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W810 and K510 won't be coming to NZ.
(Confirmed by
- vodafone didn't want to take up the phones) W550 never came out officially here either, so thats why it's not listed.
Hmm I'm still seeing alot of Z520s around, lot of people using them too.
W900 still isn't out so no, you won't see one
According to
it's in testing with Vodafone atm but they're the ones dragging heels. Surprising since telecom has had a 1 gig phone for a while and their focus is 3G, you'd think vodafone would hurry up and do whatever it is they need to.
Lent my K7 to a friend, now as liquid damage
kinda gutted personally
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Posted: 2006-04-11 00:38:09
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.co.nz features the Walkman phones on it's homepage - specifically W550, W800i, W810i, W900. All are listed as unavailable so what's the point of making such a bit deal about them? Obviously they just copy the info from other regions that do actually get a decent range of official phones.
At least
will live on at PI. I see they've taken to stocking HCB-700 for $299. Gotta get me one of those.
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Posted: 2006-04-11 13:38:32
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Think you'll find you can get it for about that mark in the proer retail storeslike first mobile too.. HCB-700 has come down alot, i'm considering one as well, lovely pice of kit!
Uh you are looking at the NZ site of sonyericsson.com right? because thats the only official one as far as phones out here go. Anythign else would either be a mis written sony page or a PI trying it on.
Or a web hijacker trying to make money.
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Posted: 2006-04-11 23:53:11
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On 2006-04-11 23:53:11, Gigs wrote:
...Uh you are looking at the NZ site of sonyericsson.com right? because thats the only official one as far as phones out here go. Anythign else would either be a mis written sony page or a PI trying it on.
Or a web hijacker trying to make money.
Here
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Posted: 2006-04-14 13:22:48
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Ahh okies, wierd, though its pretty obviously a generic flash anim since the white 900 isn't coming out here either.
(Or the 810)
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Posted: 2006-04-18 01:29:55
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W900i, W810i, W800i, W550i, all available at PI -check thier
website +Z530i too.
Price on W810i is $999
I hate the whole concept of parallel imported products but it's hard to argue when
and VFNZ won't bring the products in or delay them by months. Is a VFUK or VFAUS W900i really that different to one on VFNZ?
I seriously doubt it.
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Posted: 2006-04-19 15:04:51
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No Hardware differences, but the vodafone software is customised for each country. Sigh official word on the W900i is that it won't be released here because of the amoutn of time it's taken with Vodafone and would be delayed even longer.
I wish Telstra Clear would get some balls and mass order non VFlive units, but aparently Vodafone also have to approve the phones that go on their network for dealers to recieve rebates too.
I swear the phone industry is like the mafia lol
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Posted: 2006-04-19 23:50:54
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So what
products are VF retailers left with then?
K700i, V600i and K750i are ancient history, W800i is in run out as is V800.
Theres minimal stock in the shops, DSE and Noel Leeming have V800 at reduced prices to quit thier stocks.
A Vodafone rep told me VF is providing incentives for sales of Motorola phones...
I'm afraid the writings on the wall.
Pretty short-sighted as far as I'm concerned. Apparently Vodafone International want to be a
leading supplier of music downloads and Sony are a primary partner in this. I guess VFNZ don't read the memo's from overseas.
Or Esato news...
Of course Sony aren't the only ones to pull out of NZ and supply Nokia's to thier staff. PhillipsNZ did the same around 2000/2001. I've installed Nokia CK126's in cars at PhillipsNZ head office. I heard it first hand.
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Posted: 2006-04-23 13:03:17
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On 2006-04-19 23:50:54, Gigs wrote:
...I swear the phone industry is like the mafia lol
Sometime ago, a customer who was having firmware problems with a large number of Nokia 6310i's from VF, expressed frustration that NZ doesn't have a Industry Ombudsman like in Oz. I think a little independent commonsense applied the the CDMA/GSM monopolies in this country would go a long way.
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Posted: 2006-04-23 13:25:25
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You know what CK, I don't disagree with that at all.
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Posted: 2006-04-23 23:59:49
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