Posts by gautam

Well done but.....

....when is the launch?

What hardware/phones/routers are on offer? Will handsets/bands be globally compatible for different markets?

Questions questions.

5G ?

Where is 5G? After having bagged the spectrum, networks have shied away from investing in the infrastruture needed. Limited one street per city launches gives them bragging rights, but the HAVE NOT DONE anything costing near enough billions they claim it will cost to rip off 5G.

They are rooting for Govt. handouts and subsidies.

Greedy barstewards, them lot.

Micromuggers.

As per title.

But then......

.......it seems China is the bigger Capitalist at the moment. And US is shrinking into a socialist style domain with too much control freakery and freedom loss. They are going the communist way, surely. Surveillance and spying of own citizens, movements monitored, Social media hacked and spied upon, backdoors everywhere, arrogance of border and immigration staff, racism, gun crime. Looks to me like a downward spiral.

The only thing China buys is commercial Aircrafts ( The biggest US exports for a while) and some agriculture produce, and of course, raw materials for its low cost manufacturing prowess.

WW3 when the Chinese decide to dump all the US treasury bonds . Gold prices will go ballistic and we will have quite a show.

Competition is good

They are all competing amongst themselves to achieve a level playing field in terms of service, cockups, delays, customer services etc and the lowet common denominator being Ryan Air to aspire to.

Whats not to like?

Except the fares, and their arrogance.

Worlds Favourite? Says who?

Price rise?

So if they have paid a substantial amount to BT for this deal, they will expect a quick return on investment. One guess about which way the price rise would go . To BT, who willl then pass it on via ISPs.

How convenient.

WItness how many price rises have occured after Liberty media took over Virgin. Customers are only a cash cow number, to be gouged as deemed fit. Upwards pyramid for the shareholders.

Good Riddance

But whats next in store? That's the bigger worry.

And I doubt the pathetic & negative culture they have fostered past few years will be able to be changed anytime sooner.

Just call their call centre (any division) and try to get an intelligent answer first time !

SAMSUNG A VERMIN?

Rounded. Corners anyone…...?

Welcome "DON" Trump

..to the White House.

You are the only missing link now left to make the US of A the greatest country again (after NK).

It wasnt us guv. honest

Just ask the 4 teenagers. They wanted some ransom and did some mischief on our servers. We've done all minimum that is required under the law. Just ask my advertising manager, whose name I don't know.

I can assure you the data was not encrypted, hence the 4 teenagers got do their naughty bit.

That's our mitigating circumstances, m'lord.

That's all.

AM i terrorist for watching this? - That's Americans BTW

When I was young, came across this front page on Life magazine and the image has haunted me ever since. Didn't know much about Napalm or Agent Orange. But now....... Oh America. You rascals.

http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2013/09/have-you-ever-seen-the-uncropped-version-of-the-napalm-girl/

And....

... come September, BA will be all over the advert pages (spending millions) crowing, singing and dancing about World Offers and "to fly - to serve" slogans.

Very acceptable....

To the blind fanbois. Why would Apple not shaft them, when they are willing and able, having downed their pants and are already bent over ?

After all they started this with their italksnobmachines, where every 8 GB RAM meant about $100 premium ? And sheeple happily pay.

Whats not to like ( for Apple ) ?

They need to loook after the shareholders first.

Who wants a Tizzy?

When competitiors are offering this:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2347622/computex-acer-eyes-motorola-with-eur79-liquid-z200-android-smartphone

Great

Welcome to the Dark Side, M$.

Our Idiot PM is .....

......a TOFF to the core.

Which pub did he visit to get people's opinions ? And more importnatly, what did he drink ?

Wonder what Clegg has to say on this !

Wankers.

What if.....

TPB changes its name to "the non pirate bay" or some such to remove the stigma attached to the name ?

TPB allows you to download, you are happy to download, what is "illegal downloads" terminology about, then ? TPS has not stopped you from downloading . So it cant be illegal, then !

Copyright? Thats another issue, though.

Backpackers

And the same backpackers are not allowed in the UK/European markets by the very cartelised distribution channels and their "partners" who cream off the bulk of the profits.

A good Android smartphone should not be more than £60 to £80 (as has been proved by Moto g et al) and the Chinese producers, due to the current economies of scale.

Just why are we drip fed and rippped off regularly, is what needs explaining, Andrew.

Irrational article - Andrew

Its a fact that smartphones are the norm now. You could then call all the past feature phones landfill by the same definition. Its still an evolving technology.

If China can sell good smartphones (androids) at around £80 levels profitably, it just lays bare the well known cliche that Apple and Samsung have ripped (and still are) off consumers for all they are worth by slick marketing.

It also proves the dictum that a good smartphone need not cost the earth, as Apple/Samsung would like to make us believe. At 5 times the cost, one is never going to get 5 times the phone ! (except snob value and bragging rights).

REMF - Lol

Wouldnt it be more appropriate to expand it as " Rear End Mother Fuckers" ?

Echelon sounds too polite !

Egg Shaped is not Pear Shaped !

Well done India.

Out of eggs comes chikcen, who will come home to roost on Mars amid a lot of squawking from disgruntled naysayers.

Thats all folks.

I told you so.......

Prices have risen and CS is pants.

The shareholders are already baying for ROI.

Has it occured to anyone?

Such mega takeovers are in no ones interest, cos it ultimately the punters who end up paying for the privileged few !

Prove me wrong.

Dont Criticise Apple

Fan boys are ready to be mugged today at the mugfest. (happily so).

What are they selling?

Seriously, it seems the whole marketing is based on the Camera specs. WTF? Are they selling a camera with a phone slapped on as an afterthought? Or Vice versa?

Can it make calls?

IF you really need a goood camera, why cant you just buy one and have the rest of the phone as a separate entity?

ANd they will also chareg upwards of £500 for thsi privilege.

The biggest hackers are ......

..in their own backyards !

NSA and FSB.

WTF?

Ditch him whlst still have some time.

So whay cant the Nokia Board still ditch him and change course?

OR are they awestruck by MS marketing money and staring at the sinkhole already?

Strange are this corporate ways (american arrogance). WOnder who are the major fund/shareholders who can perhaps twist a few arms?

Be prepared for the worst

This is what highly leveraged takeovers do. Never in the consumer's interest.

The new overlords wants a return on their investments, and this is one way they start in cost controls and hopefully sell more/better/faster data!

Capitalism, 21 century style. Someone buys and everyone pays. (Bankers involved).

Shocking

That they have not yet blamed the Islamist terrorists' plot behind1 this.

One more reason to crack the whip and an additional law passed for the security services and snooping agencies.

How can you omit

The Tattooed White van man (& how to avoid confrontation)

Trafic wardens

Essex girls/bimbos

Football yobos

U turn politicians ( a la Nick Clegg ). Wonder if his Spanish wife would pass the test..

Most of the Scots would fail the test too.

Beer swilling, pot bellied , foul mouthed wankers leaving the pubs every night.

Dumb Pipes

..They still are and ought to remain.

Frogs wanting to be princes, with our money.

Sure

And yeah, we might be pleasntly surpised at this new offering with the LTE speeds and Hardware specs.

WIll make a refreshing change from I-snobs and Fandroids duopoly.

Will be called "Nokiastas" The word is now copyrighted.

Indeed Hypocracy.

Come to think of it, I wanted to send an IBM PC in 1987 (a very basic model, not even windows) to a Tanzanian associate trading office, and had to get a Licence from Department of Trade to "export" it.

The time and paperwork involved was horrendous.

Shouldnt it be cheaper....

..at about £150 at the most, now that these phones are commoditised?

IF Huawei could do the San Francisco at 100 (OLED screen mind you) at £100 more than year ago, surely Samsung could do better?

Greedy bastards I'd say.

Greed

I would put it down to unbridled greed and lack of training to staff.

Pay peanuts...get monkeys.

And yes, the extended warranty scam whereby they reaped billions over the years, playing on the insecurity of sincere buyers. Never invested a penny of it in extra training and product promotions, hoping punters will just keep coming in, ready to be fleeced.

Best Buy wanted a slice of the pie and spectacularly failed, instead of piling em high and selling em cheap, which ws thier mojo back in States. Fry's is doing ok though, due to prices.

Pcworld still seliing USB cables at £24.99. WHat hope , then?

Deserve to fail.

I want it...

.....if its available at £18 contract for 12 months!