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I just got a contract upgrade from Orange. Worth trying

I've been holding off getting a Touch HD for a while, not wanting to get tied into a lengthy contract and risk something even better coming out (HTC Leo) that I want. I'm currently on a Sim only contract with Orange as my actual contract on the M700 ran out ages ago.
Dolphin15
200 mins
unlimited text
£15pm
I was looking around for a data contract sim only so I could try out all these cool new internet apps that are appearing (facebook, PockeTwit, etc etc) and also starting to integrate more and more into the today screen (weather etc)
I found T-Mobile do a Solo20
600 mins
unlimited text
unlimited internet (1GB)
£20pm on a 30 day rolling contract.
I called up Orange to get my PAC code so I could move over to T-Mobile and straight away they offered to beat the offer to keep me.
I got
400 mins (apparently I only use about 65 mins a month)
unlimited text
unlimited internet (500 MB a bit of a joke really)
£15pm on a 30 day rolling contract.
Bargain
So it's worth just ringing up and throwing some numbers at them and see what they'll offer you to stay. The good thing about this is, that if I find 500MB isn't enough then I can just move over to T-Mobile anyway as I'm not tied into anything.
Now i can go and buy a Touch HD on Ebay and save myself a tonne of money.

new 02 pay as you go plan

apparently 02 uk have a new pay as
you go price plan that offers unlimited internet an texts for topping up
15pounds a month went into my local branch an they confirmed yes the internet is unlimited so just wandering if you guys know of any better pay as you go deal cause I am not really worried about calls as texts and internet do me good .

The £15 is an introductory price.
It'll jump to £30 for unlimited after that.
You'd be better off with Virgin - they do unlimited texts and web for £20.

I'm on 02 Simplicy £19.58 a month for free internet, 600 calls, 600 texts, 12 month contract.
I signed up through QuidCo (after hearing about it on here), which then gave me £100 cashback = my phone bill is = £140 a year = £12 a month.
Given that I was on Orange £40 a month, and just three months into an 18-month contract (and then cancelled my contract due to T+C changes), I'm very pleased.
(Then karma came in the shape of someone spilling beer on my phone, meaning whatever battery I try lasts just six hours...)
I think the QuidCo deal has ended but there might be a new one again.

not really
Step666 said:
The £15 is an introductory price.
It'll jump to £30 for unlimited after that.
You'd be better off with Virgin - they do unlimited texts and web for £20.
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yes thanks I know the price will jump up but if u sign on to the deal before 1 october or something then u will get the 15£ tariff but if u sign after then u start paying 30 so at the moment it does make sense cause I hardly call I just
text and use the internet on my phone

marvi0 said:
yes thanks I know the price will jump up but if u sign on to the deal before 1 october or something then u will get the 15£ tariff but if u sign after then u start paying 30 so at the moment it does make sense cause I hardly call I just
text and use the internet on my phone
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Hmm.
I read it as the first month is £15 but after that it's £30.
I could've mis-read it though.

smeddy said:
I'm on 02 Simplicy £19.58 a month for free internet, 600 calls, 600 texts, 12 month contract.
I signed up through QuidCo (after hearing about it on here), which then gave me £100 cashback = my phone bill is = £140 a year = £12 a month.
Given that I was on Orange £40 a month, and just three months into an 18-month contract (and then cancelled my contract due to T+C changes), I'm very pleased.
(Then karma came in the shape of someone spilling beer on my phone, meaning whatever battery I try lasts just six hours...)
I think the QuidCo deal has ended but there might be a new one again.
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I was in a very similar position ie Orange contract etc.
I got out of the contract and am now on O2 Simplicity approx £20/month 600 mins 600 txt choice of free bolt on. I chose unlimited internet.
My contract is only a 30 day rolling contract though. I seem to remember that signing up on the web gave 1200 txt though. I don't text too much so am not bothered about this.
I'm very pleased, great value and can cancel with only 30 days notice when a new phone comes out that catches my eye.

Comparing SIMplicity plans to PAYG is perhaps a bit of a waste of time.
The PAYG plans are aimed at people who, for whatever reason, are unsuitable for contracts - be it an inadequate credit score or just a complete lack of seld-control leading to ridiculously high bills.

T-mobile UK Bargain on mobilephones.co.uk???

This seems very cheap to me albeit with low mins and text (I dont use mins and text that much).
am I missing something here or is this a bargain?
http://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/Brands/HTC/b509/n447/p27241.aspx

looks normal.
if you can, go with t-mobile business unlimited.
unlimited calls (LL + mob), texts, internet for £35 / month 24 month contract.

For a lite for user this is a bargain I would have thought, heavy users obviously not.

I called virgin, they have offerred 25/mon 500 mins unlimtd text mins unlimtd web - phone charge £50 - slightly better than the t-mob on mphonedirect

That first link is now £25 a month, 600 minutes etc., phone free...
Whic is good if you like contracts (but since they've all changed to 18/24 months I avoid them...)

Orange UK
I got mine form dialaphone.co.uk
1200 mins, unl txts, unl internet, £35 month for 18 months and £50 cashback
Great deal i think.....

imitation990 said:
I got mine form dialaphone.co.uk
1200 mins, unl txts, unl internet, £35 month for 18 months and £50 cashback
Great deal i think.....
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I got a similar deal too, with the orange magic number.
Only worry I have is if 500MB of internet usage enough...
Do you know do they charge you if going over the allowance, or you just wont be able to go on internet until your allowance get renew?

that is a really good deal but I got a better one for a light user by calling T-Mobile direct
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5842800&postcount=107

I got t-mobile 18 months £35 with unlimited texts and web and free hd2 through buymobilephones.
£35 cashback but looks to be a pain to get as have to send off bills etc.
only gripe is that 3g coverage on t-mobile is rubbish compared to o2

If your thinking of getting the HD2 on contract in the UK

these deals may tempt you......(see attached)
I ended up getting it on Orange (thru mobiles.co.uk)
Handset £89 and £25x24months

I got mine through BuyMobilePhones.net. Free phone on £30x24. I also selected, for an extra fiver a month, unlimited data use. So for £35 pm I got free phone & unlimited data. Personally I don't think that's a bad deal.

Or Try Virgin mobile,
18 month Contract
Virgin £22 Month
mins 250
Text Unltd
Unltd mobile internet
Hand set £149.99
Or you get even better if you have a virgin media account

I got virgin media tv and broadband so I got the HD2 for £99 and £25 p/m 500 min, unlimited internet (1gb fair use policy blah blah) and 3000 min virgin to virgin calls, not bad on a 18 month contract oh and 2 months free

I got my from Carphonewarehouse for free on
£30x24 (after 9 months less - about £25)
600 mins any time any network
500 SMS
Unlimited internet (fair use 500 MB or more like this month I got almost 1GB)

T-mobile UK
1200minutes
unlimited texts (was a free addon pack)
unlimited internet
free phone
£35pcm over 24 months
asides from sending my their bloomin questionnaire 6 times in one day, im happy

Im with Tmob too
£35 a month, with unlimited everything
(had problems with tmob so I pretty much forced them to give me unlimited mins..)
I just wish i went for a 1 year contract now

Firstly avoid Mobiles.co.uk they are a terrible company to deal with for any issues, they don`t abide to UK DSR's either.
I got mine from them £49 for phone & £25 (600 mins, unlimited txt's) a month back in December, I tried to cancel after realising how much the phone relies on Data connection and although I had not gone out of my wireless range with the phone it had connected to the net several time incurring a charge, I decided to cancel the contract (within 7 days) but they would not issue a return number blaming Vodafone stating that because i have inserted the sim into the phone it is non returnable after telling them this was against the law they would not budge so I contacted consumer direct who confirm it was illegal to refuse the return.
Later I contacted Vodafone to explain what Mobile.co.uk had said about blaming them for breaking UK DSR's and they said that is wrong and Vodafone would be happy to accept a cancellation on any new contract and that she was reporting this to their contract department who deal with third party resellers (when the name mobiles.co.uk was mention by the vodaphone agent a co worker overheard it and said 'their ars**s )
She then said as I was being treated badly by them and they were trying to pass the blame on to Vodafone that Vodafone would try and help, she then said what she will do is add Unlimited data to my contract at no extra cost so that way I would not end up being charged if the phone connected to the net by itself
so in the end I have
600 Mins
unlimited Txt's
Unlimited Data
for £25 a month

Or buy the phone on ebay for £300 (equivelent to £12.50/month on 2 year) and get a sim only...
I'm on O2 sim only for about £20/month with mobile web included and tonnes of messages and minutes too

What I did:
Phone 'as new' on ebay: £350
o2 simplicity - 800minutes, 1600texts, unlimited data - £20/month. £110 Quidco cashback = £11/month for 12 months.

I take from dialaphone.co.uk
£40 x 12 and hd2 cost £38= £518
vodafone but hd2 unlocked and not branded- clean factory
300min x 12
3000texts x 12
internet 500mb x12
This is only 12 month contract now is offer £25 cost hd2

orange
I got mine from dialaphone £35 per month 18 month contract 1200 mins unlimited texts and unlimited internet on orange and found them very helpful as well

got my HD2 as a free upgrade from my i900 from vodaphone. only managed it as i am a business user with them. they had already withdrawn the phones for domestic users.
what a great phone!
Mike

SMS92 said:
What I did:
Phone 'as new' on ebay: £350
o2 simplicity - 800minutes, 1600texts, unlimited data - £20/month. £110 Quidco cashback = £11/month for 12 months.
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One possible caution, if you buy an "as new unwanted upgrade" and the seller decides, sometime along the line, to stop paying the contract the phone will get blocked on all networks.

£240 for handset @ £10pm 24 months. 100 mins per month, unlimited texts and unlimited data via T-Mobile direct. That's what I went for.

I went with Vodafone - just before they went to Business only. Free phone, £35 a month for 2 yrs, 900 anytime network minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited (fair use) data, unlimited calls to landlines. Didn't think it was too bad - I haggled a bit and they increased my 1 month free phone insurance to 6 months.

There are some great offers here. I'm tempted by Virgin, already being a customer. I do worry about what I'll actually get though. Are these phones hobbled like the T-Mobile version? Are the latest official ROMs available? Are they network locked? Reading other threads suggests there might be compromises to be made. I've used an unlocked HD2 with no customizations and was impressed.

nim said:
these deals may tempt you......(see attached)
I ended up getting it on Orange (thru mobiles.co.uk)
Handset £89 and £25x24months
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Ouch
Not alot different to mine but 24 months is a killer.
zipolly said:
I got mine from dialaphone £35 per month 18 month contract 1200 mins unlimited texts and unlimited internet on orange and found them very helpful as well
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(Handset free, not restricted to Orange, unbranded phone)
cozzykim said:
One possible caution, if you buy an "as new unwanted upgrade" and the seller decides, sometime along the line, to stop paying the contract the phone will get blocked on all networks.
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A friend has just had same thing happen & handset cost him £375!!!!
Uber ouch!!!!!

zipolly said:
I got mine from dialaphone £35 per month 18 month contract 1200 mins unlimited texts and unlimited internet on orange and found them very helpful as well
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I can only find the panther 45 on 18/12 with 1200 mins and that is £45 per month at dialaphone. £50 auto cashback.
I have my PAC code from o2 now and was going to go through topcashback £50 with mobiles.co.uk on £45 per month and get the 8/12 half price.

I got mine from Virgin. £80 for the handset and £25x18 with 500 mins and unlimited data and texts. Unlocked and unbranded handset.
Think the handset price may have increased slightly now.

Best contract deals

thought i would start this thread as i'm looking for the best deal out there so people may be able to advise
been offered off t mobile
18 month contract free phone
600min
500 text
unlimited internet with 3gig FUP
1x flexi booster either freelandline calls or free calls to t mobile phone
does the t moblie HD come unlocked and does it have any t mobile branding on the phonev

just took the plunge phone coming tomorrow cant wait

MPD as usual is still my best option as the phone will come sim free and on a t-mobile £30 per month tariff. this gives you 900 mins, 500 texts, 1gig data and phone is FREE. if get direct from t-mobile phone will be sim locked and its only free on £40 tariff

shingers5 said:
MPD as usual is still my best option as the phone will come sim free and on a t-mobile £30 per month tariff. this gives you 900 mins, 500 texts, 1gig data and phone is FREE. if get direct from t-mobile phone will be sim locked and its only free on £40 tariff
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people are reporting the phones from t mobile are coming unbranded and unlocked,i got it free also on the £35 per month and its unlimited net with a 3 gig FUP so suits my needs , i dont text alot but do use the net alot

e2save.
£25/month for 24 months on T-mobile. Phone is free. 600 mins/500 text/1gb internet.
£46 quidco as well
Phone is unbranded and unlocked (in my hand now!)

I just ordered from phones4u:
Orange £35/pmth 18/mth
500 mins
ultd texts
500mb internet
FREE phone
Its the best 18 month contract I could find!

As an ex-Vodafone customer returning because of the DHD, I managed to negotiate this amazing deal: 300 minutes, unlimited texts, 'unlimited' Internet, 18 months, free phone, £26 a month. The phone arrives next week....
Voda is looking to stem a fall in market share right now so it's a good place to push for a good deal.

Thats funny because when I tried to negotiate a deal with them to renew my contract with them (bearing in mind it was not as good as a deal you got) they really could not be interested.
So cutting a long story short I have said good bye to voda and hello again t-mobile.