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alistairolsen - 22/1/10 at 10:12 PM

Hi, Im due a phone upgrade (online only so far)

I was looking at the N97 mini (any comments?)

Upgrade on my current plan (£35, unlimited texts and net and 600 mins) they want £81 for the phone on an 18 month contract.

Change of plan to 40 a month gets me the phone free (so an extra 90 over 18 months which is almost the same as what they want for the phone up front.... ) but also gets me 900 mins, unlimited landline calls on top of the unlimited texts and net.

I checked out the deals for new customers and they arent any better, net usage being limited while everything else stays the same.

The obvious answer is to go to a 24 month contract, but I have enough of a job making phones last 18 months as it is.

Is it worth waiting until I can upgrade by phone (another few weeks) or am i unlikely to get a better deal?

Cheers!

austin man - 22/1/10 at 10:19 PM

check carphone warehouse they have 900 mins 500 txts for the new Sony Ericson Satio 12.1 million pixel camera

RichieHall - 22/1/10 at 10:19 PM

Definitely worth talking to them over the phone, its amazing what they will offer to keep you if you hint at moving to another supplier!

l0rd - 22/1/10 at 10:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by austin man
check carphone warehouse they have 900 mins 500 txts for the new Sony Ericson Satio 12.1 million pixel camera


horrible

MakeEverything - 22/1/10 at 10:58 PM

£81????? not likely.

I woudnt pay for an upgrade at all. If they want my money (£40 a month for the last two years, and about £100 a month for the previous 5), then they will need to try harder than that.

SteveWalker - 22/1/10 at 11:08 PM

Have a chat with Carphone Warehouse. I recently checked with T-Mobile to see what upgrades they could offer me, but none were of interest and all wanted to lock me in for another 18 months). We went to CW and found two phones that we liked (one for myself and one for my wife), T-Mobile were only willing to offer £30 off the £200 price of each, but the guy from CW talked to them on the phone and managed to get them free, with only a 12 month tie-in and no change to my contract (that I was perfectly happy with)!

alistairolsen - 22/1/10 at 11:34 PM

if i went to carfone warehouse it would only be for another vodafone due to where I live and the use the phone gets.

james h - 23/1/10 at 08:51 AM

My first mobile phone contract was with Vodafone for 18 months - a Sony Ericsson k850 (rubbish). £35 a month, 500mins, 1000 texts.

I asked for my PAC code (needed to keep your number when moving across suppliers) - within 3 days I had two or three calls from the retentions department, giving me various offers.

Now I have:
Free Blackberry 8900
600 mins
Unlimited texts
Unlimited internet
Blackberry services
£25 per month, 24 months

Just threaten to leave! It works wonders.

Also, have a look here:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=560336&page=129

Some useful ammo for asking for the best deals

James

Rek - 23/1/10 at 09:45 AM

Ive been living with the N97 (read suffering) for a while, along with a workmate, on Vodafone business. The phone itself locks up regularly and you often have to just turn it off and back on again to get it back to a useable state. I has the feel of something that was not tested properly and rushed to the market. Im told by Vodafone there's a major update for it soon, so I hope that helps or im going to have to dust off the Communicator!!

Oh and the business apps it comes with are locked until paid for!!!

MakeEverything - 23/1/10 at 11:24 AM

I wouldnt go to a third party phone seller. If you go to T Mobile directly for example, the support is better, and you can get exactly the same deal in their shops.

I get half price line rental for life, aas i worked there for 5 years at Hatfield.

Jasper - 23/1/10 at 12:52 PM

Get an iPhone, I got one last week, and it's just in a TOTALLY different league to every other phone out there, and I've always had the lastest top of the range Nokia.

I pay £35 a month for loads of minutes and texts (500 of each I think), £89 for the phone 16Gb 3GS, on a 24 month contract. Worth every penny IMO, when I used to go away before I would take my laptop, iPod, SatNav and mobile, now the iPhone does everything I need brilliantly in one small and beautiful package.

The Apps are superb on it to, loads of really useful and really fun ones, many of them either free or very cheap.

alistairolsen - 23/1/10 at 01:35 PM

I looked at the i phone buta 3mp camera with no flash simply doesnt cut it and i cant get a decent 18 month deal. tbh £35x24 +89 is selling your soul imo.

bodger - 23/1/10 at 03:03 PM

There's a rumour the next iPhone update will have flash (Apple buying up flash LEDs) + should be on Vodaphone soon though contract is controlled by Apple so probably no cheaper than o2

Jasper - 23/1/10 at 04:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by alistairolsen
I looked at the i phone buta 3mp camera with no flash simply doesnt cut it and i cant get a decent 18 month deal. tbh £35x24 +89 is selling your soul imo.


I was paying £28 for my Nokia 5800 a month, without an included 3GS bundle, so £35 including it, isn't bad, and the iPhone makes the 5800 look like a Fisher Price toy .....

So for me, the HUGE amount of extra features you get with all the apps makes it a bargain.

And no, the camera isn't great, but it's ok, especially when you use some of the amazing app filters you can get. TBH, I don't really miss it, if I want GOOD pictures then I use my digital camera.

Peteff - 28/1/10 at 11:51 PM

I'm officially worried now. What do you people find to waffle on about on the phone ? I am on PAYGO and £10 credit lasts me 3 months at least and my phone is 3 years old and still does everything I need it to.