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#300653 25-Sep-2022 21:52
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Recently the carrier name changed from Voda NZ to Vodafone. Tonight it has changed again from Vodafone to odafone to finally dafone. Anyone else seeing this?

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  #2972831 25-Sep-2022 21:54
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  #2972832 25-Sep-2022 22:02
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Yeah I've got "dafone" on my S20FE.

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  #2972833 25-Sep-2022 22:10
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odafone on my iPhone XR



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  #2972836 25-Sep-2022 22:14
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If I have Wifi calling - I'm seeing 'Wifi Calling'... however if I turn off Wifi, seeing 'dafone'

 

 

Maybe the thuglife has chosen Vodafone NZ? 

 

My older Android (+4 years old) still shows 'Vodafone NZ'.





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  #2972840 25-Sep-2022 22:28
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daphone is ringing... better answer it.


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  #2972843 25-Sep-2022 22:38
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cokemaster:
My older Android (+4 years old) still shows 'Vodafone NZ'.<

Yeah some Androids don't have their carrier name changed for some reason (unless you put in a different carrier's sim ofc)

 
 
 
 

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  #2972848 25-Sep-2022 23:05
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Good grief. It appears to be an ad campaign which has some sort of filming going on location in Queenstown.


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  #2972860 25-Sep-2022 23:24
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My i7 changed to dafone and is now back to Vodafone.

 

One Samsung is dafone and the other is odafone?


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  #2973207 26-Sep-2022 16:56
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I’m still seeing it on my iPhone.




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  #2973231 26-Sep-2022 18:19
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Yeah my friend is still seeing odafone

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  #2973232 26-Sep-2022 18:20
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Still dafone here

 
 
 
 

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  #2973236 26-Sep-2022 18:45
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Don't think we will see a rebrand until at least 2029

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/112669368/vodafone-nz-sold-for-34b

 

That deal would also have seen Vodafone paid out $1.25b in cash from the merged firm which would also have had to pay Vodafone $314m over 10 years for the right to use the Vodafone brand.


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  #2973244 26-Sep-2022 20:24
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DjShadow:

 

Don't think we will see a rebrand until at least 2029

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/112669368/vodafone-nz-sold-for-34b

 

 

If I could cut a 30 million dollar a year expense from my business that easily, you can bet I would. Presumably they can end the name licensing agreement sooner if they wished.


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  #2973533 27-Sep-2022 13:50
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Mine is now “afone” - not many more letters to go!

- last week it was Voda NZ
- then became vodafone
- over the weekend I got odafone
- dafone
- afone

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  #2973552 27-Sep-2022 14:32
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Confirmed here too. I’m bewildered at the network names and the frequency of changes.

I can somewhat relate to the seasonal network names but really I really question the wisdom of doing this on the prod network.




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