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rhea
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Hi sir goart wow we are in new zealand:-D |
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carkitter
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Hope you guys are getting my birthday present ready... 
Just kidding 
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Muhammad-Oli
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Yeah goarthur77 and rhea, you'd better get your act together! 
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Muhammad-Oli
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JESUS
Anyone else tempted?
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Muhammad-Oli
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Hmm... Still tempted. I've decided I don't need WiFi, would prefer a slider over candybar, won't be able to afford Aino when it's out here, and would love GPS especially for next year. What do you guys think?
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maybe the x or 2 button stopped working on their calculator 
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Muhammad-Oli
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They crazy part is that they're undercutting Expert Infotech by $46. I'm gonna be having a real good look at this phone at a Vodafone store tomorrow. My first impressions of it weren't much but this price demands a second.
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carkitter
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On 2009-09-01 08:04:18, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
...My first impressions of it weren't much...
I agree
On 2009-09-01 08:04:18, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
...but this price demands a second look.
Agreed again. Any 5.0Mp, slider phone with TV out needs to be compared to the N95 1GB which is a 'classic'; C903 misses out on S60 and wifi but is substantially cheaper... makes the W715 look substantially overpriced! Definately worth a look but not a patch on the Aino or Satio I would expect. Hard to say what to do... guess you'll make your decision in the store. Which colour would you go for?
Don't forget that C905 is only $629 and W902 is $479 at EI...
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Muhammad-Oli
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On 2009-09-01 12:59:46, carkitter wrote:
On 2009-09-01 08:04:18, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
...My first impressions of it weren't much...
I agree
On 2009-09-01 08:04:18, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
...but this price demands a second look.
Agreed again. Any 5.0Mp, slider phone with TV out needs to be compared to the N95 1GB which is a 'classic'; C903 misses out on S60 and wifi but is substantially cheaper... makes the W715 look substantially overpriced! Definately worth a look but not a patch on the Aino or Satio I would expect. Hard to say what to do... guess you'll make your decision in the store. Which colour would you go for?
Don't forget that C905 is only $629 and W902 is $479 at EI...
Some good points there. I honestly can't see myself being able to afford Aino or Satio when they're out. I'll be a student again next year, and back to a tight budget. That's what makes this so tempting. I'm not hugely into the C905 or the W902 to be honest. The C905's looks have worn off on me, plus there's a lot of faulty ones about. The W902 is almost no upgrade from my C902. I really could use the GPS because in all likeliness I'll be studying up in Auckland with you guys next year. 
Do you know if Vodafone sells it in other colours? I have only seen white dummy units and the website only shows white... Have you seen others?
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carkitter
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I rang Sony Ericsson and asked about colour availability, and was told that though Vodafone are offered all the colours, they only chosen the white model at this time. SE has a C903a available for XT but at this stage they haven't taken it up.
I spoke once again to the very pleasant and knowledgeable Stephen who does seem to have an understanding of the realities of the NZ market. I wish Vodafone has more CSR's like him.
That would be great to see you in Auckland! I think an inaugural Esato NZ Members Gathering might be in order!
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On 2009-09-02 00:10:52, carkitter wrote:
I rang Sony Ericsson and asked about colour availability, and was told that though Vodafone are offered all the colours, they only chosen the white model at this time. SE has a C903a available for XT but at this stage they haven't taken it up.
I spoke once again to the very pleasant and knowledgeable Stephen who does seem to have an understanding of the realities of the NZ market. I wish Vodafone has more CSR's like him.
That would be great to see you in Auckland! I think an inaugural Esato NZ Members Gathering might be in order!
Haha cheers for doing that! Thankfully Vodafone didn't choose the ugly red. Would have suited them but would have been a flop in my opinion! Actually now that I think about it, maybe this price-drop is due to it being a flop anyway. Did you manage to get any more upcoming SE information?
Yeah I'm quite looking forward to coming to Auckland. It will be an exciting change with possibly both my brother and my girlfriend coming up to study too. It's going to be rough though because we'll need a flat that makes it easy to get to Massey, Auckland University and AUT where we're all likely to be studying!
I'm definitely keen for a meet up at some stage.
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Muhammad-Oli
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Well I'm back to report my findings.
The deal is a Vodafone (not First Mobile, DSE, etc) exclusive deal for the month of September. But did I buy one?
No. The reason being that the Vodafone staff who were very helpful told me that the black one should be out sometime soon. The showed me a black dummy and a white working model and I can't decide! I love the blue keypad and camera accents on the white, the black is more classy but a huge fingerprint magnet. I think I prefer the white slightly cause I'm sick of the plain black of my C902. They said it might be worth it to wait it out until closer to the end of the month if I decide I want black.
The phone itself seems so much better than the dummies. The slider is smooth and the camera cover doesn't open on weird angles. The software is what we're all used to but there is a big GPS icon on the desktop which is the big one for me. Not sure about plastic quality. I think it is just so glossy that it feels sort of cheap.
Not sure at this stage so I'll use my month to think about it more. On a side note, First Mobile staff didn't believe me about the deal Vodafone are offering. They were actually quite negative and seemed to be accusing me of lying. I'll never shop there again, not after today and after that time they tried to sell me a used W910i as new.
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I hate first mobile. When I first bought a phone/sim card, they directed me to dicksmith (which was down the road a bit) because they didn't have any of that phone or any simcards. Seriously, they specailise in mobile phones yet have no prepay simcards in stock??!??!?!? They also wouldn't send wap settings to my phone cause it was a parallel import (C905) (I found the wap settings page of vodafone's site eventually later) I told them just to send for c702 but they wouldn't. And, to top it all off, I once saw them selling a micro sd card for $120, and it was 1GB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (at that time 1gb retail was about $25)
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carkitter
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Yeah, had run-ins with First Mobile up here too.
You'll want a place on the North Shore preferably but they're not cheap - $350+pw.
East Coast Bays is the best or Albany.
Glenfield if you have to.
Avoid Birkdale, Beachhaven and Northcote.
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Muhammad-Oli
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Thanks for that carkitter. We'll have a look, although $350 is a bit much for three students. My girlfriend is an ex-Auckland girl though, so hopefully she'll know what she's doing.
Decided at the moment not to get the C903. I'll wait before buying a new phone I think. A lot of expenses coming up, so we'll see after that! It was exciting thinking about getting a new one though.
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