Bye Apple and good riddance!

**Chittychangchang** · 18-09-2018, 03:45 PM

Samsung is the way to go...

**Dragonfly94** · 19-09-2018, 07:25 AM

we have a kid named Samsung round the corner, right little sod

**LovelyFrede** · 21-09-2018, 02:44 PM

I just orderd new Iphone. Cannot wait to get it

**cyrille** · 21-09-2018, 02:49 PM

What was it that made you decide on an iphone, frede?

**SKkin** · 21-09-2018, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by hick

Suggestions for new dumb phone?

**tomcat** · 21-09-2018, 03:41 PM

...^pic doesn't include 50-kilometer extension cord...

**baldrick** · 15-10-2018, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Send us a photo in low light that you've took

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manbag has multi and tools in it - this job I have been using me spanners in anger

**uncle junior** · 15-10-2018, 04:31 PM

Samsung. Good quality and affordable. If you break the screen or have some other problem with the LED it's easy to get replacement parts and fix it yourself. Iphone too much proprietary hardware to do that. OPPO, Huawei etc are PRC companies so it's a crap shoot on quality.

**happynz** · 15-10-2018, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by uncle junior

Samsung. Good quality and affordable.

Yup, fairly good quality cameras and screens, but a bit on the pricey side. Samsung Galaxy S9 is what, THB35,000? Google Pixel 3 XL I believe is about 5,000 less than that and has the latest Android and will be getting the latest free system update (Android PIE 9.0) when it comes out.

Originally Posted by uncle junior

If you break the screen or have some other problem with the LED it's easy to get replacement parts and fix it yourself.

Fair comment. Samsung is so ubiquitous that parts are not particularly a chore to source.

Originally Posted by uncle junior

Iphone has too much proprietary hardware to do that.

That's one of my beefs with Apple.

Originally Posted by uncle junior

OPPO, Huawei etc are PRC companies so it's a crap shoot on quality.

Here's an interesting video on the Chinese mobile manufacturing business by a Canadian tech reviewer.

**uncle junior** · 15-10-2018, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by happynz

Samsung Galaxy S9 is what, THB35,000?

I don't get the walking around with a thousand dollar phone that i'm probably gonna lose or sit on. I have a Samsung J4 now, cost about $250...sat on it already once and replaced the LED for $45. I'm happy with it.....i'm not that into tech though. Long as i can LINE/WeChat...i'm ok.

**harrybarracuda** · 15-10-2018, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by uncle junior

I don't get the walking around with a thousand dollar phone that i'm probably gonna lose or sit on. I have a Samsung J4 now, cost about $250...sat on it already once and replaced the LED for $45. I'm happy with it.....i'm not that into tech though. Long as i can LINE/WeChat...i'm ok.

I've only ever lost one phone, and that was because some little Eastern European bastard lifted it from me while I was trapped in a crowd at Euro 2000 and I couldn't get my hands round to break his grubby little fingers.

Otherwise I get a new top of the range phone every year and if I don't like it I stick with the old one (still got the Note 8).

**harrybarracuda** · 15-10-2018, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by happynz

Yup, fairly good quality cameras and screens, but a bit on the pricey side. Samsung Galaxy S9 is what, THB35,000? Google Pixel 3 XL I believe is about 5,000 less than that and has the latest Android and will be getting the latest free system update (Android PIE 9.0) when it comes out.

The only way the Pixel 3 XL is cheaper than an S9 is if you are comparing the bottom spec Pixel with a higher spec S9.

Pixels are notoriously expensive.

**happynz** · 15-10-2018, 09:17 PM

£739 for both Pixel 3 XL and Galaxy S9 in the UK. However in the States the prices are a bit different -- $799 for the Pixel 3 XL and the Samsung S9 coming in a bit cheaper at $719. Thai pricing can be all over the show.

If I was loaded with ducats I'd go for the Pixel 'cos vanilla Android (I dislike Samsung's plasticy feel and bloatware).

**Dillinger** · 15-10-2018, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by happynz

If I was loaded with ducats I'd go for the Pixel 'cos vanilla Android (I dislike Samsung's plasticy feel and bloatware).

The S9 is made of glass and also has a bigger battery and better display than the Pixel. But the main thing is there are official Samsung warranty and repair centers here. Good luck handing your Pixel over at MBK and getting it back with the original camera etc still inside

**harrybarracuda** · 15-10-2018, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by Dillinger

The S9 is made of glass and also has a bigger battery and better display than the Pixel. But the main thing is there are official Samsung warranty and repair centers here. Good luck handing your Pixel over at MBK and getting it back with the original camera etc still inside

Good luck getting it back fixed at all.

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