DaveL001

Jus come off the phone with vodafone, im due an upgrade next month, anyway what they offered me was a joke, basically a loyal customer, been with them for 6 years, they wanted me to pay for an upgrade, but a new customer they will give the phone for free!!!
So it dont pay to be loyal

so wat network are offering the best deals at the moment, im a texter mainly, and also wat new handset should i be looking at?
> Samsung D900
>Nokia N73

Any advice greatly appreciated

Stephb1986

im on orange dolphin with unlimited txts and 500 mins thats 35 quid a month i have the k800i its really good

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

Ask for your PAC code from Voda as you wish to leave saying you;ve seen a far better deal on another network. they'll budge. They will always try it on first as they are in it to make money. Some people must just upgrade as they continue to do this.

Failing that Orange do unlimited texts on some contracts now. could save you a fair bit.

N73 looks good. Depends what you want from your phone?

talizman

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T-Mobile Flext tariffs are pretty good. There is no pre-set allowance of minutes and texts. you are given a monthly cash allowance to use as you see fit, whether it be all texts, all talk or a combination of both.

Flext 35 (£180 allowance per month) is £30 a month and you can use that for 1800 texts or 900 mins or a mixture of both (1000 texts and 400 mins for example) and the D900 is free. Only downside is 18 month contract.


Three's "Direct Text 1400" tariff is pretty good too....
18 month contract, however -:
300 mins (600 mins for 6 months)
1000 text (2000 texts for 6 months)
50 video mins
50 pic messages
£30 per month (£15 per month for first 12 months!!!!!!)


Three do the N73 but not the D900.

DaveL001

dont really want a 18month contract tho, as phones go out of date so damn quick!!! so with an 18month contract ur stuck wit the same phone for ages. wats a PAC code??

talizman

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Portal Authorisation Code.

Its what your network gives you to provide to your new network so that they can port your old number to your new contract.

Its a red rag to the "contract retentions dept" as they don't want to lose you, so will hopefully try and keep you happy to avoid giving you your PAC.

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

Exactly. It shows intent to leave the network. You don't have to leave though. It's valid for a month and what it does is allow you to port your number to a new network.

DaveL001

ok, thx 4 that.
so it now seems that all the big providers are trying to sign people upo for 18mnths, GGRRRRR

StickyMicky

i think i am am a t-mobile contract that costs around £17/month and i get 100mins free, must be an old plan as its not on the site, its very rare i use my phone these days and have thought about going onto PAYG but i feel they are a bit scummy and charverish

i think my last bill was £22 for the month including the line rental, maybe the flext plan would be better for me

GrahamG

Voda are ****e anyway.

With Orange i got:

500 mins any network
500 txts
W810i
Bluetooth Headset
First months line rental free.

All for £25 a month.

AudiLover

phones dont come out at the same rate as they used to so if u get a phone that came out recently it will still be one of the best 18 months down the line.

Jonno_johnson

im selling a k800i see the for sale section if anyone is intrested

Neverguess

I'm doing exactly the same with Vodafone. Have decided I want either a Sony Eric K800i or the Samsung D900 so now just looking for best deal

GrahamG

D900 is the normal crap software. lovely looking phone though

Neverguess

I'm swaying more to the Sony but the Samsung is a bit more girlie so keeps pulling me back

There's a good reason to choose a phone

lozgti

I've gone chavvy as I don't use the mobile phone.Cancelled contract.Think I used about £5 credit last month.

I see it the other way,contracts + best phones= more chavvy (only IMO and after getting stuck in a sea of burberry in an O2 shop )

StickyMicky

the amount of people that say "can you call me back i have no credit" is a testament to PAYG

lozgti

I have about £30 credit on mine

Think is ,I have a land line at home and work.The only other time is in the car.If I can't live for 30 minutes not speaking to someone then my life must be over.

As to the thread,our local market stall has some pretty amazing deals on handsets.Honest! (well probably not honest)

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

The thought of breaking down and not having a phone to hand would be a right pain in the ****. I also wouldn't have a chance of meeting up with people on a night out as all I do now is find out where people are and meet them when it suits me.

Neverguess

I just ordered the K800i from Voda on a 12 month contract Also new price plan which knocks about £20.00 a month off my bills after asking for the PAC so it does work

DaveL001

will give it go 2mora then, think i want the nokia N73.

Neverguess

I was going to get one of those but the engineers at my work have just been given them and they have nothing but problems. Already sent 2 back. It does look lovely though.

I really wanted the N80 but they don't do it anymore also because of software problems

logiclee

You also get 30meg internet per month and £5 worth of downloads a month on that tariff.

Three did me a N80 free as well.

Cheers
Lee

logiclee

That's only on Orange.

Nokia issued a software upgrade for the N80 to fix the issues but Orange use there own software version and pulled the phone rather than updating the software.
This has left Orange customers with N80's in limbo, upgrade the software and Orange refuse support, leave the phone on Orange software and put up with the issues. Orange refuse to change the phone blaming the problem on Nokia.
Very poor service from Orange.

Cheers
Lee

RS Grant

I've had a D500, D600 and was after a D900... until you said it was girly.


Cheers,
Grant

movi-star

iTrader: (1)

Just got a no cost upgrade on Vodafone to a Sony W850i and have been really impressed with the phone, much better than my old Sony W800i

Neverguess

Glad to help

Logiclee - they definitley didn't have it at Vodafone as an option

Laura W

THIS IS THE BEST SITE!!! everyone ive shown it to has got their upgrade from em

shows all handsets.....click on the handset and it gives you all the best deals eg you can get a pebl for £3 a month etc. I pay about 12 a month for 400 x net mins anytime and 200 texts

sooo many deals....

http://www.cheapestmobilephonedeals.co.uk/handsets.asp?tariff=0

AudiLover

thats not your company..... and your not advertising

make me a special deal

Laura W

who me? no it aint!

just a happy customer sharing the love....