GreenSnapper

Ikea

Mattresses are crap. Don't buy there.

Loma, according to GSMArena.com, there appear to be several different configurations of the Lumia 800 as regards to 3G bands, although the primary version does seem to be quad band 3G. But given that MS hasn't started officially selling them in the U.S. yet, I'm not sure which origin models are being offered there at present.

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-819

HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - For Canada

HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-801 CV

The model already on sale in Singapore is quad-band 3G (850, 900, 1900, 2100).

Will probably be the same once it arrives in Thailand.

WHAT WAS THE COST OF YOUR VITAMIN C ??

10 Baht for street papaya.

"poor woman", "lady"......

It always amazes me what Western PC education has achieved.

The thief is the victim and the victim is the culprit.

iPad 2 supports both 850 and 900 on 3G.

• Wi-Fi + 3G model: UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
  

Modern iphones and Nokias support it as well.

4- or 5-Band 3G is standard these days and you should not buy a new device which cannot support that.

For a tablet, consider wifi-only versions and tether to your 3G phone.

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As for Flash, yes, it's slated to be phased out in the mobile world in favor of HTML 5.. But that hasn't happened yet... And there are still tons of web sites out there using Flash to develop their content... So if I was buying a new mobile today with the intent of using it for web browsing, I'd certainly want a phone that at least is Flash capable...

My wife just got an Android OS Samsung Galaxy SII...not a budget model like the OP requested... But she's watching YouTube Flash videos on it constantly... the novelty factor, I think....

Well, Flash is outdated and never was a web standard. Even Adobe recently stopped development for mobile devices.

But I can assure you, most of your favorite pr0n sites with flash videos work well on iphones/ipads.

Yep, official mall price with warranty is 22900.

I wouldnt buy a grey market product without warranty for just 1000 baht saving. It's a rip off.

Pray god tell OP.....

How the hell do you use a raw chicken as a sex toy.......??

Fry it and eat with some Viagra.....

Malaysia will be better.

Or you go to Superrich money changer, they give good rates too.

Well I can verify that it does not work on the Galaxy Tablet.....

Perfect on iPad and Nokia Symbian Anna phone. I use full version on iPad and mobile on Nokia.

The new forum SW is also faster. Certainly a step forward.

With 3G no problem. But forget 2G/Edge.

The home button is square - so there is a difference.

You should see Samsung's iPad copy. Even Samsung's lawyer couldn't tell it apart from a real iPad at a court session.

Re HK: really, when you see condos for under 1 million baht, and homes in the 500,000 baht range, I don't think that for an average office worker here in BKK that buying is out of their reach. Certainly, all the office people I know, NOT at executive level, own either a house or a condo. I would suggest that in fact as a percentage, more Thai's in this demographic own their properties than do in HK. It is cheaper here.......far !

For sure, outside of inner BKK, Pattaya, Hua Hin.... (Phuket?), prices drop sharply. You can get a house with garden for the price of a 1BR condo near BTS on Sukhumvit.

It was more the latter I was talking about. SQM-prices of 120,000+ Baht aren't really cheap, but of course less than HKG.

Out of curiosity, I looked up some agent's site about Repulse Bay, and I admit, I was deeply impressed about the prices there.

Some of you really need to get over your puritanical perspective on the age-gap between partners. Young women have been pairing with older men since the beginning of time, nothing new here.

Correction: since the money were invented.

If you want to go further back when people acted as animals, then the strongest men would get to chose the females and old dudes aren't the strongest.

Wrong.

Males don't choose, females choose. And they choose the Alphas, which are rarely young men.

The issue is really what one is used to. In Germany, definitely real estate is cheaper than other parts of developed Europe, due I believe to the requirement for very substantial deposits and/or no mortgages (I am open to be corrected on this point, but I have friends who have bought in Germany who have told me this).

Not exactly, and it is not limited to Germany. Also take into account that a simple worker in Germany costs at least 1000 Baht per hour including social system, compared to an unscilled Burmese worker of 30 Baht/hour.

As I have stated previously on other posts, the key to any condo is not the unit, its the building as a whole and the management committee and the funding in place. An average condo building can be very well maintained IF the management committee has sound financial practices.

I don't deny that such places exist. But this is Thailand and there is a huge risk that your luxury dream condo will not be what you expect after a short time. And you can do very little about that, different to the West with a proper working legal system.

So to whom do you want to sell your place a few years later, when - according to the beliefs here - all condo prices have gone up?

I don't quite understand this sentence. Whom would I want to sell a condo or home to? Anyone who can afford it ! Simple.

Yes, but those are a small part of the local population and as said before, even if someone can afford to buy your place, he will in most cases prefer another new place. Unless you go down substantially with the price.

If you look closer at the local market here, you will notice that many places for sale are also for rent.

What is the reason for this? Simple - the owner cannot sell without substantial loss. While he still tries to find a buyer, which may take years, he rents it out in the meanwhile to get at least some of his investment back and reduce his losses.

This is a clear sign that the real estate market is not as rose as it is often pictured.

However, its your point re HK that does interest me as I have a condo in Repulse Bay. For the record, HK condo's of comparable quality to Bangkok are around 8 times more expensive MINIMUM. I know that in the area I am, you would be laughed at trying to buy a condo there for even 10 times a comparable Bangkok price. For even the lower end market, HK is much more expensive than even Singapore.

I believe you, but then HK buying power is not TH buying power. The average hard working HK citizen has a better chance of owning property than the average Thai. There is no question that BKK need new condos, but if the prices are so far out of reach for the normal person, it comes to a luxury item like a Ferrari.

I think colonist may be appropriate, as most expats what to make the place a warm reflection of their home lands. Jim

Maybe the Daily Mail can come over and do a story about immigrants/foreigners to Thailand who don't bother to learn the language, don't pay enough tax, spend all their time drinking beer and hanging around each other in their own 'ethnic' bars, harrassing the local women, threaten the local culture and don't bother to get proper visa's.

From PC to misandry.

Is this the first troll thread of the new year?

Was crap yesterday, better today.

Live with it. Thais aren't good in IT and will probably never be.

Can we dispense with Orwell style PC speech control and call us what we actually are: foreigners.

What is "light use", Phil?

Rubbish.

new plumbing all tight and no leaks. the toilets all have the" S" pipe underneath from new , a simple device that traps air so no back smell. This is now standard in new condos

The horror stories are from many years gone by.

Your clueless comment shows well that you haven't done any serious research in the real estate market.

I'm not talking about YOUR place, I'm talking about what I have seen dozens of times in Pattaya, Bangkok, Hua Hin. And I'm only talking about newer places with an asking price of 10 Million or up.

Everybody who wants to invest here is well adviced to do some serious research and not to believe the hype.

I am living in Pattaya. Here they are asking for a small house with about 80 sqm living area and about 300 sqm land about 7 Mill. Baht in a good location. The building quality is very simple. I'm coming from Germany. It is hard to compare, because you cannot find houses with such poor building quality but if I just compare the living area and the size of the land I could buy it for a similar price.

Exactly.

Many here don't understand what "quality" means. Proper plumbing, proper sound insulation (floating floors, double glazed windows, proper doors...), proper kitchens and so on.

I have seen houses in Pattaya, on the more expensive side, which were crap after less than 10 years. A foreign owner usually keeps the place a bit more tidy, but the cheap built quality shows after a while.

Upscale condos which have a unusable pool due to bad maintanance and the condo office doesn't care.

And the Thais know very well that a "few years old" means "trash". They don't buy trash, they buy new.

So to whom do you want to sell your place a few years later, when - according to the beliefs here - all condo prices have gone up?

The few Thais who can afford property will buy new. The huge majority will never think about buying. They will rent for 3000-5000/month.

And those who say "Asia is booming". Hongkong has a 10 fold higher GDP than Thailand. HK people can buy their expensive condos. TH people cannot buy their expensive condos.

That's the difference.

i wouldn't worry too much, she has probaly just found herself a boyfriend

If she has found a boyfriend, then I would be happy for her!

Thai women tend to change their phone numbers when they get a new boyfriend. They don't want to be in a embarassing situation when some Ex friend/gik tries to call them.

I have the predecessor of the 701, the C7, and it is a fantastic smartphone.

The 701 has very similar design, more powerful processor/memory and runs Symbian Belle which is very slick.

If you dig deeper, there are not many phones out there which can compete. 5-band 3G, USB-OTG (connect external sticks, cameras, mouse or keyboard), NFC (the coming hype), wordwide offline navigation, TV-out, FM transmitter, good camera, beautiful screen, great built quality, great battery life and great price.

But it is still a smartphone and not a tablet. 3,5" screen fits in your front pockets, but does not impress people who carry bricks of 5" and more.

I fully recommend it. For around 10-11K in Thailand, it is a no-brainer.

More here. Read the comments as well.

http://www.gsmarena....ia_701-4119.php

I was quoted 21900 today in Tukcom Pattaya.

The shitty thing is that my HTC wildfire is very hard to sell, 2 shops said no thanks, Thais don't like HTC I was told, one shop will pay 4000 bath for it if I buy the Note.

I will check more options in 2012.

4000 sound good for a used Wildfire. I wouldn't pay that much.

I donot drink,smoke or frequent night life places.All my friends are professionals or rich businessmen and bankers. I feel the young women see me as a good man and worth their time to get to know. We all joke about me finding them good young Canadian men to marry.

Oh yeah, very virtuous.

Your whole tale contains exactly one virtuous person, guess who is it....