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Any shop in Dublin buy old phones?

  • 28-10-2008 11:09AM
    #1
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,150 ✭✭✭


    I'm looking to off load a 3 week old & working perfect Sony Ericsson K850i.

    Does any shop in Dublin (or online store?) take trade-ins or offer cash for mobiles?

    I don't want to sell it privately to an individual because by design it's a piece junk - and I don't want the buyer (on adverts.ie or eBay) to return it.

    If not, I'll probably end of flinging the damn thing out the window.


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  • #2
    Pansy Potter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 233 ✭✭Pansy Potter


    What did you find so horrible about it?
    There are shops around Moore St and the Moore Mall and Parnell Street that will take it off your hands.


  • #3
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,150 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Pansy Potter wrote: »
    What did you find so horrible about it?
    There are shops around Moore St and the Moore Mall and Parnell Street that will take it off your hands.
    Cheers!
    • It's a monster! Probably twice the size and weight of my previous SE phone (a W910i).
    • The pictures aren't really that good, certainly not a big step up from my old 3.2 megapixel K800i.
    • The flash and the camera shutter are out of sync approx 50% of the time - resulting in very, very dark photos. Apparently this is common and not a fault with my phone.
    • It's slow. I would compare it to trying to run Windows Vista on a Pentium III computer. I like my devices to be fast and responsive, this is neither.
    • The physical layout of the keys doesn't work for me. Certainly not intuitive, and it should be.
    • The pretend "touch" keys are a daft idea. Try asking anybody to unlock your phone and watch them struggle.
    • And as a general comment - the phone software on it (and all SE phones) has been the same for years - do they actually have any software developers? :)

    Ok, rant over! :)


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