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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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@Brix Some phones are Vodafone exclusive when they are branded.When you buy a Vodafone branded phone you can take advantage of the global and exclusive content like FERRARI,ManUNITED, etc.I know you dont like branded phones but in future you will see them everywhere in SA.Vodafone Live portal was made available on 8 APRIL but will be LAUNCHED 17 APRIL 05 next Sunday......ITS GOING TO BE BIG........WHO OFFERS FREE BROWSING.YOU CAN BROWSE THE IOL PORTAL FOR FREE only from Vodacom Vodafone
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brix25
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I won't be buying branded phones and I don't like either Ferarri or Manure... There'll be a gap in the market for unbranded phones.
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Tahir Ally
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It time to come if you buy a none branded handset you will be buying a GREY IMPORT................SEND SMS FOR ONLY 25cents,push to talk technology+ instant messaging coming soon to SA by Fantastic1.Visit www. fantastic1.co.za for more info
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brix25
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This would be a good case for the Competition Commission. Forcing consumers to buy branded phones with portals that "lock in" users is surely uncompetitive. This is what we can expect if Vodafone buys Vodacom...which hopefully never happens.
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Tahir Ally
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WHO said a Vodafone branded handset cannot browse other sites.Its no such thing.Its very competitive to give free browsing,NO ONE IN SA IS DO IT.Imagine reading any newspaper independent news paper prints free on you cell phone.......ITS GOING TO BE VERY BIG.IF everyone buys a branded hanset imagine whats going to happen to companies like EXACTMOBILE..................COME ALIVE WITH VODAFONE LIVE! Hehe hehe
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JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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@mario + others
you mentioned MTN service levels... i honestly think you made that up just to spite tahir, no 1 gets good or even decent service from MTN, thats actually the stats and its in the financial mail june '04.
my moms on MTN, the service with - when u dial 808... is pathetic even on upgrades, voda gives away the top phones on lower packages on upgrades where as MTN you have to pay in alot.. eg; e700 last year was free on voda weekend but R600 pay in on mycall 100!!
as for the warranty if you trying to take advantage of the system then ofcourse they wont help you!
iv had excellent service even though I broke the phones 50% on purpose and 50% mistake, it wasnt supposed to break that bad but any way they gave me a 6210 for my broken 5210!!!
that actually forced my step dad to get a vodashop cos he was amazed at their proffesional service... but thats just my experiences
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CodeMaster
Joined: Feb 18, 2005
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From: Johannesburg, RSA
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Well I was due for an upgrade yesterday, and have been waiting patiently for over 3 months to get a V800.
To my surprise, it was launched Thursday 7 April, just in time I thought to myself. Sunday morning I go along to Vodaworld with all my documents ready. Go straight into the Vodacom4me shop, and to my horror ~ SOLD OUT. Go across to Vodashop ~ SOLD OUT. Go to Voda Customer Care ~ SOLD OUT. They recon that they'll only recieve new stock in about 2 weeks. F@$K
Now really pissed off, I go along to the SE shop to have a chat to them. While in the shop, someone else came in to have a look at the working V800. He said that he had just come from one of the shops, and they had said that he can get one, IF he is prepared to pay R700...WTF. He was on a Talk500, so the phone should have been FREE.
Something tells me that some VERY dubious employee's are taking advantage of the LIMITED stock.
To make matters even worse, they did not have stock of a Sumsung D500, which is what my GF wants.
Sorry for the rant, just me venting....
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brix25
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On 2005-04-10 23:59:37, Tahir Ally wrote:
WHO said a Vodafone branded handset cannot browse other sites.
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I suppose you can browse sites but would Vodafone allow you to download, say mp3's from sites. The answer is no, ask anyone on Vodafone 3G in the UK.
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JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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@CODEMASTER + BRIX
cod- its very difficult to get a d500 they are selling like 3310 for R10!!!
stock lasts up to 2 weeks... the v800 as well iv seen at least 4 other people with it already and we only got it on thur...
brix are you sure?? never tried it!
JUST DOWNLOADED A video from videomoby!!!!!!!!!!!!
so guess u wrong mr brix!!
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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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I will agree with KBR786.The D500 is the fastest selling phone in SA..........................................If you have any problems doing upgrades for the V800.Please contact the upgrade dep on 0821959.......Stores might have stock but might only sell them for new lines....I have the vodafone portal address if KBR786 allows me to put it here i will post it.Sabc123,etv and Mnet are there. |
JK
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vodafone live is launching in a cuople of days and there was a kid in the centre wearing a voda live shirt and sum voda guy told him to take it of and put on a blackberry shirt any way thats how they feel.... vlive is launching on the 17
@tahir
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Dragonfly_TP
Joined: Aug 11, 2004
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Spreekt iemand Afrikaans?
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Rhino8
Joined: Jan 07, 2005
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From: South Africa (Bloemfontein)
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Almal van ons kan ckr afr prt. Or i hope so!
ARSENAL : Samsung Galaxy SII
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JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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ek hou nie van afrikaans nie,
actually its coz im not very fluent... |
Tahir Ally
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Sorry 786 KBR.Here is the Vodafone portal address:Http:live.vodafone.com.Free browsing might only work if you buy a Vodafone Live handset......Theres not much on this portal yet but Vodacom will be adding more links in future....Vodafone Live is going to be BIG when its launched |
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Posted: 2005-04-10 19:18
