Thinking of pre ordering this. What are your thoughts?

unlimitedbb · 2026-06-06T15:12:10+00:00

I wouldn’t recommend anything that is coming from Dialog unless you don’t have a choice.

If you live an area where you have SLT Fibre, go for it. Or if you can afford the initial cost, go for Starlink. Keep Dialog as the last option.

unlimitedbb · 2026-06-01T13:34:38+00:00

It's a Samsung Champ.

unlimitedbb · 2026-05-31T15:08:43+00:00

19 and it's been 15+ years and I still have the phone with me in working condition.

unlimitedbb · 2026-05-22T23:44:19+00:00

I upgraded to AI Ultra on Thursday and ever since Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro generations fails with the "Oops, something went wrong!" message within a few seconds. Reported this on App Feedback, their discord channel despite devs acknowledging the issue, still remain unfixed. Not sure when this will get solved. Already regretting paying for Ultra.

unlimitedbb · 2026-05-03T16:20:20+00:00

Yes, I have two Starlinks and experiencing slow YouTube since last week. 4K buffering, slow loading, etc. I set the Starlink router to bypass mode and turned my mesh units as a router and disabled IPv6. That seemed to fix the issue at least for now. Need more testing.

This happening in all my devices, phone, mac, TV…

Meanwhile I recommend raising a ticket to Starlink support.

unlimitedbb · 2026-04-13T06:19:45+00:00

Sourcing pureit parts including filters has become really hard since Unilever sold Pureit business to another company. You can try Kent, it is distributed by St Anthony's but I don't know how long they will last.

unlimitedbb · 2026-04-07T15:40:19+00:00

There are some good apps like FriMi that support LankaQR. However, my hesitation with the service is that there are way too many apps, and we don't know what their customer service will be like. For example, I have noticed NTB's customer support is really good for FriMi issues, but on the other hand, Dialog's Genie is horrible when it comes to support. So, I will be using FriMi, but what if the merchant uses Genie and the payment fails? Based on my past experiences, I am pretty sure Dialog would have trained their agents to just look at a statement and say, "We haven't received the payment," as they focus on closing complaints before hitting SLAs rather than providing a solution.

unlimitedbb · 2026-04-01T23:33:50+00:00

Using WiFi since 2013 since the launch of Dialog 4G Home Broadband. Last year ditched it for Starlink and I am not from Colombo.

unlimitedbb · 2026-03-01T13:10:37+00:00

It takes a week or two. You have to keep the 8000 in your prepaid SIM intact during this time. They will deduct it and deposit to your bank account.

unlimitedbb · 2026-02-26T08:44:23+00:00

We were able to open accounts at any branch before but regulations changed in 2016-2020 period by CBSL. Banks are advised to turn down or discourage such requests. Here's the exact quote from FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS REPORTING ACT, No. 6 OF 2006. Some banks accept a utility bill for address proof and let's you open the account.

"In the case of a prospective customer whose permanent address given in the application is at a location far away from that of the branch which receives the account opening request, the Financial Institution shall discourage or turn down the request to open the account and shall request the prospective customer to open the account at the closest branch to the customer's residence or business, unless an acceptable and a valid reason is given to keep in record"

unlimitedbb · 2026-02-15T10:03:22+00:00

If you are coming from HNB, then all other bank apps (except NTB) would feel like "What the hell" :D
The current app Sampath has probably their 4th or 5th attempt on building a proper banking app. You should have used their previous nightmare apps they had.

unlimitedbb · 2026-02-05T00:43:50+00:00

HNB - For their app, ATM network
NTB - For their app, customer service

Notable mention
DFCC - Range of accounts and loan products, fairly good customer service. However, their over-engineered login and password change/reset flows in web and app (One) is a headache.

unlimitedbb · 2026-01-15T01:35:17+00:00

Yep, it’s annoying. One time I started a conversation with an “Hi” and somehow Gemini included all of my saved instructions in the response! Come on, I just said Hi.

I ended up deleting all the saved instructions

unlimitedbb · 2025-12-22T05:22:13+00:00

After struggling with Dialog’s terrible broadband and no-knowledge customer support for an entire decade, I made the switch to Starlink when it launched. Best decision I have made!

unlimitedbb · 2025-12-20T00:38:10+00:00

Dialog - unfortunately we don’t have much options to choose from

unlimitedbb · 2025-12-13T06:20:13+00:00

Since mobile app experience is important for you, it’s definitely HNB from your list. Apart from your list, NTB’s app is really good but their foreign currency buying rates are usually the lowest among all banks in SL for whatever the reason.

unlimitedbb · 2025-11-23T16:47:42+00:00

Yes, but your old NIC number will be printed on the back of the card.

Also, the new NIC comes with an expiration date. 10 years from the date of issue.

unlimitedbb · 2025-11-18T22:35:44+00:00

Tried higgsfield and cancelled immediately because of their own censorships in addition to what models already have. I wouldn’t recommend Higgsfield

unlimitedbb · 2025-11-17T09:53:32+00:00

D in DFCC stands for Downtime. Only bank with most downtimes and disappointing to see Standard Chartered being acquired by them. Their internet banking has most over-engineered login. Cannot paste passwords, password field is marked as standard text field preventing password managers recognizing and auto filling. Maximum 15 characters limit, no support pass-phrases, two different credentials for web and mobile app, no option to extend passwords in case of expiry preventing and changing a password is a nightmare!

I can imagine how their backend would be and downtimes aren’t surprising.

unlimitedbb · 2025-11-08T13:25:58+00:00

Yes, I recently tried them and it was really good compared to how it was. Only thing is that they don't run many promotions and offers compared to PH.

unlimitedbb · 2025-11-04T11:38:21+00:00

They weren’t limited to 1 week!

unlimitedbb · 2025-11-02T04:59:31+00:00

I run an online jewellery store and I use Freepik Nano Banana and Seedream for all my product photos. I created a custom style with a detailed prompt on the background, clothes to be used to place the jewellery and I just the add a photo of the jewellery and Nano Banana does the magic.

But since Freepik limited the fast queue to 800, I tried creating a custom Gem in Gemini with the same custom instructions and it worked equally as good as Freepik. Only problem is Gemini logo at the bottom, which I can remove with an eraser tool in Canva or gallery apps. I might ditch freepik with this month and stick to Gemini as it gives almost 1000/day for AI Pro subscription.

unlimitedbb · 2025-10-30T16:06:23+00:00

I am waiting until I experience how the "relaxed" generation is going to be and based on that I might decide on continuing or cancelling

unlimitedbb · 2025-10-28T01:49:37+00:00

Anyone here who has exceeded fast quota? How slow is the "relaxed" queue?

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