Disposable Mobile Phones

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Kissing Lettuce

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Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet
they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here
 
Kissing Lettuce wrote:

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet
they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here
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I've never seen them since I've been living in the UK.

Apart from the environmental concerns, to me it seems like a pretty silly
idea for economic reasons also.
 
Kissing Lettuce wrote:
Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet
they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here
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Do we need them? There's enough plastic bottles and fast food packaging
laying around, do we need more trash?
Tom
 
Kissing Lettuce wrote:
Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet
they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here
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I've never seen one in the US, but I do see the prepay type that you
can add minutes to by buying them in blocks. The cards are available a
lot of places, and the cell phones are low end models, probably refurbs.

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"Kissing Lettuce" <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet
they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here
Click to expand...
Couldn't the $50 ones be considered disposable already :)

MrT.
 
Mr.T wrote:
"Kissing Lettuce" <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:42D52A41.C86E59C3@internode.on.net...

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet
they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here


Couldn't the $50 ones be considered disposable already :)

MrT.
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Vodafone had a deal a few months back selling some Motorola phone for
$30. It was advertised as the 'Disposable Mobile'.

They sold out very quickly.
 
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:20:41 +0930, Kissing Lettuce wrote:

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet they've not made an
appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK too but I've
never heard of anyone trying to market them here
Click to expand...
Most current phones are disposable. Let's see how many of the phones
sold today are still in working condition in three years.
 
"Kissing Lettuce" <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:42D52A41.C86E59C3@internode.on.net...
Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet
they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here
Click to expand...
Thats because we already have cheap NON-DISPOSABLE phones
 
"nva" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.07.14.08.35.45.383836@privacy.net...
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:20:41 +0930, Kissing Lettuce wrote:

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet they've not made an
appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK too but I've
never heard of anyone trying to market them here

Most current phones are disposable. Let's see how many of the phones
sold today are still in working condition in three years.
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You are lucky to get a good 12-15 mths out of any new phone now
 
Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote
nva <me@privacy.net> wrote
Kissing Lettuce wrote

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK
yet they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here

Most current phones are disposable. Let's see how many of
the phones sold today are still in working condition in three years.

You are lucky to get a good 12-15 mths out of any new phone now
Click to expand...
Bullshit.
 
"Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Thats because we already have cheap NON-DISPOSABLE phones
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Of course they're disposable, they just aren't marketed as such.

MrT.
 
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:30:13 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote
nva <me@privacy.net> wrote
Kissing Lettuce wrote

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK
yet they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here

Most current phones are disposable. Let's see how many of
the phones sold today are still in working condition in three years.

You are lucky to get a good 12-15 mths out of any new phone now

Bullshit.
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I've still got a "working" Orbitel 902 (aka "Evolution") floating
around somewhere.

That must be around 10 years old and works as well as it ever did
(which wasn't at all well). Replaced it with a Nokia 2110 fairly
shortly after buying the Orbitel, and tried to offload it onto
relatives and friends. Within a couple of weeks it invariably came
back to me.

What a fucking piece of shit waste of money that thing was. Couldn't
even give it away.
 
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:20:41 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
<sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote:

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet
they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here
Click to expand...
What are you talking about? In the seven years I've lived in the UK,
I've never once heard anyone (or even in uk.telecom.mobile!) talk of a
disposable phone.

Point me to where I can buy a phone marketed as such...

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Cheers,

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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?
 
Horace Wachope <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:30:13 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com
wrote:

Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote
nva <me@privacy.net> wrote
Kissing Lettuce wrote

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK
yet they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here

Most current phones are disposable. Let's see how many of
the phones sold today are still in working condition in three
years.

You are lucky to get a good 12-15 mths out of any new phone now

Bullshit.

I've still got a "working" Orbitel 902 (aka "Evolution") floating
around somewhere.

That must be around 10 years old and works as well as it ever did
(which wasn't at all well). Replaced it with a Nokia 2110 fairly
shortly after buying the Orbitel, and tried to offload it onto
relatives and friends. Within a couple of weeks it invariably came
back to me.

What a fucking piece of shit waste of money
that thing was. Couldn't even give it away.
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Yeah, quite a few complete duds from that era.

I never did pay anything much for any mobile phone,
the only one I ever bought new was the Nokia 5110
which Optarse was stupid enough to flog for $5/month.

Gotta discarded Alcatel One Touch View which is a bit
unusual in the sense that it accepts conventional AA batterys
and so is quite useful for a true emergency phone in the car etc.

Dont actually need it anymore since I have everything in the
mobile phone when I leave the house, watch, shopping lists etc.
 
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:56:48 GMT, "Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> wrote:

"nva" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.07.14.08.35.45.383836@privacy.net...
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:20:41 +0930, Kissing Lettuce wrote:

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet they've not made an
appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK too but I've
never heard of anyone trying to market them here

Most current phones are disposable. Let's see how many of the phones
sold today are still in working condition in three years.

You are lucky to get a good 12-15 mths out of any new phone now
Click to expand...
I have been lucky then. had a kyocera CDMA 3245 for about 2 years, no
problem

i notice too that telstra techs still use the old model kyocera phones
that have been around for many many years
 
"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote
nva <me@privacy.net> wrote
Kissing Lettuce wrote

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK
yet they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here

Most current phones are disposable. Let's see how many of
the phones sold today are still in working condition in three years.

You are lucky to get a good 12-15 mths out of any new phone now

Bullshit.
Click to expand...
Spectacular logic, and deduction.

I take my hat off to you
 
Jason wrote:

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:20:41 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote:

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet
they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here

What are you talking about? In the seven years I've lived in the UK,
I've never once heard anyone (or even in uk.telecom.mobile!) talk of a
disposable phone.

Point me to where I can buy a phone marketed as such...
Click to expand...


The ones I am talking about have only a kepad and no
display. They can only dial a few preset numbers as
well.

Here's some URLs that look interesting
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,39020354,39185441,00.htm

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001jan/pda20010122003898.htm

Supposedly invented in 2001
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001jan/pda20010122003898.htm

http://english.people.com.cn/200208/06/eng20020806_101003.shtml
 
On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:47:20 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
<sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote:

Jason wrote:

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:20:41 +0930, Kissing Lettuce
sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote:

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK yet
they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here

What are you talking about? In the seven years I've lived in the UK,
I've never once heard anyone (or even in uk.telecom.mobile!) talk of a
disposable phone.

The ones I am talking about have only a kepad and no
display. They can only dial a few preset numbers as
well.

Here's some URLs that look interesting
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,39020354,39185441,00.htm
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001jan/pda20010122003898.htm
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001jan/pda20010122003898.htm
http://english.people.com.cn/200208/06/eng20020806_101003.shtml
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Interesting reading, but...

Apart from the first URL saying"TI's DRP technology may also have big
implications for companies in the UK", there's not a single mention
of any of those being available in the UK.

--

Cheers,

Jason.

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?
 
Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote:
"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote
nva <me@privacy.net> wrote
Kissing Lettuce wrote

Howcome they are popular in the US and UK
yet they've not made an appearance here?

The US has had them for the last 3 years or so and the UK
too but I've never heard of anyone trying to market them here

Most current phones are disposable. Let's see how many of
the phones sold today are still in working condition in three
years.

You are lucky to get a good 12-15 mths out of any new phone now

Bullshit.

Spectacular logic, and deduction.

I take my hat off to you
Click to expand...
Pathetic excuse for bullshit.
 
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