iPods and shit

**SMOKEU** · 24th September 2013, 11:44

Originally Posted by Maha

Telecom phones on offer for $0 and a plan close to what I am paying now are…

Nokia Lumia 520 (Windows) Don't think I want this phone though.
Telecom T4010 (Android)
LG Optimus L5 II (Android)
Telecom Y300 (No Navigation option)
Samsung Galaxy Young (Android)

Any iPhones on offer, they want to extract $99+ per month from my wallet and I can’t see myself doing that.
I could stretch to a Sony Xperia M (Android) or a Galaxy S III for $0 and a slight increase to my current plan.

Get whatever has the features you want, at a price you can afford, that also has good Cyanogenmod support. Fuck using an OEM Android distro, unless it's a Nexus device as they're more or less vanilla Android.

Then root it and install WifiKill to do some epic IRL macfag trolling.

**Maha** · 24th September 2013, 11:55

Sorry, I don't understand Egyptian.

**Gremlin** · 24th September 2013, 11:59

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

Get whatever has the features you want, at a price you can afford, that also has good Cyanogenmod support. Fuck using an OEM Android distro, unless it's a Nexus device as they're more or less vanilla Android.

Just ignore this, you simply want to use the phone.

I only have experience with the S III from the ones you listed. It's a big phone, was Samsungs flagship last year. If you're OK with the size, it's the best of the list.

I know Telecom had the S4 and S3 on the same options as of earlier this week, so Dad was shifting to an S4 from a BlackBerry (redundancy means a BlackBerry is useless for him). They're in the process of adjusting the plans right now, going to $99 monthly and $99 for the handset, but he showed how everything is Telecom at home, guy spoke to manager, yep, OK, we'll give you the $89 etc.

Could be worth trying on... the S4 is now the flagship, just recently launched, you'd be the envy of all the floors

**SMOKEU** · 24th September 2013, 12:04

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Just ignore this, you simply want to use the phone.

I've flashed several different phones with Cyanogenmod, and they all have much better performance, improved battery life (sometimes significantly), and a more simple UI. I have had the odd bad flash, which only takes about 10 minutes to fix once the bootloader is unlocked. What's not to like about that?

**imdying** · 24th September 2013, 12:04

Originally Posted by Maha

I suppose these things are now pretty much obsolete with smart phones now being the communication/listening device of choice by the many?

For the most part, yes. One value an MP3 player has for me is that I can leave it in the car permanently, does not matter if I leave it behind. They're also dirt cheap, so if the car is broken into, it's a minor loss.

I try to avoid smartphones... everyone that gets one ends up buried in it... but having said that they're a part of my working life, so I've seen a few. If I were to purchase one for myself now, it would be an android device fwiw.

**Maha** · 24th September 2013, 12:10

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Just ignore this, you simply want to use the phone.

I only have experience with the S III from the ones you listed. It's a big phone, was Samsungs flagship last year. If you're OK with the size, it's the best of the list.

I know Telecom had the S4 and S3 on the same options as of earlier this week, so Dad was shifting to an S4 from a BlackBerry (redundancy means a BlackBerry is useless for him). They're in the process of adjusting the plans right now, going to $99 monthly and $99 for the handset, but he showed how everything is Telecom at home, guy spoke to manager, yep, OK, we'll give you the $89 etc.

Could be worth trying on... the S4 is now the flagship, just recently launched, you'd be the envy of all the floors

Here is the complete list...http://store.telecom.co.nz/mobile/pe...ones/our-picks

The S3 Mini is smaller (well doh) http://store.telecom.co.nz/mobile/pe...blue/our-picks
Or Xperia.. http://store.telecom.co.nz/mobile/pe...lack/our-picks

**wynw** · 24th September 2013, 12:21

Sony Xperia Z would be one that i would look at, supposedly a rugged phone. Got to be better for a tradie.

**Maha** · 24th September 2013, 12:27

Originally Posted by wynw

Sony Xperia Z would be one that i would look at, supposedly a rugged phone. Got to be better for a tradie.

Yeah I carry mine around in my back pocket, it often falls on the ground and breaks into three bits when I get out of the van...

It's a wonder it still goes to be honest, I will have to take more care of the new one I guess

**nerrrd** · 24th September 2013, 19:20

Got a Sony Xperia Acro myself earlier in the year, seems to work pretty well but I struggle to get it to do what I want sometimes. Took me months to figure out how to use a song as a ringtone, for example. Anyone remember the computer game 'Myst'? It's a bit like that, I just keep pressing things until something works.

Seems the idea is everything is so "easy to use" these days that they don't bother with much in the way of instructions.

**BMWST?** · 24th September 2013, 20:05

I got a xperia go,supposedly dust and waterproof and rugged.the only teason I bought a smartphone was to be able to keep up with our tag game,otherwise a feature phone would be ok.i reckon a hell of a lot of smartphone users dont use the features at all.try to figure out what you actually want.thereis no need to spend $1000!

**caspernz** · 26th September 2013, 12:26

Originally Posted by Maha

Sorry, I don't understand Egyptian.

Haha, the last time I updated my personal phone the fella at the Vodafone store looked shocked when I told him that all I use my cell phone for is to make calls, send the occasional text and use the alarm clock function...that's it!!

Come to think of it...that fella at the Vodafone store talked a lot of Egyptian as well

or some gobbledigook techie lingo resembling Egyptian

Yeah I know I'm a dinosaur...

**Maha** · 5th February 2014, 15:52

Have opted for (on the advice of the man who knows about these things) the Galaxy 3. Went to Albany today and got the phone thing sorted (new plan/billing/phone/s) for our pending new career.

**Akzle** · 5th February 2014, 18:57

Originally Posted by Maha

Have opted for (on the advice of the man who knows about these things) the Galaxy 3. Went to Albany today and got the phone thing sorted (new plan/billing/phone/s) for our pending new career.

what the fuck does that have to do with ipods. and shit.