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Muhammad-Oli
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Still pretty steep though, unless you want to fork out for an expensive plan. And I'm surprised they didn't use the launch of the 3GS to create more publicity by dropping the price a bit. Even a $100 price drop would probably draw more people in. Instead they knocked the price up $50. Weird.
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carkitter
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The plans aren't expensive. I'm on one and I'm not made of money.
They're good value when you consider the cost of calls/txts/data in any other form and the subsidies make it very worthwhile.
I expect the new plans will be even better.
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Muhammad-Oli
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A lot of people will disagree with you there.
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yea g
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Including me! I will not be satisfied till i get 1tb of bandwidth for $10 at a speed of 1GB/s
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carkitter
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But you guys are on Prepay. I think your argument is really all plans are expensive not iPhone plans are expensive.
Prepay doesn't give you anything. You even have to pay for the SIM card.
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Muhammad-Oli
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On 2009-06-27 08:55:00, carkitter wrote:
They're good value when you consider the cost of calls/txts/data in any other form and the subsidies make it very worthwhile.
This is what I mean. You have to compare with Vodafone's other terrible offers to see the iPhone plans as "good". iPhone plans may be a better deal than the rest of Vodafone's plans, but compared to absolutely anywhere else in the whole world, all of Vodafone's plans including the iPhone ones are terrible. Paying anywhere over $60/month to run a phone is in my opinion a ripoff, especially with the minute amounts of data and text messages they give you.
Vodafone seem to think that when people pay more money for a plan, all they want is extra calls. They couldn't be much more stuck in 2001 if they tried. People want lots of text messages and lots of data, as well as calls, but Vodafone fail to bundle it in. These days calling is only a small part of what a mobile phone can do.
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Give me unlimited data (like in the uk, so with a 1gb cap or something) for $10 a month and ill be happy.
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carkitter
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On 2009-06-28 09:09:31, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
...but compared to absolutely anywhere else in the whole world...
I'd like an Optus iPhone contract or a Voda Uk plan but unfortunately their reception in Auckland is nil. Therefore I have to go with a NZ network provider like everybody else. Otherwise I'd be wishing for the impossible.
I took my kids to Hampton Downs today for the tour. Unfortunately it was very wet so we didn't get to see as much as we would have liked. In case you weren't aware, this is going to be NZ's best motor-racing venue.
View from the sweeper up to the start/finish straight:
View back to the sweeper from the start/finish straight. Apartments on the right are already sold.
Lovin' this track. There is a great deal of gradient to it and the corners are huge, fast and challenging. This track will suite very fast cars such as V8 supercars, A1GP, Toyota racing series and Porsche GT3's. I bet a road car with less than 300hp on this track will feel like a snail. I can't wait til it's finished. 
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Muhammad-Oli
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Very cool carkitter. You're lucky to be within easy visiting range! I would love to visit, but as I live in Christchurch I think I'll leave it until a major event is on once it is complete. It will definitely be interesting to see the completed track and compare them to the shots you've taken.
Having been to Ruapuna a couple of times (I even based my year 13 painting portfolio at school on Ruapuna), I can't wait to see a real high class racing track in New Zealand. Ruapuna is great, but it's not really suited to anything bigger than national racing championships. Nothing international.
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soane28
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I have never seen so many sony ericsson phones in my life over in fiji! I have seen: K850, Z750, W890, XPERIA, C510, V640, K750, K800, K550, W850, P990! Most were tourists from Europe i guess. |
Muhammad-Oli
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Haha that's awesome. How was/is fiji? I bet it's a hell of a lot warmer than here! 
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Yes, its been very stormy here in auckland last night and this morning
Also I have some suggestions for the first post:
Fix the scrolling links (can't remember what there called) They got brokeded by esato and you only fixed the ones on the se portfolio.
I think that you could remove the Recently part of the voted as second best rergional thread 2008
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Muhammad-Oli
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Thanks yea g. I'll get onto it when I get home.
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soane28
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Fiji was great  Yep very warm and sunny and then i get back here! Oh well. Had a week away so im happy. Had to catch up on heaps of sleep due to late nights drinking  |
carkitter
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On 2009-06-28 16:48:29, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
Very cool carkitter. You're lucky to be within easy visiting range!
It took a hour each way - 200km round trip. Traveling to Pukekohe is slightly less.
The next closest track is Taupo, 5hrs away.
@Soane28
Nice to have you back! What was the 3G reception like in Fiji? Were all those SE owners data roaming or searching for a signal?
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