[Sockpuppeting detected] Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon and i want to buy something for my monther

Lstrawberry1120 on 16/09/2010 - 20:04
Last edited 19/09/2010 - 01:09 by 1 other user

mod - see Scotty's post at the end to see what the OP was up to, when creating this thread.

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Mid-Autumn Festival will coming on the 22th september,2010. i plan to go home for get-together .My momther is the most important person in my life.she always kind to me never complaint even thought i made mistake.she contributes all her life to bring me up.In order to make mom a surprise i want to buy a cell phone and a clothes for her.i konw how to buy a good clothes but i don't konw how to chose a phone. can someone teach me what brand's cell phone is good for me and my mother?

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  em on 16/09/2010 - 20:36

  +2

  If your mum is older, you really need to talk to her before getting her a mobile phone. You need to find out how comfortable she is with technology - e.g. even people who use a computer (which my mum does, and quite well), have a really difficult time with phones. Maybe the display is too small, maybe there are too many buttons, maybe they really don't want to learn how to use something they see as useless.

  Figure out what she would like - a clean, simple phone that's going to set you back about $50, with no camera/no playback capabilites, which has a fairly long battery life so she doesn't have to worry about charging it often, or some awesome modern phone which might be a learning curve for her…

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  lovedeals on 16/09/2010 - 23:48

  +1

  My monther has an iphone 4, she is 60 years old. Oh god how I wish I didn't recommend that phone to her. She calls me every 5 minutes asking "how do I do this, how do I do that?"

  Point is, take em's advice and talk to her first. I can give you an old phone for free to give your mummy.

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  clandestino on 17/09/2010 - 09:45

  I just love how you've referred to your mother as "monther", "momther", "mom" and "mother" all in one post !

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  jenerally on 17/09/2010 - 10:37

  If your mum is Asian (and I'm guessing she is, since you're celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival)… I'd recommend an iphone because it's multi-language capable. She'll be able to to change the phone display language to Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese, Korean or Vietnamese (and many others). And the best thing about it is that she'll also be able to INPUT in those languages easily by drawing the characters with her finger. No need to learn phonetics! Just write and send, and it will be in her home language. Plus, iphones are so easy to learn to use.

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  slowmo on 17/09/2010 - 12:10

  +1

  I thought moon cakes would be a good present for Mid Autumn Festival? ;)

  i think smart phones are too complicated… choose a simple bar phone with really big number display.

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  bluesuby09 on 17/09/2010 - 12:17

  Hey lovedeals-I'm over 60 and i have an iPhone. Can I have your number to ask you stuff as my daughter no longer answers my calls :(

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  scotty on 17/09/2010 - 12:33

  @strawberry1120 — As you have already disclosed yourself as from Shenzhen in China, there are lots of "Shanzai" iPhone knock offs that you can buy from the factories next door to you. No point to start a thread here in OzBargain with an aim to post your link later.