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Old 26 June 2015, 08:04 PM
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Default New phone contract

So due to upgrade int he next few weeks so looking at handsets.

current fav is S6, not the edge version though.

Best price i found was £32.50 a month for unlim, unlim, 1gb with free handset.

any other handsets worth cinsidering? better deals on S6?

No jack, i dont want crapple,,,,
Old 26 June 2015, 08:29 PM
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S6 is a cracking phone but 1gig internet is bad. I use o average 10gig and over every month so if you actually use your phone you will go over 1 gig.
Old 26 June 2015, 09:00 PM
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tbh its rare i use it without wifi being on, so use very little data
Old 27 June 2015, 10:07 AM
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Over what term contract, 24 months ?

New outright purchase of S6 starts at £480

Is it cheaper to get sim deal and buy phone?
Old 29 June 2015, 02:46 PM
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As Andy said, get yourself phone and sim only deal, I pay £12 pm with unlimited internet, can't remeber how many minutes and texts but never gone above and I'm talkin a lot
Everything works cheaper in that way if I would take i6 on 24 months contarct
Old 29 June 2015, 03:14 PM
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problem is then after 14 months it breaks and you have to buy another one, where as if you get phone on contract its covered.

found that out with my current one, just got a new handset when the power button packed up
Old 30 June 2015, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by stevebt
S6 is a cracking phone but 1gig internet is bad. I use o average 10gig and over every month so if you actually use your phone you will go over 1 gig.
10gig !!

I use mine a lot but God you must hammer yours . Do you do a lot of streaming ?
Old 30 June 2015, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Ant
10gig !!

I use mine a lot but God you must hammer yours . Do you do a lot of streaming ?
hey up buddy, how ya doing?

dont use much data at all so 1gb is more than enough for me
Old 09 July 2015, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Ant
10gig !!

I use mine a lot but God you must hammer yours . Do you do a lot of streaming ?
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Never seen the point of contracts im 15 a month on my iphone with unlimited everything works out way cheaper just buying the phone
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Originally Posted by **jay**
Never seen the point of contracts im 15 a month on my iphone with unlimited everything works out way cheaper just buying the phone
Because you can usually get insurance cover included at no extra cost on contract. If you bust yours, or it goes wrong out of warranty its gonna cost you an arm n a leg to replace or get fixed.

Anyway its not a lot more expensive than buying the phone outright if you get the right contract deal and the cost is spread over the contract period rather than a big lump sum for the handset. Contract does have its advantages.

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I get free insurance through my bank so no worries about breaking it, time you add up the costs over 24 months you could have bought 2 phones so the free insurance with a contract makes no sense lol
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Not for me on my contract bud
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