great and easy to use. Perfect for texters too, the keypad is one of the best ive used. The softkeys are on the small side however. I dont feel that its worth its price though, espcially when you can get so much more for the same price.
Yeah I got the feeling it wasn't quite worth the cash, but still it is such a great looking phone, I might get one when the price falls a bit. Cheers for the info.
@yea g: Nice! Let us know what EI's service is like!
Posted by yea g
Had a bad start, the guy on the phone said "If you want us to get one in you must order online"
But I found out that you place an order and you can pay and pickup at their store in takapuna (theres a bus that goes there so that works out good)
Posted by yea g
Guess what? They said they could not get a night black model so I went with silver.
Posted by PeterKay
silver i think is better
Posted by yea g
Meh, IDC aslong as its a c905
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Nice! Show us some pictures mate. The silver isn't very common it seems.
Posted by yea g
Putting my handycam on charge now
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Awesome. I reckon the silver looks the best, followed by bronze, then black.
Posted by yea g
I don't really like the bronze one tbh. Black and sliver are on par, so aslong as its not bronze then I'm good!