Amazulu

Got an Huawei P8 to replace my Sony as its 8Gb internal storage was pissing me off. At $349 ($618/679 best UK/US price) at DS a total bargain. A beautiful phone - looks like a cross between an iphone and a Sony Z3. Well made and I like their version of Android. 4G is good. Battery is no great shakes and charging time is slower than I'm used to but for the money I'm not complaining. Also has the best packaging I've ever seen on a consumer electronics product

Paying $1100 outright for a phone is for muppets and the gullible

The Chinese are coming

DS still has it on sale ATM

Beoz

Joys of a work financed contract. No skimping needed.

Amazulu

Cool

Thankfully, my job does not require me to have a mobile so one is not provided and being a contractor I get paid in actual money not 'perks'

From what I can see so far there is little skimping on the P8. It's a lovely piece of technology

Beoz

Ha ha. Perks hey. I think they would show me the door if I refused a mobile phone. Tool for the job unfortunately.

Anyhow. Another one for Android.

Big banks opt for Android over Apple Pay | smh.com.au

GarryP

Typical, my bank isn't one of them.

I do wish they would sort NFC card emulation of Myki on phones. It's hardly the most complex of things to do.

Beoz

That's grandpa Commonwealth Bank for you. When they do evenutally go they will probably team up with another grandpa like Blackberry or Apple.

GarryP

Nah, it's NAB - who seem to be slow to get their finger out on everything. I know some people on the IT side of NAB, so I might ping them and find out if there are any moves afoot. Probably not.

Beoz

Apples biggest achillies heal IOS ......... drum roll ............ front page news. ....... enter iOS9.

http://m.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/ios-93-beta-shows-off-big-changes-coming-to-iphone-and-ipad-20160112-gm416p.html

See what happens when you lock the users into the ecosystem, you don't need to do any work.

Beoz

Looks like the falling $A is starting to have an effect.

GoPro now RRP the Hero 4 Black at $750. You can still get it at $550 at a few places, but not many.

That's a big hike.

Amazulu

Mmmm maybe. RRP is never a good indication as most places, apart from maybe small independent retailers, always sell below RRP. Look at TVs. RRP may have gone up but they have never been cheaper - a trip to TGG or JB will show you that

Anyone who pays $750 for a GoPro is a moron and there are good, cheaper alternatives to GoPro anyway

And remember that they are nearly always paying more in the UK than here for electronics

Beoz

There's a lot of stores now trying to flog the Hero Black 4 for +$700. It was around the mid $500's.

Unfortunately the only camera I can see the does 4k at 25/30fps and Full HD at 120 fps is the Sony which is around the $500+ mark.

Unless you know of any other brands around with those specs ?

Amazulu

Again, RRP is immaterial as there are plenty of retailers selling for way less than RRP. A quick scan on shopbot has it for sale at $543 plus delivery. See if you can get TGG or JB to price match and either way - boom - not $750. So, again, anyone paying $750 is a retard

Like you said, Sony is an option. Some of the drone FPV guys are having good results with the knock-off GoPros that you can get on Banggood, Gearbest etc. Because weight is linked to performance and endurance in aviation, I've gone for Mobius for my drones. Sure, not as capable as GP but I can get good quality HD video for about AUD90. Mobius is incredible value for the money and has a complete range of accessories. It is not waterproof though but for my needs is perfect

Beoz

So that's what I'm saying. Old stock is still at the $500 level. New stock at the $750. This is the start of the electronics price rise.

Amazulu

We'll see. AUD has been down for ages now and I have yet to see any real increase in prices and as I was saying with TVs, many models look like they've gone down in price - there are certainly some great deals out there. The big players will have negotiated better deals in order to limit price increases

Beoz

This looks kind of interesting. Strap on lenses for your smartphone.

https://hdfx360.com/pre/au/index.html?Affid=789&s1=hdfxfbaustralia1&s2=&s3=&s 4=&s5=27775663