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There are quite decent low-end smartphones in the 2000-3000B price range.

A trip to the nearest Tesco Lotus might be advised to see them on display and be able to play with the phones a bit (provided that someone has thought of keeping them charged - not always done). You may find better prices but not always worth the trouble.

I-Mobile, a local rebrander which sells models very close to the Wiko ones but is a local well-known company (better IMO) makes some very decent phones for that price. They're offering much more for the same price as entry-level Samsungs or even cheaper.

However not all of them are good. You really want to hold them and especially look at the screen angles and luminosity. Some of them have really mediocre screens.

It seems that those of us who have modern, high speed connections encounter regular problems, while those who have cheap or old fashioned slow connections don't!

I think that's an inexact shortcut.

It's not a question of bandwidth.

At my work I'm enjoying a really fat pipe to the Internet and TVF is fine.

At home I have a regular ADSL line and no complaint either, at least over the past 2 months or so.

On the other hand, certain ISPs might well suffer from serious bottlenecks at some points along the path from their own network to the hoster and uplink provider (ISP) of TVF. At least that's what I supposed. This has nothing to do with the size of the pipe from your home to the network of the ISP, be it 1G fiber or a lowly 2M ADSL line. It's a matter of whom you connect to.

As for issues on the member's computers, they would affect every other visited web site as well.

Just my 0.02฿

Cracked windshields are a common occurrence on all models or commercial aircraft.

As mentioned earlier, the avherald.com site is an excellent and reputable source of reporting for all commercial aviation incidents and accidents.

You'll be amazed to see how many of such incidents happen around the world, with no harmful consequence because pilots are trained to handle them appropriately.

Mechanics and electronics fail and no human-built machine is 100% fault-proof. The point is to make it and the people who're using it fault-tolerant.

Very smart and courageous.

This is the kind of things royals are useful for. Using their image to defend principles.

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Even on prime brand tablet I reckon than you won't get the same battery life as with an iPad (and I'm known to be an Apple-basher).

On the other hand, unless you're really wealthy, giving tablets that cost as much as high-end iPads to kids who will break them over and over sounds a bit pointless to me. For the price of these two iPads you can buy half a dozen middle-range Android tablets and big power banks.

Delete all texts you do not understand, and I think better not to have an account and rather use prepaid.

You could transfer the number to another network provider if you feel so angered, that usually gets their attention.

Can prepaid numbers be transferred? didn't know this

most of these kids are late teens or much older. We are talking wolf not lamb here.

Care to quote a source for statistics on the age of these minors to substantiate your point?

Yeah... why not dumping them in the sea? it would even be faster.

Oh my, some people here should really talk to someone about their pathological islamophobia.

They're kids, for God's sake. Fleeing a country that is falling apart in the hands of extremists.

Yawn

I'm starting to lose interest, which is the whole purpose of this mascarade I guess. Let it eventually fall off the media radar.

@Chainarong: I don't see the junta making any difference in this case, precisely. It would even be a perfect counter-example of your point.

Your camera is substandard and doesn't allow identification of the license plate.

I think that OP is well aware of this and that was not his purpose of posting this video anyway.

Any other useful comment?

Its not unknown in Thailand for employees (of various companies) to give out contact lists to marketing companies...

Which results in your getting spammed by SMS ads? of course they do, but that's nothing like subscribing you to paid contents.

Additionally - I don't think its AIS who are subscribing us, they are just the carrier. In my case MCOT managed to get my number from somewhere (not myself or my Wife) and subscribe me to a ThaiNews MMS.

BUT, as AIS are the carrier they must be responsible for charges we have not agreed to. Its up to them to take this up with the 3rd parties who have subscribed us without our permission.

Sorry but I'm not taking this. MCOT, a state-owned company, doing this kind of fraud? There must be another explanation, like a free trial period of this service bundled with a contract subscribed with AIS and overlooked... or someone messing with your phone as I suggested.

This is assuming that he's not even been "helped" to commit suicide... something I wouldn't be too sure of.

Er, at the risk of getting heated replies, are you people who've been facing such a situation 100% sure that you're the only one using your mobile phone? no GF/BF son/daughter/relative having access to it?

I have found myself paying for Android games until I activated the password-protected purchase on Google Play Store... I know for sure that I did not buy them but I eventually found out who did.

I find it a bit hard to believe that a company like AIS would subscribe you to a contents service they charge for without any kind of action from you or anyone who gets hold of your handset...

Well, unless the battery completely short-circuits there's no reason why this shouldn't continue to work until you save whatever is in that phone. It's my understanding that this was your primary concern, isn't it?

If the battery actually goes short-circuit, there's nothing you can do, and connecting a charger directly to the battery pins is a very bad and dangerous idea anyway. You're bypassing the charge current regulators and there's a real hazard of fire here. Li-Ion battery fire is no joke.

This should lead to warmer relations between Thailand and Cambodia in the end.

Seems that the two leaders have much common thinking about how to deal with opposition, EU threats, China etc.

Doesn't it turn on with the battery in and connected to an USB charger?

Note that an USB charger will provide more current than a computer USB port.

Easy. The guy (or lady) in front of you makes the detector beep, he/she is asked to empty his/her pockets and go through, beeps again, asked to remove belt/necklace/whatever and try again.... etc. In many cases you're not allowed to overtake him/her. Waste 30-45 seconds and your cabin luggage can be out of sight enough time for someone to grab a computer.

Every frequent flyer has lived this kind of situation countless times.

That's why I always try waiting until the passenger ahead of me has passed through the detection gate before I put my computer on the belt. Not always possible, but I minimize the risks by putting it as my very last item.

Avira a standard in Europe? not by far. Maybe in Germany since it's a German company and even so I'm not sure.

Avast leads the free a/v market in most EU countries like almost everywhere I think. Then AVG comes second.

I've been using Avira for a couple of years and indeed, it was kind of less intrusive and heavy than Avast at that time.

Pretty much the same now IMO.

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VPN will do absolutely nothing to protect your computer, it will only protect you from prying government eyes. And only up to a certain point.

I buy a shiny new pair every couple of months...200 baht. That's all I wear. I'll tell you why I love them, unlike sandals or flip flops, they protect my vulnerable toes. Also the holes in front allow me to rinse the sand off, without taking them off.

The perfect combination for someone who is lazy and cheap.

....and is totally devoid of any sense of style or taste.

Not any more or less than flip flops or sandals, really.

Do you find average Joe's toes of style or taste? I certainly don't. At least they're hidden in Crocs.

You can use matching socks with sandals - or even flip flops of wearing long casual pants or beach pants & still carry a presentable - and conforming look.....

People walking around in Crocs look like they're walking around with a couple of tin cans on their feet.....

Sorry for the candid question, but "GFE" stands for?

No surprise, despite being a government company, ToT has always been notoriously lax at enforcing the "mandatory" blacklists.

I remember comparing with a friend who was using True and I could get to many more "naughty" web sites than him.

Stolen notebooks at X-ray checks are no urban myths. I had one stolen from me in Abu Dhabi.

By the time I passed the detection gate, it had been picked up by someone at the end the of scanner belt. Of course absolutely no one was interested in hearing my complaint. I tried walking through the duty free shops and gates looking for my bag but these things look all alike.

Now I always make sure to check if there's no one likely to hold me ahead before putting the notebook on the belt and I always put it as the very last of my items, after my cabin luggage, belt, shoes, notebook bag etc.

This, plus there's a very big recognizable sticker on the notebook bag.

Aha... how funny. Do you really imagine that Thai cops chase cars declared stolen? in your dreams only...

However, you make a valid point. If the OP still talks to his ex, he might want to tell her "do the necessary paperwork or I want the car back". If she refuses, then you have grounds to declare it stolen.

So it might be a UK layout after all since the key that has @ above is next to Enter.

You're welcome, again I advise you to check your settings for the selected keyboard layout.