Buy a phone locally? Don't

The newzealand "VodafoneLIVE" customised software they force into every locally sold phone always crashes.
The stores have shocking customer services befpre and after sales, wait till something goes wrong especially, there are excepetions to the general rule but beware.
The stores almost never offer refunds, even after I took two phaulty phones back.
The phones is stock are always 6 months behind the world launch and local prices are the highest in the world and remain that way even 2 years after the phone is discontinued anywhere else in the world (Razr v3 and V3X for example)
The repair agent is known for it's very slow repair turn-around and saying eveyrything is "liquid damage", 3 weeks+ return is common, just scour these forums for more..


I have a $500 voucher to use at Vodafone store, I bluntly refuse to buy a branded pile of #$%#$%

I bought a Chinese N95 instead without the voucher, it's superb...