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Muhammad-Oli
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Cheers soane28. It's been great not having a fuzzy VGA resolution TV for once! And Freeview is awesome! 
@yea g: You were right when you said i haven't played PS3 until I've played it in HD. It's so much better!  |
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yea g
Joined: Jul 02, 2008
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Everything is better in HD.
Edit: Vodafones new data plan is out http://www.vodafone.co.nz/mobile-data/mobile-web.jsp?
Broadband Lite
If you use more than 10MB of data in a session, or want the freedom to use more data when you need to, then our Broadband Lite plan is right for you.
This gives you 100MB to use in a month, and extra data is charged at just 10c per MB.
Please phone 777 if you would like to add a 100MB data plan to your mobile account.
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soane28
Joined: Jun 12, 2006
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So guys i have finally taken a step and i have ordered the LG Renoir from Expert Infotech at $754 (great price huh?). Hopefully i get it friday or early next week. Will have a good play with it and tell you my thoughts. First time ive owned a touchscreen so i guess ill either love it or hate it
Now i might need that lite data plan since i will have a large screen to browse around on! |
yea g
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Damn it, I was just about to get the broadband lite thing, but I just got a sms saying my txt2000 has recurred, and now I have no credit 
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Muhammad-Oli
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An Indian girl brought a 5800 Xpressmusic into my work yesterday. I have to say that they look horribly plain, and nothing special at all. It reminded me a lot of an N95 8GB which a girl at work has, and I think is one of the ugliest phones ever. The big screen looked like it would be nice but what I saw of the interface looked dull and unexciting.
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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@Muhammad-Oli, first impressions are something but I'm surprised you've dismissed it so quickly without actually spending time
I think the plain look comes down to the lack of need of too many buttons because the interface works well, but perhaps thats against the normal guy prinicipal of the more buttons and controls... the better!
I got the 5800 for my son a couple of weeks ago and was so impressed I got one for myself and now it serves as my 2nd phone
I'll be the first to admit that it'll never replace the iphone but its definitely worthy of consideration IMHO
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Muhammad-Oli
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@Masseur: Nice to see you here.
You're right, I did only see the phone for a few seconds and what I saw may not have been the best example of what the phone offers. I will have to try one properly before making a solid opinion.
But I think at this stage that what I don't like about its appearance is the funny rounded lip that acts as a bezel and makes the screen and the three buttons appear recessed slightly. That and the rounded appearance don't particularly appeal to me. I was surprised about its size though, probably more in a good way. It still seems quite pocketable despite looking fat in images.
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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@Masseur
I noticed the 5800 as a 2nd phone in the 2nd phone thread the other day. Glad to see you still have the W890.
I had a few seconds play on a 5800 at Uni a couple of weeks ago and I felt the implementation of the TS UI was very good but I just don't like Nokia's menu structure and font style. I also found it too thick for my liking and it had a cheap plasticky feel not at all comparable to the iPhone. Overall I liked it but wouldn't swap my iPhone for it.
The big question is would I spend $800 on a W715 or on a 5800? Touchscreen or fantastic SE UI it comes down to for me. Whadya think...?
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masseur
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$800 NZ dollars? thats about £316. I paid £180 for each of the two 5800's I have bought and even at high street prices its only about £249-£299 in UK
so what I think is that you have it tough there! but I guess its the same in oz too
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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Actually, it's worse than you think: VodafoneNZ Pricing
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yea g
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Rofl @ people who actually buy phones from vodafone. Seriously though, how can you charge more than 200% of the manafacturers RRP of a phone??!!???
BTW the 5800 is $680 $660 at Einfo
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yea g
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lolololololololol Look what I found on google earth:
Leet street
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Muhammad-Oli
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On 2009-04-15 11:37:02, yea g wrote:
Rofl @ people who actually buy phones from vodafone. Seriously though, how can you charge more than 200% of the manafacturers RRP of a phone??!!???
BTW the 5800 is $680 $660 at Einfo
Black+White's pricing seems pretty decent. They have the C902 significantly cheaper than Vodafone do, but still not as cheap as I got it.
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yea g
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God, where the hell is NZ comms? I get 100% reception with them (test it by putting network select on manual mode and put a telecom global roaming sim in your phone, it gives you an option of vodafone or nz comms) and very intermittent coverage with vodafone. But really, their network is on, how much power are they wasting with that?
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carkitter
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On 2009-04-17 01:43:56, yea g wrote:
God, where the hell is NZ comms?
Why don't you ask them?
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