Today I met a businessman who was very excited with his new mobile phone. Like a child he showed me the quality of the still camera and video camera, the flick action used to enable the camera and so on. I must admit I was impressed, and as my 2002 Nokia 3330 is beginning to be a bit embarassing I am in the market for a new phone.
My requirements are
3G
The browser is useful for using google on the move
A decent quality still camera
Speakerphone
A fast menu system
am I the only person in the world that cares about the speed of a phones response, I mean if I was to get to Zachary in the phone book I should be able to press down, Z and be there a split second after I hit Z, but unforturtunately so many phones have awafully slow user interfaces where there is a pointless 1 second lag)
Nokia or Motorola
I like their menu systems
After playing with my collegagues phone for 10 minutes I was sure it was the phone for me. The price point was even acceptable. I took out my notepad and wrote down “Get Nokia…” ah whats the model number… I looked at the front, and the back but there was no hint. I flicked through the menus and there was no information. All I could get was the IMEI. Eventually I took out the battery and found the details in tiny print next to a barcode.
Nokia already make it hard enough to decide which phone is best with the endless model range, that seems to have no logical categories, but when I eventually found my favourite phone, and even held it in my hands it shouldn’t require that much effort to find out the model.
Car marques always display the model for all to see, some even tell what engine and fuel is used, for example BMW 530 (3.0 litre diesel).
Didn’t your collegague know what model phone they owned?
Regards the BMW… 530 is split into two parts: the leading figure, in this case 5, represents the size of the body and the remaining two figures relate to the cc of the engine. The example you gave gives no indication as to whether its petrol of diesel. If it were diesel, it would have a “d” suffixed to the end i.e. 530d, and likewise an “i” would indicate petrol.
Of course you will always come across “de-badged” BMW’s. This is a free service they offer when you order the car. Mostly people choose it because they are too ashamed to display that they have the basic 1.6l engine version
The kind of person who can only afford a 316 (the smallest 5 Series is the 520) is the kind of person who buys second hand, and thus the de-badging is done with a dash of white spirit and a razor blade, under the cloak of darkness. The overnight “upgrade” procedure is complete when a “M” badge from eBay is affixed.
But the plastic hubcaps remain.
Hey at least its an M badge and not one of those god awful “///POWER” badges you get in Halfords… they dont even say MPower!!
The old joke goes, when you see a de-badged 5 series, its probably a 516i
Up until recent years BMW let you have a 518, if you were mad enough to want one.
Personally I’d love to get the new M3 and de-badge it. “Oh yes indeed Mr. Boyracer (driving up my hole), it is indeed only a 316i” and by the time he’s looked up from his faux boost gage, I’m disappearing into the horizon (while remaining within the legal speed limit of course
Didn’t one of the older 3-Series (the 316 or 318) have a different engine size to the one that the last two digits would suggest ?
The Sony Ericsson k800i is the phone for you. I say this as a Nokia owner.