stevebt

iTrader: (8)

was looking at the Three network purely because it does 500 cross network minutes for £25 and uses O2 coverage to roam for the sevice does anyone have one of the phones the y are using and can you recomend them was looking at the nec 606 mobile

IanW

I have had my NEC e606 for a couple of months now, and am happy with it, the battery life is not as good as a 2G mobile, but you get 2 batteries with it.

Video calling is good fun I am more than happy to stay on 3.

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

so the coverage and quality of the phone is good

IanW

Coverage on the '3' network is not bad, it is still growing as they are still relatively new, but when I can not get on the '3' network it just swaps over onto o2 who have good coverage pretty much all over the country.

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

apart from the cross network minutes do you have to pay for anything else ie voice mail texts and internet

IanW

I believe with the tarrif that you are talking about that you get something like 25 or 50 free text messages, plus for a limited time £10 of content a month?

JayPSC

Think I'm gonna change network, never realised they were so cheap. I'm paying £50+ for 400mins on Orange. Any idea if Nokia have any 3 compatible phones????

Jay

IanW

At the moment I believe there are only 3 handsets avaliable:-

• NEC e606
• NEC e808
• Motorola a830

fatherpierre

Jay,

Orange have lost touch with the market.

They've withdrawn every day 50, and when you look at O2's online packages they're really good value.

I pay £20 per month and get:

500 inc off peak mins to land lines or o2 mobiles
50 inc mins of off peak cross network calls
500 texts
500 off peak WAP mins

Bargain.

My bills are still £70 a month though. 1000 texts per months doesn't help.

Benji Lad

I was looking at 3 a couple of weeks back. Even the 60 quid a month tariff is good when you think about what you get (1000 mins x-net).

They offered me 50 quid off each handset if I bought two at the same time...not sure if they would do this on the newer tariffs though. Might be worth asking as it makes sense to get two anyway to use the video conferencing stuff.

I have no affiliation with 3, I just think the technology is cool. Plenty more they can do yet...they don't even have a proper web browser unlike many 2g phones.