@Felthry I mean, they put their branding on cell phones
@noiob they're unique models, probably made by someone else though yeah
it's not a case of just rebranded generic things though, they actually have them designed for use on construction sites, with stuff built in like a laser rangefinder, thermal camera, and air quality meter, not things you normally see on a cell phone
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@Felthry yeah they're pretty cool
I wouldn't wanna carry a phone that weighs about as much as all phones I ever owned combined but I'm sure there's people who like them
@Felthry oh
simlock is when you can only use a phone with a certain provider
@noiob oh they don't have that elsewhere?
you can get unlocked phones here too, they just cost more
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@noiob it's not a great thing
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@Felthry I'm not sure, prepaid plans are pretty popular around here so the normal way to buy a phone is to just buy it and then just put your existing SIM into it. I pay like 7€/mo for 3GB LTE and unlimited calling/texting
@noiob fuck monopolies
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@Felthry I think even if you get a subsidized phone it'll work with other SIM cards
@noiob i dunno
feeling too awful right now for discussion of how things are bad
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@Felthry I mean over here
in other news, I didn't know the CDMA/GSM divide was still relevant past 3G
@noiob yeah but you're talking about how things are good there compared to how they're bad here and i just don't have the energy for that right now
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@Felthry oh don't get me wrong our mobile infrastructure sucks ass and we pay way too much on internet for an aging network that the one corporation that owns it doesn't want to modernize
@noiob mm
still i really have no capacity for this conversation right now sorry
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@Felthry yeah sorry, take care!
@noiob simlock? dunno what that is
i just know they aren't compatible with CDMA networks
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