 dirtyjefferAnons on ignore, but not due to fear.Premium
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London, ON | reply to elwoodblues
Re: BB10 launches Jan 30 that's because you get everything for next to nothing as it is. |
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said by dirtyjeffer:said by Kitlope:And with today's phone upgrade, I'm continuing to support Canadian.
is that phone made in Canada? i know in the past, all devices were, but over the years, many of the models were shifted offshore. Just took the back cover off and it says Made in Mexico. Well, at least it's on the same continent 
Regardless, you know what I mean, with RIM... errr, Blackberry being Canadian and all. |
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dirtyjefferAnons on ignore, but not due to fear.Premium
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London, ON | yea, Mexico is where most of the handsets were made...i think there was one or two models made here, and maybe a one or two made in Malaysia (or something like that), but a vast majority were made in Mexico...being part of NAFTA means they can get it made down there for a lot less than paying Canadians to make it. |
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Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | reply to Guspaz
said by Guspaz:Fido has that exact plan as a regular plan rather than a retention deal. In fact, a few months ago it was $57 for all that and 2GB of data, but that was a limited time offer.
And, it offers unlimited US and International text, as well as a few other freebies.
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
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said by dirtyjeffer:that's because you get everything for next to nothing as it is.
And your point is?
Just because you might take the first offer that comes along, doesn't mean I should.
I have a sweet deal and I know it, and they know it, I am pretty sure I didn't even cover the cost of my 3GS.
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dirtyjefferAnons on ignore, but not due to fear.Premium
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London, ON | my plan is a pretty good deal...it is much better than "market offers". |
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Good to know however there's no way in hell I'll ever go with Fido, at least here in Alberta since I believe they only cover the urban areas (Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer, perhaps FT Mac now and Grande Prairie) and during busy season I'm all over the province and sometimes Sask & BC.
Now that I have unlimited talk, most specifically during business hours I may even get rid of my landline as that will save me another $25.00/month. I only had the landline because back in the day you needed one for a Telus dsl connection, I never minded this as landlines were still very common 10 years ago and it made "fiscal" sense because many cell phone plans back then charged by the minute, especially during business hours. That's what I had until today - 30 cents/min during business hours, weekends & evenings free and free unlimited long distance in BC & Alberta. A very popular plan at the time for us because we do most of our work out of town. But things have changed and that sweet deal obviously isn't so sweet anymore, so I'm really glad I'm off of it and have been thinking of that the last couple years but was locked into the contract. |
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
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Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | Even on a term, Telus allows you to change plans, so there was never a worry about that.
Regardless, you now have a plan more suited to your uses. Like you, I work up north starting usually in March, and it's nice not to worry about my usage local, or LD.
BTW, I haven't had a LL for years now, and don't miss it a bit.
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said by Kitlope:Good to know however there's no way in hell I'll ever go with Fido, at least here in Alberta since I believe they only cover the urban areas (Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer, perhaps FT Mac now and Grande Prairie) and during busy season I'm all over the province and sometimes Sask & BC. Fido, being a brand of Rogers, uses the Rogers network, and as such has identical coverage.
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said by dirtyjeffer:said by Kitlope:And with today's phone upgrade, I'm continuing to support Canadian.
is that phone made in Canada? i know in the past, all devices were, but over the years, many of the models were shifted offshore. Well, they do have about 9,000 working in Canada. Though I did hear through the vine that some phones made in Mexico (typical) and Canada. Either way, you're supporting the North American economy, not the Chinese.
That said, no idea where the Z10 is made, somehow here, who has one, can tell us. Pull the battery off, and look for the "Made in *****" stamp.
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| said by J E F F:said by dirtyjeffer:said by Kitlope:And with today's phone upgrade, I'm continuing to support Canadian.
is that phone made in Canada? i know in the past, all devices were, but over the years, many of the models were shifted offshore. Well, they do have about 9,000 working in Canada. Though I did hear through the vine that some phones made in Mexico (typical) and Canada. Either way, you're supporting the North American economy, not the Chinese. That said, no idea where the Z10 is made, somehow here, who has one, can tell us. Pull the battery off, and look for the "Made in *****" stamp. Look at my post above, it's made in Mexico. |
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dirtyjefferAnons on ignore, but not due to fear.Premium
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London, ON | reply to J E F F
said by J E F F:Either way, you're supporting the North American economy, not the Chinese.
meh...exploiting Mexican workers is really no different than exploiting Chinese workers...Made in Mexico is really no different than Made in China...actually, in the case of something like this, which is likely 98% made by a machine, even if it was "Made in Canada", it would likely be assembled my machines from all over the world (largely Europe).
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
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Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | There's a bit more to that than just labour. Think chip security, and knocking off the product as well.
The Chinese are well known for it. "Give them one, and they'll make a million".
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So how many ostensibly BB supporters who've posted here plan to get a BB10 phone? |
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I am .. I am on the waiting list at my local Telus store
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Will get my Nexus 4 next week, but I'll get a Z10 by April. I want it, but I have to have a modicum of discipline.  |
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said by digitalfutur:So how many ostensibly BB supporters who've posted here plan to get a BB10 phone?
I'll be getting the Q10 when it's released only if I can get a deal on it through my provider, rather than the MSRP. I'd never pay more than $300 on a mobile phone regardless of the manufacturer. |
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dirtyjefferAnons on ignore, but not due to fear.Premium
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London, ON | reply to Juggernaut
said by Juggernaut:There's a bit more to that than just labour. Think chip security, and knocking off the product as well.
The Chinese are well known for it. "Give them one, and they'll make a million".
i don't disagree with you, but if you don't think they won't buy one (or 50) and ship them to China to reverse engineer it, you're being silly.
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
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kudos:2 | You were talking about manufacturing scenarios, remember? |
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 TLS2000Crazy CanuckPremium
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Mississauga, ON | It's not just that. Reverse engineering a complete devices is more complicated than reverse engineering a device that you've been given the complete specifications for, including the processor.
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