alistairolsen
|
| posted on 22/1/10 at 10:12 PM |
|
|
Vodafone upgrade
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!
My Build Thread
|
|
|
|
|
austin man
|
| posted on 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
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
|
|
|
RichieHall
|
| posted on 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!
Rust is lighter than Carbon Fibre!
|
|
|
l0rd
|
| posted on 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
|
| posted on 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.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
|
|
|
SteveWalker
|
| posted on 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
|
| posted on 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.
My Build Thread
|
|
|
james h
|
| posted on 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
|
| posted on 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
|
| posted on 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.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
|
|
|
Jasper
|
| posted on 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.
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
|
|
|
alistairolsen
|
| posted on 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.
My Build Thread
|
|
|
bodger
|
| posted on 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
|
| posted on 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.
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
|
|
|
Peteff
|
| posted on 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. 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
|
|
|
.jpg)
