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Mideast jitters push gold past $2,400 Gold prices climbed to a fresh record on Friday as demand for the safe-haven asset was spurred by simmering Middle East tensions. Bullion broke the $2,400-an-ounce mark for the first time on Friday morning, climbing as much as 1.2% to $2,400.67. Thai selling pr...

Need the VPN on UK also, that method worked for me (not that I could ever get itvX to stream properly).

Its to do with your Google account, which is a Thailand one. You need to sign in with a UK-based Google account, and the apps will show up in Play Store. I have two different regional ones on my device for that reason.

Some interesting data there, 3.5 years is the average upgrade period, 75% said battery performance was the main criteria, and the older you are, the more likely you are to keep hold of it for longer.

No chance of that, offspring snap them up in no time. I don't actually need a new phone at the moment, but my son gets the old perfectly functional one because daddy said no to the 15k device he wanted!

The perception that Apple products are far superior to everything else is only held by those who are fanatical about them. "Apple is the world's greatest marketing company," someone once said.

I truly am at a loss as to why anyone would pay this kind of money 75,000 baht for a phone is obscene, I wouldn't pay that for a laptop or TV. Fanatical/obsessive is a good descriptor ... the same traits apply to religion. :duck: I'm happy with a $200 phone and I'm a tech-junkie. The brand/logo is ...

Too expensive for me, I thought. How could they afford it? Or, why? They can't, its on tick like everything else here. It’s not just Apple, Samsung sell phones equally expensive. True, I saw a 40k Xiaomi in MV also. Its just Apple people seem to be particularly fanatical/obsessive ... :duck:

The Thai Yakuza "police" look after their own ... "Deputy National Police Chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn will not be suspended from police duty, for now, said Pol Gen Kittirat "Big Tai" Phanphet, acting national police chief. Pol Gen Surachate was moved to inactive duty at ...

Yeah, Appleheads are nutters ... some idiots will actually pay that ... or get themselves into debt to have the 'latest and greatest' from their beloved tech megacorp!

Exactly, millions won't get a baht because they don't live anywhere near where they are registered (the same archaic system with voting). The tax-registered shop stipulation also eliminates most small mom-and-pop stores, so it just appears to be a big money spinner for 7-Elevens (CP).

Of course, but this is the 'Thailand News' thread, on a forum about Thailand, so we discuss things related to Thailand because we live here and it affects us.

PM Srettha Thavisin led a press conference to announce Wednesday that the 10,000 baht digital wallet handouts scheme is going ahead and can be used by the fourth quarter of 2024. Here are the key points: 1) About 50 million people will benefit from the scheme. Those eligible must be over 16 of age, ...

dundrillin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:03 am I would have thought a weakening baht would have been a catalyst for foreign investors but perhaps they are expecting the baht to weaken further.

I guess a weakening currency = lack of confidence in the wider economy (which is essentially a house of cards in Thailand).

Right, the bloatware is a problem on all phones. The forced app usage is designed to force and lock users into their own ecosystem and stifle competitors, a practice pioneered by Apple (which has made billions in profit out of doing so and is now being sued for it). I deleted or disabled most of the...