Tesla Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 72 - 40 = $32 32$x 24 = 768. Contract is still probably the better way to go, even if can buy it for $700, $68 isnt much to pay to be able to pay it off over 24 months instead of upfront. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Yea my view though was, you dont have to have it for 24 months. As I say, I could sell it now for a couple hundred and then upgrade or whatever. 24 month plan, you're essentially saying you will use that phone for 2 years, whereas we both know newer and much better phones come out every 6-12 months. Depends what you see yourself doing with it really.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 (edited) Yea my view though was, you dont have to have it for 24 months. As I say, I could sell it now for a couple hundred and then upgrade or whatever. 24 month plan, you're essentially saying you will use that phone for 2 years, whereas we both know newer and much better phones come out every 6-12 months. Depends what you see yourself doing with it really.. You can sell the phone while on the 24 month plan and upgrade as well, chuck the sim in the new phone (would have to get a telstra compatible phone though). Your still just paying off the money of the first phone. Seems like buying outright only woks if you dont mind being on Optus network, because than you can go on live connected and pay like $15 a month for more calls/text/data than most $30 caps. Edited May 31, 2012 by Tesla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 You can sell the phone while on the 24 month plan and upgrade as well, chuck the sim in the new phone (would have to get a telstra compatible phone though). Your still just paying off the money of the first phone. Seems like buying outright only woks if you dont mind being on Optus network, because than you can go on live connected and pay like $15 a month for more calls/text/data than most $30 caps. Yea I did have a 24mth plan a few years back, found myself just waiting for it to end so i could swap networks and phones tho (i was on optus at the time). The only reason I'm on a byo plan as high as this is it was the lowest with free texts, and i send a couple thousand a month so couldnt go a lower one. someone who doesnt text as much could comfortably go on a loweer plan than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braveheart Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Getting one of these in the next month. Solid http://www.samsunggalaxys3.com.au/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Getting one of these in the next month. Solid http://www.samsunggalaxys3.com.au/ In b4 water damage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 How can Pint Glass use a phone? He has no hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzatron Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Sorta works 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 my contract is up in september... leaving optus for sure!! there isnt much difference beteween the HTC one x and samsung gs3. if telstra give me a good deal on htc one x. then i'll probably get that. Death to apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Might acquire an iphone out of necessity, my question is, will I instantaneously become a phaggot or is it more of a gradual thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braveheart Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Might acquire an iphone out of necessity, my question is, will I instantaneously become a phaggot or is it more of a gradual thing? Instantaneous. It can't be helped but you will also become progressively more of phaggot over time and will start to utter phrases like "I don't care about customability, programming restrictions or having what I can d/l dictated to me because I have an iPhone and its just so easy to use!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzatron Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 will I instantaneously become a phaggot or is it more of a gradual thing? What do you mean "will i"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 got the one XL. figured, why go telstra if not gonna use 4g? wow, what a phone! also played with the S3. Cant go wrong with either... Android 4.1 released on certain handsets. and also being released on the high end phones that are currently out now. S3, HTC one X/XL etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deviant Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Apple should really stick to animation and making media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Anyone who has the galaxy s3 what is battery life like? Getting towards the end of my plan n thinkin of s3 as the update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Does anyone know much about the galaxy nexus and how it compares to the s3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD. Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) Anyone who has the galaxy s3 what is battery life like? Getting towards the end of my plan n thinkin of s3 as the update I have it, the battery life is hopeless, on full battery saving mode lasts less then 24 hours. Edited July 12, 2012 by jdavisheart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braveheart Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I have it, the battery life is hopeless, on full battery saving mode lasts less then 24 hours. Charging time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Quick charge time. Will be getting the S3 very soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzatron Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) Does anyone know much about the galaxy nexus and how it compares to the s3? A review i read says that the nexus has a better LCD and better graphics but the S3 has a gruntier CPU. It benchmarks higher than the nvidia tegra quad core in my HTC one X apparently and my phone is freakin awesome. Edited July 12, 2012 by bazzatron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 cant go wrong with either the s3 or htc or nexus. all 3 will be getting the 4.1 update in the coming months. there is no clear winner... each have there own pro's and cons. best thing to do it to walk into a phone store and handle the phones and see which one feels the best in your hand and get that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzatron Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 The 4.75" and 4.8" screens are pretty huge. They are getting to the point of being to big IMO. But then after using the HTConeX and then picking up an iPhone it feels like a little toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 agreed! once you go android... you wont go back! recently converted the sister in law to android and shes loving life. (galaxy s2) bazz, you played around with the galaxy s2? if so, what do you prefer more, the touchwiz or sence UI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzatron Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 LOL, i changed to Apex Launcher, so I dont even use Sense. You cant change how many screens you have and a few other things. I dont want to scroll side to side for days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD. Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Charging time? Charging time is fairly quick but if you dont let it reach in the 90%'s it drops rapidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzatron Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 If you dont turn on bluetooth, gps and wifi until you need it and decrease the screen brightness the stand-by time should increase a fair bit. Also, play around with different launchers, most of them are lighter on resources than the standard ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD. Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Yeh I always have bluetooth, gps and wifi off unless I am using them and my screen brightness is as low as possible. Will take your advice and have a play around with a few launchers hopefully that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 setcpu will also help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD. Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 setcpu will also help Have been told this, but also heard that it can completely fuck up your phone and make it really slow overall, any truth to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzatron Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 The later versions of Android already have pretty decent CPU governing in place, IMO ice cream sandwich doesnt need anything like this unless you want to overclock the cpu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD. Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Might just stick with what I've got and do everything I can to save battery, it's just annoying how it can drop from 85% to 50% is the space of half an hour when all it's been doing in sitting in my pocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzatron Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 You must have something installed that is killing it; live wallpapers, animated widgets, what apps do you have running in the background? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD. Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 You must have something installed that is killing it; live wallpapers, animated widgets, what apps do you have running in the background? I always close background apps, all that I ever use is facebook and maps occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzatron Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 is it on Telstra with 4G, cos that is meant to be used like wifi, not turned on all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD. Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Nah, Vodafone 3g, absolute shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 App called Juice Defender. Already has a few different (pre determined) settings, and also lets you customize and save settings, for battery management. I have it on a basic setting... basically it cuts your 3g, wifi and blutooth (if not connected to anything). Advanced settings may even automatically kill apps that run in background. Charging once per day. overnight. Used to use Advanced Task Killer on my Galaxy S. Then was using it on the S2 untill ICS came out. ATK just doesnt cut it anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braveheart Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) Just got my S3 home. Very happy indeed. great customability and even more intuitive than I thought it would be. Runs smooth as hell but can't wait to update to Jellybean 4.1 Who's got some cool aps for me to d/l? Downloaded Juice-Defender. Edited July 17, 2012 by Braveheart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 hows juice defender going? applanet is good when it works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braveheart Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 hows juice defender going? applanet is good when it works... Juice dedfender... meh tbh What's applanet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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