Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Yeah that would be a lot better. I'd even use it on my prepay plan at that price.
Hopefully you get a reply. Vodafone still haven't replied to my email. I'm thinking I'll have to email them again soon!
Posted by carkitter
Yeah, thats the point, data that is usable.
Trouble is, they admitted recently that part of thier high data pricing was to avoid thier network being swamped by demand. Things have improved though and customers will no longer stand for pricing like we currently have with 2 more GSM networks on the way.
As it was just a suggestion I did not request a reply. I wasn't impressed with the tone of the last reply anyway...
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
The tone of their last reply???
Posted by frankthetank
The tone used by any large corporate body towards the requests of a single customer lol
The New Zealand public still has a long way to go from the "We won't use anything but Telecom because they have always been our provider" mentality, which makes the prospect of 2 new cellular networks almost laughable...
See I was of the impression that new legislation was to be introduced to cut the inter-network charges for calls and data sharing which is crippling the development of the kind of plans you are talking about (Already commonplace in many of our neighbour's networks) and make possible (Affordably) national roaming free of landlines and hardwired broadband connections...
I guess we'll have to wait for the government to harden up...?
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Posted by JiSm
I just had a look on the Voda site. Am I right in saying that Voda still dont offer a sim only pay monthly connection? In there sense that there is no contract term? I mean, how can you go on a contract when you provide your own phone? Useless insecure b*stards. Im gonna have to resort to extortionate Prepay rates when I get back? Might have to get a parttime job there just to get a staff tariff.
Posted by carkitter
On 2008-06-23 22:36:31, JiSm wrote:
I just had a look on the Voda site. Am I right in saying that Voda still don't offer a SIM only pay monthly connection? In the sense that there is no contract term? I mean, how can you go on a contract when you provide your own phone?
Errr... no, thats incorrect.
Both Motormouth and You Choose can be had with out a fixed term. They'll try to discourage you from joining thier old Motormouth plan but just ignore that if it's what you want. You Choose base plans are not that cheap but adding Bestmates gives you unlimited Voice/Video calling and Txt/PXT which does represent good value. If you opt for a 12/24/36 month term, Vodafone will offer you either a discount on a handset or extra minutes on your base plan.
I don't think much of the 24 month Talker and Txter plans but the Mega plan is very good (my wife is on it) and only has a 12 month term.
You could sign up to a iPhone 3G plan, keep the plan and sell the iPhone which on TradeMe would fetch a small fortune and offset the (probably 2yr) fixed term.
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Posted by Muhammad-Oli
I just realised why Christchurch's service seems so crap compared to what you're getting up in Auckland:
http://www.vodafone.co.nz/hom[....]roadband/red-network/index.jsp
Posted by carkitter
Thats thier landline network. It's upgraded to 24Mbps via ADSL2+ thanks to Local Loop Unbundling. Telecom and Orcon also supply ADSL2+ to some areas in Auckland. Northland will be getting a 1Gbps Pure Fibre Optic based network in the near future.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Well it just goes to show what Vodafone considers to be important. They haven't even started rolling that out in other cities yet. Obviously Auckland is getting all the attention, and I bet that goes for other products than their landline service.
Posted by carkitter
"Vodafone chief executive Russell Stanners said the company had already unbundled over half of Auckland's exchanges, and would have completed all 41 by the end of the October.
The network, expected to run at a maximum download pace of 24Mbps, would then be extended outside Auckland.
"Based on the market today, we'd look at Hamilton, Tauranga, Palmerston North, Rotorua and Taupo, and of course Wellington," he said.
Christchurch and Dunedin would come later."
source
Posted by JiSm
I cant beleive how crap the plans are. After being away for a few years and working in the industry here you really see how ripped off Kiwis are by Telecom and Voda. E.g I can get a no contract sim here for £25 (Approx $65NZ) per month, get 700 anytime any network minutes and unlimited anytime any network texts, plus free evening and weekend internet. It will be expensive for me when I get back as I am so used to talkin on my mobile and txtn ALL THE TIME - coz I can here! Such a shame really. If they lowered their rates a bit - people would use their phone more and they would eventually be able to re-structure their plans and make a mint on peoples new habit of using the phone so much. Still, NZ is far more technologically advanced than Europe with Telco stuff but its a shame we have to pay 5X the price for it.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
@carkitter: I don't know whether you meant to but you kind of confirmed my point there. Us South Islanders seem like an afterthought to the big Auckland-run companies.
@JiSm: I agree, and I think most people will. The plans are crap. I was talking to my mate today who is on a $35 a month plan, but he gets so little in the way of anything that its been costing him over $70 a month for the last several bills. Hes a student too, so hes not exactly rich.
I actually paid my way out of my plan just over a year ago because I found that I didn't need calls much - all I needed was texts and Vodafone offered nothing good. I realised that being on Prepay was actually heaps cheaper and now I pay $16 a month, plus maybe $2-3 for a couple of calls and maybe a few dollars of texts to Telecom phones when I need to. This way I get 2000 texts, Vodafone to Vodafone (TXT 2000 which costs $10), and I can text and call my girlfriend all I like (using Bestmate which costs $6).
Posted by JiSm
Its kinda strange really. When I worked for Telecom - The whole "future plan" was to ditch landline (not completely) but have everyone run purely off mobiles - for internet and voice etc. Maybe it was a plan based on CDMA as it really cost them sweet FA to run compared to GSM and the DATA speeds were absolutely incredible, plus there would be no "Unbundling" option for the CDMA network and they could dominate the country - Just like they did with the Landline originally. I wonder if their decision to go GSM has put a spanner in the works and possibly stopped any progression to a truely wireless country? - Well, in a cost-effective sense anyways. I remember seeing the presentation containing a family and ther wireless world. After that I was thinking "Why the hell do we still have landlines now then?" But yea, I might have to talk to some Telecom buddies and find out about that again.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Yeah I think I remember seeing some ads about that. Happy rich families with their expensive wireless tech.
I think it may have been delayed more by New Zealanders and their unwillingness to accept newer mobile technology. I believe the average NZ mobile phone user just doesn't give a crap about data speeds or wireless whatever. They just want a phone that can text, take poor quality snaps and call there mum for a lift when they're out late.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
K770i now available in Black on Vodafone, at the normal price of $399.
Posted by JiSm
On 2008-06-26 14:08:16, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
Yeah I think I remember seeing some ads about that. Happy rich families with their expensive wireless tech.
I think it may have been delayed more by New Zealanders and their unwillingness to accept newer mobile technology. I believe the average NZ mobile phone user just doesn't give a crap about data speeds or wireless whatever. They just want a phone that can text, take poor quality snaps and call there mum for a lift when they're out late.
Kinda stink really. Especially since NZ is a big testing ground for new tech. I wonder if these 5 million extra chinese NZ is due to receive over the next 8 years will help with market and drive prices down. We will see I guess!
Posted by carkitter
On 2008-06-26 13:46:56, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
@carkitter: I don't know whether you meant to but you kind of confirmed my point there. Us South Islanders seem like an afterthought to the big Auckland-run companies.
Well I'm sceptical of the 'Auckland bias' thing, I think you'll find they just run the numbers and find that Vodahug has more market penetration in certain areas and they've started there first.
@Jism
A clearer picture of VodafoneNZ is starting to emerge (well clearer to me anyway, not being on the inside...) alot of the Mobile technology we see overseas is able to generate a bigger financial return faster because of the high concentrations of people in small geographical areas, so Aucklnad comes closest to emulating that. Despite this VodafoneNZ have done fairly well in rolling out 3G and 3.5Gin a timely fashion and have plans already for 4G (LTE) in 2010/11. The plans I guess reflect supply and demand (upping the price restricts demand to manageable levels and minimises complaints) and will no doubt come down because of the iPhone 3G and increased GSM competition. Time will tell... November will be interesting indeed and my 24 month plan ends 5 March 2009 so early-renewal becomes an option from this Sept.
VodafoneNZ seems to take its cue from VodaUK - adopting the Vodafone Family plan is one instance - there was talk in 2006 of being able to bill mobiles at landline rates when at/close to home using the cell towers to triangulate your position, but nothing seems to have come of it yet although I see that technology has arrived in the UK already. At the end of the day, everything is governed by how Vodafone can generate revenue which is fair enough I suppose as they aren't a charity.
The government and the opposition have anounced plans to invest in Broadband infrastucture but mostly in fibre-optic not wireless, and even Vodafone have signalled that wireless alone is not enough to be a major player in the NZ telecommunications market with thier purchase of iHug, so I guess 'unplugged users' like myself will continue to be marginalised for the forseeable future. By the time that LTE's successor is rolled out, NZ could have 'Fibre to the home' in many urban areas and a second trans-Tasman internet cable which will speed things up significantly.
BTW, did you know that because of a lack of interconnect agreement, that all local internet traffic gets routed offshore and back again? If I can find it, I post a link to the article I read...
Posted by JiSm
That will a good thing... Im kinda used to my 20mb Cable connection now... haha! Yea, def post a link if you find it.
Posted by carkitter
Anyone watching C4 tonight? Uchoose 40 topic is 'dripping with cheese'
They just played Kylie Minogues Locomotion and Micheal Jackson's You are not alone, but it was Bette Midler's Wind beneath my wings that prompted my wife to switch channels...
Posted by carkitter
#7 Ab man Peter Andre's 'Mysterious Girl'. Always liked that song actually...
...and MMMbop by Hanson #6. That song is addictive.
#5 Right Said Fred - I'm too sexy... That's a classic party song!
#4 Nsync - Bye bye bye
#3 David Hasselhoff - Jump in my car
Now thats just creepy that song...
#2 Vanilla Ice - Ice, ice baby
Don't mind that actually but he's no Eminem... :lol
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Aqua - Barbie Girl
I never saw it coming but quite appropriate IMO.
A pleasant interlude to lighten the mood around here.
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Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2008-06-28 12:59:34, carkitter wrote:
#3 David Hasselhoff - Jump in my car
Now thats just creepy that song...
And very popular in Germany a few years ago apparently! They're obsessed with the fella. It is a terrible song though!
I wasn't watching though, I went over to a mates house to play SCRABBLE! Woo! I won easily of course.
Its been icy cold and pouring with rain all day, but my soccer wasn't canceled. I had to come off near the end cause everyone was worried I would get hypothermia!
Also because I got elbowed in the face and my nose was bleeding... Now it feels like my nose is broken whenever I touch it. I think its just bruised though. I hope.
Then just as I came home from my mates at almost 1am, I stopped at a Supermarket because I was thirsty. As I left these guys started trying to block my car from leaving the carpark, but I was quicker and I got through and they attempted to follow me. Lucky my car is pretty quick. I don't know what they would've done if they had followed. Tossers.
What a Saturday eh?
Posted by carkitter
Sounds a bit rough!
You might need a quiet Sunday at home to recover!
The weather has been attrocious up here too for about a week now.
But the good news is that I've enrolled in a Bachelor of Computing course which starts in about 4 weeks. Its Part-time at this stage 'cause I can't afford to stop work, but I'm quite excited about it. I'm hurriedly working on my 10 finger typing...
Hope your nose is okay
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2008-06-28 15:54:16, carkitter wrote:
Sounds a bit rough!
You might need a quiet Sunday at home to recover!
The weather has been attrocious up here too for about a week now.
But the good news is that I've enrolled in a Bachelor of Computing course which starts in about 4 weeks. Its Part-time at this stage 'cause I can't afford to stop work, but I'm quite excited about it. I'm hurriedly working on my 10 finger typing...
Hope your nose is okay
Nope, no recovery day for me! I have work tomorrow, and I gotta earn my money!
I just hope its not like a few weeks ago when we still played while it was snowing. I was sick for quite some time after that, up til a few days ago!
A computing course will be cool! How long does the course go for? Half a year? I'll expect to see you debating along with Cycovision and all the other computer geeks after this one!
Posted by carkitter
Half a year?
No, this is a serious one, a Degree in Computer Systems - Full time is 3yrs so Part time could take up to 6yrs but I'm way to impatient for that so I'll look to find a way into Full time study ASAP. It'll be quite some time before I can match wits with Cycovision and the PDA owners Club though I expect.
I've always wanted to study design, particularly car design, but when I mentioned that at secondary school to the careers advisor I got shot down in flames. Same with my parents.
I though long and hard about taking it up recently but its too big a risk for me ATM, I'd have to go overseas just to get a foot in the door in any area of design and my sketching is not really up to scratch - the portfolio requirements are tough to meet having left school 18 yrs ago... so IT it is then. There is a major shortage of IT skills in NZ.
Its been hard to finally put aside the dream job I've always wanted, but who knows I might even end up writing mobile apps, that'd be cool!
Anyway, I'll be the first in my family (of all generations I know of) to study a Degree and that I'm proud of.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2008-06-28 17:00:20, carkitter wrote:
I've always wanted to study design, particularly car design, but when I mentioned that at secondary school to the careers advisor I got shot down in flames. Same with my parents.
I though long and hard about taking it up recently but its too big a risk for me ATM, I'd have to go overseas just to get a foot in the door in any area of design and my sketching is not really up to scratch - the portfolio requirements are tough to meet having left school 18 yrs ago... so IT it is then. There is a major shortage of IT skills in NZ.
Wow I could almost quote that word for word referring to myself! (not the IT or not so good at sketching part though, although I saw a few of your sketches and I'd say you're rather good!
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Car design has been my dream since I was very young. I even entered the Peugeot Concours de Design 3 years running a few years back hoping my coloured pencil sketches would make it through.
They didn't, and looking at them now they were very amateurish. I really would have needed some 3D design software to get anywhere.
Not trying to be cocky but I know I have the talent to do it, but being from New Zealand really screws everything up. The only route is transport design at Massey in Auckland, where you have to focus on marine design until your final year (well this was the situation when I looked into it a few years ago). After Massey you then need to travel overseas to do a post graduate course somewhere in Germany or at the Royal College of Design or something like that in London.
Well this all put me off as I wasn't ready for such a huge commitment, and I have to admit my girlfriend being in Christchurch was one of the deciding factors... I ended up settling for graphic design at Canterbury University here, which is ok, but not what I really love to do.
In regards to IT, my uncle trained and worked in IT here in Christchurch for several years until recently when he took a very well-paid job in London. I think that's why there's a shortage here, you get paid so well overseas!
Posted by carkitter
I live not far from Massey University's Albany Campus where the teach Transport *cough Marine cough* design and I can tell you they aren't one bit interested in Car Design. I also investigated that. The Royal College of Art in London (I think) costs GBP20,000 per year - even poms can't afford that - everyone needs sponsorship/scholarship to get anywhere near it, but it is the best.
Closer to home is Melbourne University across the ditch, if you're interested in the results of thier studies check out the Wheels Magazine Young Designer of the Year Awards - it is STUNNING for wannabe desigers like ypu and me, though I'm hardly in your league 'cause you're actually doing it and I have no doubt you'll get there.
People have said to me that no jobs exist in car design but thats not true. The world outside of NZ is very affluent and 'Design' is going through a revival as you're well aware from models like the Merc A-Class, Mini, VW new Beetle and any model AUDI, Lamborghini, BMW, Nissan, Holden or Ford.
Did you know Renault has 400 designers on staff and its susidiary Nissan has another 350? Honda has design departments in Europe, Japan and the US, Holden Design is the largest in Oz with Toyota and Ford way behind in size. Plus GM Europe and US divisions, BMW's controversial Bangle designs are selling exceptionally well, and I haven't even mentioned the booming US custom market, the motorsport arena, China's rapidly expanding motor industry or the Custom Motorcycle market ala Harley Davidson and Jesse James' West Coast Choppers etc, etc, etc.
While the cost of fuel will affect worldwide sales short term, big investment in R&D will find alternatives to all the problems and Designers are at the forefront of what is an exciting time of challenges in the industry.
I hope that an IT career will at least enable me to buy one of these exciting vehicles even if I can't help with its conception.
Posted by K71
well chch sounds like a fun inviting place eh?i might go there for my holidays and wander the streets at night drunk just for some excitement.
well my 8gb m2 arrived so i gotta start filling that up with music.what a pain eh?
and in other wellington news, i found yesterday that ezishopping has opened a small shop in town (parallel import phones etc.) and they had G700 ($650) and G900 ($820) for sale (god i love this note feature on my G900!!!), as well as various other LG/Samsung/Nokia/other brand phones.why are so many of those high end nokis phones brick like?seems as shame to make them so chunky when they seem to pack so many features in them.
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Posted by Muhammad-Oli
@carkitter: How good would it feel to drive around a city and see really great looking cars, then be able to say "I made that design. That person is driving my art". I think that would be one of the best feelings ever.
That Royal College of Art is ridiculously expensive! It sucks that we are so restricted here in New Zealand. We definitely have the talent to design great things, but we're too far away and too small.
@K71: Oh yeah Christchurch is a great place... A great place to get mugged! And its getting worse.
I bet you must be pretty happy with the price you got your G900 for then?
Posted by carkitter
@ M-O
Feast your eyes on Bangle's latest masterpiece, the BMW M1 Homage Concept:
BTW, I've been looking at alternatives to a W980.
My criteria is:
Must have
SE phone
3.2Mp camera
HSDPA
Good looking
Would like to have
Thin phone
Walkman or Cybershot features
Metal body
Wifi but BT PAN will do
Stereo speakers
Short list in order of preference:
W890 (Mocha Brown) - $499
T650 (Blue) - $379
W760 (Red) - $500ish
C702 (Cyan) - $500ish
G700 (Silk Bronze) - $478
What do you guys reckon?
Posted by frankthetank
Wow/It will be a fail
Posted by frankthetank
On 2008-06-26 13:57:57, JiSm wrote:
Its kinda strange really. When I worked for Telecom - The whole "future plan" was to ditch landline (not completely) but have everyone run purely off mobiles - for internet and voice etc. Maybe it was a plan based on CDMA as it really cost them sweet FA to run compared to GSM and the DATA speeds were absolutely incredible, plus there would be no "Unbundling" option for the CDMA network and they could dominate the country - Just like they did with the Landline originally. I wonder if their decision to go GSM has put a spanner in the works and possibly stopped any progression to a truely wireless country? - Well, in a cost-effective sense anyways. I remember seeing the presentation containing a family and ther wireless world. After that I was thinking "Why the hell do we still have landlines now then?" But yea, I might have to talk to some Telecom buddies and find out about that again.
With Telecom set to acquire Woosh (I believe New Zealand's primary wireless ADSL provider) I think you'll find it's being taken care of
The problem in Chch at least was that customers were slow on the uptake, and wireless has several weaknesses such as high polling rates which makes for laggy connections for the likes of gaming so it's definitely not for everybody...
Posted by carkitter
On 2008-06-29 14:09:59, frankthetank wrote:
With Telecom set to acquire Woosh (I believe New Zealand's primary wireless ADSL provider) I think you'll find it's being taken care of
Say what! Where'd you hear that? Link please...
Whoosh are pretty much the only ones pushing WiMax in NZ, if Telecom do take them over they just may be dumb enough to go the WiMax route instead of LTE which has widespread acceptance among the industry leaders such as SE, Nokia, Moto, Ericsson, Nokia-Siemens Networks, Vodafone and others. If Telecom adopt WiMax we'll be back to the old GSM v CDMA style technology mismatch BS which prevented full and proper competition in our market.
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Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2008-06-29 13:38:36, carkitter wrote:
@ M-O
Feast your eyes on Bangle's latest masterpiece, the BMW M1 Homage Concept:
Wow I think you just found me a new desktop wallpaper!
BTW, I've been looking at alternatives to a W980.
My criteria is:
Must have
SE phone
3.2Mp camera
HSDPA
Good looking
Would like to have
Thin phone
Walkman or Cybershot features
Metal body
Wifi but BT PAN will do
Stereo speakers
Short list in order of preference:
W890 (Mocha Brown) - $499
T650 (Blue) - $379
W760 (Red) - $500ish
C702 (Cyan) - $500ish
G700 (Silk Bronze) - $478
What do you guys reckon?
Hmm... None of your options really cover your wants and needs very well. Why exactly do you want an alternative? The W980 will definitely come down in price!
And to be honest, with your list you made there, I don't think any of them are really special beyond what your V640i already is, apart from the T650i and C702. But then, the T650i is older and non-A200, etc.
I'd wait for the W980 or C905, but if you can't I'd take the C702.
Posted by carkitter
The T650 is great but now that I've experienced HSDPA and A200 I'm worried I'll be disappointed by it. Doesn't the W890 have a Metal body? I see it as a sooped-up T650 but without A/F which I'd like but can do without. W760 is the least stylish and professional looking of the bunch but the good quality camera and stereo speakers bump it up to third. I would like to get a C905 next year so the C702 seems unnecessary and therefore ranks fourth. I had hoped the G700 included Wifi but apparently not. With the usual lack of features that UIQ phones have, it fails to excite in any area really especially colour and styling.
The C905 and imminent arrival of the iPhone put the W980 into perspective. Its a great looking phone and I'd buy it just for that, but it's spec means that I'll be hanging out for a C905 next year for sure. And that for me means it's only worth $500 - 700, definately not $1170. The price will come down for sure but I'm still going to look around.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Yeah I don't see whats so special about the W760i at all. The C702 does everything the W760i can do, plus it has a better camera and better form factor. I think the T650i and W890i only really have good looks to offer over your V640i so aren't worth the upgrade. Except of course the T650i camera, but that phone has other drawbacks. Oh yeah and the G700 is in my opinion a pretty crap smartphone. I'd be glad to pay extra for the features the G900 brings!
Yeah you've got your V640i and your V800is, I'd recommend waiting and seeing what the situation is like in a few months!
Posted by carkitter
Hopefully I'll be getting something in early Sept.
The latest on the VodafoneNZ iPhone 3G here:
http://view.eid.co.nz/?ice=1BPFZZTPGW3
Posted by carkitter
I was in the local Vodafone store today scoping out the iPhone situation and availability of the 3G router when I came across a Black K770i. Unlike all the other K770i's this one doesn't look hideous because the striped keypad is not so obvious. Add this to the mix and drop the G700 and the list looks like this ATM...
w980, or: 1) W890 Mocha, 2=)T650 Blue, K770 Black, 4)W760, 5)C702
If it wasn't for the C905, I'd have the C702 further up the list.
Comments, anyone?
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Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Yeah the K770i in black looks so much better. I still wouldn't go for an A100 phone, having experienced A200.
I don't see anything wrong with the C702... The C905 is obviously going to be an extraordinarily expensive phone. Mega pixels are worth their weight in gold, lol.
So if I was in the same situation as you:
1) W980 - Good all round apart from the camera, which is not a huge upgrade to what you have. BUT any high price at all is in my opinion not justifiable.
2) C702 - This phone really interests me and would probably be my pick of the lot if I didn't know how much you liked the W980!
[...]
10) T650i - Only really has the styling and camera going for it. A100 will probably disappoint after your V640i.
11) K770i - Same as T650i, but just not quite as good in the styling department.
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52) W760i - As you can tell, I'm not a huge fan of this phone. I don't like its looks one bit. It reminds me of a kiddies phone.
Posted by carkitter
One News has a Quantum of Solace preview tonight...
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Damn! Missed it! How did it look?
Posted by carkitter
Missed it also, but it may be on the website.
Bond and Bond have the W880 at only $299 !!!
Kicks the $449 Nokia 5310's butt.
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Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Yeah that's very cheap. Although, the V640i at the same price is probably a better deal, wouldn't you say?
Posted by carkitter
Statistics for Mobile Phone sales in the NZ market:
http://stats.getjar.com/statistics/OC-NZ/manufacturer
It makes interesting reading.
I nominate frankthetank be included in the NZer's list in the first post.
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Posted by soane28
Well im currently across the ditch in Aus, so im abit behind on all the latest info in NZ!
Although i did stop by at vodafone in Wellington before my flight and heard a guy asking about the availability of the 3G iphone and the guy replyed "July release".
How that is going to happen im not sure! Either way, im not interested in the iphone one bit personally. My N82 is superior
Will be posting some photos of my holiday when i get back
Carkitter - Definitely wait for the W980! It will be worth the wait im sure, especially with your needs listed above. Theres no point in getting a phone that doesnt meet ur needs, as you will just sell it anyway!
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Posted by carkitter
Well if the W980 comes down to a reasonable price I'd love to have it, but if that doesn't happen by Sept I'll go for one of the alternatives instead.
Due to some recent changes, I doubt an C905 will be in my sights next year
so that bumps the C702 up the list... probably looking like this ATM:
W980 or 1) W890 Mocha, 2) C702 Cyan, 3=) T650i Blue/K770i Black 5) W760 Red.
Posted by JiSm
On 2008-07-01 12:21:09, carkitter wrote:
Statistics for Mobile Phone sales in the NZ market:
http://stats.getjar.com/statistics/OC-NZ/manufacturer
It makes interesting reading.
I nominate frankthetank be included in the NZer's list in the first post.
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These stats are quite amazing really. I mean considering that Nokia pulled out from CDMA (Telecom) a few years back and that most people would have upgraded by now (I guess?) they would be on a Samsung or Sanyo through Telecom. It must show that as Nokia and Motorola were here from the first day of Mobiles in NZ, people developed their brand loyalty (unknown to them or not) and wont change. Im actually not surprised at the SE% though. I recall Telecom selling the T60 (Spoon shaped thing) that had a fail rate near 20% and they soon dropped SE. Im thinking the introduction of a second GSM provider will curb all this dramatically. Could be wrong tho!
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2008-07-01 12:21:09, carkitter wrote:
I nominate frankthetank be included in the NZer's list in the first post.
frankthetank is officially accepted into the fold.
Posted by carkitter
3G reception is down in my area today, so I'm surfing at GPRS speed
Just got off the phone with Vodafone Customer Services, they're looking into it.
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[ This Message was edited by: carkitter on 2008-07-05 07:48 ]
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Haha... That's terrible! I wouldn't even bother!
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Well Vodafone still haven't replied to my email, even though I requested one. Its been almost a month, so I just sent them a (far too friendly) reminder. I feel as though I should stay nice until their reply, and then decide on whether I should get nasty or not!