SUBSIM mobile phone thread - Page 19

mapuc · 09-09-17, 05:51 PM

Since some month back I have a new smartphone which are quite unknown by people here.

Name of the phone Dancell Vina from Dancell company.

Markus

Onkel Neal · 09-09-17, 07:50 PM

Best Buy is usually pretty good at this. I guess I was in too much of a hurry and they girl thought I knew what I was doing. I sorta do, but I did not know about nano sim cards.... I guess I should have figured something like that changed in the last two years

d@rk51d3 · 09-09-17, 08:39 PM

If your old sim is too big, cut it to fit. Stores often have a punch tool to do it if you're not comfortable with the scissors.

If your sim is too small, check the cheap starter sim packs. Often the sims are in a series of frames that you knock out until you reach your desired sim size. You can use the empty frame to bring your sim up to size.

Onkel Neal · 09-10-17, 11:33 AM

Yeah, no I don't think so

. I'm 99% sure if I cut it, it will not work.

I went back and got the nano sim card and let the associate transfer all my contacts. I can do the photos and apps myself.

Onkel Neal · 09-12-17, 10:33 AM

Man, what a pain it is, trying to adapt to new photo album and phone contact apps

Aktungbby · 09-12-17, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Man, what a pain it is, trying to adapt to new photo album and phone contact apps

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2246934&postcount=244 I'm still using my

reliable LG-VX8300 flip phone for business and actually got 2 new batteries for it after using the original for over a decade!!!. The original battery was made in Korea and still got the job done but couldn't hold a charge so well..

The new ones say 'made in China'

(no doubt still produced and smuggled from North Korea

) Wait till' the Donald' finds out I'm circumventing his economic sanctions on Fatboy!

Onkel Neal · 09-22-17, 06:44 AM

Ok, so after changing some settings to improve the call quality (should't good call quality be the baseline for any cell phone), I'm happy with the Moto G5Plus. It's plenty fast enough and very reasonable cost-wise $225 vs $600 for the top tier phones.

https://www.cnet.com/products/motoro...5-plus/review/

Now, if it will last 5 years, I'll be thrilled

Jimbuna · 09-22-17, 07:22 AM

Neal, the buggas only 'splash resistant', shouldn't you have something that is totally waterproof

Rockin Robbins · 09-22-17, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

h and very reasonable cost-wise $225 vs $600 for the top tier phones.

https://www.cnet.com/products/motoro...5-plus/review/

Now, if it will last 5 years, I'll be thrilled

$600 for a top-tier phone? That's two years ago news. The new Samsung and Apple phones will be over $1,000! There is a point where you have to say "I really don't have to be a trend setter," especially after the Galaxy Note 7 flameout issue.....

When I have to update, I'm keeping my present phone for its camera and going for the $250 range. Lots of great phones in that category.

Rockin Robbins · 10-23-17, 05:54 PM

Just bought a Huawei Honor 8 and so far I'm impressed!

I'm impressed by the build quality, the menus I've used have been right snappy and the camera looks promising. For $300 I think it's a flagship buster so far!

Onkel Neal · 02-25-19, 06:37 AM

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/24/1...splay-mwc-2019

I'm really interested in foldable phones. Hopefully someone will take LG's idea and make it better, with a hinge on the outer side and zero bezels on the inner edges, so in effect, a single screen when opened.

THE_MASK · 04-19-19, 04:39 PM

Samsung should have just made there phones be able to join together and software to allow 2 phones to be used as one . Discount if you buy 2 phones . Lego has been joining stuff for decades .

Reece · 04-20-19, 02:13 AM

I think Neal just wants captain Kirks communicator.

Sailor Steve · 04-20-19, 02:17 AM

For years now I've used a service called Net10. I bought an LG phone when I joined them, and it cost me less that $40. Three or four years ago they upgraded their service, and told me my phone would no longer work. Then the sent me an LG 900...free! It can get on the web, but not very well, and that's fine with me. It does texts, but I hate texting. Phone calls? No problems and no complaints.

u crank · 04-20-19, 08:52 AM

Up until a week ago I had an iphone 5 and my wife had a 6. Our cellphone provider has constantly offered all kinds of deals which we ignored since the phones were paid for. Finally a deal we couldn't turn down. Two new i7s for $5 more a month each on our bill for two years. That's $240 for $1200 worth of phones. Makes you wonder. I'm happy. My i5 was not getting any signal if I was out in the country away from the towers.

09-09-17, 07:50 PM	#272
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Best Buy is usually pretty good at this. I guess I was in too much of a hurry and they girl thought I knew what I was doing. I sorta do, but I did not know about nano sim cards.... I guess I should have figured something like that changed in the last two years __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

09-10-17, 11:33 AM	#274
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Yeah, no I don't think so . I'm 99% sure if I cut it, it will not work. I went back and got the nano sim card and let the associate transfer all my contacts. I can do the photos and apps myself. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

09-12-17, 10:33 AM	#275
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Man, what a pain it is, trying to adapt to new photo album and phone contact apps __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

09-22-17, 06:44 AM	#277
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Ok, so after changing some settings to improve the call quality (should't good call quality be the baseline for any cell phone), I'm happy with the Moto G5Plus. It's plenty fast enough and very reasonable cost-wise $225 vs $600 for the top tier phones. https://www.cnet.com/products/motoro...5-plus/review/ Now, if it will last 5 years, I'll be thrilled __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

09-22-17, 07:22 AM	#278
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,445 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Neal, the buggas only 'splash resistant', shouldn't you have something that is totally waterproof __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-09-17, 05:51 PM	#271
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Since some month back I have a new smartphone which are quite unknown by people here. Name of the phone Dancell Vina from Dancell company. Markus

09-09-17, 08:39 PM	#273
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,951 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	If your old sim is too big, cut it to fit. Stores often have a punch tool to do it if you're not comfortable with the scissors. If your sim is too small, check the cheap starter sim packs. Often the sims are in a series of frames that you knock out until you reach your desired sim size. You can use the empty frame to bring your sim up to size.

10-23-17, 05:54 PM	#280
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Just bought a Huawei Honor 8 and so far I'm impressed! I'm impressed by the build quality, the menus I've used have been right snappy and the camera looks promising. For $300 I think it's a flagship buster so far! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

02-25-19, 06:37 AM	#281
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/24/1...splay-mwc-2019 I'm really interested in foldable phones. Hopefully someone will take LG's idea and make it better, with a hinge on the outer side and zero bezels on the inner edges, so in effect, a single screen when opened. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

04-19-19, 04:39 PM	#282
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Samsung should have just made there phones be able to join together and software to allow 2 phones to be used as one . Discount if you buy 2 phones . Lego has been joining stuff for decades .

04-20-19, 02:13 AM	#283
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,685 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	I think Neal just wants captain Kirks communicator. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

04-20-19, 02:17 AM	#284
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	For years now I've used a service called Net10. I bought an LG phone when I joined them, and it cost me less that $40. Three or four years ago they upgraded their service, and told me my phone would no longer work. Then the sent me an LG 900...free! It can get on the web, but not very well, and that's fine with me. It does texts, but I hate texting. Phone calls? No problems and no complaints. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-20-19, 08:52 AM	#285
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Up until a week ago I had an iphone 5 and my wife had a 6. Our cellphone provider has constantly offered all kinds of deals which we ignored since the phones were paid for. Finally a deal we couldn't turn down. Two new i7s for $5 more a month each on our bill for two years. That's $240 for $1200 worth of phones. Makes you wonder. I'm happy. My i5 was not getting any signal if I was out in the country away from the towers. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke