[osamapl]

When do phones cheapen the most?

[weirdwilli]

Huh?
You mean when are there usually price drops?

No specific times as far as I know, although after christmas there are usually pretty good sales...

[osamapl]

lets say a phone costs 300$ now and on christmas they get sold allot so the prices will go down? about how much ? 20$ ?

[Step666]

If I could predict the future, I'd be conjuring up the numbers for tomorrow's £92million lottery draw...

There's no way of determining in advance what the prices drops are likely to be.
They'll depend on demand where you live, what other models are released where you live and what networks they're released on and also how much stock of different models is floating 'round. Not to mention a few more factors that we mere mortals probably couldn't even comprehend if we tried.

[osamapl]

he ok i have this question : if W = music, k = camera then what stands for R, C, G, Z, V, T, P, S, J, F ???

[Step666]

R is Radio.
C is Camera.
G is Business (I think).
Z if Fashion (I think).
V are Vodafone-specific handsets.
T are basic handsets but I don't know what the letter stands for.
P are smartphones.
S is Snapshot.
J are basic handsets.
F are gaming handsets.

[devilwasabi]

C-series - Cyber-shot
D-series - Deutsche Telekom (T-mobile)
F-series - Fun & Entertainment*
J-series - Junior
G-series - Generation Web
K-series - Kamera**
M-series - Messaging
P-series - PRO
R-series - Radio
S-series - Snapshot
T-series - Style
V-series - Vodafone
W-series - Walkman
X-series - XPERIA
Z-series - Ze Bobber***

* Previously Vodafone
** Swedish for ‘camera’
*** Clamshells - unknown origin

[Bip]

lol K-series - Kamera** i didn't know that :\

[Tanvir]

T-series - Style ???

[ThilinaC]

tarequzzaman, on 2008-09-05 11:14, said:

T-series - Style ???

i was wondering too

[Step666]

tarequzzaman, on 2008-09-05 06:44, said:

T-series - Style ???

Think more the T650/T700 end of the range than the T250 end.

[osamapl]

what do you guys think of the w760i? how is the speaker output? is it worth the money? and if i buy a fone that has english,spanish but doesent have the languge i would like is it possible to add that language in the new phones? i know you can do it in older but no idea in new with newer platforms like the w760

This post has been edited by osamapl: 05 September 2008 - 07:16 PM

[Mattwood]

osamapl, on 2008-09-04 16:53, said:

When do phones cheapen the most?

after their end of live with the manufacture and a few months to year after that when software support ends, they become real cheap... you can pick a Ericsson A1018 or Nokia 8210 up for basically nothing these days!

[osamapl]

yeah but before all that happens the phone is going to be garbage just like that 8210

[weirdwilli]

Mattwood, on 2008-09-05 20:44, said:

you can pick a Nokia 8210 up for basically nothing these days!

Ooh, been waiting for one of those for 6 years!
I guess its prime time to buy one then, looked forward to owning one of them!.

[Bip]

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T-series - Style ???

I think S series-Style :|

[Step666]

No, the S series are Snapshot handsets.

[Ly]

Afaik T series is fashion?

[devilwasabi]

Well i think Tseries will remain unknown. i got this from the unofficial SE blog

[seholic]

devilwasabi, on 2008-09-07 02:47, said:

Well i think Tseries will remain unknown. i got this from the unofficial SE blog

This is a brief giude: info i found on A- Z series what letters do stand for etc

The letter at the beggining of the phone model number determines what series the phone is.
T series Low to high end candybar phones, branched off into the K and J series (Extinct)

P series High end Symbian OS smartphones (PDA)

M series Mid end Symbian OS smartpfones (Messaging)

K series Low to High end candybar phones (Kamera)

Z series Low to High end clamshell phones (Ze Bobber)

W series Low to High end phones with Walkman quality MP3 playing (Walkman)

S series Med to High end swivel phones (Swivel)

J series Low end phones, has no camera (Junior)

F series Vodafone exclusive phones, now V series (Extinct)

V series Vodafone exclusive phones (Vodafone)

D series T-Mobile exclusive phones (Deutsche Telekom)


Phone Model Screen Type Network Form Factor
T68i STN, 256 Colors (101x80) GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Candybar

Z700 STN, 256 Colors GSM 900 / GSM 1800 Clamshell

P800 TFT (Touchscreen), 4096 colors (208 x 320) GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Clamshell

T610 STN, 65K colors (128 x 160) GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Candybar

K700 TFT, 65K colors (176 x 220) GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Candybar

K750 TFT, 256K colors (176 x 220) GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Candybar

W800 TFT, 256K colors (176 x 220) GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Candybar

W810 TFT, 256K colors (176 x 220) GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Candybar

W950 TFT (Touchscreen), 256K colors (240 x 320) GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1
900 / UMTS Candybar