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Sep 22, 2013 03:25
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Screw paying you $25 just for a sim card, Wind. I really wasn't sure if my clumsy rear end could cut the sim down but it seems to be working. 
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Sep 22, 2013 18:34
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Is that what the new iOS looks like? Is it marketed for four-year-olds?
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Sep 22, 2013 19:35
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I paid $5 for some little cellphone shack to cut down my card with a punch made for that purpose ... then the guy mysteriously offered $100 for my old broken Galaxy S2 LTE. I wiped it and did it, and was upfront with the problems it had. edit: people's personal preferences are funny. That set up would drive me crazy. App Store as one of the main icons? I'd have my most-used apps not in folders, and just a couple of folders of stuff I need once a day. Android has the app drawer for everything else. edit2: mine looks like this:  Also a second page with widgets for my Evernote stuff, calendar, and podcast controls. teethgrinder fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Sep 22, 2013 |
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Sep 22, 2013 19:36
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mediaphage posted:Screw paying you $25 just for a sim card, Wind. I really wasn't sure if my clumsy rear end could cut the sim down but it seems to be working. No "fartsy" folder, Minus One.
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Dog eats Dog posted:I'm with Fido, and I have the $56 promo plan they offered last year which is basically unlimited everything + 2gb data. What are my chances of getting a discount on a new iphone since they want you to have one of their new completely overpriced plans now to qualify for a discount? I phoned them in, the only thing they offered was like $10 off a max plan which is a complete rip off. They wouldn't even give me 10% off with bring your own phone because it's not an current plan offered.
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tehloki posted:No "fartsy" folder, Minus One. I thought about it just for the post. It would be a good for for games.  App Store won't be staying on the bottom bar; I literally just bought the phone Friday, and since it's my first iPhone, I'm using the App Store a ton while I figure out new things to download. I don't really like the wallpaper I picked, though it isn't bad. It reminds everyone of Google stuff, haha. I figure I'll find something a little darker for it eventually. Anyway I recommend everyone who needs a nanosim and would have to pay for one to try it - it was really easy. E: ante posted:Is that what the new iOS looks like? Oh no, someone doesn't like bright colors. What're your thoughts on the voice of fire? Anyway, I'm not a huge fan of some of the icons but overall, it's a nice change. mediaphage fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Sep 22, 2013 |
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Sep 22, 2013 22:28
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mediaphage posted:Screw paying you $25 just for a sim card, Wind. I really wasn't sure if my clumsy rear end could cut the sim down but it seems to be working. Every time I've needed a new SIM from Wind I just walked into a store and they gave me one for free after verifying my account details.
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Sep 22, 2013 23:10
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Is there any way to test if an Android phone is unlocked without a sim card? My mother in law got a phone unlocked that she's giving to some friends in Cuba, but after putting in the code we realized nobody we know actually has a full sized SIM on a non-Bell carrier to test it. It did say "Network Unlock Successful", but I'm hoping there's some way to verify it. On a Blackberry there's a code you can put in that tells you straight up.
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Sep 22, 2013 23:10
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mediaphage posted:Oh no, someone doesn't like bright colors. What're your thoughts on the voice of fire? Good god, I hate that painting. I remember going to the National Gallery at like 8 years old, being told how much that painting was purchased for, and even then thinking it was an absurd travesty. (Along with the exhibit that was there that was just a bungee cord stretched across a room.)
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The Gunslinger posted:Every time I've needed a new SIM from Wind I just walked into a store and they gave me one for free after verifying my account details. gently caress, seriously? They were dicks to my spouse about it and insisted we pay the $25 despite requiring that we get the sim in order to roam out of the country. thexerox123 posted:Good god, I hate that painting. I remember going to the National Gallery at like 8 years old, being told how much that painting was purchased for, and even then thinking it was an absurd travesty. (Along with the exhibit that was there that was just a bungee cord stretched across a room.) I only recently learned about it (I'm not Canadian) and while it seems a bit silly, it has appreciated in value so it seems the museum made a wise investment.
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thexerox123 posted:Good god, I hate that painting. I remember going to the National Gallery at like 8 years old, being told how much that painting was purchased for, and even then thinking it was an absurd travesty. (Along with the exhibit that was there that was just a bungee cord stretched across a room.) Oh god let's please not have the "what is art" debate in this thread. I've lost good people to that debate. Good people. In other news I have a buddy who works for the Rogers call center, and he's bought the company line on everything. It's scary how much corporate dronespeak he's picked up, particularly on the "Canada needs higher prices" and "Verizon would have torn this country apart and the federal government was going to let them" fronts.
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Sep 22, 2013 23:46
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mediaphage posted:I only recently learned about it (I'm not Canadian) and while it seems a bit silly, it has appreciated in value so it seems the museum made a wise investment. I don't really go to the National Gallery to see examples of shrewd government purchases, but hey. (I just read up on the history of it, and I do get why they bought it, I guess it's just not my thing. But obviously not everything at a National art gallery would be, so that's fine. You just happened to dredge up some strong memories of my first disillusionment with art, haha.) JohnnyCanuck posted:Oh god let's please not have the "what is art" debate in this thread. I've lost good people to that debate. Good people. Yeah, I apologize for the tangent. And I do think it's art... my opinion of its quality/artistic skill doesn't change that... that whole trip was just my first real experience with modern art. I remember when I got home I glued a bunch of random poo poo to a piece of wood, and was like "There, I made some modern art. It's better than the bungee cord, at least." But, yeah, to get back to the original subject, I didn't like the new look of ios7 at first, but I've grown accustomed to it pretty quickly. I feel like the icons being a bit more vibrant and flat was kind of a needless change, but it's not that bad, once you've had it for a few days. It's worth it for the new folder system, at least. thexerox123 fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Sep 23, 2013 |
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Sep 23, 2013 00:00
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Modern art's enjoyment is infinitely increased just by going with friends to react to it, and discuss it.
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I apologize if this has been talked about and I've missed it. I'm currently on a 3 year Telus plan with 200 anytime/unlimited evenings and weekends, unlimited texting and 500MB of data that's ending in October. I'm looking to pick myself up an S4 and I went and shopped around at a bunch of different carriers. They all have the samey plans that will end in me paying upwards of 70 dollars for what I currently have with no benefits besides a small price cut off the phone. The main option I've been considering is going with Wind mobile but I'm not sure if that's a good choice. I'm currently in Vancouver and I've checked the maps at http://coveragemapper.com/maps.php and Wind seems to have decent coverage in all the places I'm interested in except my house. At my house wind has red signal but so do all the other carriers so I believe it has something to do with the location of my house rather than the Wind network specifically. The current Wind plan that I'm looking at is $33 for unlimited everything, but after 15GB the data is throttled. Compared to my current $63 Telus plan that's amazing. I'm curious as to other goons' experiences with Wind. I've tried to read about them online and from what I've gathered they're a decent carrier with somewhat spotty coverage but that's to be expected since they're smaller. Apparently their customer service is poor but I hope they have improved in that department. They are offering the S4 for $400 with a $50 trade in bonus for my old phone. I'm currently inclined to take this offer and if I do have problems with Wind as a carrier, buy the phone outright and move to a different carrier with the bring your own phone promo. What I'm worried about with this plan is if the Wind phone that I'm buying can transfer to any of the big networks without a problem. From what I understand the Wind network operates on a higher frequency than Rogers Bell or Telus so I'm wondering if the phone I purchase from them is specifically designed for the Wind network or if it can work on any Canadian cellular carrier. I'm just asking because from what I understand some American phone models won't work on European networks, so I'm wondering if there's possibly the same restrictions on North American phones. My other option is to upgrade through Telus but they want me to add an additional $7 dollars to my plan bringing it up to $70 and I don't want any of the addons. They will sell me the S4 for $179 which isn't that much cheaper than the Wind option so I don't like that option, but it is the more well tested network. Any help will be appreciated. Just to sum up because that was a long post. Is wind a good enough price for $33? If I buy an S4 from Wind mobile will I be able to use it on other Canadian networks if necessary. Is there any better option than Telus otherwise?(From what I've read and seen it seems the answer to this is no)
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My wife is going to be working in Canada 5-6 times over the next 6 months or so, for two weeks at a time. She's got the unlocked iPhone 5s (GSM), and will be pretty much only in Saskatoon. Is there a decent pre-paid company she can go with to have phone service while she's up there? Mostly, we're looking for something that will let her take calls in an emergency without costing an arm and a leg. Some data (for iMessage) would be nice too, but not mandatory. Any recommendations?
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Sep 23, 2013 04:24
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Get a prepaid SaskTel SIM and $100 credit
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Aphrodite posted:Is there any way to test if an Android phone is unlocked without a sim card? Nope, the best way is to go to another carrier store and ask them to try a SIM card in it.
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Sep 23, 2013 14:31
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At least in BC you can still get the $35 silver plan from virgin which still has pay per use data that scales up to 3gb for an extra $30. It's probably the cheapest data from the big 3 right now.
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Girlfriends sister was gonna jump aboard the iPhone train this weekend with the 5C offering her the $60 5GB plan. She didn't want to get that and wanted on my plan ($50 for 500MB), plus shes a student and cant afford a $20 jump on her current cell bill (shes on a basic phone with slideout keyboard). Apparently Rogers changes their plans every 3 months we were told and that for lesser data it's still the same price. Kinda shady if you ask me. We didn't end up getting her the phone and now shes debating MTS, ugh! I mentioned she could probably call Rogers up and "demand" that she gets a plan like mine since her contract is up and she can just jump ship if she wanted. Hopefully she calls soon.
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With Telus if I use the option to upgrade my phone and pay out my device balance do I keep the phone? I have an iphone 4 just about to the end of the contract and I am thinking of paying it out, that becomes my wifes phone and I get a new device (not sure which one I want yet). Telus has these share plans now which I will do some looking into to see if it is a good fit.
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cobra_64 posted:With Telus if I use the option to upgrade my phone and pay out my device balance do I keep the phone? I have an iphone 4 just about to the end of the contract and I am thinking of paying it out, that becomes my wifes phone and I get a new device (not sure which one I want yet). Telus has these share plans now which I will do some looking into to see if it is a good fit. Yeah, the device is yours.
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less than three posted:Yeah, the device is yours. Good luck unlocking it though.
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Godinster posted:Get a prepaid SaskTel SIM and $100 credit I thought SaskTel was CDMA?
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Rogers tricked me into not cancelling my Note 3 reservation by offering $120 off the $240 early cancellation fee (in the form of $10 per month off my bill for the next year, of course) and now I'm wondering, can I trade in more than one phone in that trade in offer? I have an iPhone 4 collecting dust and I'm surprised it's still worth $100 to them. I know I can sell it for more but I've had multiple bad phone selling experiences online so I'd rather not.
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tuyop posted:Good luck unlocking it though.
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Less Fat Luke posted:Not sure about the others, but Telus will unlock anything that's been paid off or is at the end of the contract at no charge (just call their customer service). The telecommunications act passed this year requires telecoms to provide unlock codes for devices off of subsidy. Edit: I should clarify - unsubsidized phones immediately, subsidized after 90 days. grack fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Sep 24, 2013 |
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Khelmar posted:I thought SaskTel was CDMA? They upgraded to HSPA around the same time as Telus/Bell.
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Anyone ever heard of 8com? https://www.8com.ca/mobile.php Their phone plans looks good. I've only heard of them from the RedFlagDeals forums. Wondering if someone here has used them
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Does anyone know if Koodo throttles LTE speed below what a Telus device would get in the same conditions? (I asked this a few weeks ago I think, but don't recall seeing a response - apologies if I missed it)
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I did some looking at 8com and it looks legit, but it seems way to good to be true. I'm confused because the plans they have on their site have unlimited* internet and the deals they have in RFD have limits, though they are very high, 6 and 10GB. They use different networks in different provinces, but they are all big3, so presumably you'll get your HSPA+ and LTE if you have a big3 device. It seems way too good to be true.
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What the gently caress, I was just coming to post about this. I had a customer yesterday ask for a Bell SIM card to use with 8com. Me and my coworker were confused so we googled it and sure enough it's a real Canadian cellular provider. We called their customer service line to ask why they wanted a Bell SIM card, and they told me that while they use their own SIM cards, apparently they can use ours too. I have no loving clue how that works, but okay then. It's weird that you guys brought it up just after I heard about them for the first time. I'll update the OP when I
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I don't understand how they can provide such cheap rates while piggy backing off the big three's networks. Definitely curious, this is my first time hearing about them too.
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DarkJC posted:I don't understand how they can provide such cheap rates while piggy backing off the big three's networks. Definitely curious, this is my first time hearing about them too. Well that may be the provider I've been looking for!
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They used to be called MSN Wireless. Their Facebook still has that name. https://www.facebook.com/8comcanada?hc_location=timeline I dunno if that means anything to anybody. Bizarre.
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Something stinks about these guys. Did a little bit of digging and it seems they used to operate as MSN Wireless. From what I've read, they use all of the people that sign up for their service to negotiate a corporate rate plan with Bell (or Rogers, or whoever) and then all of their customers are signed up under this corporate rate plan. Because of the volume of customers, they get great rates - they then charge a markup to each of their individual 'subscribers' to cover overhead and profit. Not sure how true it is, but it seems to make sense and would probably be why people can use a Bell SIM on 8Com's "network." If it is true, probably not legit and I wonder how long before the carriers catch on.
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jot posted:Something stinks about these guys. Hmm... intriguing, although the customer service lady said that they do have their own SIM cards, my customers only came in to request a Bell SIM card because they didn't want to wait for 8com to mail them one. Also I'm curious as to how their $0 plan which looks like a prepaid service would work if they are just piggybacking off another carrier. EDIT: Dear God look at their Facebook profile quote:FREE iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C Offer! OilSlick fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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There are sketchy Bell dealers that offer 'free' iPhone and S4s and finance the device upfront cost internally and charge interest on it. It's sketchy as hell and asking for people to default on their payments.
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From RFD.RFD posted:MSNWireless (8COM Rep) had gone through his company and made a nice RFD promo for us after finding THIS thread through calls from RFDers. Think this pretty much answers it. I went to bed with everyone happy about 8com. I wake up to this.
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