Not really my decision, or even my phone - I am only the messenger. I would not buy a phone that costs like 2 netbooks - I own a Galaxy mini (the one with the slightly larger screen), which does all I need, and cost me 599 shekels. True, if I forget my magnifying glass the screen is tough to read, especially for sites not parsed for mobile, but that is probably a benefit. Otherwise I'd be having too much fun.
I was advised Amazon sells unlocked Apple 4 devices, refurbished, for very reasonable prices. So I guess I'd soon be the proud uncle of one such device. Thanks for all the advice, Z. On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Amichai Rotman <[email protected]> wrote: > Why complicate things? > > You can get a dirt cheep smartphone here in Israel and then go to any of > the netwrks and buy the SIM with the plan that suits you... > > I wouldn't go into buying refurbished phone at all - to many things can go > wrong : a friend of mine bought a Samsung Galaxy S II at one of these > dealers here in Israel and the screen went dead after two months. Of > course, the dealer denied any warranty or liability and it turns out it was > a fake from Japan... > > I'd buy a new phone, right from the official dealer. > > I just bought my Samsung Galaxy S III (GT-I9300) for 2400 NIS. > > Amichai. > > > On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 7/28/2013 12:29 AM, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: >> >> So I looked it up, jailbreaking is legal but if you hand the phone in >>> in it's jailborken state they will claim your warranty is void, if you >>> restore the phone to factory before handing it in you should be fine >>> (at least according to the people on the oh-so-trustable internets) >>> >> >> Jailbreaking is a minor issue. First of all, only a small portion of >> iPhone owners do it, most have no need nor clue as to why one would do it >> in the first place. >> >> >> Jailbreaking can be removed by resetting the phone back to the state you >> bought it, which can easily be done using iTunes and anyone who has enough >> tech savvy to jailbreak it in the first place knows how to do it. >> >> To keep this the least bit on topic, Android also has a "padded cell" >> which prevents you from installing software except from the Google store, >> but it can be turned off via a user settable option. >> >> >> The problem is removing SP (usually mislabeled SIM) locks. If a locked >> iPhone does not have its SP lock removed by Apple, it has been tampered >> with and will not be repaired. >> >> Service Providers that sell SP locked iPhones, unlock them through Apple. >> >> I have never seen an SP locked Android phone, although I am sure they >> exist, so I have no information about how one unlocks them. >> >> >> >> Ehm... the iDen network is still up and still heavily used. >>> >> >> Ok, thanks, I thought it was dead. >> >> >> But yeah I also heard rumors that they'd like to close it and move >>> everyone to 3G, I guess if they provide stable PTT services on those >>> networks and devices that are rugged like most iDen devices most >>> people won't mind. >>> >> >> There are several private (as in non government) trunked radio systems in >> Israel, eventually everyone using MIRS will either go to cell phones, or >> buy time on one of them. Keeping the MIRS network going for the few users >> they have today will become less and less worth the cost. >> >> Note that MIRS is the name of the system and service, iDen is a US >> vendor's name for their service to separate it from Motorola's MIRS service >> and other trunked services. >> >> >> >> >> Pelephone didn't start with no customers, when the market was just >>> released I actually spoke to them to see if I wanted to move to them >>> but at the time their 3G network wasn't operational yet and I would >>> have had to buy a new (old) phone just to connect to them. >>> >> >> Pelephone has been mistreating customers since the first cellular service >> in Israel. They started out with AMPS, then NAMPS (which failed miserably >> in the rest of the world due to poor service in hilly/built up areas. They >> they moved to 800mHz CDMA, which was even worse in terms of crowded or >> hilly areas. >> >> >> >> >> As far as I can find online Pelephone is still operating it's old >>> network (EV-DO/CDMA2000) but aren't accepting new customers with that >>> technology... >>> >> >> Geoff. >> >> >> -- >> Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/**mailman/listinfo/linux-il<http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > -- Sincerely, Steve http://www.words2u.net - GPS points and tracks (mainly in Costa Rica) http://www.words2u.net/recipes - Recipe collection
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