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Re: Casio G'z EYE GZE-1 Action Camera | HYPEBEAST

wzahk — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:16:03 -0000

HD video at 30fps and 6MP photos only - WHY?

Re: Eric Koston Says Guy Mariano Is Not on Nike | RIDE Channel

wzahk — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 22:02:39 -0000

DC?

Re: Apple Store Lottery the Only Cure for Hong Kong’s iPhone 5 Fever

wzahk — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:16:30 -0000

I agree with True_Neutral. The iphone 5 is doing really well here in Hong Kong simply because of re-selling. A friend of mine got the lottery & bought 2 white iphone 5 16GBS, which he promptly sold across the border for US$300 profit each.

This is what drives the sales of iphone 5 in Hong Kong, the profit one can make by re-selling to China, which does not officially have the iphone5 yet.
This is why everyone & their moms are registering for the iphone lottery so they can make a quick profit before the iphone5 is released in Mainland China.
Many people even sign up with the Telecoms for 2 year contract & immediately sell their iphone5 for the profit. It is very rare to see iphone5 in the wild.
Most iphone users I know have switched to Galaxy S3 or Note, which are readily available everywhere.
Even for those Apple-fans who would love to use the iphone5, the general trend now is to 'wait'... acquire & sell the iphone5 for profit now before its launch in China, when the re-sell price will drop, & use the profit from the sale to subsidy the next iphone5 purchase when supply is abundant. So re-selling 2 iphone5s' is already more than enough to cover the cost of 1 iphone5.
There would not be such a demand for re-sale if the iphone5 is available in Mainland China.
I think that Apple as deliberately launched the iphone5 in Hong Kong first, they well aware of the re-selling problem, but in order to artificially drive up the sales figures to boost their Q4 Sales results, Apple relies on the high demand from China.
True_Neutral's observation is correct, most smartphone users in Hong Kong use Galaxies...

Re: Experience Scootering with Match Baldry

wzahk — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:10:16 -0000

no doubt he got skill, but anything looks whack if you have to ride with your feet together. He probably got some BMX skills.

Re: iPhone 3G Unleash-able from Three HK

wzahk — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:57:11 -0000

Hello Vinko,

FINALLY, after waiting 2 days over the weekend, my issues have been resolved.
After 3 staff checking with their Apple support, they fixed the service unit & also explained the reason to me.

The "service unit" that did not accept other sim cards is now fixed
- According to 3 staff, all their phones need to have the IMEA no sent to Apple in order to register these phones as HK "unlocked" phones. Apparently they did this & now my phone is "unlocked" & can accept any sim cards.

Mind you, there must be many users out there that are using service units with "3" cards in them, so they may have this problem but not aware of it. I urge users who have any iphone to double check & use another carrier's sim card to check.

Three Staff are still as hopeless & clueless when it comes to the iphone.

Definitely, this whole experience has put me quite off the 3G iphone.

Re: iPhone 3G Unleash-able from Three HK

wzahk — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:37:54 -0000

Hello there,
I was just at the 3 Service Centre in Mong Kok, & after explaining the problem to them, they acknowledged this problem meaning that I was not the only one who experienced this. Their official response to me was that they had reflected this to APPLE, & don't know why other sim cards do not work but insisted that ALL their "3" iphones are not locked.

With this reply, I then requested that they just exchange a new retail unit because obviously their service units do not work, but they insisted that NO NEW UNITS will be replaced because this is theirs & APPLE's policy.

I then requested to try out 3-4 service units which had the same result. They then said that this was an Itunes problem & they will pass this to Apple's technical support, but refused to replace my phone with a new one nor refund me.

The plain ignorance & cluelessness of the tech support people is so frustrating; I almost blew my top when they offered me one 'repaired' service unit that even had marks from the case being pried open; I was not going to accept a scratched up unit with god-knows-what was wrong after paying good money for a unit that was just used for 2 days.

Right now, I am still awaiting the reply from their customer services who insisted that I switch over to 3 service asap so that I can use their service units. I want my unlocked iphone.

Will update more later

I then demanded one of 2 things, 1. a working new unit, or 2. a full refund & cancellation of service.

This is bullsh1t. I paid HK$6000 for a unit that was used for 2 days then malfunctioned only to be exchanged a unit that does not work with other sims.

I went as far as to mention OFTA's regulations only to be shot down by the manager on duty that told me that it is only a guideline & that many other providers in Hong kong such as Smartone lock many of their premium phones.

At the end, I insisted

They understand the need for HK users to switch sim cards which is the norm in the

Re: iPhone 3G Unleash-able from Three HK

wzahk — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:09:11 -0000

I saw your post on iphonehacks.com, I need to let you & everyone else know that the "service units" - units that Hutchison Telecom's mobile carrier "3" (Three) provides you with if you have a defective iphone, ARE LOCKED.

One of the 2 iphones I purchased earlier this week had a problem with the top of the screen, & when I took it in for servicing, they exchanged it with a "Service Unit" which they claimed was "new".
I found this unit to be network locked & not able to function with any other sim card other than "3" sim cards.

My guess is that they have some service units from australia or japan, possibly repaired iphones that were defective like one of the units I had