On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Bill McCarthy < [email protected]> wrote:
> |America seems to have more carrier locked and subsidised phones. Now we > can > |buy them like that here, but it seems to work out better buying the phone > |separate from carrier. > > Really ? What price is the latest smart phone outright, about $600 ? > Over 24 months, that's about $25 a month. The carriers generally only > charge about half that with a package, so a saving of about $300 or more. > > Ok, Samsung Galaxy Note - buy outright $500 - buy on Telstra plan $1776 > over 24 months MINIMUM > http://www.telstra.com.au/latest-offers/samsung-galaxy-note/index.htm http://www.topbuy.com.au/tbcart/pc/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-N7000-I9220-Unlocked-Carbon-Blue-3g-And-Next-G-5-3-Inch-Mobile-Gps-Phone-p134153.htm?utm_source=TopBuy_Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=TBDF-XX86742 Ok, you still need a plan to run the phone, but not one that costs near that much. > > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- > |[email protected]] On Behalf Of mike smith > |Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 2:41 PM > |To: ozDotNet > |Subject: Re: Windows Phone 8 announced > | > |On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:13 PM, David Kean <[email protected]> > |wrote: > | > | > | (This is my own opinion, please do not confuse it with > Microsoft's, or as > |representing Microsoft's. While I contribute code to Phone 8, I don't > work on the > |team, and am not privy to why behind their marketing/engineering > decisions) > | > | > | > | > |:) > | > |I'd comment on a gmail account were I you... If I was commenting > officially on > |HP matters I work with, I'd use my HP domained email. > | > | > | Take a step back, how many years do you really think it will > actually take > |for Phone 8 apps to become more prevalent than the Phone 7 apps? How many > |of you will have already replaced your phone by then? > | > | It's been a while since I've owned a phone in Australia so I don't > know > |how it works there, but in the US everyone gets a new phone every 18 - 24 > |months (depending on if the carrier lets you upgrade early), by the time > Phone 8 > |has released, and has enough apps to worry you, you'll already be at the > start of > |a new upgrade cycle. > | > | > | > |America seems to have more carrier locked and subsidised phones. Now we > can > |buy them like that here, but it seems to work out better buying the phone > |separate from carrier. > | > | > | > | -----Original Message----- > | From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- > |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy > | Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:03 PM > | To: 'ozDotNet' > | Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced > | > | Seriously ? Is that the new Microsoft policy, just dump old > customers ? I > | see they said 18 months of updates in regards to windows 8. > | > | For me, I see Windows Phone as something that's evolving, and > thought, > |and expected it, just like the iphone does, bring customers along with > them, not > |just abandon them every three years or so (well last time it was three > years > | ago) > | > | The sad part is I can't honestly tell people they should buy a > windows > |phone today. And it's a paint to have to tell them, yes last week when I > said to > |buy a windows phone that was all we knew, now we know your phone will be > |obsolete come September. > | > | > | |-----Original Message----- > | |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- > | |[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Kean > | |Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 1:45 PM > | |To: ozDotNet > | |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced > | | > | |I don't why the unhappiness, clearly you were happy with the > device > | |when > | you > | |bought it, why do you care that a newer device sometime in the > future > | |is > | coming > | |out? > | | > | |-----Original Message----- > | |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- > | |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy > | |Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:48 PM > | |To: 'ozDotNet' > | |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced > | | > | |Now I'm really grumpy... My lumia 800 isn't that old, but now > | |apparently > | it is :( > | | > | | > | ||-----Original Message----- > | ||From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- > | ||[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Burela > | ||Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 4:52 AM > | ||To: ozDotNet > | ||Subject: Windows Phone 8 announced > | || > | ||For anyone interested, I put my rough notes online of the Windows > | ||Phone > | ||8 announcement. > | || > | ||http://bit.ly/MrWEze > | ||Some highlights: > | || > | ||* Shared core between Windows 8 & Windows Phone 8. > | ||* New user definable tile sizes (like Windows 8). Can now > have 1/4 > | |sized > | ||mini tiles to give it more flavour. > | ||* A new "company hub" that corporate IT can display apps and > |deploy > | |from > | ||their internal servers. > | ||* Support for new high resolution screens (720p) > | ||* Existing device aren't upgradeable to 8.0, but existing > devices will > | |get a > | ||7.8 update that will give some of the features, such as the new > tiles. > | || > | ||http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/my-notes-from-the- > |windows- > | ||phone-8-announcement/ > |<http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/my-notes-from-the-windows- > |||phone-8-announcement/> > | || > | ||-David Burela > | ||Regional Technical Evangelist > | ||Infragistics > | | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > |-- > |Meski > | > | > | http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv > | > |"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, > |but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills > > > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
