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i called the guy in the shop and he confirmed [email protected]!!!
happpy happy happy
loof lirpa
Yeah - and it comes with the 512 MB RAM upgrade as well - for free..
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Michael
I'm not saying it is NOT possible....
But I WILL say that for 3G operation, HARDWARE is necessary, not just software.
So if it is true, then O2/HTC were very forward thinking, in that they must have included the HARDWARE within the XDA2 to allow this.
Which, forgive me, seems very strange.
So I am sceptical to say the least.
Not impossible per se, but if there is NOT the relevant hardware in the phone, then it IS impossible.
Additionally, as the XDA2 does not have a user facing camera, it does not match the specification standards of a full 3G device, and would not be an accepted handset on the 3 Network, so obviously, O2 take a very different view as to what constitutes a 3G handset, as video calling was meant to be part of the standard.
(Just like the new Nokia 7600 'tear drop' shaped phone - technically it has 3G hardware in it, that means it could operate on a 3G UTMS/WCDMA Network, but the limited feature set itself of the phone is such that no impending or current 3G carrier will accept it...)
Mmm - before anyone says I fell for it, his post is timed at 12.12, and any april fool joke is meant to be BEFORE 12pm or the joke is on the original joker.
So I assume its a serious post.
If not, then sorry mate, but you are too late for April Fools - thats before 12pm only...
damm i dident know that was the rule
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i called the guy in the shop and he confirmed [email protected]!!!
happpy happy happy
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Didnt nobody see the loof lirpa bit ?
well duh ! read it backwards ! :wink:
another thing about the correct time to make april fools then we are all in different time zone (well we are not all in our individual personal time zone but anyway)
dont that make it a bit diff to make april fool jokes online because
unless you are on those islands in the Pacific there the dateline is then there will always be somebody who's time is later then 12:00
Yeah.
And if YOU never spotted that I HAD fell for it, but then just needed an EXCUSE for me to look really intelligent, then we are equal now aren't we mate? :wink:
Seriously though, I guess the interent makes things a bit different, but within the UK, if you are gonna play an April Fool on someone, you have to do it before noon.
But no, I still hadn't spotted it was a wind up, so well done mate.
I thought that in the 12 O'clock rule wasn't applicable in Leap Years (such as this) so you could play jokes all day?
Bit like women being able to ask a man to marry them on the 29th Feb (or is it actually 14th feb - I'm never sure).
Just thought I'd throw that in to confuse matters :twisted:
not sure about leap years
but the women part i seem to recall that if the
man declide he have to give a 12 pair of gloves or something
crazy like that
First off let me say I had been a loyal SE fan for years since I bought my first t68. I have owned dozens of phones since then over the years and have purchased every p series phone (except the p1) as my needs increased. I still own many of these phones.
I bought an X1 and I got one of those infamous week 44 X1 models. I use it to keep on top of my emails and keeping in touch with clients, GPS etc. as I am not always near a computer. I was very happy with it and even convinced several of my colleagues to get an X1, half of whom have started having issues with their phones (that's another story).
My case finally cracked after 8 months despite me taking extra care of it. So I contacted X1 dedicated service. They told me to contact my point of sale first (defeats the purpose of being dedicated service). So I did that, got a service order number and sent my phone in by post to the service repair place and got it back in around 10 days. Now this was just before I went to London for a business trip and I should have taken a closer look at the phone. When I arrived in London, I noticed that there was a chunk missing from chrome part of the chassis itself. This was where someone would insert a tool to open the case or something. I was pissed! How can you send a phone back damaged to a customer? To add insult to injury the GPS refused to connect to a satellite!!! I resorted to using paper maps, something I wanted to avoid, oh well...
After getting back from London, I contact X1 dedicated service again, this time no reply from them. So I write to the general SE supports describing the events. After a good part of a week, I get a reply telling me to contact the point of sale again. So after a week as I was too busy I again contact my point of sale, get a repair order and send it in to the service depot. The very next day somebody from SE calls me (he wont give me a direct number or email to reply btw) and says, send it to us and we we will ship you a new phone. I told him the service depot has it and to contact them. The service depot contacts me saying they have fixed my phone and are going to send it back. Next day same dude from SE says they told the service depot to send it back to them so they can send me a new phone.
So finally at the end of the week same guy from SE calls and says he has shipping confirmation from DHL and I will have my phone on Monday. So, seeing as I deal with DHL a lot, they always show up first thing in the morning. So I stayed home and waited on Monday morning and thought to myself I can do my stuff in the afternoon, after lunch still no DHL! I have to write to the general SE email as that guy refused to give his email or number, and have to wait again! After 4pm, he says by email "sorry for the confusion but it was sent by regular post" and then gives me a tracking number. The parcel was scanned in 2 hours before he emailed me, it was never sent on Friday. How could he even say that he has shipment confirmation when he it has clearly not even been sent out on Friday??? Thanks for wasting my entire day, I waited for DHL getting pissed at DHL when it wasn't even sent via DHL! Does it stop here? Nope!
I tracked the package and went personally to the post office depot the next day and picked it up myself as I did not want to wait yet another day for it to arrive. So what did I get in the mail? An X1 alright... a WEEK 40 model and it had greasy finger prints on it, it had dust and fuzz in every crevice and even in the headphone jack which also had scratches in and around it! Further more I checked the service info and it has several hours of incoming and outgoing calls shown. New phone my ass! This phone is refurbished! Lie after lie in this situation!
DEDICATED SERVICE? To what, dedicate yourselves to screwing people over? The X1 is supposed to be a flagship model and it carries the price tag with it, I deserved better than this! I scoured the net and I am not the only one who got a refurb despite being "promised" a new phone after similar issues.
Shame on you Sony Ericsson! You have lost a loyal fan and I will tell everyone who asks me if they should get the X2 to steer clear of SE and share my experiences with them.
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I feel your pain brother! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=522017&highlight=mein
Can you recommend a new phone for me or something then? is the Touch Pro 2 good?
because i mean the X2 has exclusitivity with vodafone... and i have just had endless problems with both.
But i can honestly say the x2 does look like a very good device, they've clearly changed a lot over the x1 and i am actually considering getting it :S
But its just their lack of support that deters me...
and after reading your story, i mean, they literally lied to you and thats just not on.
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Silence noob! If you don't have anything constructive to say, sod off!
comeradealexi said:
I feel your pain brother! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=522017&highlight=mein
Can you recommend a new phone for me or something then? is the Touch Pro 2 good?
because i mean the X2 has exclusitivity with vodafone... and i have just had endless problems with both.
But i can honestly say the x2 does look like a very good device, they've clearly changed a lot over the x1 and i am actually considering getting it :S
But its just their lack of support that deters me...
and after reading your story, i mean, they literally lied to you and thats just not on.
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I see they lied to you as well, must be standard protocol or something... shame shame SE (although in your case it was Voda?).
I am looking at HTC right now, but seeing as the X1 was built by them I am wondering about that as well... LOL! Not sure what to pick. I will take my time and just wait to see what hits the market. The X10 will surely prompt the other guys to make one with a faster processor as well. We will have to see...
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Silence noob! If you don't have anything constructive to say, sod off!
I see they lied to you as well, must be standard protocol or something... shame shame SE.
I am looking at HTC right now, but seeing as the X1 was built by them I am wondering about that as well... LOL! Not sure what to pick. I will take my time and just wait to see what hits the market. The X10 will surely prompt the other guys to make one with a faster processor as well. We will have to see...
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Yea - i hate to say it though but the X2 looks like one of the best 6.5 devices out there :S
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Yea - i hate to say it though but the X2 looks like one of the best 6.5 devices out there :S
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True, but that could be because they are competing in a smaller market now. All the other players are going over to Android. Which again SE will join late in the game.
Didn't read the whole text but, there are two main reasons for me:
1. Same hardware/specs as X1.
2. No XDA support, therefore no custom ROMs from here.
It's like having an X1 with no XDA community behind it.
why don't you take some photos of the "new" phone they sent you and post them here then email SE with the link to this thread?
i'm not getting an X2 also as i lost faith in SE "i need a flexcable for my X1 and it was out of stock in the entire country and could be found only in one place which is so expensive!", plus no XDA-Developers Support.
Meh not to mention SE's super slow due on new phones... the X1 took one whole year that's one screw up management... By the time X2 and X10 out everyone else beat it by miles, at that time only sore pitty SE fan like me will still go after them for double the price of other competitor models which already considerbly 'old' at that time... SE lost money for a reason not mainly because of the global economic downturn...
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why don't you take some photos of the "new" phone they sent you and post them here then email SE with the link to this thread?
i'm not getting an X2 also as i lost faith in SE "i need a flexcable for my X1 and it was out of stock in the entire country and could be found only in one place which is so expensive!", plus no XDA-Developers Support.
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I could take pictures, but it was a dirty older phone. As it sits it just looks like another used X1. However...
Here is a picture of the damage when it was returned (after being repaired) the first time.
SE has a copy of this picture, I sent to them when I made the first complaint-
i bet many of us on xda have at somepoint had each others phones since SE seems to be sending out damaged ones that got sent back
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i bet many of us on xda have at somepoint had each others phones since SE seems to be sending out damaged ones that got sent back
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LOL! You know... that is a very strong possibility...
Heres my story,
I had my x1 for 7 months (and I never dropped it), in this time the surface of the D-Pad came off in some places even though i havent used it to often. well... than came the basic crack in the case and I brought it to my phone provider, they said they will send it to SE and SE will fix it. they gave me an white W200i as replacement -.-. x1 came back 2 weeks later with a new case but D-Pad and batterycover not replaced. i told the guys to replace it but they just didn't do it.
But somehow i can't be mad @ SE and if i had the money i would buy the x2 right when it comes out.
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Heres my story,
I had my x1 for 7 months (and I never dropped it), in this time the surface of the D-Pad came off in some places even though i havent used it to often. well... than came the basic crack in the case and I brought it to my phone provider, they said they will send it to SE and SE will fix it. they gave me an white W200i as replacement -.-. x1 came back 2 weeks later with a new case but D-Pad and batterycover not replaced. i told the guys to replace it but they just didn't do it.
But somehow i can't be mad @ SE and if i had the money i would buy the x2 right when it comes out.
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Yeah, the dpad area of mine was chipped away as well.
If you cant be mad at someone for not doing something you asked them to do, you must be very forgiving.
Hi
Even though, I haven't had a single crack so far, I have several scratches on the battery cover. I'm confident that one day I will have to send my phone for replacement (or just buy a new cover) because of breakage in the housing. This very day I will order another Sony Ericsson phone - either X2 or X10 or XXX (no pun ). Although I'm disappointed of the support @ SE, I really like their phones - Xperia is the first phone I could have complaints for. To be honest - I can't blame SE for a single failure till now - therefore I still believe in them and I'd buy their phones in future. Of course, my patience is not endless, but for now they still have a true fan.
Cheers
X1 built by HTC, what about X2?
Hi guys,
As far as I know the X1 was built by HTC (hence being here at XDA), with SE only doing the software touches.
I've had SE phones for years (P-series, and also the K-series ones for camera.) I went for the X1 because I wanted to use my phone more for web, email, etc. and because of my experience with SE.
To date I've been lucky. The only problem I've had with the phone is a crack on the chrome plastic from where I dropped it but I'd be concerned about going for the X2 given the X1 build quality issues.
Do we know if SE or HTC are building the X2? If its SE then it might have better build quality, if its HTC then it could be the X1 all over again! HTC have a history of producing excellent phone functionality but questionable build quality and I do wonder if the X1 has just fallen foul of that... if X2 is made by SE then it could be a good, reliable and well built piece of kit!
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Hi guys,
As far as I know the X1 was built by HTC (hence being here at XDA), with SE only doing the software touches.
I've had SE phones for years (P-series, and also the K-series ones for camera.) I went for the X1 because I wanted to use my phone more for web, email, etc. and because of my experience with SE.
To date I've been lucky. The only problem I've had with the phone is a crack on the chrome plastic from where I dropped it but I'd be concerned about going for the X2 given the X1 build quality issues.
Do we know if SE or HTC are building the X2? If its SE then it might have better build quality, if its HTC then it could be the X1 all over again! HTC have a history of producing excellent phone functionality but questionable build quality and I do wonder if the X1 has just fallen foul of that... if X2 is made by SE then it could be a good, reliable and well built piece of kit!
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built by a side company of foxconn. so build quality should be very good.
put foxconn on wikipedia and u will see they make a lot of famous top end products,
Even i had(still having) a similar problem. My phone's screen stopped working. First i sent an e-mail to X1 support about this, no one replied (it has been 3 weeks now and still no reply), after that i tried calling on the X1 support no an no one picks it up. Then i searched for a service center near my place(the service center which i knew is now closed). I gave it to them, its been more than a week now and the phone is till with them and they say it will take 10 more days for the parts to arrive.
UPDATE:
I got a response my phone and email from the Customer Service Manager for this region.
On behalf of Sony Ericsson he apologized for the way that my case was handled and said that they take these kinds of issues very seriously etc.
As the replacement phone is working, they are not going to send me a new one. If this one fails we can address it then.
(I knew that was coming)
Will I buy another SE product again? We will see...
No useful info in this, but just a story that me and my friend found so funny, I thought I would post it.
So my Apple fanboy friend Colin decided to go and pick up the iPhone4 today. He knows how I feel about Android, and hes also admitted that after seeing all the features of my Nexus One that he has no doubt that Android is dominant over Apples OS. But he still decided to get one, as hes one of those “I just need an iPhone cause its an iPhone “ people. No problem. So I go to T-Mobile with him to watch him seal his fate and sell his soul to Steve Jobs.
We walk in the store and ask for an iPhone 4 to play with, and since there wasn’t one on display (guess people steal them) they said we can play with the model they have open to the public if we do it in the presence of one of the T-Mobile employees. Again, no problem.
So the lady comes up and pulls the glorified app launcher out of her pocket and hands it to him. He starts to play with it and asks me “does your Nexus One have a larger display?”. I pull it out and lay it down next to the “can only hold me with a certain hand and in a certain manner if you want me to even half ass work” device. Now keep in mind, Im American and my friend is British, but we both live in Berlin, Germany. When I lay my phone down next to the iFLOPPED, she says in German “oh you cant even compare the iPhone to any Android phone. It s just on another level”. I smile, as I can speak German, but I didn’t want to take on a salesman with my half ass broken German. I just smile and he asks if she speaks English. Then then replies in perfectly spoken English “why yes, I lived in the UK for many years”. I almost got an erection….
So I nicely ask her…”when you said its on another level, could you give me an example how”? She replies “ where do I start? Firstly, the camera is great. It has a 5mp camera that’s much better than the 3GS model”. I say “So does mine”. She then says “ It shoots video in very high quality 720p”. I replied “um..yeah so does mine” (who cares if a hack did it..it still does ) She then says “Something that’s also been added is that the phone can now multitask with all the apps you want in the background. I replied “um, no it cant". I then said (thank God I had Quickdesk installed) “what it can do is have specified applications that can be chosen to run in parallel to one another, like this” ( I then used quickdesk to show EXACTLY what the iPhones “multitasking looks like and does). I then said, “true multitasking can do this…” I then loaded up my SNES emulator, booted Donkey Kong Country, started playing, then turned on Eminems new Recovery album and had it running in the background, turned on Fring and left it running in the background, and then went to Google Talk and messaged my friend Rene that I would swing by his house later and went back to the game, right on the level I left it. Thankfully, my Enomther rooted Nexus didn’t skip a beat.
So at this point, she starts to get upset. Colin is chuckling to himself but is a bit embarrassed. He then asks “so how much can I buy it for without a contract”? She says “you cant actually buy the phone without a contract right now”. I say “that’s strange. My phone is 6 months old, has done everything that you claim only your iPhone can do, and I got it for 400 euros NEW WITHOUT CONTRACT” (eBay auction sniped in the last 15 seconds ) . After adding up the insane amount of money he would have to pay for the iPhone in the end if he renewed his contract, he put the phone down and just said “hmm..”.
So now shes getting VERY upset. Not only have I just proven her to be a salesman who doesnt know **** about Android OR the iPhones OS, she asks impatiently “so did you want to upgrade?” I then playfully say “yeah Colin. After the way the iPhone just pretty much owned my Nexus with everything she just said, youd be dumb not to buy it right”? She then took the iPhone, walked over to her manager and talked to him for like 2 minutes. They both came back and the manager says “Im sorry sir, but we re going to have to ask you to leave the store. If your friend wishes to upgrade, you will need to wait outside. Colin then says “its ok..I think I wanna have a think about it before I upgrade”. I say thank you to the manager and that “im sorry if I made anyone upset. I just wanted to defend my phone agains the comment the lady said about it earlier”. We then walked out, and Colin starts BUSTING out laughing. But the GREATEST thing is that 30 minutes later, we walked into Vodafone, and we walked out 20 minutes later….with his brand new Nexus One (and hes LOVING it).
Now, if she would have known her stuff, she could have said “it has a front facing camera, higher screen resolution, ect (which I could have still countered with “useless if your friends don’t all have smartphones, blah blah). But she didn’t. Sorry, but I work as a marketing manager and did sales before. So if your gonna attack something Im passionate about, you better know your stuff.
Whats the moral of this story? Simple. If your gonna be an Apple fanboy..fine. But if you want to enter a debate with an Android user, KNOW YOUR STUFF, because we certainly do. (thanks to the awesome and intelligent as FOOK Android community)
Just thought you guys might find that story as funny as we did.
Edit: BTW, I dont encourage making anyone lose a sale at ANY type of store. What I did was self defense, not provocation.
Do you mean ATT? Anyway good story.
Oops, must have missed the UK part in my initial read through.
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Do you mean ATT? Anyway good story.
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Nah...ATT is U.S only. Only T-Mobile sells the iPhone4 over here in Germany, and only Vodafone has the Nexus One.
Of course they don't give a crap about phones like a geek does. All she wants is to make the commission off of the sale. It's her job, not a hobby like it is for people like us. So of course they will kick you out if You interfere with their business making money.
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Of course they don't give a crap about phones like a geek does. All she wants is to make the commission off of the sale. It's her job, not a hobby like it is for people like us. So of course they will kick you out if You interfere with their business making money.
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WRONG. First rules of sales are "ABC" (always be a closer) and KNOW YOUR PRODUCT LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND. She didnt, and at the same time SHE DOGGED MY PHONE. Thats the ONLY reason I said anything. If she would have known her product like she should, firstly she wouldnt have tried to sneak a low blow on my Nexus, and more importantly she would have had ALOT more features she could have named to defend their most popular product.
Edit: And the fact that I like to know what I pay damn near 550 U.S dollars for doesnt make me a geek. I like to know what I invest my money in, and at the same time I like to know the competition and the alternatives
I didn't know people actually did that irl.
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I didn't know people actually did that irl.
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Didnt actually do what exactly? Argue with a salesman?
I guess she's used to people who want the iPhone to be the types that are just dazzled by the design and taken in by the marketing.
Still, your mate made the right choice in the end
you sounded like a douche there
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Heh. Agreed!
Dude all she wanted to do was make the commission money. The iPhone has one of the higher commission for the sales person out of any other phone. To her its just some stupid job that pays her bills, not some smartphone war between geeks.
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I didn't realized there were volunteer spokepeople for products, let alone get into it with a salesperson trying to earn a buck.
Yeah, she wants to make a commission, so what? His friend wanted to get a value for money smartphone. He probably wouldn't have if you were there.
If I were the sales person I'd say something like "I don't go to your job and knock the d!cks out of your mouth!"
Look everyone... the OP has a point. She should have done her homework instead of B.S.'ing his friend "to make a buck". Since she didn't... a Vodaphone salesperson made a buck instead. That's capitalism.
OP, I don't think you were a douche... you didn't whip out your phone until your friend asked about screen size, and you didn't really diss the iPhone so much as you simply pointed out that your 6 month old N1 could do the same. You're fine...don't listen to these guys.
i dont get what everybody's deal is, "trying to make a buck". Know your god damn product and sell it well. its not like he did it to be a ****. she asked.
Nice story, the sales person should know their product, especially if they attack another product. If you're going to make statements back them up. Oh and if I was you're friend who just witness you being asked to leave the store, I would just politely say that I wouldn't buy the phone from this store anymore and that it was bad customer service.
She should say that the iPhone 4 can drop calls on command. That's one thing no Android phone will ever be able to do.
That's a story I know too well. I know what I want and no salesrep has so far been able to sell me something. Even when I WANT to be convinced that buying the phone I want is a smart choise, they still can't win over my more sensible side
And this being an iPhone only makes the story more entertaining :-D
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App
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She should say that the iPhone 4 can drop calls on command. That's one thing no Android phone will ever be able to do.
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Damn, they got us there...
The X1 still attracts alot of attention, many people out their are aware of how popular the GayPhone is , or in more recent times the Blackberries and Android Handsets. . . . BUT........
Jennifer Anniston
"has appeared on Peoples annual list of The Most Beautiful every year since 1995, and came in at #1 in 2004. In 2006, Jennifer also topped Peoples Best Dressed List.In 2005 became the first-ever GQ Woman of the Year. She has appeared on Peoples annual list of The Most Beautiful every year since 1995, and came in at #1 in 2004. In 2006, Jennifer also topped Peoples Best Dressed List."
-Courtesy of Wikipedia
Chose the Sony Ericsson X1 has her prop of choice for the 2010 Film, The Bounty Hunter http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038919/
Watch the Film, its good and you will see plenty of scenes with the X1.
Its good to know that there are still celebrities aswell as me running around using their X1's - I just wonder wether she visits XDA?
lol! wasnt there a thing about paris hilton having an x1 too? i'm sure i saw a pic somewhere
http://pocketnow.com/smartphone/could-paris-hilton-be-using-a-sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-or-x2
I doubt she join this forum. Since XDA-Devs looked complicated for busy actress like her(just my opinion).
Wow, if Paris use X1 / X2, woah, WM is not that advance, right? Even Paris can operate it. (no offense)
Paris hilton isn't stupid at all. All she has been doing so far is pretending to be stupid and people throw their monney after her. Thats highly intelligent. The stupid ones are those who take the bait and pay for the s... she has been selling.
Nonetheless it's still not a real honor if she has ever used a X1. People like her should use an Iphone
Paris uses Blackberry..
Do we really care actually?
Really, up to now that I did not know if Paris uses Blackberry or X1 or iPhone I was unable to sleep at night... lol
As I was walking past anyway, thought i'd pop into Carphone Warehouse to have a lil look around and price a bigger SD card and car charger....OMG..wish I didn't!
A NON-HTC charger, which looked like it was made of paper and a bit of cotton.....£24.99
After I finished my 2 minute mouth open, blank stare of pure shock, I politely said..."umm, ok, just pricing them for now"
What I really wanted to do is collapse to the floor laughing and say "ARE YOU TAKING THE PISS!!"
But, trying to be polite, I didn't.
Then, just as I was about to leave, he noticed my phone in my hand (****!)
"Are you on contract or pay as you go?"
me: "Pay as you go"
Him: "I notice you've got a HD2 there"
me: "uh, yeah"
"We've got some nice ANDROID and Iphone phones in stock if you are thinking of upgrading"
LMAO - awesome, my time to shine and feel like a GOD!! (i owe you one, Devs!)
me "I'm ok with this at the moment, thanks"
Now I did try not to mention Android on my HTC HD2 to avoid any hassle. BUT...
Him: "Have you tried an Iphone orAndroid phone before? they offer the user a much more entertaining and feature packed experience" (blah blah, he went on about how I can get apps etc with the CRAPPle Iphone and Android)
So, I just had to drop the bomb....
me: I've got Android already mate, your right, it does offer a feature packed experience (LOL)
him: "sorry, can i havea quick look at the model a sec, it is the HD2, isn't it?"
me: "that's right, HTC HD2, i love the thing, best phone i've ever owned"
him "Ahh, right...with that phone, Sir...it's called Windows Mobile, Android and Iphone are different User Interfaces"
(**** it I thought, plus inner feelings of joy and "thank you XDA Devs thoughts..so I said it)
me: "Yes, I know about Android, This has got Android on it."
him: "The phone you have there?"
me: "Yes, love it, Android is fantastic"
him "What that phone has on it is what's called, Windows Mobile 6.5, thats the operating system"
LMAO....lol
me "Yes, I know that, but i'bve got Android on here now, used to have it booting via SD card, but now, thanks to the guys on XDA, it's not running on NAND"
him - blank confused look, so I handed him my phone, which was off...so I had great pleasure it telling him to turn it on and check it out...LOL
Well, to say he was shocked was an understatement. I then spent the next 10 mins telling him EVERYTHING about it, the Roms you can get, the Forum, the whole lot..it was awesome...he called his colleague over and he was blown away...lol...LOVE IT!!
cheers Devs - I owe you one...gonna have a big f**k off grin on my face all day now...lol
had to share my visit to carphone warehouse hehe ;-) ;-)
Great story, I want this to happen to me, time to visit T-Mobile tommorow...
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Haha lol great, I was in there the other day and kept my phone out prominently hoping for a similar conversation (god, we're geeky!)
And yes, prices are ridiculous in there! And SD-cards are well-overpriced everywhere... a 16GB is around £20-£25 online... Good luck finding it for less than £50 in any High Street store.
Muhaha...!
Very cool story! You made my day...
Unbelievably great story!!!!
thats more like it!
love it!
Same thing happened to me in Phones4U.
They seem to know their phones but not wot you can actually do with them.
It is a great feeling, although being aware that were it not for XDA I wouldnt have experienced it.
Last time I was in they tried to sell me a Desire HD ... similar results.
LOL
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LOL....
I just read whole story.... I a going to smile all day too
funny story.. it happened to me as well
Lol, nice story. Hope it happens to me soon lol.
You should send this to the writers of XDA. Pretty funny
Before xmas, gf and I went into the local O2 store to get her a 3G payg sim for my old blackstone.
The guy serving us hadn't seen one before, he was young so probably hadn't been working there for long enough.
He asked what I had, I told him and he asked if I was considering "upgrading" to WP7, I told him I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot barge pole and explained the reasons why, and why the HD2 was much better, and pointed out that it could run Android, and for weirdos it will probably get WP7 soon though god knows why.
I think I out geeked him, poor lad.
Hey that's a cool story
I had one time in the train somebody next to me with an HD2, playing with it, so I put mine out of my pocket and started to play with it to (I was running Android from the NAND). The guy saw that I had an HD2 in the hand but when he saw I was going to the Market and saw Android, he just started to look at me like
He didn't asked me how I was performing the trick but he didn't stopped to look at my HD2
Hahah, it's so funny seriously - I felt that same level of smug when I visited an HTC stand in my local shopping centre - I asked to try out WP7 and the guy asked me if I had an HTC already or whether I was looking to upgrade etc (all that crap they say to try and sell you stuff)
He said 'if I'm honest with you I'd go for the Desire HD' and *hehe*
I pulled out my phone and said I'd already got the Desire HD.
He said, that's the HD2.
"I know" I said. "Turn it on"
You should have seen his face.
Right on!!!!! lol
I'd just say "Epic!", but then that wouldn't be at least 10 characters long.
I didn't have an "android boast" experience, but everytime I pull out my HD2 in Montreal, people stare at my phone. One girl at a local liquor store actually said "OMG, what is that phone?? it's so big!" I laughed and said, "Yeah, it's an imported phone, doesn't sell here."
(Keep in mind we have no 4.3 inch phones for sale here in Montreal)
Just like my dong
poor guy... a 4.3 inch dong... :-D
mattfmartin said:
You should send this to the writers of XDA. Pretty funny
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Guess what... it's reaching the portal soon.
It really is a great story, really emphasizes our love for XDA!