Disposable Mobile Phones

[Franc Zabkar]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:35:45 +1000, nva <me@privacy.net> put finger to
keyboard and composed:

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.

IME, the relatively high price of replacement batteries is what
renders a phone disposable.


- Franc Zabkar
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:30:13 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com
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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.

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

Saw someone at Wynyard Station with and old Motorola 7500 strapped to his
belt with original pouch
I had one of those 10 years ago.

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.

 

[Michael]

a good 12-15 mths out of any new phone now

Bullshit.

Spectacular logic, and deduction.

I take my hat off to you

Pathetic excuse for bullshit.

I agree, your response was

 

[Michael]

"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@optussnet.com.au> wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:35:45 +1000, nva <me@privacy.net> put finger to
keyboard and composed:

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.

IME, the relatively high price of replacement batteries is what
renders a phone disposable.

Disagree, nowadays.

 

[Rod Speed]

Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote:

a good 12-15 mths out of any new phone now

Bullshit.

Spectacular logic, and deduction.

I take my hat off to you

Pathetic excuse for bullshit.

I agree, your response was

Pathetic, really. Even a dunny cleaning fuckwit child
should be able to do better than that pathetic effort.

Obviously not.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 05:14:03 GMT, "Michael" <michael@yahoo.com> put
finger to keyboard and composed:

"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@optussnet.com.au> wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:35:45 +1000, nva <me@privacy.net> put finger to
keyboard and composed:

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.

IME, the relatively high price of replacement batteries is what
renders a phone disposable.

Disagree, nowadays.

Should I buy a $30 battery for a 3-year-old phone, or a new phone for
$80?


- Franc Zabkar
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