What's the RRP of your phone/device/smartphone/cellphone fucken thing

[Akzle]

I cant fucking believe any telephone is worth fifteen hunnit buck.

i know a lot of you are gay; techies; facebookers; etcetera.

so... brag about it.



sent from my ten year old blackberry that makes phonecalls better than your iphone piece of shit, and has glonass, so fuck the jews.

[jim.cox]

Funny how cellphones and laptops are the only things guys will brag "mine is smaller than yours"

[haydes55]

2 year old galaxy s5. I paid $500. I can't justify more than $500. My s5 is plenty fast enough, if happily replace it with another s5 if this one dies.

[mossy1200]

Mines worth nothing. Work pays for it.
I have a tablet also. Work pays for it.
Got a laptop with aircard also. Work pays for it.

Cant complain about my costs so far.

[Gremlin]

Mines worth nothing. Work pays for it.
I have a tablet also. Work pays for it.
Got a laptop with aircard also. Work pays for it.

Cant complain about my costs so far.
No tablet as I don't have a need for one, but otherwise, same here. They're tools in my job, company mobile, mobile plan, laptop and other equipment.

[Akzle]

Mines worth nothing. Work pays for it.
I have a tablet also. Work pays for it.
Got a laptop with aircard also. Work pays for it.

Cant complain about my costs so far.

so ehh... whassa rrp

[Akzle]

Funny how cellphones and laptops are the only things guys will brag "mine is smaller than yours"

well i tend to brag that mine's less shit, more stable. more secure and more jew-proof.

but it's only 3" (still, has higher pixel density than iphone :motu:)

[mossy1200]

so ehh... whassa rrp

Not sure. Never paid for a cell phone before.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I own my number but work owns and operates the hardware. So, zero

[AllanB]

RRP was $400 - got it half price.

No work phone, but they are happy to contact me on mine .............

[Akzle]

Not sure. Never paid for a cell phone before.

there's this new website called google.com, it can find you all sorts of information. <_<

[Akzle]

I own my number but work owns and operates the hardware. So, zero

yeah well jew of all people should know that possession is 9/10ths, and all that...so it can be considered "yours"...

[neels]

Mines worth nothing. Work pays for it.
I have a tablet also. Work pays for it.
Got a laptop with aircard also. Work pays for it.

Cant complain about my costs so far.
Likewise, have no idea what my work phone costs, I do know that my old work phone is an excellent music player for camping and stuff.
Last phone i paid for was US$100 when i was on holiday, decent size screen samsung, my son uses it now

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[EJK]

Who has pride to brag about what phone they use. Only high school kids do that.

[trufflebutter]

Only ever paid for two, the very first one I bought (1993 ish Motorola brick phone) and my current POS S3 that I bought in 2014'. All phones between those have been free.

[Woodman]

No idea what its worth, work pays for it. Never bought a cellphone in my life.

[Blackbird]

Handed in my company phone on retirement. Use a <$300 Motorola MotoG2 bought through eBay and it does just fine. $19/month Vodafone prepay.

[pritch]

I have a Galaxy S2(?) cost $200.00 as I recall. After I'd had it a week I wanted to throw it at the wall, still do periodically.

On its own that info is a bit misleading. 'Cause I have two iPads and three iPods of various vintages, you'da thunk I'd have bought an iPhone, and I would have but I didn't want a plan, just prepay.

Another reason I didn't want an expensive phone was that the last two went through the washing machine.

[EJK]

I have a Galaxy S2(?) cost $200.00 as I recall. After I'd had it a week I wanted to throw it at the wall, still do periodically.

Also had one for over 4 years. Those things are Samsung failures. Why? Because they were indestructible.

Samsung customers weren't upgrading to newer phones because S2 would just keep on going. It fell out of my pocket at 50kph, dropped, thrown at, drowned in coffee etc... And it didn't crack the screen. Brilliant phone. But apps and Android OS eventually became too demanding for S2's hardware.


Tl;dr
Sturdy phone but became too darn slow!

[cods4]

Got an iPhone from work (on to my third one in 15 months). If I were to need to buy my own phone I would find it very difficult to fork out $1200+, I'd probably get an old iphone second hand for $600 max.

[Tazz]

I buy second hand and keep a few years. Paid 350 for a under 12 month old xperia z5 compact last year. Waterproof and good size for bike jackets :-)

[Akzle]

My first phone was a Motorola flip phone that I only did away with due to the pins on the charger plug coming lose. I then bought a Samsung S3 mini which I still use and it was a bit over $300 I think. When I do update it I will get a phone of about the same price. I would never spend $1400 or higher on a phone but have bought an Ipad pro mini that was about $1,250

so... no pressure to keep up with technology eh. fascinating.

[Akzle]

Got an iPhone from work (on to my third one in 15 months). If I were to need to buy my own phone I would find it very difficult to fork out $1200+, I'd probably get an old iphone second hand for $600 max.

http://www.mobile-t-mobile.com/uimg/iPhon-vs-Rock.jpg. .

[onearmedbandit]

I bought my own ph, cost over $1000. Why? Because I can, because I wanted to, because I don't care what anyone thinks about how I spend my money.

[Autech]

I'm on a company iphone and laptop but soon will be starting my own business so will need to buy my first phone in 6 years or so. Went to the mall the other day and nearly cried at the fact the base iphones and Samsungs are now 1200 rather than the 1k I was expecting.
Massive piss take as I know the little Chinese boy that puts them together would barely see 10cents of that.

Any suggestions on a good place to buy?


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[cods4]

I'm on a company iphone and laptop but soon will be starting my own business so will need to buy my first phone in 6 years or so. Went to the mall the other day and nearly cried at the fact the base iphones and Samsungs are now 1200 rather than the 1k I was expecting.
Massive piss take as I know the little Chinese boy that puts them together would barely see 10cents of that.

Any suggestions on a good place to buy?


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Pretty much all shops sell them for the same price. Even if you buy it in 'merica you're only gonna save 1 or 2 hundred. Vodafone, Spark, 2Degrees offer them interest free with a 24month contract which works out alright.

[Autech]

Pretty much all shops sell them for the same price. Even if you buy it in 'merica you're only gonna save 1 or 2 hundred. Vodafone, Spark, 2Degrees offer them interest free with a 24month contract which works out alright.

Might be easy to write that into the business as an ongoing cost too. I'm speak to Mr Accountant.

[Akzle]

Might be easy to write that into the business as an ongoing cost too. I'm speak to Mr Accountant.

you can depreciate tech like that over 3 years iirc. but yeah, hp goes through the books quieter.

[R650R]

Nothing to brag about but im amazed at how many OTHER people are obsessed with what you have.

My phone cost a few dollars but its formeostly a mobile web and map browser to me, the phone function is secondary importance and have it on prepay plan.
Been bloddy useful and still is....

But hey oits ok to blow $100s a week on smokes or poiss your savings away against a wall.....

[Gremlin]

Tl;dr
Sturdy phone but became too darn slow!
Indeed. Even the S3 was a pretty good brick. I have an S4 that's been dropped a lot, but its in a Otterbox as I was expecting that (basically said to my boss it has to have a case). Supporting a client with S7s... fucken things just lose information from the exchange mailbox when they feel like it. Remove the account and re-add, everything is back. I definitely feel as they get more complicated more issues creep in and reliability heads south.

I still like removable batteries (S4 is on it's 3rd), so I wouldn't mind an LG V20...

[Akzle]

But hey its ok to blow $100s a week on smokes or piss your savings away against a wall.....
thanks, that was going to be my next question.


I still like removable batteries (S4 is on it's 3rd), so I wouldn't mind an LG V20...

every blackberry evar (pre amazon buyout) and every nokia evar (pre M$ buyout)

[Akzle]

I bought my own ph, cost over $1000. Why? Because I can, because I wanted to, because I don't care what anyone thinks about how I spend my money.

whaddidya get?

would hove thought most of these new things are too bulky to use with one hand?

or are you a gadget man

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71pTWIpAWfL._SX355_.jpg

[Gremlin]

every blackberry evar (pre amazon buyout) and every nokia evar (pre M$ buyout)
I had a Bold 9000 and Bold 9750 from memory, coupled with BES they were awesome. Still have a soft spot for the Berries and the practical keyboards. As business tools they were brilliant, but the app support for Android is hard to beat. Wifi Analysers, Network Tools, apps for setting up / controlling hardware etc. Even have an app for dumping my calls to my calendar for invoicing purposes.

[Akzle]

I had a Bold 9000 and Bold 9750 from memory, coupled with BES they were awesome. Still have a soft spot for the Berries and the practical keyboards. As business tools they were brilliant, but the app support for Android is hard to beat. Wifi Analysers, Network Tools, apps for setting up / controlling hardware etc. Even have an app for dumping my calls to my calendar for invoicing purposes.

decoupled from BES they were better.
New ones (OS10, the z10, 30, q5, 10, 20, passport) have some kind of andriod implementation. mostly works by all accounts.

they also have a full c lib and python implementation, meaning you can run your ass a web server in your pocket or do.... well, fucken anything.

-edit-, oh, and qt.

[bogan]

This thread raises a good point, are hipster fuckwits who care too much about their image moving away from the latest iPhones to the obscure older shit?

Nexus 5 for me, it has the hardware config I wanted (NFC, Wireless charging and a good size), at a price I could easily afford. Not tempted by any of the new offerings, it's a massive credit to cellphone marketers worldwide that they manage to keep consumer turnover of phones so high tbh.

[pritch]

Massive piss take as I know the little Chinese boy that puts them together would barely see 10cents of that.



Before he threw himself off the factory roof to his death?

[Akzle]

it's a massive credit to cellphone marketers worldwide that they manage to keep consumer turnover of phones so high tbh.

i always fucken wonder. i'm big on anti-consumerism and anti-consumption and anti-jew shit, (incase you weren't picking up on that vibe)
yet fucken week on week there's a new feature you, like, tots gotta have cos you can pxt to facebook 4ms faster than EVAR BEFORE!!

if a non-consumable product isn't going to last at least 20 years, i struggle to part with my dole cheque for it. even with the "advances" in tech, i run my shit for 7+ years. i have a drawer full of nokias that still work. (and still have 3 bars of battery) anyone remember having to hit 7 four times for an "s"? :bleh:


and it's not only townies, i know farmers... like, actual human beings doing useful shit all day, that are always on the latest upgrade. :tsktsk:

[bogan]

and it's not only townies, i know farmers... like, actual human beings doing useful shit all day, that are always on the latest upgrade. :tsktsk:

It's probably cos their positive contributions to society earn them money they can spend on whatever the fuck they want.

[Akzle]

It's probably cos their positive contributions to society earn them money they can spend on whatever the fuck they want.

yawn .

[Autech]

Before he threw himself off the factory roof to his death?

Yeah apparently his parents threw his sister down a well cause she was a girl so he had the whole burden to support Mum n Dad.
Sadly this isn't too far from the truth during the 1 baby years.


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[flashg]

I'm on a company iphone and laptop but soon will be starting my own business so will need to buy my first phone in 6 years or so. Went to the mall the other day and nearly cried at the fact the base iphones and Samsungs are now 1200 rather than the 1k I was expecting.
Massive piss take as I know the little Chinese boy that puts them together would barely see 10cents of that.

Any suggestions on a good place to buy?


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Maybe try "parallel imports"

[jonbuoy]

Managed to score all my iPhones from work, I would find it hard to justify spending four figures on a phone, although I do have my entire life organised on it and its generally my go to device over latops and iPad. I still have a few older iphones - still going strong - one has a backup of my current phone exactly as it is just in case. I´ve never had a device last as long as my iPad or iPhone. So purchase price divided by productive years of use, minus frustration of migrating to a new OS = not so expensive after all. I hardly ever make voice calls, usually whats app voice messages, texts or email.

[onearmedbandit]

whaddidya get?

would hove thought most of these new things are too bulky to use with one hand?

or are you a gadget man



Iphone 6s. Any bigger and it would be a nuisance to use with one hand. I attract too much attention already using only one arm for everything (with my paralysed arm I mostly keep my hand in my pocket so it looks like I'm being casual/lazy/etc) so using a gadget would just draw more attention.

[Autech]

Iphone 6s. Any bigger and it would be a nuisance to use with one hand. I attract too much attention already using only one arm for everything (with my paralysed arm I mostly keep my hand in my pocket so it looks like I'm being casual/lazy/etc) so using a gadget would just draw more attention.

Yeah people stare too much I'd imagine, wankers.
Iphones are all designed to be held in the hand and used with the thumb, only old farts hold them in one hand and use their other hand to type.

[Moi]

... only old farts hold them in one hand and use their other hand to type.

Just remember that one day you'll be an old fart using both hands to manipulate his device while wearing his reading glasses to see it properly... :mobile::rofl:

[Autech]

Just remember that one day you'll be an old fart using both hands to manipulate his device while wearing his reading glasses to see it properly... :mobile::rofl:

Haha. Already got the glasses (had them since 8, though short sighted so should stay that way).

When I'm an old fart I'll have a chip in my head which reads my thoughts and can use that to text, google maps etc. Either that or I'll be in a cave after the nuclear war Trumps about to start with Kim Jong sends us back to the stone age.

[Moi]

Haha. Already got the glasses (had them since 8, though short sighted so should stay that way).

When I'm an old fart I'll have a chip in my head which reads my thoughts and can use that to text, google maps etc. Either that or I'll be in a cave after the nuclear war Trumps about to start with Kim Jong sends us back to the stone age.

At least you'll have a chip in the head rather than the shoulder...

not sure I'd like that, never being able to have my thoughts to myself, 'cause I reckon they'd want to read my mind... which could be a bloody boring read...

As for the other... :facepalm:

[Akzle]

Iphone 6s. Any bigger and it would be a nuisance to use with one hand. I attract too much attention already using only one arm for everything (with my paralysed arm I mostly keep my hand in my pocket so it looks like I'm being casual/lazy/etc) so using a gadget would just draw more attention.

i was having an discussion the day other with some nerdy cunts about how qwerty is irrelevant because we don't use typewriters anymore, (even having keys laid out in a running bond isn't optimal), and it is stupid enough to keep making keyboards thus, but now that all niggaz by typing with their thumbs it's a real "lolwut?" why the fuck you'd have qwerty vkb on a fucken phone is beyond me entirely.


anyway, the point of that awesome story was that some cunt has dev'd left and right single-handed /single-thumbed keyboards for some touchscreen devices. cant remember which phones/os/app. probably in dvorak.

[Swoop]

Autech, try Parallel Imported.
Another option is Digi Imports. Got my last phone from them.



This thread raises a good point, are hipster fuckwits who care too much about their image moving away from the latest iPhones to the obscure older shit?
Fat chance. iFelches are for those who wish to be seen posing and who also want to support a criminal company that makes the Mafia look sloppy at tax evasion.

[onearmedbandit]

Yeah people stare too much I'd imagine, wankers.


It's human nature I guess, but it is uncomfortable. It's worse when I'm with my bike, complete strangers approach me, even to the point of sitting down at my table when I'm out having lunch etc.



i was having an discussion the day other with some nerdy cunts about how qwerty is irrelevant because we don't use typewriters anymore, (even having keys laid out in a running bond isn't optimal), and it is stupid enough to keep making keyboards thus, but now that all niggaz by typing with their thumbs it's a real "lolwut?" why the fuck you'd have qwerty vkb on a fucken phone is beyond me entirely.


anyway, the point of that awesome story was that some cunt has dev'd left and right single-handed /single-thumbed keyboards for some touchscreen devices. cant remember which phones/os/app. probably in dvorak.

Qwerty is fine in portrait mode for me, landscape it's fucking useless. I don't know anyone who types in landscape on their ph, it just looks awkward.

[onearmedbandit]

Fat chance. iFelches are for those who wish to be seen posing and who also want to support a criminal company that makes the Mafia look sloppy at tax evasion.

Oh god.......:facepalm: How old are you?

[Gremlin]

Autech, try Parallel Imported.
Another option is Digi Imports. Got my last phone from them.
Expert Infotech (einfo.co.nz) is another on the shore. At least they have a branch, can contact them etc.

[Akzle]

Qwerty is fine in portrait mode for me, landscape it's fucking useless. I don't know anyone who types in landscape on their ph, it just looks awkward.

thank the n97

[pritch]

iFelches are for those who wish to be seen posing and who also want to support a criminal company that makes the Mafia look sloppy at tax evasion.

Leaving aside the criminal component 'cause I don't know what you are referring to; the tax evasion thing is not all it appears. The NZ media love to misreport that because it gives them a story. A crap story but a story. If you do business in mutiple countries it's not normal pay full tax in every country. You pay tax on your earnings at home and probably a withholding tax in any other countries.

Exporters will know the full story but the papers don't, and nor do some politicians.

iPhones are pretty universal now, even Govt Departments hand them out to staff. They probably pay a very different price to what we would pay though.

[Zedder]

Leaving aside the criminal component 'cause I don't know what you are referring to; the tax evasion thing is not all it appears. The NZ media love to misreport that because it gives them a story. A crap story but a story. If you do business in mutiple countries it's not normal pay full tax in every country. You pay tax on your earnings at home and probably a withholding tax in any other countries.

Exporters will know the full story but the papers don't, and nor do some politicians.


Tax Justice explanation of Apple's tax situation:http://www.taxjusticeblog.org/archive/2016/11/apples_new_annual_report_revea.php

[Akzle]

and in case anyone wondered how much of an iPhone RRP is marketing and software licensing...

it costs about $200 in materials, and time, labour, shipping etc, to get it to the shop you bought it at.

:whistle: just sayin'

[Swoop]

Oh god.......:facepalm: How old are you?
Easier than shooting fish in a barrel here...:apint:

iPhones are pretty universal now, even Govt Departments hand them out to staff. They probably pay a very different price to what we would pay though.
Yup. My compter-fixer mate laughs each time he enters a certain supplier.
Recons that he is greeted and his feet kissed by the manager each and every time he is there. "Can you give me a price for 25 ipads and 50 iphones please?" and watches the salesman's eyes bulge out...

and in case anyone wondered how much of an iPhone RRP is marketing and software licensing...

it costs about $200 in materials, and time, labour, shipping etc, to get it to the shop you bought it at.

:whistle: just sayin'
So, I guess that means the jew-gold company uses its jew-gold phones to check how much jew-golds are in their account. A jew-gold account, obviously.:devil2:

[Gremlin]

Yup. My compter-fixer mate laughs each time he enters a certain supplier.
Recons that he is greeted and his feet kissed by the manager each and every time he is there. "Can you give me a price for 25 ipads and 50 iphones please?" and watches the salesman's eyes bulge out...
I've never seen a shorter life in a device than when you deploy them to staff. Easy come... easy go. Car doors and broken screens from drops <_<

[onearmedbandit]

Easier than shooting fish in a barrel here...:apint:



And that answers my question.