Tech Purchase Thread
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@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
just order twice
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@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
What’s with the limit talk?
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@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
Tell that to the cash bar on footy trips, or my local
money laundering operationcash only bakery.Covid didn't break your local bakery's cash only policy like it did the majority of the Asian restaurants in Chinatown?
Cashwise, I have a stack of $50s at home because my Mum sends me cash every birthday and Xmas (despite the fact I tell her not to) and a bunch of coins from the old cash only Asian restaurant days that I use for tipping delivery drivers if they give good service.
But other than that I have finally managed to rid myself of cash in Oz after 8 years which has been one of my chief annoyances compared with when I left NZ.
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@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
What’s with the limit talk?
You think I should be aiming for more than a dozen?
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@Nepia said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
Tell that to the cash bar on footy trips, or my local
money laundering operationcash only bakery.Covid didn't break your local bakery's cash only policy like it did the majority of the Asian restaurants in Chinatown?
Cashwise, I have a stack of $50s at home because my Mum sends me cash every birthday and Xmas (despite the fact I tell her not to) and a bunch of coins from the old cash only Asian restaurant days that I use for tipping delivery drivers if they give good service.
But other than that I have finally managed to rid myself of cash in Oz after 8 years which has been one of my chief annoyances compared with when I left NZ.
I remember the cash only economy in Oz. In particular a cash only Lebanese butchers. Cheap as and really good kofta mince.
When we were there it was a thing that diplomats would buy nice imported cars because they didn’t have to pay the sales and luxury vehicle taxes. You could drive them for the duration of the posting then sell for the purchase price. Dodgy fuckers would come down from Sydney and hand over 40-50k no worries.
I sold our Falcon and was handed cash as well. -
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
What’s with the limit talk?
You think I should be aiming for more than a dozen?
No. The “limit” in the card.
Apple Pay was unlimited when I was there. -
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
What’s with the limit talk?
You think I should be aiming for more than a dozen?
No. The “limit” in the card.
Apple Pay was unlimited when I was there.Huh, go figure, I never knew. So the limit (£100) is only if paying with card using contactless.
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@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
What’s with the limit talk?
You think I should be aiming for more than a dozen?
No. The “limit” in the card.
Apple Pay was unlimited when I was there.Huh, go figure, I never knew. So the limit (£100) is only if paying with card using contactless.
Yep. That’s because anyone can find it and use it. The phone options are protected by face recognition or fingerprint so the security is much higher.
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@Nepia said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
Tell that to the cash bar on footy trips, or my local
money laundering operationcash only bakery.Covid didn't break your local bakery's cash only policy like it did the majority of the Asian restaurants in Chinatown?
Cashwise, I have a stack of $50s at home because my Mum sends me cash every birthday and Xmas (despite the fact I tell her not to) and a bunch of coins from the old cash only Asian restaurant days that I use for tipping delivery drivers if they give good service.
But other than that I have finally managed to rid myself of cash in Oz after 8 years which has been one of my chief annoyances compared with when I left NZ.
yeah, pretty much use applepay for everything now, was a late adopter, I do tend to keep $20-40 in the wallet for things like beers at the footy (they normally do have card payment but can be touch and go...pun intended)
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Cash was only needed during rugby seasons for smaller club canteens. Most of them now have Square POS as a minimum or bank EFT terminals if they're a larger operation.
Still a shitload of cash in the pub raffle of a Friday, as tradies don't want anything traced
However, I did card-only a couple of weeks back and it was still near expected amounts - only a couple of people refused.Hang out at the TAB of any pub over here and cash will be in good supply.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Nepia said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
Tell that to the cash bar on footy trips, or my local
money laundering operationcash only bakery.Covid didn't break your local bakery's cash only policy like it did the majority of the Asian restaurants in Chinatown?
Cashwise, I have a stack of $50s at home because my Mum sends me cash every birthday and Xmas (despite the fact I tell her not to) and a bunch of coins from the old cash only Asian restaurant days that I use for tipping delivery drivers if they give good service.
But other than that I have finally managed to rid myself of cash in Oz after 8 years which has been one of my chief annoyances compared with when I left NZ.
yeah, pretty much use applepay for everything now, was a late adopter, I do tend to keep $20-40 in the wallet for things like beers at the footy (they normally do have card payment but can be touch and go...pun intended)
I too was a late adopter, until I saw a colleague paying for lunch with his watch and it immediately struck me; why am I carrying cash?
I was caught short on a recent footy trip as I'd forgotten my cards, but that was easily solved by going to the hotel bar and having the cashier run up a sale of a couple of hundred dollars via NFC.
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@NTA said in Tech Purchase Thread:
Cash was only needed during rugby seasons for smaller club canteens. Most of them now have Square POS as a minimum or bank EFT terminals if they're a larger operation.
Still a shitload of cash in the pub raffle of a Friday, as tradies don't want anything traced
However, I did card-only a couple of weeks back and it was still near expected amounts - only a couple of people refused.Hang out at the TAB of any pub over here and cash will be in good supply.
all our clubs definitely have them...where theyre always working is a different story...or as someone that can nip behind the "bar" gabbing a couple of beers and just dropping cash in the tin can still be easier/faster
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I've long been a -get-the-buggest-android-phone-possible guy. I left the Apple ecosystem a decade ago and I enjoy a decent amount of screen
However it's now becoming a pain being on Android when the rest of the family is on ios. Certain apps just don't work right.
I was also a little envious recently at the sight of the BIL's small iPhone. It looked pretty neat, and it struck me that I almost never watch anything on my phone. Maybe on a flight, maybe the odd horse race.
Maybe it's time to make a switch
Anyone left Android for ios recently? Scary stuff...
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@Kiwiwomble Why not one of the new 3rd generation SEs? Only a 4.7” screen, no face recognition but Touch ID. But a much faster processor than the 12 mini (in fact the same one as the 13 mini) and only a few grams heavier. Looks like you can get a 128 gig one over the ditch for just short of 800 Aus Pesos
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@voodoo said in Tech Purchase Thread:
However it's now becoming a pain being on Android when the rest of the family is on ios. Certain apps just don't work right.
Sounds like a "them" problem.
The boy and I have droid. The womenfolk have iOS.
Wife's iPhone 8 is distinctly aged - I only buy handsets when they achieve a decent price point, and to do that you have to wait years for Apple. Even then it was $849 at Kogan which I consider a fucking ripoff for the specs. Anyway it is now 3 years since that happened and it is positively decrepit.
Daughter's iPhone 11 64GB was same price a year ago via JB Hifi. Can now get it for $679 which is still average value.
Of course in that time they've gone through about 3 charging cables each, because while the Lighting connector is solid, everything attached to it is poo.
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@NTA You pay for the environment with apple. I am so used to it I really struggled when given an android work phone to the point that I didn't use it. Everything seemed backwards and not instinctive. Can understand that if you are used to it then that is no problem and you can get good bang for buck hardware (although Samsung seems just as expensive as Apple).
I just use the whole shebang though at home. Desktop, phones, tablets all talk to each other seemlessly. Earphones switch to whatever device I am using etc etc
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@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
You pay for the environment with apple.
Fuck do you what!
Google is slightly better on startup for pure cloud storage (15GB v 5GB) but they're pretty even once you start getting more storage online e.g. if you buy iCloud 200GB here it is $4.49/month. I just renewed my Google One 200GB for $43.99 per year.But I also get free storage of any photos or video I take with my Pixel phones forever. Meanwhile my daughter's iPhone keeps filling up with whatever random shit she thinks is important for Instagram or BeReal
The Google ecosystem is better in terms of available software IMHO e.g. Google Sheets, Docs, etc. Of course many business use Office 365 instead, which is fair enough if you're running Outlook for your corporate email. I'm yet to hear of anyone saying "Yep, we're happy to have Apple Numbers and Apple Pages do the heavy lifting".
Everything seemed backwards and not instinctive.
Which is exactly how I feel when presented with iOS or MacOS - my kids need Mac for school and any time I'm called on to look at it, I'll spend the first half hour swearing that the Windows key isn't there and the keyboard shortcuts are all wrong
Samsung seems just as expensive as Apple
It is. Since the beginning, the Koreans have been reverse-engineering Apple products to try and make things good. The first couple of Google branded phones were effectively Samsung, then LG, now HTC.
I'd never buy a Samsung phone - like Apple there are a heap of features there that most people don't need. I'm also against buying anything on a plan or contract with a retailer. Particularly after the Optus kerfuffle; I know people who are stuck in a contract for multiple devices there and that's a nightmare I don't need.
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@NTA said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@voodoo said in Tech Purchase Thread:
However it's now becoming a pain being on Android when the rest of the family is on ios. Certain apps just don't work right.
Sounds like a "them" problem.
The boy and I have droid. The womenfolk have iOS.
Wife's iPhone 8 is distinctly aged - I only buy handsets when they achieve a decent price point, and to do that you have to wait years for Apple. Even then it was $849 at Kogan which I consider a fucking ripoff for the specs. Anyway it is now 3 years since that happened and it is positively decrepit.
Daughter's iPhone 11 64GB was same price a year ago via JB Hifi. Can now get it for $679 which is still average value.
Of course in that time they've gone through about 3 charging cables each, because while the Lighting connector is solid, everything attached to it is poo.
You're not helping me
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