Which Mobile Phone?

[Farang]

If I'd now buy a cellphone, I'd buy Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 or Note 3. Great specs, yet cheap. A friend has Note 2 and is over the moon for it.

Sold by Lazada or by AliExpress about 35% cheaper.

Some old phones, all still fully functional. Panasonic A 100 is surprisingly sophisticated to be such an old phone. It has rather good email system and over all functions well in the net.

[PeteC]

I think between all of us we can probably open a second hand obsolete mobile phone shop! Pete

EDIT: Photo doesn't include a few old IPhones and a Motorola Raz sitting around here somewhere.

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[buksida]

I think my Samsung Mega is on the way out so ... another phone then.

Looked at the J5 or J7 - good battery, camera and decent spec for under 8k (dont want to spend any more).
http://www.siamphone.com/spec/en/samsung/galaxy_j7.htm

Anyone got one or can recommend something similar?

[Big Boy]

My son has the J7, and absolutely loves it. Buying one for the daughter in the next day or 2. Lazada is the cheapest I've seen - let me know if you see cheaper please.

[hhinner]

^^ J7: cdiscount and truemart, both 1000 baht cheaper. Haven't checked specs and ordering though.

[Big Boy]

I think my Samsung Mega is on the way out so ... another phone then.

Looked at the J5 or J7 - good battery, camera and decent spec for under 8k (dont want to spend any more).
http://www.siamphone.com/spec/en/samsung/galaxy_j7.htm

Anyone got one or can recommend something similar?

Ended up buying my daughter's phone from the Hua Hin cartel today. Other places e.g. Lazada have actually increased their prices this year, and the cartel price included toughened glass, 32Gb SD Card and a case. All in all, not a bad price at 8,900 Baht.

She is delighted with her J7 for speed and camera (I've just heard her take another selfie as I type ). Shop transferred everything for her, and added a bucket load of current Thai music as well (I don't think that's mandatory ). The free add on of toughened glass is also a major plus, not having to have that plastic crap on it.

[buksida]

You didn't see this then?

http://www.itruemart.com/en/products/sa ... 19110.html

14% difference, Hua Hin can keep it's inflated prices!

[Big Boy]

Yes, I've seen True and AIS make offers similar to that, but I've always assumed (don't know) that they are cheap because they are locked to True. Coverage by True is not good enough for my family's needs. It is non-existent in our part of Isaan.

Have you actually bought it? Is it locked or not? I'd be interested for the future.

Did it come with the toughened glass, or do you have to get that sorted yourself? That was the clincher for me - the basic model doesn't have it (only super amoled I think), and I thought it was marvelous on my SII. That was installed as part of the cartel package. At the end of the day, I knew I was paying a little over the odds, but I was getting exactly what I wanted - same spec as my son's.

[hhinner]

Isn't it illegal to sell phones locked to networks in Thailand? Or has that changed? They can however be linked to a fixed term contract.


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[Big Boy]

I don't know, which is why I've asked.

I mentioned buksi's deal to my daughter, and she feels the same as me, and also knows others who have had to take the True contract. However, even if that is true, the J7 is a dual SIM phone, so what about the 2nd SIM? Even if SIM 1 has to be a True contract (with 3,300 Baht of free credit), does SIM 2 have to be a True SIM also?

[buksida]

Not sure if it is locked in, I think they just give you a free SIM to get you on True. I haven't bought it yet as my current one is still working.

The tough glass is about 300 baht extra, the film is 150.

[Big Boy]

LOL, but when you have sledgehammers for fingers like me, it's better (in my circumstances) to buy it ready to use. As I said, the glass was the clincher for me.

The True bit would probably have been OK if the 2nd SIM could be something other than True. However, is there a monthly minimum payment with the True service once the get you in deal is up?

Too many questions and the True team in Market Village are as useful as Chocolate Fireguards. We get nothing but trouble from them every month. Yesterday, they wouldn't even take my monthly payment because they couldn't find anything outstanding on my account. I'm now waiting to have my Internet service switched off .

[Dannie Boy]

I don't know, which is why I've asked.

I mentioned buksi's deal to my daughter, and she feels the same as me, and also knows others who have had to take the True contract. However, even if that is true, the J7 is a dual SIM phone, so what about the 2nd SIM? Even if SIM 1 has to be a True contract (with 3,300 Baht of free credit), does SIM 2 have to be a True SIM also?

I bought a cheaper True phone that has provision for 2 SIM cards, and whilst the primary card has to be True, the second one accept others - my SIM was one to call and I didn't want to have to change numbers.

[Big Boy]

That's good information for next time. What happens if you don't use your True card? Do you have to pay?

[Dannie Boy]

Mine was payg so didn't even get a True SIM card, all I wanted was a basic smart phone that would take my old SIM card, so I didn't have to get a new phone number.