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brix25
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Four mobile networks, well over 36 million subscribers and a few ardent cellphone fanatics help make this place of the best threads on Esato.
Vodacom/Vodafone
MTN
Cell C
8ta aka Telkom Mobile
Here are some of the people that bother to post here:
amawanqa aka Uthetha Uthuvi...South African teacher exiled in the land of whingeing poms. A regular contributor who owns several handsets, posting pics taken with his N73 and P1i.
GUCCI.011 aka The Golden Child...One of the youngest members of the thread he's dedicated Nokia S60 fan but not quite a zealot. If he's not on his S60 phone you find him listening to some of the freshest hiphop beats or on his PlayStation. Currently he's in his final year of high school and is hoping to study economics at either Wits University or the University of Jozi next year.
786KBR: Honestly I don't know what this chap does, one thing I know is that he is somehow linked to Vodacom and so if you need any advice on deals for that network he is the chap to ask.
HOBBS
Been around here for a while. HOBBS works for a Cape Town based Design company specialising in gilding,paint techniques/effects & colour consultancy. He's been a phone fanatic since he got his first smartphone the Nokia 6600 but has since moved on to bigger beasts,His present phones are the Nokia E90 Communicator and the iPhone 3G 8GB.
Rhino8: Was until recently a manager at a stationery store in Bloemfontein, now he's doing programming full-time. Despite the Prophets of Doom, our man in Bloem got married and is happily enjoying wedded bliss to his sweetheart.
mario2002 aka mario2004...A 39 year-old police reservist, married with 3 children, and working as stock trader when he's not fighting crime. Mario enjoys flying,hunting,traveling,diving,dog training playing, he also happens to be a qualified radio technician. He's famous for pissing off  fanboys by his bold statements on the strength of Nokia's S60 OS against the UIQ from
jmash Is a father of one from Nelspruit who until recently used a classic P800 which was eventually retired in exchange for a P1i.
Siosal...A much respected member. He works as a graphic designer and is also another dedicated fiend.
TeenInvader aka bongzino...Works as a software engineer and just happens to be an and his  .
Kryptik aka da krypsta: Is 39 year-old teacher in PE who loves wap and his Symbian apps. He was one of the original gang of three who ensured that this thread is always flaming hot.
The Wirelessmonkey: RIP:( An occasional poster who describes himself as a monkey about town. A dedicated and Apple fiend he was the bloke that got me hooked on SE in 2002 when he ran into the office to show off his P800 prototype. Sadly he past away recently after a long and valiant battle with cancer.
Here's one of the best pics sent to me by one of our newest members, francoislr taken with his W900. Mr Le Roux works for a computer company and also dabbles in music when he's not playing with his phone and chatting up a storm on mxit.
brix25...A journalist with one of the morning newspapers in Cape Town...enjoys gadgets although he can barely afford to splurge. Loves Asian culture, anime and anything to do with computers not big fanboy of anything since SE disappointed me circa 2007.
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BobaFett
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A new regional thread :-) sorry for bit off topic, but are there /// fones still in use?
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OluYom
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Welcome to esato,SA! Greetings 4rm d Proudly Nigerian thread. Do visit us sometime. @bobafett: U seem so inteested in Ericsson phones on a country by country basis.Any particular reasons?
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BobaFett
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Does any of u speak afrikaans? @aya visit the /// thread and u ll get the answer
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brix25
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@ bobafett some people probably still use \\\\\\ phones but getting them second-hand is an arduous task. I was looking for a T39 which is a rarity on the local market. And yes, I do speak Afrikaans...just one of three languages I speak.
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BobaFett
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@brix do hope u ll get a t39! What are the most prefered fones there now a days?
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brix25
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@bobafett. Yeah I'll be looking for it. The most talked about phone is probably the Motorola Razr V3, we should be getting it either next month or in the new year. I'm partial to the K700 should I buy a new phone within the next 6 months.
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Ing. FijoK
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Good luck with new regional thread! 
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OluYom
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@brix25: I've been a little wary of Moto. In recent times, their battery performance has been 'legendary', esp d low end phones. Hope its different on this one.
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BobaFett
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Whats the official language of south africa?
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Ing. FijoK
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boba I think that official languages are French and English
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OluYom
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@brix25: How many mobile networks do u have in SA, & how many of them r 2g, 2.5g, 3g?
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brix25
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Whe have 11 official languages, here they are: English, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, Afrikaans, xiTsonga, siSwati, siPedi, xiVenda, isiNdebele... We've got 3 networks, 3G will be launched by the biggest network next month and EDGE by the second largest network early next year.
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BobaFett
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Huh, thats many. The african languahes are a kind of tribal ones?
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brix25
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Yep@ bobafett... We've got lots of languages but everyone either speaks English or understand the Queen's language. And no, we don't speak French down here.
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