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Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question

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Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
> F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote
>> Burt [&] Wills wrote

>>> Long time lurker in the car group my story comes from
>>> reading the cross group comments, so I ask for the computer group
>>> to advise on a smart phone I could buy that would
>>> * fit in my shirt pocket
>>> * own dual sim function for 4G/3G network
>>> * have micro SD card ability
>>> * use the Android platform
>>>
>>> For up to a $350 spend the colour or glitter in "bells and whistles"
>>> is of little interest to me. Primarily I have always used my
>>> Samsung GT-S6102(Gingerbread) as a Voice/SMS device, little else.
>>>
>>> TIA for that which may be offered :)

>> How about a cheap and nasty honor 5.5" 4xChe2-L12, made by Huwaei
>> 13 megapixel main camera and 5 megapixel front camera
>> They are a couple of years old now and can be had for not much more than
>> $125.00
>> It has a few bells and whistles
>> I just got one and it seems ok.

> Even 2nd hand seem good on Ebay
> A good phone with excellent easy  to use camera is "nokia lumia 1020"

That isnt a dual sim phone.

Wouldn't go that route myself even for a single sim phone,
even Microsoft has pulled the plug on those now.

> http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_sop=15&_nkw=nokia%20lumia%201020&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1&_trksid=p2045573.m1684
> https://is.gd/sKSuDw
> READ the condition of 2nd hand some are broken they will tell you

Mate of mine has had some faults with his and it still isnt working 
properly.

And its hopeless for apps and can't do ApplePay or AndroidPay either.

> Always get the Phone in Australia as charges are not always
> compatable or safe, nokia lumia 1020 is USB charged though.

> In auctions decide you price and snipe (bid a few seconds
> before auction ends always bid you decided max any bid
> will be just a few dollars above top bid)
> Photo of Christmas tree outside Macarthur station no flash indoors
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50667687/2015%20Christmas.jpg

That's about the only thing the phone is good for, decent
camera, but there are better phones with better cameras now. 

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2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question Burt [&] Wills <CANCER.1861@Breerily.Waterhole.invalid> - 2017-02-02 21:26 +1000
  Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-02-02 22:55 +1100
    Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 11:01 +1100
      Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 12:00 +1100
        Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 18:40 +1100
  Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question Burt [&] Wills <CANCER.1861@Breerily.Waterhole.invalid> - 2017-02-04 09:03 +1000
    Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2017-02-04 10:44 +1100
      Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question Burt [&] Wills <CANCER.1861@Breerily.Waterhole.invalid> - 2017-02-04 17:49 +1000
        Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2017-02-05 01:19 +1100
        Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-02-04 23:04 +0000
          Re: 2G network closure fallout - S/Phone selection question Burt [&] Wills <CANCER.1861@Breerily.Waterhole.invalid> - 2017-02-05 09:37 +1000

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