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- 07-31-2006, 05:07 AM #16two bobGuest
Re: Basic question
>> >> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive voice
> calls
>> > is
>> >> > > all it really needs to do).
>> >> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally easy to
> use
>> > and
>> >> > reliable.
>> >>
>> >> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
>> >>
>> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
>> >
>> > Nokia 1600?!?!
>> >
>> > Wasnt that released in 1997?
>>
>> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the Optus
>> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
>
> I remember the 1610 and the 1630. Thought there was also a 1600, obviously
> not.
There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want these
days, it made phone calls and little else.
>
> Whilst Optuses sales might have been "unprecedented", they dwarfed far
> behind Telstra's Pocket Price Promotion for years.
>>
>>
>
>
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- 07-31-2006, 05:47 AM #17Lohn J. DeisterGuest
Re: Basic question
"two bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> >> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive voice
>> calls
>>> > is
>>> >> > > all it really needs to do).
>>> >> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally easy to
>> use
>>> > and
>>> >> > reliable.
>>> >>
>>> >> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
>>> >>
>>> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
>>> >
>>> > Nokia 1600?!?!
>>> >
>>> > Wasnt that released in 1997?
>>>
>>> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the Optus
>>> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
>>
>> I remember the 1610 and the 1630. Thought there was also a 1600,
>> obviously
>> not.
>
> There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want these
> days, it made phone calls and little else.
I don't think so. Though, I do seem to recall the 1610 and 1630 being sold
interchangeably, perhaps as a "1600".
>> Whilst Optuses sales might have been "unprecedented", they dwarfed far
>> behind Telstra's Pocket Price Promotion for years.
LOL. Everyone remembers Freestyle. What on earth was "Pocket Price"?
- 07-31-2006, 06:39 AM #18David ZGuest
Re: Basic question
"Lohn J. Deister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Giles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive voice calls
>> is
>>> > > all it really needs to do).
>>> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally easy to
>>> > use
>> and
>>> > reliable.
>>>
>>> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
>>>
>>> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
>>
>> Nokia 1600?!?!
>>
>> Wasnt that released in 1997?
>
> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the Optus
> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
Yep, we got one with Optus in 1996. It featured a full-size SIM card, and
it could not send SMS (only receive). This made it impractical after a
while, although I continued to use it until well into 2000. This is a
picture of it:
http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/033aa73ea3.jpg
- 08-01-2006, 06:10 AM #19MichaelGuest
Re: Basic question
"two bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> >> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive voice
> > calls
> >> > is
> >> >> > > all it really needs to do).
> >> >> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally easy
to
> > use
> >> > and
> >> >> > reliable.
> >> >>
> >> >> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
> >> >>
> >> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
> >> >
> >> > Nokia 1600?!?!
> >> >
> >> > Wasnt that released in 1997?
> >>
> >> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the Optus
> >> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
> >
> > I remember the 1610 and the 1630. Thought there was also a 1600,
obviously
> > not.
>
> There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want these
> days, it made phone calls and little else.
Thank YOU. Memory was correct after all
- 08-01-2006, 06:11 AM #20MichaelGuest
Re: Basic question
"Lohn J. Deister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "two bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >>> >> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive voice
> >> calls
> >>> > is
> >>> >> > > all it really needs to do).
> >>> >> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally easy
to
> >> use
> >>> > and
> >>> >> > reliable.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
> >>> >
> >>> > Nokia 1600?!?!
> >>> >
> >>> > Wasnt that released in 1997?
> >>>
> >>> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the Optus
> >>> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
> >>
> >> I remember the 1610 and the 1630. Thought there was also a 1600,
> >> obviously
> >> not.
> >
> > There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want these
> > days, it made phone calls and little else.
>
> I don't think so. Though, I do seem to recall the 1610 and 1630 being sold
> interchangeably, perhaps as a "1600".
>
> >> Whilst Optuses sales might have been "unprecedented", they dwarfed far
> >> behind Telstra's Pocket Price Promotion for years.
>
> LOL. Everyone remembers Freestyle. What on earth was "Pocket Price"?
The original $20 FP that brought mobiles to the masses.
Optus was a backwater in mobiles back then.
- 08-01-2006, 05:04 PM #21Lohn J. DeisterGuest
Re: Basic question
"Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "two bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> >> >> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive voice
>> > calls
>> >> > is
>> >> >> > > all it really needs to do).
>> >> >> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally easy
> to
>> > use
>> >> > and
>> >> >> > reliable.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
>> >> >
>> >> > Nokia 1600?!?!
>> >> >
>> >> > Wasnt that released in 1997?
>> >>
>> >> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the Optus
>> >> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
>> >
>> > I remember the 1610 and the 1630. Thought there was also a 1600,
> obviously
>> > not.
>>
>> There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want these
>> days, it made phone calls and little else.
>
> Thank YOU. Memory was correct after all
Wasn't.
- 08-01-2006, 05:08 PM #22Lohn J. DeisterGuest
Re: Basic question
"Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Lohn J. Deister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "two bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >>> >> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive voice
>> >> calls
>> >>> > is
>> >>> >> > > all it really needs to do).
>> >>> >> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally easy
> to
>> >> use
>> >>> > and
>> >>> >> > reliable.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Nokia 1600?!?!
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Wasnt that released in 1997?
>> >>>
>> >>> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the
>> >>> Optus
>> >>> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
>> >>
>> >> I remember the 1610 and the 1630. Thought there was also a 1600,
>> >> obviously
>> >> not.
>> >
>> > There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want these
>> > days, it made phone calls and little else.
>>
>> I don't think so. Though, I do seem to recall the 1610 and 1630 being
>> sold
>> interchangeably, perhaps as a "1600".
>>
>> >> Whilst Optuses sales might have been "unprecedented", they dwarfed far
>> >> behind Telstra's Pocket Price Promotion for years.
>>
>> LOL. Everyone remembers Freestyle. What on earth was "Pocket Price"?
>
> The original $20 FP that brought mobiles to the masses.
I'm sure it revolutionised the mobile market. I suppose it was the first to
include a subsidised handset with free calls, reduced rates etc.
Telstra, further and further behind.
- 08-01-2006, 07:41 PM #23GilesGuest
Re: Basic question
> > >> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
> > >> > Nokia 1600?!?! Wasnt that released in 1997?
> > There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want these
> > days, it made phone calls and little else.
>
> Thank YOU. Memory was correct after all
Yep, and you even encouraged someone to buy one back then
http://groups.google.com/group/aus.c...19d9cb6?&hl=en
That Nokia 1600 was also marketed as the Nokia 'Easy' IIRC.
- 08-02-2006, 02:35 AM #24MichaelGuest
Re: Basic question
"Lohn J. Deister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Lohn J. Deister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >>
> >> "two bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> >>> >> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive
voice
> >> >> calls
> >> >>> > is
> >> >>> >> > > all it really needs to do).
> >> >>> >> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally
easy
> > to
> >> >> use
> >> >>> > and
> >> >>> >> > reliable.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Nokia 1600?!?!
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Wasnt that released in 1997?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the
> >> >>> Optus
> >> >>> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
> >> >>
> >> >> I remember the 1610 and the 1630. Thought there was also a 1600,
> >> >> obviously
> >> >> not.
> >> >
> >> > There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want
these
> >> > days, it made phone calls and little else.
> >>
> >> I don't think so. Though, I do seem to recall the 1610 and 1630 being
> >> sold
> >> interchangeably, perhaps as a "1600".
> >>
> >> >> Whilst Optuses sales might have been "unprecedented", they dwarfed
far
> >> >> behind Telstra's Pocket Price Promotion for years.
> >>
> >> LOL. Everyone remembers Freestyle. What on earth was "Pocket Price"?
> >
> > The original $20 FP that brought mobiles to the masses.
>
> I'm sure it revolutionised the mobile market. I suppose it was the first
to
> include a subsidised handset with free calls, reduced rates etc.
It didnt have free calls because it had a great off-peak rate to start with.
"reduced rates"? what kind of fluff is that? any plan with offpeak is
therefore "reduced rates", even if the peak rate is $1 per minute and the
offpeak 99c per min.
You should work in marketing, fool
- 08-02-2006, 02:36 AM #25MichaelGuest
Re: Basic question
"Giles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > > >> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
> > > >> > Nokia 1600?!?! Wasnt that released in 1997?
> > > There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want
these
> > > days, it made phone calls and little else.
> >
> > Thank YOU. Memory was correct after all
>
> Yep, and you even encouraged someone to buy one back then
> http://groups.google.com/group/aus.c...19d9cb6?&hl=en
LOL, blast from the past!
- 08-02-2006, 04:19 AM #26two bobGuest
Re: Basic question
"Lohn J. Deister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "two bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>>> >> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive voice
>>> calls
>>>> > is
>>>> >> > > all it really needs to do).
>>>> >> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally easy
>>>> >> > to
>>> use
>>>> > and
>>>> >> > reliable.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
>>>> >
>>>> > Nokia 1600?!?!
>>>> >
>>>> > Wasnt that released in 1997?
>>>>
>>>> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the Optus
>>>> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
>>>
>>> I remember the 1610 and the 1630. Thought there was also a 1600,
>>> obviously
>>> not.
>>
>> There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want these
>> days, it made phone calls and little else.
>
> I don't think so. Though, I do seem to recall the 1610 and 1630 being sold
> interchangeably, perhaps as a "1600".
You may not THINK so, I am telling you that there WAS a 1600. It was brought
out for people who couldnt afford a 1610. After all, it was in the days
before the carriers subsidised their phones. (and before Vodacrap came to
our shores)
>
>>> Whilst Optuses sales might have been "unprecedented", they dwarfed far
>>> behind Telstra's Pocket Price Promotion for years.
>
> LOL. Everyone remembers Freestyle. What on earth was "Pocket Price"?
>
- 08-02-2006, 04:23 AM #27two bobGuest
Re: Basic question
>>> >> >> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive voice
>>> > calls
>>> >> > is
>>> >> >> > > all it really needs to do).
>>> >> >> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally easy
>> to
>>> > use
>>> >> > and
>>> >> >> > reliable.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Nokia 1600?!?!
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Wasnt that released in 1997?
>>> >>
>>> >> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the
>>> >> Optus
>>> >> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
>>> >
>>> > I remember the 1610 and the 1630. Thought there was also a 1600,
>> obviously
>>> > not.
>>>
>>> There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want these
>>> days, it made phone calls and little else.
>>
>> Thank YOU. Memory was correct after all
Very much so.
> Wasn't.
Was!
- 08-02-2006, 04:25 AM #28two bobGuest
Re: Basic question
>> > > >> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
>> > > >> > Nokia 1600?!?! Wasnt that released in 1997?
>> > > There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want
> these
>> > > days, it made phone calls and little else.
>> >
>> > Thank YOU. Memory was correct after all
>>
>> Yep, and you even encouraged someone to buy one back then
>> http://groups.google.com/group/aus.c...19d9cb6?&hl=en
>
> LOL, blast from the past!
My dream back then was to own a 628, because it was the smallest phone
around (lol)
- 08-02-2006, 04:28 AM #29two bobGuest
Re: Basic question
>>>> > > I'd like to get a basic mobile handset (send and receive voice
>>>> > > calls
>>> is
>>>> > > all it really needs to do).
>>>> > Just get the cheapest Nokia you can find. They're generally easy to
>>>> > use
>>> and
>>>> > reliable.
>>>>
>>>> I agree - cheap Nokia is the way to go for a new user.
>>>>
>>>> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79. It's
>>>
>>> Nokia 1600?!?!
>>>
>>> Wasnt that released in 1997?
>>
>> You're thinking of the 1610, and 1996. It's sales as part of the Optus
>> Freestyle bundle were unprecedented.
>
> Yep, we got one with Optus in 1996. It featured a full-size SIM card, and
> it could not send SMS (only receive). This made it impractical after a
> while, although I continued to use it until well into 2000. This is a
> picture of it:
> http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/033aa73ea3.jpg
Thats the one, I have one somewhere around here. I used to show it to the
kids when they said the 5110 was a big phone.
- 08-03-2006, 07:51 AM #30MichaelGuest
Re: Basic question
"two bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >> > > >> >> Vodafone has dropped the price of the Nokia 1600 to $79.
It's
> >> > > >> > Nokia 1600?!?! Wasnt that released in 1997?
> >> > > There was a 1600, an extremely basic phone. Just what people want
> > these
> >> > > days, it made phone calls and little else.
> >> >
> >> > Thank YOU. Memory was correct after all
> >>
> >> Yep, and you even encouraged someone to buy one back then
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/aus.c...19d9cb6?&hl=en
> >
> > LOL, blast from the past!
>
> My dream back then was to own a 628, because it was the smallest phone
> around (lol)
Too bad about those dodgy antennas. Sold heaps of them at $30 a pop because
they kept snapping off/breaking inside
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