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Hey guys, I probably have a very good deal, but I just wanted your opinion on this before my 14 days is up.
I got my X1 as an upgrade with O2 in the UK, I paid £100 for the phone itself, then my line rental is £20 / month for 600 mins, 2000 texts and unlimited web, for 18 months. The tariff itself is very good but I am still not sure if the £100 is too much I have paid for the phone itself since I have agreed for a 18 months contract, I was sort of expecting a free phone... but then I had to pay £100 for my old SE W960i which i sadly lost a couple of months ago... And I realized the X1 is quite an expensive handset... what sort of deals do you guys have? Like how much you had to pay for your X1?
Thanks I am indeed having loads of fun with this new toy!
368€ from T-Mobile....
30€ from M1. Contract is on the high side at 60€ monthly (6000 mins, 300 SMS). 20month contract.
I got the handset free, £30 per month - 1000 texts, 600 minutes, unlimited data plan, 18 month contract. Vodafone UK
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MY FRIEND .. HERE (Bolivia -Latin America) ... FOR A 100 USD PLAN ... YOU HAVE TO PAY 500 USD FOR THE PHONE ... SO .. YOU MADE A GREAT DEAL ... I pay 800 USD in USA for the phone unlock
I'm with O2 UK but through Carphone Warehouse, I told them i was leaving and requested my porting number at which point i was offered the phone for free along with unlimited txt's, calls and web access....all for the grand total of £30pm for 18 months
mhh very good deal !
I signed a 18 month contract with vodafone (uk) in November only a couple of days after the phone had been released.. 900 free minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited web, free phone for 50 pounds a month ..
turns out it is actually way too much .. unlimited texts is pretty cool but I hardly use half the minutes that I ve got .. they told me I ve the option of changing my price plan to something cheaper after 9months so I m probably gonna do that.
SamAsQ said:
I got the handset free, £30 per month - 1000 texts, 600 minutes, unlimited data plan, 18 month contract. Vodafone UK
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did u get your deal online or in store? sounds very good for vodafone ...
SamAsQ said:
I got the handset free, £30 per month - 1000 texts, 600 minutes, unlimited data plan, 18 month contract. Vodafone UK
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Was that an online or shop pucrhase?
i bought the german t-mobile version. the phone cost 19euro and my contract has an monthly line rental with 14,99euro. the contract is 2 years long and i have 50 free minutes per month and weekendflatrate trough t-mobile and landline numbers.
no x1 here in slovenia.i bought it from UK,vodafone.550gbp.i bought it in first week,when it's came out.high price:O
i bought the dutch version a x1i for €0,-
the line rental is €20,- 300minutes
unlimited messaging €8,50
unlimited data for €2,50
for 2years
total €30
P the Photographer said:
Hey guys, I probably have a very good deal, but I just wanted your opinion on this before my 14 days is up.
I got my X1 as an upgrade with O2 in the UK, I paid £100 for the phone itself, then my line rental is £20 / month for 600 mins, 2000 texts and unlimited web, for 18 months. The tariff itself is very good but I am still not sure if the £100 is too much I have paid for the phone itself since I have agreed for a 18 months contract, I was sort of expecting a free phone... but then I had to pay £100 for my old SE W960i which i sadly lost a couple of months ago... And I realized the X1 is quite an expensive handset... what sort of deals do you guys have? Like how much you had to pay for your X1?
Thanks I am indeed having loads of fun with this new toy!
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At those prices, I'm assuming you got it directly from O2 and not a reseller like CPW.
I got my X1 directly from O2 retentions on an 18 month contract for £24.50/month and a handset price of £97. That includes 600mins, 500txts doubled up to 1000 as it is an online account and unlimited web bolt-on. You've done okay yourself. I'm guessing you've been with O2 a year or two longer than me and built up 40% discount (I only built up 30%) as you seem to have a very similar deal to the one I got last Thursday.
One thing I would recommend though.... make sure you've got insurance for your phone! If your home insurance doesn't cover it, then contact O2 about having your handset covered. I think it is something like £7-£8 a month but covers accidental damage as well as lost or stolen and the excess is £25. I broke the screen on my old XDA Exec a couple of times and got a replacement within 2 working days each time.
I guess my deal is actually very good in the UK market then. Yes I got it directly from O2 retention. This is my 5th or 6th contract with O2 now, so I was told I am getting the absolute max discount I can get. I was trying to knock the price down for the phone to 50, but of course they wouldn't do it, unless I go onto the 45 / month plan which I would end up paying more in 18 months time...
They were gonna give me 21/month with 1000 text, I said no, switching to Orange (I made up a plan that I was being "offered" from Orange), then they said OK, they will match it, this is why I got 20 / month with 2000 texts. Not much different as 2000 texts is way too much... can't even do 500.
I was looking at my old records, I did get 15 off a month before (I have always been on the O2 35), but for some reasons, they didn't give it to me last year, it was because I wanted a 12 months contract, so an extra fiver a month or sth, but worth it, or I would have had to wait for another 6 months for the X1...
Zenith, I got my phone on the same day as you, the first day they said the phone is back in stock, been waiting since Dec last year... now it's out of stock again... lucky us!
27 pounds a month
I got mine at 27 pounds a month with 50 pounds handset price on an 18 month contract last november. Sadly after that I could not get a similar deal for my brother as it got out of stock the very same evening. Just today, I got another 27 pound deal for my brother, thats almosyt 2 months later.
I have been an o2 customer for 12 months and got a 40 percent discount through retention.
Dutch vodafone, 18 euro's a month + internet 9,50 euro.
Phone was free, bought it last week
Free X1i, 1000mins, 100 txts, unlimited data, free weekend calls, £25 per month. O2 UK upgrade.
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Was that an online or shop pucrhase?
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Hi Guys, my deal was a shop purchase upgrading after two previous 18 month contracts with uk vodafone. Initially they offered the same deal but the handset was £35, but when I kicked up about being a 3-4 year vodafone customer with a £40 bill every month they worked their magic and gave it to me. Im guessing the fact that I've spent between £1500 - £2000 with them previously gave me a good deal
anap said:
Free X1i, 1000mins, 100 txts, unlimited data, free weekend calls, £25 per month. O2 UK upgrade.
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Hey, how long have you been with O2 and how much you pay roughly for your bills? If you don't mind me asking! Seems you have the best deal I have ever heard of. Are they still doing free weekend calls? Coz they won't give it back to me.
LOL ! I got mine for a US Grand (1000$ for those who don't know). Tax in. good deal, my friend xD.
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Hey, how long have you been with O2 and how much you pay roughly for your bills? If you don't mind me asking! Seems you have the best deal I have ever heard of. Are they still doing free weekend calls? Coz they won't give it back to me.
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Hi. Sorry for the delay! I've been with O2 since 1999. The deal I got was the same as my previous one.
I think i got a pretty good deal on my phone.
Tariff is £35 a month 600 mins unlimited texts, free phone
PLUS £175 cashback by redemption!
Mobiles.co.uk by any chance?
I messed up with them. I got the phone on £30 a month over 24 month contract thinking I would have to pay another £7.50 for unlimited internet. However it turns out you could swap the unlimited texts for the internet bolt-on if you can manage with just 500 texts a month. Would have gone on £30 a month over 18 month contract if I had known. Never mind anyway!
Make sure to ring up whoever you bought it from and ask for the exact bills you need to send in as well as the name of the person who told you. Keep everything in a file and make sure to send your bills, photocopies if possible, by recorded mail.
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I think i got a pretty good deal on my phone.
Tariff is £35 a month 600 mins unlimited texts, free phone
PLUS £175 cashback by redemption!
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So, do we have to guess the supplier or are you going to tell us the details?
http://www.top10.co.uk/mobilephones/deals/htc_touch_hd/
2nd deal down, 12 month contracts with orange are pretty good too.
The best ever for noobs like me:
Just get a very high tariff wait for 3 months get another HD on high tariff and then wait another 3 months to get the 3rd HD, then call them telling you got bad reception and that you're going to call BBC to present your problem, after that just wish that they will cancel your contract like they did with me, everything free and i came out with 3 HD's, but i had to pay for my whole first 3 months of contract for the first HD and the another 3 months for 2HD's.
I was lucky just that.
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Just get a very high tariff wait for 3 months get another HD on high tariff and then wait another 3 months to get the 3rd HD, then call them telling you got bad reception and that you're going to call BBC to present your problem, after that just wish that they will cancel your contract like they did with me, everything free and i came out with 3 HD's, but i had to pay for my whole first 3 months of contract for the first HD and the another 3 months for 2HD's.
I was lucky just that.
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some how im finding this hard to beleive.
I'm looking for the best tariff for around the £25-30 mark for the hero. Anyone had any luck getting some discount?
I am a long term customer of orange for my sins! and have a 20% on my line rental. I rang last night and was quoted a upgrade price of £154! I got myself put through to retentions and had soon negotiated £32 contract for 18 months with 1200mins, unlimited text, 500mb data, magic numbers and of course 7 days return policy, there is def room for negotiation, apparently the phone staff can do more than the shops as well.
There should be more room.
I already had the 20% plus I had £5 off web save for panther 45.
Now I have 25% and the web save - for the same mins, txt and data as you, but paid nothing for the phone.
actually ordered one off the tinterwibble orange site.
Dolphin 35 with 500MB data 12 month contract, handset is £100. Worked out all the costs and over all it was £540 about for the yr.
Well I moved house recently and so my card was declined because incorrect billing address on card from the deliver address (THANKS HSBC)
so i called up and re did the card and the womman got me the same deal with the handset at £50! (THANKS HSBC)
so all in all a 12 month contract (400 mins, 500 texts) is 34/month + data + 50 quid handset. so about £510 for the year. which is only about £110 over the sim free price.
Obviously better than getting a pay as you go sim.
Ummm i aint sure what to do now...
Was gonna get a sim free for £400 but the deal above looks rather guuurd...
I didnt want one from Orange cos i thought it had there logo on the front of the phone... but it seems its on the back.
Ummm got some thinking to do...
Would make it easier paying it over 12 months
barryallott said:
actually ordered one off the tinterwibble orange site.
Dolphin 35 with 500MB data 12 month contract, handset is £100. Worked out all the costs and over all it was £540 about for the yr.
Well I moved house recently and so my card was declined because incorrect billing address on card from the deliver address (THANKS HSBC)
so i called up and re did the card and the womman got me the same deal with the handset at £50! (THANKS HSBC)
so all in all a 12 month contract (400 mins, 500 texts) is 34/month + data + 50 quid handset. so about £510 for the year. which is only about £110 over the sim free price.
Obviously better than getting a pay as you go sim.
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That's cool, I was going to get sim free for £400 but thank you for your post.
I'm now going to go with Dolphin 35 for £32.31 (12 Months contract) 400 mins and 300 texts.
So it works out at
Total 12 months contract: £387.22
Handset Price: £97.50
Total: £485.22: £85.22 more than sim free price
I'm going to pop the sim out that comes with it and stick the Dolphin 40 sim that i'v already got.
Thank you mate, you have saved me from coughing up £400 in one go
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I am a long term customer of orange for my sins! and have a 20% on my line rental. I rang last night and was quoted a upgrade price of £154! I got myself put through to retentions and had soon negotiated £32 contract for 18 months with 1200mins, unlimited text, 500mb data, magic numbers and of course 7 days return policy, there is def room for negotiation, apparently the phone staff can do more than the shops as well.
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When was you upgrade due? mines in about 3 months so may give that a try........
btw...
For those going Direct to Orange, dont forget Quidco
You get £50 Cashback if your already a member, if not you will get £45 due to there £5 per year fee to run the site.
Oh yeah, forgot about the quidco. I did do it but will have to see if it goes through as It was completed over the phone.
xdaman85 said:
That's cool, I was going to get sim free for £400 but thank you for your post.
I'm now going to go with Dolphin 35 for £32.31 (12 Months contract) 400 mins and 300 texts.
So it works out at
Total 12 months contract: £387.22
Handset Price: £97.50
Total: £485.22: £85.22 more than sim free price
I'm going to pop the sim out that comes with it and stick the Dolphin 40 sim that i'v already got.
Thank you mate, you have saved me from coughing up £400 in one go
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I got the same contract but got the phone free.
riz157 said:
I got the same contract but got the phone free.
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how you get that ???
MuDvAyNeX said:
how you get that ???
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I called in few times to get this deal and finally someone agreed. I think I have persons name and ext. Would you like it?
Was that an upgrade or a brand new Contract? Also anyone know how much insurance is for the hero? Please pm me the ext if you got it as a new customer
Is anyone waiting to see how much t-mobile offer the g2 for. I'm trying to hold out but I can not wait much longer
o2 simplicity 12 month contract @ £20 pm - 800mins, 1500 texts, unlimited internet. Total £240
- quidco cashback (£100) = £140
+ handset (£400) = £540 unlocked handset and sim only 12 month contract.
Beats the orange offering no?
robboy said:
Was that an upgrade or a brand new Contract? Also anyone know how much insurance is for the hero? Please pm me the ext if you got it as a new customer
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name Laura ext 48151 new contract. let me know how you get on.
Reform, that's exactly what I was going for...but did not know about QuidCo! Are you sure you get £100 from O2 for a 12mth £20 Sim deal???
reform said:
o2 simplicity 12 month contract @ £20 pm - 800mins, 1500 texts, unlimited internet. Total £240
- quidco cashback (£100) = £140
+ handset (£400) = £540 unlocked handset and sim only 12 month contract.
Beats the orange offering no?
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Yeah the contract is better, but you gotta shell out £400 for the phone.
I am already an o2 customer paying £20 for 800min, unlimited txt, unlimited data and free o2 to o2 calls...
I have gone for the £42 a month contract, after 6 months i will downgrade to there lowest package that i think is £27 (could be even lower)
42 x 6 = 252
27 x 6 = 162
Phone = Free
Total = £414 give or take a few pennies lol..
So i am happy ...
Shame i have to wait till Weds now tho .... but its my BDay the same day so its alllll gooooood
PHone free??? It's not on O2 is it?!
Phil_UK said:
PHone free??? It's not on O2 is it?!
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No, its on Orange.
I am gonna unlock the phone and use my o2 simcard because of the unlimited data and put the orange simcard into my Diamond... just waste the mins ...
I am ordering my hd2 form o2 next week and just looked on there site to check its in stock and nosited that they have changed the packages they they will do and also put the phone up by £50
why not do what i did and order it through a 3rd party online. you wont have to pay £50 and your billed direct by o2 anyway.......
or get it on virgin, you get more for your money... they use the t-mobile network.
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or get it on virgin, you get more for your money... they use the t-mobile network.
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It's worth paying the extra on O2 though virgin/tmobile network is utterly useless compared to O2...
One bad thing about O2 though... their online stock monitoring means bugger-all... you have to call up to find out if they have stock... I ordered mine online and it took them 1 1/2 weeks to get it to me, despite it stating "in stock" on the website when I ordered and throughout the period I was waiting, when their phone staff were telling me it was out of stock with no projected arrival date...
Just check on the website... seems their plans have gone up in price by roughly 5 quid/month... yikes! I got 600 mins/1000 texts/unlimited data for 35/month with 100 for the phone... they're now claiming unlimited texts, but who uses more than 1000 a month?
Ouch! That is a big price rise! I got mine 600 Mins/100Texts/Unlimited Data for £35 with a free phone (upgrading)!
mms
Hi guys, kinda off topic but was wondering if any of you o2 uk users are able to use mms when flashing with a cooked rom...
I cant recieve them at all with cooked ROM, even after manualy inputting settings.
If you can send and recieve plz could I know what ROM u use
Regards and Thanx
T-Mobile Contract 300
Hi Guys,
I hope this helps. My first post so excuse any mistakes.
I just got tmobile contract 24 months 300 mins , 300 text, unlimited lan line, 172 phone cost. Will get phone pn Tuesday
donwhann said:
why not do what i did and order it through a 3rd party online. you wont have to pay £50 and your billed direct by o2 anyway.......
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can i ask were did u order your from??
I just got mine for free on wednesday on o2. they price matched t mobile. it took me 2 visits to the shop and a call.....
30 a month 24 month contract 600 mins 500 texts. the day before they wanted 100 for the phone on same terms.
haggle em. its well worth it.
posting this from my hd2 now lol. it rocks!
igot mine on virgin £25 a month 500mins 3000 texts 1gb internet usage phone cost £79 and thats on a 18month contract thats £529 over the 18months the phone its self cost about £500 so its a good deal
What Gav said - I got mine from o2 price matched to T-mobile (i think) meant I got the phone for free on an upgrade - £35 a month for 600 mins, too many texts to use and unlimited interweb access.
yes i heard about this, because the are really low on stock in o2 for that phone, i hv ordered mine online 2 months ago and Im on 24 months, 25 pounds a month, 600 + 200 minutes,unlimited text and unlimited data with free phone, but I was upgrading so maybe it is dif than signing on new contract.
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low on stock in o2 for that phone,
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which is probably why the price increase, , ,, also to prime the market for a 'sale - price drop on hd2!' in a few months.
jsmith_00 said:
I am ordering my hd2 form o2 next week and just looked on there site to check its in stock and nosited that they have changed the packages they they will do and also put the phone up by £50
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Hi.
get the phone sim-free on either the Orange or Vodafone network from zero cost, go here: mobiles.co.uk
With it being sim-free you can get latest ROM+updates from HTC directly. Besides really good offers on at the moment. Have got 3 HD2's from this company NO PROBLEMS with any of the three handsets.
O2 and Vodafone network are messing about with HD2 because of Apple pressure (iphone). Orange is also best network for HSPDA connection.
well... hearing this, I've got quite good upgrade deal dec. last year. £35 per month plus free web bolt on, 18 mths contract and hd2 for about 30 quid.
Virgin also here
£25 month
18 months
500 min
waay too many texts
and 1 gb internet
+ £79 for the phone
Best deal!
mines 24 months
800 mins
unlimted texts
unlimted virgin to virgin
1g of net
30 quid a month
and fone was free
Just upgraded to HD2 today with o2 and got 1200 minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited data (web use) and free o2 to o2 calls for £40 per month on a 24 month contract and the free phone will be delivered Tuesday.
Was going to switch to T-Mobile if they could not give me a good deal as T-Mobile were offering 1200 mins, 500 texts, unlimited data, and an unlimited land-line calls bolt-on, on a 24 month contract with free phone for £35 per month, but unfortunately there coverage is not to good here where I live.
It seems we have all paid way different prices. Mine was £50 for the handset, and then 02 18 mth contract @ £35 a month, for 600mins, 500 text and unlimited data connection.
My turn...(upgrade deal)
O2 small business regular user 24mth contract
300 xnet mins
unltd O2 calls
10 unltd landlines
250 texts
unltd interwebby
free phone upgrade every 12 mths
free HD2
£27.38 mth+vat
hey guys going to buy this phone today or tomorrow and im wondering whats the best and cheapest deal there is? i only need 400/500ish mins and im just wondering about the internet caps, is 500mb enough? im near wireless quite alot but i work in the middle of nowere so non there.. i wont be using the net alot just a quick check on facebook ect.
who knows said:
hey guys going to buy this phone today or tomorrow and im wondering whats the best and cheapest deal there is? i only need 400/500ish mins and im just wondering about the internet caps, is 500mb enough? im near wireless quite alot but i work in the middle of nowere so non there.. i wont be using the net alot just a quick check on facebook ect.
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t mobile
600mins
500 text
unlimited net (3gig FUP)
unlimited landline calls
18 month contract
free phone
£35 per month
£50 in high street vouchers cause wife whos on t mobile recomended me
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t mobile
600mins
500 text
unlimited net (3gig FUP)
unlimited landline calls
18 month contract
free phone
£35 per month
£50 in high street vouchers cause wife whos on t mobile recomended me
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t mobile
600mins
500 text
unlimited net (3gig FUP)
unlimited landline calls
18 month contract
£79.99 phone
£29.99 per month
Both those deals work out the same over the course of 18months lol...
600 mins
unlimited text
unlimited internet ( 3 gb cap )
£150 for the phone
£20 a month.
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Both those deals work out the same over the course of 18months lol...
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i reckon most deals work out about the same, it is just the balance of phone price against price per month
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600 mins
unlimited text
unlimited internet ( 3 gb cap )
£150 for the phone
£20 a month.
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That's nice... but who's it with???
panyan said:
t mobile
600mins
500 text
unlimited net (3gig FUP)
unlimited landline calls
18 month contract
£79.99 phone
£29.99 per month
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I can't find both from T-mobile website...where did u guys get'em?
vodafone via phones4U.
500 minutes,
3000 texts,
500MB Data Allowance
phone is free
£32.50 a month for 24 months.
OR
vodafone via phones4U
600 minutes
3000 texts
500MB Data Allowance
phone is free
£40 a month for 18 months
they also have even better deals on orange
free phone, unlimited internet + texts +1200 minutes for £32.50 for 24 months,
or £35 a month with 500 minutes for 18 months.
and T mobile
free phone £25 a month for 24 months on T mobile
but i am going to vodafone due to the better signal coverage in my area.
Whoa don't get burnt! The best deal is on mobiles.co.uk and is T-Mobile £25 600mins/500 texts 1GB data and a free phone. Customer service is appalling with them but just order the phone online and you get it the next day.
but if it breaks you have to send it off. if you get it from a phones4u shop for the same price you can take it back if it breaks.
I didn't see the previous post when I was writing that. By all means if they got in store at that price, go for it!!
Uck761 said:
I can't find both from T-mobile website...where did u guys get'em?
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Ring t mob on 08454125000 and tell them your thinking of joining,they wanted £90 for the phone but they soon moved on that
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AndyCr15 said:
That's nice... but who's it with???
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T mobile.
Call them up and tell them you're a vodafone customer and they offered you the desire hd on £30 for free. ( dw lie if you're not on vodafone. i did...I'm on orange)
Choose the £20 contract...phone price is 240...haggle a little ...don't expect it to go below 150ish tho. Also don't be afraid to hang up if you don't get it...You can always call them again. Try another technique...say you called before and were offered that deal and you'll take up on it.
Uck761 said:
I can't find both from T-mobile website...where did u guys get'em?
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e2save
its part of carphone warehouse