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Comment Saudi Arabia , USA (Score 1) 177

I've lived in Saudi Arabia and USA. moving back and forth on regular basis. I can safely say that we in Saudi are way behind in technology. the broadband service was just introduced few years back and it sucks (disconnection, etc) and the highest speed available speed is something about 1MB/S. you could find higher speeds but they'll cost a fortune. with that being said, I have to say that the cell phone service in USA is equally as retarded. In saudi we only have 2 providers, but the way they compete is beyond amazing. needless to say that all the phones sold are unlocked. and you're talking about the latest phones in the whole industry (Samsung, Nokia, Sony-Erickson, etc) and the Iphones have a long way to go to catch the latest phone from nokia N95. I dont want to go in details with comparing the phones here and there, but i hope you get the idea. well, now lets go to the core of this discussion, the phone service. here are some services i have from my cell phone provider in Saudi 1) Missed calls notifications. (if you turn your phone off (lets say battery!) and turn on back again, and you missed a call in between, you get a message notifying you with the numbers that called you along with the date/time of the call) 2) all received calls are FREE! 3) we pay per minutes used. 4) you could set a 'ceiling' for your bill and they'll will stop the outgoing calls once you reach it (you could change it instantly) 5) you could transfer all your contacts/pictures/videos to their servers, and retrieve it whenever. its helpful to make you get your life back easier if you happen to lose your phone someday. and there are many things i can't think off right now. i gotta go back to work!

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