i believe that your blackberry bold may still attract a handsome price (so you can consider selling it ) as Phones and blackberries do not target the same type of audience.

smacked down right.

i don't really know what are you trying to convey over here (because my language comprehension is rather poor), but if i were to guess, that doesn't right or legal at all.

@ tALEz

i have no idea about the 6th clause, but i was merely answering to jind86's doubt whether the iPhone can be used on his hotlink (nothing in regard to his brother's contract)

to understand this phenomenon better, you can click here

okay i don't really know the actual mechanism works, but i can assure you that it is feasible.

when i was studying in the uk, i got myself a nokia smartphone from vodafone (contract) and at the same time, motorola came out with their first razr v3 days later. i fell in love it and hence i opened another contract with o2.

it is very normal trade practice for the telecommunication company there to ring you up days later to see if you are interested in taking up an insurance for your mobile phone (extra revenues for them) and vodafone had a grace trial period of two weeks if i'm not mistaken. so i agreed and i was using my razr with my vodafone sim card at that time, the bloke over the phone, roughly said this "i can see that you are currently using a motorola razr right now even though it is stated on the vodafone system that you got a nokia phone from us. so which phone do you want to insure?" and i replied "the razr please" (since it was my iPhone equivalent back then).

days later, i received a mail from the insurer, registering my razr complete with its IMEI number (even though i have never once mentioned it to the bloke over the phone; not like i could have memorise it as the conversation took place when i was outside).

hence don't naively believe that apple products are God sent and there are so-called special mechanisms to protect your interest.




This post has been edited by nokia2003: Mar 31 2009, 08:47 PM

that statement is not just restricted to the iPhone. as a matter of fact, all.

when you are abroad, roaming internationally, surely you cannot expect to pay the domestic rates ain't it?

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Added on April 1, 2009, 12:25 pmspeaking of which, i had a rather humorous encounter when i was on an european tour holiday a couple years back. i have always classified this as one of my epic encounters. the other encounter is the one about the ayamas set C with the malay lady (regulars would have heard this before)

so there was this chinese middle-aged couple (from malaysia obviously) and their physical description will match your textbook example of china man. both of them are running their own business (however the nature is unknown).

during the first two days of the journey on the coach, they were perpetually on the phone and i was thinking to myself that their business must be in a large scale to be able to fork out for those roaming charges.

so after a few days, after we got warmed up, i just asked them out of curiosity, how much is their average mobile phone bill and is it justifiable to pay for the extortionate charges when they are abroad.

they laughed out loud at me and ridiculed me for uttering such a nonsensical statement because according to them, calls picked up during roaming are free of charge and justified it by saying that "you don't get charged for answering calls in malaysia right? so why should you get charged when i'm in europe?". furthermore according to them, the only person who should be paying, is the one making those calls and they are "safe" because they don't make any.

shortly later, i just spill the beans and told them the truth and they refused to believe me initially (as i was still a teenager back then). but they went around the coach asking the other malaysians of my so-called travesty claims.

no prize for guessing the correct answer. their perpetual happy-go-lucky facial expressions initially turned sour throughout the entire trip. classic i tell you!

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Apr 2 2009, 09:25 AM

if i were to make a wild guess here, it will be rebated back into your account at the end of the billing month.

i'm only speculating based on my previous usage of their family plan package. all calls/texts/video calls to the members will still be charged normally and pro rota.

1. yes. not via 3G

2. if you don't tether the connection, 500mb is a lot.

1. haven't heard/seen such phenomenon with my own set of eyes before

2. fair. it is not meant as a gps substitute. should you require one for driving/more intense use, you should contemplate getting a garmin et cetera equivalent. data charges will be dependent on how much you use?

3. 500mb is sufficient provided that you don't tether it.

hmmm that is a very tricky question indeed. however i should be passing the torch to stringfellow as he has better insight of the upcoming generation of iPhone and how maxis operates as a whole

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Apr 9 2009, 03:11 PM

hah! i knew it! i don't even have to invite you to answer this particular question; just look at the posting times; mine is at 3:09pm and 3:10pm on your side.

you will attempt to answer it independently

1. highly dependent on each individual. one man's meat is another man's poison

2. hmmm...

correction: american based iPhones are never officially unlocked.

people purchase from local vendors/resellers because warranty is an issue to them

triangulating your location (using the satellite) does not incur any data charges. however on the other hand, loading maps do.

Mate

That is why you purchase an iPhone with maxis. W A R R A N T Y!

My advice is to maximise your rights & make full use of it.

if that is what is being conveyed to you by maxis, then that's the normal procedure. a little patience won't do any harm.

1. yes or alternatively you can use paperclip.

2. not sure if that is the prescribed method, but i will do it if i was in your shoes.

please elaborate further. how do you define "messed up"?

are you using an officially unlocked iPhone 3G (not using yellowsn0w or a sim card adapter)?