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i9305 on EE

I am considering getting the I9305 on EE UK the plans have just been released, Im just looking for opinions?
Is it worth it or shall I stick to my I9300?
http://ee.co.uk/plans#section-phones

carrd said:
I am considering getting the I9305 on EE UK the plans have just been released, Im just looking for opinions?
Is it worth it or shall I stick to my I9300?
http://ee.co.uk/plans#section-phones
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I'm going through the same thought process with the added complication that to move over from T-Mobile would also mean surrendering my 50% line rental discount. Problem is, I think they've killed the proposition with the usage limits. I'm much less concerned by the comparative price increase than the fact that I'd have a fast connection that would be hamstrung by a (relatively) low usage limit.
Given the speeds I get on HSPA through T-Mobile now, I highly doubt I'll be going for it, even though they will allow a mid-contract handset upgrade from my i9300 mid-contract to an i9305 for £99, which is the only reason I'm really considering it at all.

dave_uk said:
I'm going through the same thought process with the added complication that to move over from T-Mobile would also mean surrendering my 50% line rental discount. Problem is, I think they've killed the proposition with the usage limits. I'm much less concerned by the comparative price increase than the fact that I'd have a fast connection that would be hamstrung by a (relatively) low usage limit.
Given the speeds I get on HSPA through T-Mobile now, I highly doubt I'll be going for it, even though they will allow a mid-contract handset upgrade from my i9300 mid-contract to an i9305 for £99, which is the only reason I'm really considering it at all.
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Exactly the same here, One thing I didnt know was the £99 upgrade you mentioned whilst being in contract? Has this been confirmed?
Were you offered this when you called them?

I personally cannot recommend a move to 4g right now, it's just too much for so little.
For me I could only afford the 500MB plan so all I would see is webpages loading a little faster. Speed is useless if you cannot use it.
If you want to be stuck on WiFi all the time just get a BT broadband connection for access to BT hotspots and get a cheap tariff with a little data and a decent amount of calls and texts.
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Orange are taking mine back and exchanging it for the 4G one (for free) , cost for 4G isn't important to me I just need faster Internet for work as I'm on the road all day
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Motogp1 said:
Orange are taking mine back and exchanging it for the 4G one (for free) , cost for 4G isn't important to me I just need faster Internet for work as I'm on the road all day
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How did you manage to get them to do that?

+1 how did u get them to do that?
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And I think that the I-9305 have 2gb of ram!

I prefer unlimited 3g all you can eat data

drake1 said:
I prefer unlimited 3g all you can eat data
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Me too, £15 per month on Three, all you can eat data, 3000 texts and 300 minutes calls, I don't have it on contract, I use those addon things for Pay as you go, I Love it, they last a month and I only normally use 200 minutes of those, I use around 1gb of data per month (If the data monitor was accurate), I'm sticking with i9300 for now, I have no need to move.
In my area 3G speeds on Three are 3mbit/ps (Three dedicates themselves to 3G so I guess thats why)

carrd said:
Exactly the same here, One thing I didnt know was the £99 upgrade you mentioned whilst being in contract? Has this been confirmed?
Were you offered this when you called them?
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It's a standard offer for anyone on TM or Orange who bought an S3, HOX or one other handset that I can't remember within the last 6 months. It's on EE's website.

T-Mobile monthly 4g vs contract

So I usually buy my phones full retail anyway and I use a lot of data. We all know how T-Mobile $70 plan has unlimited everything other than data, 5gb. I dropped by T-Mobile store and their new plan, has unlimited data! Same price, before 15% discount! Problem? Contract... I have 14 days to cancel and just go month to month, but lose unlimited data... What do you guys think?
I've had monthly 4g before and loved speeds, the fact that it wasn't unlimited though...
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Get the $30 plan, use WiFi as much as possible and get SIPDroid

air2k57 said:
So I usually buy my phones full retail anyway and I use a lot of data. We all know how T-Mobile $70 plan has unlimited everything other than data, 5gb. I dropped by T-Mobile store and their new plan, has unlimited data! Same price, before 15% discount! Problem? Contract... I have 14 days to cancel and just go month to month, but lose unlimited data... What do you guys think?
I've had monthly 4g before and loved speeds, the fact that it wasn't unlimited though...
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Yeah, the Value Plan? I was considering that too, maybe the 500 minute plan with unlimited data for $60 too depending on how much you talk on your phone.
So far I ordered the prepaid sim and going to activate the $30 plan, if I don't like it I can just go to the Value Plan.

One very bad thing about T-Mobile is that any changes you make to your plan, it renews/resets the contract to the current date.
Be very careful with T-Mobile contracts.
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Yes I don't like the idea of a contract,specially since I didn't even get a phone through them...
I was considering $30 a month plan, problem is... I also free lance, at times I use a phone a lot while on the go and VoIP is too unreliable for that in this area. There are spots with very poor T-Mobile data coverage here. So I'm stuck with either unlimited +5gb, or unlimited + contract.
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Its all up to ur usage....
Do u really need unlimited??? On average I use about 1 GB. And a while back when I tried to use as much data as a I can...I only maxed at out about 3 GB. (Bascially Pandora every time I listen to music...which is about 2-3 hours a day total???)
If you tether a lot then its very worth it.
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Do you really use more than 5gb? I think that would REALLY be a challenge for anyone. Keep in mind that unlimited account are generally always monitored for tethering (especially if Tmobile does have a tethering add-on)
I consider myself a very heavy user as I charge my GSM GN 3-4 times a day, cause I always have something running on it (streaming) . The only exception to bring up, is that I use WIFI when I'm home. I've never passed the 3gb mark
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wirelessFREAK said:
Do you really use more than 5gb? I think that would REALLY be a challenge for anyone. Keep in mind that unlimited account are generally always monitored for tethering (especially if Tmobile does have a tethering add-on)
I consider myself a very heavy user as I charge my GSM GN 3-4 times a day, cause I always have something running on it (streaming) . The only exception to bring up, is that I use WIFI when I'm home. I've never passed the 3gb mark
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I've had my Nexus 4 for about a day and I've already racked up about 1GB pretty easily. I'd recommend one of their value plans. For 69.99 you get truly unlimited, no 5GB throttle point. They require a 2 year contract but if you're sticking with T-Mobile for a while that doesn't really matter. Canceling the contract early is $200 ETF. Without it you'd spend $89.99 for the same plan, so it seems pretty worth it to me. Attached a screenshot of my 1 day usage...

Be a small business owner like me and pay $55 a month for 1000 minutes, unlimited text/4G with no throttling

thrab said:
I've had my Nexus 4 for about a day and I've already racked up about 1GB pretty easily. I'd recommend one of their value plans. For 69.99 you get truly unlimited, no 5GB throttle point. They require a 2 year contract but if you're sticking with T-Mobile for a while that doesn't really matter. Canceling the contract early is $200 ETF. Without it you'd spend $89.99 for the same plan, so it seems pretty worth it to me. Attached a screenshot of my 1 day usage...
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You're probably in the minority here. I'm pretty sure most people aren't spending a majority of their day watching TwitchTV on 4G and tethering....and WiFi is not that hard to come by these days (home/work).
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wirelessFREAK said:
Do you really use more than 5gb? I think that would REALLY be a challenge for anyone. Keep in mind that unlimited account are generally always monitored for tethering (especially if Tmobile does have a tethering add-on)
I consider myself a very heavy user as I charge my GSM GN 3-4 times a day, cause I always have something running on it (streaming) . The only exception to bring up, is that I use WIFI when I'm home. I've never passed the 3gb mark
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All accounts are monitored for tethering. It isn't hard to use more than 5GB.. Hell ROMs are 200mb each, some of the newer games are up to a GB , plus streaming spotify it's really rather easy for some of us.
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joshnichols189 said:
All accounts are monitored for tethering. It isn't hard to use more than 5GB.. Hell ROMs are 200mb each, some of the newer games are up to a GB , plus streaming spotify it's really rather easy for some of us.
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You have to remember though... if you are going to download a large file, are you going to use WiFi, which is way faster than HSPA+, or are you actually going to download a 200mb ROM over data?
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arich said:
Be a small business owner like me and pay $55 a month for 1000 minutes, unlimited text/4G with no throttling
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That sounds like a good plan.
F0rgiven said:
You're probably in the minority here. I'm pretty sure most people aren't spending a majority of their day watching TwitchTV on 4G and tethering....and WiFi is not that hard to come by these days (home/work).
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Was only maybe a bit over an hour of Twitch (720p stream) while in the car and about 30 minutes tethering while I VPN'd into work on the go. OP had already stated he used a lot of data and is likely to hit the 5GB cap. So while you say "most people", the OP is not most people.

Black Wireless (AT&T mvno)

http://www.blackwireless.com/Default.aspx
Has anyone tried them yet or currently using their service? $60 unlimited with 2gb of data on at&t network seems like a decent deal, but they seem pretty similar to H20, who offers 2gb of data for the same price but throttles you after 500mb. Just curious cause I can't seem to find too many reviews of them on the web.
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You'd be better off with a SIM from Straight Talk.
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ztmike said:
You'd be better off with a SIM from Straight Talk.
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Not a Straight Talk fan but I have to agree, if 2GB is all your getting with Black Wireless, go for ST and don't look back.

ztmike said:
You'd be better off with a SIM from Straight Talk.
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im on straight talk at&t now, this is my first month... i got throttled halfway into the month and im positive i havent even used 1gb yet.
im jumping ship on them as soon as my month is up. I came from T-Mobile prepaid and I don't wanna deal with this petty a** throttle stuff. all I need is 2gb a month, I never go over that and I don't really stream or tether. really wanna keep the at&t coverage though, after using it for the past 2 weeks I've realized its waaaaaaaay better than tmo in my area
gedster314 said:
Not a Straight Talk fan but I have to agree, if 2GB is all your getting with Black Wireless, go for ST and don't look back.
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lowrider262 said:
im on straight talk at&t now, this is my first month... i got throttled halfway into the month and im positive i havent even used 1gb yet.
im jumping ship on them as soon as my month is up. I came from T-Mobile prepaid and I don't wanna deal with this petty a** throttle stuff. all I need is 2gb a month, I never go over that and I don't really stream or tether. really wanna keep the at&t coverage though, after using it for the past 2 weeks I've realized its waaaaaaaay better than tmo in my area
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When you got throttled, did they turn off data completely or was data just extremely slowed?

madferretx said:
When you got throttled, did they turn off data completely or was data just extremely slowed?
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slowed down. every speed test comes up as .23 mb/s, regardless of where I am, time of day, or signal strength. before I was getting anywhere from 1.5- 6mb down
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Is this only for black people?
JUST KIDDING!
Never heard of this MVNO before. Post your experience with it if you sign up please? Thanks. :good:
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Seems just exactly like H2O Wireless if you ask me, i'm using them now. ....
LOL - Actually if you look at the bottom you'll see it's from Locus Telecom anyways which is the owner of H2O and others. America Movil (Tracfone, Straight Talk and Net10) is the other big one but i hear they are wanting to buy Locus or maybe just the H2O portion.
So this is just a copy of their other offerings with a different name to do extra revenue stream I guess. People might have a bad deal with H2O so they switch to Black Wireless LOL only to still be with the same company.

I'll save $15 and stick with ST.
lowrider262 said:
slowed down. every speed test comes up as .23 mb/s, regardless of where I am, time of day, or signal strength. before I was getting anywhere from 1.5- 6mb down
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Have you called them? I also wouldn't be surprised if you did use ~2gb especially if you did OTA app updates.

threeclaws said:
I'll save $15 and stick with ST.
Have you called them? I also wouldn't be surprised if you did use ~2gb especially if you did OTA app updates.
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not yet, I opened a ticket on their fb page the other day but it didn't fix anything. and I don't update or download stuff on data I have WiFi at home. I've been on the 2gb plan from tmo for a while before this so I'm pretty mindful of data usage, on a regular month I'm between 1.5-1.7gb.
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lowrider262 said:
not yet, I opened a ticket on their fb page the other day but it didn't fix anything. and I don't update or download stuff on data I have WiFi at home. I've been on the 2gb plan from tmo for a while before this so I'm pretty mindful of data usage, on a regular month I'm between 1.5-1.7gb.
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Dunno I'm on the st Tom plan right now and have bumped up against the 2gb "cap" a number of times with no throttling but I've gone back and forth (between Tom and AT&T) since getting st so I hope st isn't going to start throttling at 1gb.

I just got my N4 today. Don't know if it has been mentioned here before, I put my GoPhone $50 unlimited sim (dumb phone plan) in, data and calls worked fine. Been using for a few months with a Note2 N7100 and had no issues with throttling. No telling how long before ATT starts blocking it. My Note N7000 was blocked form the first day. I'm currently testing the TMobile $30 dollar plan to see if their coverage works for me.

gedster314 said:
I just got my N4 today. Don't know if it has been mentioned here before, I put my GoPhone $50 unlimited sim (dumb phone plan) in, data and calls worked fine. Been using for a few months with a Note2 N7100 and had no issues with throttling. No telling how long before ATT starts blocking it. My Note N7000 was blocked form the first day. I'm currently testing the TMobile $30 dollar plan to see if their coverage works for me.
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still working fine? I'm looking for some alternatives but the mvno's are kinda iffy with the data ambiguity

Black Wireless
I bought a sim card two Saturdays ago. I only got it on the following Friday, pretty slow shipping.
Activation was painless, it worked fine. I have not tried data yet. I was excited about the international calling. But they are a lot more expensive than what they claim. For example, they said I have 19 minutes to call cell phones in Argentina, well, I dialed a cell phone number and I got a message saying I only had credit to talk for 5 minutes! So, I hung up, didn't make the call since it was four times more expensive than what they claim. Same when I call to landlines, I was supposed to have like 10 hours, the first time I call it said I had like 6 hours left, I talked for about 4 minutes. The next day I make another call to Argentina and it said I had about 4 and a half hours, and this call was about 6 minutes. Next I make another call and I get the message that I have 3 and a half hours to talk. So for each call they are charging me like a whole hour! It is definetly not what they are advertising. If there is a connection charge, they don't state it anywhere I could find it.
I sent a support e-mail two days ago and have yet to hear back.
So, I would not recommend this service to anybody.

For those with slow speeds on ST att, they have a new apn.
make sure you are using the new apn tfdata.
I have used over 4gb and still cranking 6mb down 3 mb up.

kthejoker20 said:
For those with slow speeds on ST att, they have a new apn.
make sure you are using the new apn tfdata.
I have used over 4gb and still cranking 6mb down 3 mb up.
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Is there a way to check your data usage with ST besides tracking it with your phone? I have been flashing different things on my N4 so that in not accurate.

1. I used 11215 and got $5 off with free shipping.
2. Paid for 1 month and got second month free.
3. Decent customer rep.
4. They include free International direct dial minutes. Around 300 minutes in $30 plan and so forth.
5. Got my SIM in 3 days.
6. Porting took 5 hours.

High data contract deals on the One (UK)

Hey all, yes I have searched through the various threads and used search but not finding very much posted about this anywhere so please don't all jump on me at once for creating another contracts thread...I want one specifically for high data users that will be buying or already own the 'One'.
I specifically use a fairly large amount of data, Usually around the 2.5gb mark each month. Sometimes bordering on 3gb....
Anyone else use this sort of data? If so who have you got a contract with?
Or if I'm the only one that has such a large data usage, how the hell do you all keep yours so low? I use wifi at home as well so in the mornings and evenings and most of the weekends I'm using that rather than my mobile data. But still somehow using lots of data (and no I'm not tethering. Have done once, but it's not regularly part of my usage)
So yeh, basically. Any tips on good deals with high data, low calls and texts, or tips on how to keep data usage down??
And although this could have been posted as a question, I would assume that there are other high data users that will be interested in the info posted here.

Re: High data contract deals UK
I've went with 3 as they're the only company that do Unlimited data as far as i know.

The War Horse said:
Hey all, yes I have searched through the various threads and used search but not finding very much posted about this anywhere so please don't all jump on me at once for creating another contracts thread...I want one specifically for high data users.
I specifically use a fairly large amount of data, Usually around the 2.5gb mark each month. Sometimes bordering on 3gb....
Anyone else use this sort of data? If so who have you got a contract with?
Or if I'm the only one that has such a large data usage, how the hell do you all keep yours so low? I use wifi at home as well so in the mornings and evenings and most of the weekends I'm using that rather than my mobile data. But still somehow using lots of data (and no I'm not tethering. Have done once, but it's not regularly part of my usage)
So yeh, basically. Any tips on good deals with high data, low calls and texts, or tips on how to keep data usage down??
And although this could have been posted as a question, I would assume that there are other high data users that will be interested in the info posted here.
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There are only three options for contracts for high (>1GB) data users. The best choice is the One plan from Three which gives you truly unlimited data including tethering and generally has good coverage IMHO. You can get a HTC One on the One Plan for £36/month on a 24 month plan.
The other option is the Full Monty plan from T-Mobile. Also a relatively expensive option vs. the very cheap Orange 1GB deals on dial-a-phone for example but it does give you unlimited data. I think is also £36/month but with £70 up front.
Alternatively you could get a 3 or 5 GB 4G plan from EE but that is the most expensive option and not unlimited but does give you high usage options and is 4G. (3GB is £46/month and 5GB £51/month)

Re: High data contract deals UK
My ee contract is £33.50 a month for 1000 mins 2000 texts and 4gb of data .
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Razwaz said:
I've went with 3 as they're the only company that do Unlimited data as far as i know.
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They are amazing for data but are totally crap as far as CS goes so it'll be good to see any other possible options as I too am only aware of them as being good for high data users
tdingene said:
There are only three options for contracts for high (>1GB) data users. The best choice is the One plan from Three which gives you truly unlimited data including tethering and generally has good coverage IMHO. You can get a HTC One on the One Plan for £36/month on a 24 month plan.
The other option is the Full Monty plan from T-Mobile. Also a relatively expensive option vs. the very cheap Orange 1GB deals on dial-a-phone for example but it does give you unlimited data. I think is also £36/month but with £70 up front.
Alternatively you could get a 3 or 5 GB 4G plan from EE but that is the most expensive option and not unlimited but does give you high usage options and is 4G. (3GB is £46/month and 5GB £51/month)
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I think T-Mobiles 'Unlimited' data is in-fact really quite limited. Something like 1.5gb data I think, but I could be wrong
allmine1976 said:
My ee contract is £33.50 a month for 1000 mins 2000 texts and 4gb of data .
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Where did you get this deal? And was it an upgrade?

Just out of interest, I've added a poll because I would really be interested in knowing what the data plans people have bought their one with......It seems not many have super high usage so I'd like to see what the rough figures were so far.....Are heavy users really as rare as they seem?

anything less than 1GB seems odd

ant78 said:
anything less than 1GB seems odd
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You never know. Lots of people I know use about 500 so maybe I'm just a madman for using almost 3gb lol.
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I decided to buy the handset SIM-free and then put a GiffGaff SIM in it. For £12 a month I get 250 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data, and I can cancel that any time I like, even just a single day before my next payment is taken.
Virgin has some quite good SIM-only deals too; if you don't mind being limited to 300 free texts a month, you can get unlimited data for £10 a month top-up.
My thinking was that, right now, I really don't want to get locked into a long contract because it's not at all clear what the different providers' 4G services are going to be like.

Shasarak said:
I decided to buy the handset SIM-free and then put a GiffGaff SIM in it. For £12 a month I get 250 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data, and I can cancel that any time I like, even just a single day before my next payment is taken.
Virgin has some quite good SIM-only deals too; if you don't mind being limited to 300 free texts a month, you can get unlimited data for £10 a month top-up.
My thinking was that, right now, I really don't want to get locked into a long contract because it's not at all clear what the different providers' 4G services are going to be like.
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I tried GiffGaff for a while last year but found they do very heavy image compression on their network which makes using the internet and any apps with images really really ugly with pixellated images. There was no way to turn this off. I don't know if this has since changed though.

one of 3's All you can eat plans all the way due to free upgrade to 4G at no extra cost when launched in the Summer

Yes 3 do definitely the best all you can eat packages. But its annoying how they know you don't really have any other option hence they.don't bend on price at all!
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I am in the same boat . I use anywhere from 6GB to 9GB per month as I haven't got BB so do everything on my mobile lol. It seems we are just limited to 3 atm?

brainimpact said:
one of 3's All you can eat plans all the way due to free upgrade to 4G at no extra cost when launched in the Summer
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Hope thats true, where did you hear about the summer upgrade?

allmine1976 said:
My ee contract is £33.50 a month for 1000 mins 2000 texts and 4gb of data .
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24 Month Contract?
Upgrade?
Fee upfront for phone?

I spent over 9 years on 3 paying for their premium contract (and a data allowance I never came near to scratching.)
Eventually though their CS got to be beyond a joke. Their refusal to offer even a free phone to keep me on their One plan and total inability to hire anyone to man the call centers that could actually speak English drove me away.
I have since been blown away by the difference on Orange. My 3 contract is still in it's final days and that phone manages an astounding 225Kb/s compared to the 19.7Mb/s I get on Orange (both phones show H data connection although the Orange connection spends a lot of time trying to actually hang onto 3G instead.)
Read into this what you wish but it will take wild horses to drag me back to 3.
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Hey I just wanted to chime in here with a bit of info I came across via a friend. Staples do a weird membership plan thing that might interest some people. I've been looking in to it and it seems interesting but I'm not sure if it's really for me as the monthly cost seems to stand above average as far as I can see. They also don't have availability of the One yet but have told me that it should be coming to them soon.
Essentially you are not tied in to a contract and can swap your phone at any time, change you plan at any time or leave at any time and all you have to do is give 30 days notice. They claim that should you wish to leave you would only have to return the phone. No buyouts or extra costs unless you wanted to buy the phone from them which you could do should you wish to. Also you can essentially build your own package to suit your needs and choose any network except for 3 to have the selected package on. And should yo go over your allowance there are NO charges...Though on talking to him he said they gave you a 20% buffer to go over and if you kept going over they'd be in touch and saying to tweak your package a bit, but of course again this can be done at any time. Essentially it's a totally fixed price per month with no nasty surprises.
The guy also claimed that there were other membership benefits such as up to 6p off a litre of fuel every time you fill up and insurance discounts etc...But again I'm not sure how much these pro's outweigh the costs...And of course it's only up to 6p off so for the next 2 years it could only be 1p off per litre....You see what I'm saying anyway...
So obviously as he couldn't accurately quote on the One because he didn't have it yet I asked for some quotes on similar priced phones (I shant name them as this post is about the One, I just did what I needed to to get a picture of potential costs)
For a membership plan with
250 mins
500 mins
2GB Data
Approximately £60 a month
If you lose some data and go for 1GB it drops a bit to £50ish
I looked at 2 plans specifically for me which were
250 mins
250 texts
2gb data or 5gb data
and the quotes were £52 and £58
You also have to pay the first 3 months upfront, though should you wish to leave after a month you get 2 months back of course.
So you see they're much much more expensive then you're average contract but then again for that price you can get a new phone every single month should you wish....I dunno. I'm still haggling with him so I'll let you know how I get on. But it's work looking in to really, especially for people who use a lot of data at times as the odd month you use more and maybe go over you wont be hammered for it.
Anyway here's a link to the site should anyone want to check it out/enquire.....http://www.staples.co.uk/connect_home_subsite

You can buy a lot of coffee for £60 a month and you can rinse a lot of free wi-fi while you're at it.
Trust me, blagging free wi-fi is easier and cheaper than an expensive data plan.

compact_bijou said:
You can buy a lot of coffee for £60 a month and you can rinse a lot of free wi-fi while you're at it.
Trust me, blagging free wi-fi is easier and cheaper than an expensive data plan.
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This is true....The only real benefit I can see by going this route is being able to potentially have an iPhone one month then maybe try out the S4 then go back to the One, then try out the new Nexus 5 when it comes....etc etc...I mean it would be cool to have the flexibility but it's such a lot of money....I have emailed back this morning stating that if I was to keep the phone for the full 2 years I would end up paying approximately £600 more over the course of 2 years compared to the highest data contract available on the phone! Which is MENTAL considering the phone is available to buy sim free for less then £500 atm! And that's not taking in to account depreciation etc....So anyway I'll see what he comes back with and let everyone know....
Oh and I also asked if the monthly cost includes insurance or anything, which of course would make it almost seem a bit more worth the price, but it's still high....

I came from Vodafone to 3 as they don't offer unlimited data.
Its 12.90 a month (rolling contract) 200 mins, either 1000 or unlimited text (can't remember) and unlimited data. The difference was phenomenal compared to Vodafone.
I think it matters where you live really. I can drive round most of Bristol and beyond streaming Di radio to my stereo (aux) with hardly any buffering. I can also watch catchup TV almost anywhere.
I have no issues with calls either.
Why not try it, if you don't get on after a month just cancel it.
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[Q] international move...purchase an N4?

All,
I'm moving from the US to the UK in a couple weeks. I currently have a Sprint S3 so I have to get a new phone when I move. I am leaning heavily toward the N4, HTC One, and S4, in this order. The N4 is about $100 cheaper to purchase in the US (about $350) then take it to the UK (about $480). Does anyone know if this would work, or must I buy the phone in the UK?
Also, for those here who live in the UK, what are your thoughts about a sim-only O2 plan? I don't really know anything about the UK providers but my future colleagues tell me O2 has pretty good service where I am moving. What US provider is O2 comparable in terms of service, support, and phones?
Given the price of the N4, it seems hands-down better than the others considering I would just wipe my brand new phone and install an AOSP rom anyways. Which brings me to my next question. I haven't spent a ton of time around the N4 forums, but how do the N4 roms compare to non-Nexus phone roms in terms of driver support and bugs? I had an Evo4G and now and S3, and also I'm happy with the AOSP roms I use, they have a lot of bugs. The GPS and camera, for instance, can easily bugout from one rom update to the next. I assume this would be less likely on a Nexus device.
Any other useful info going from the US to the UK, or an S3 to N4?
Thanks!

The N4 is the same model worldwide, so you will have no problem bringing a US N4 to the UK. It will work perfectly, your only minor issue will be that the US mains charger has the wrong pins for the UK (which can be fixed by a travel adapter or simply buying another charger).
I am not on O2 so can't comment on that.
You will find that pretty much all the N4 AOSP ROMs are very stable because of the fact that we have AOSP source/drivers for everything for our phone. No need to do nasty hacky stuff which results in major features not working. That's the beauty of Nexus.
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I would buy the N4, though I have one so obviously I am a little biased. CM has been stable for me, but stock is more than enough if stable is a massive priority for you. I would land in England and go buy a quick pre-paid sim from anyone. When I visited in September I spent 10 pounds on a Vodaphone Sim I used for 2 weeks with no problems. If you got something like that it would give you a chance to figure out who has good coverage and good prices before finding a more permanent solution. England has a verry competitive market, but you might find their speeds slower then America. There is only 1 provider with LTE right now as far as I know.

Steviewevie has pretty much summed it up nicely. What I can add is go for a Giffgaff £10/month deal where you get 250 mins, unlimited texts and 1GB of data. Giffgaff is an o2 owned network so you're getting the same coverage as o2 customers (which is very good) for a very low price. Even if you want a different deal I'd recommend sticking to Giffgaff for the most part. The main reason you should possibly consider going for something else is if you find data speeds to be very important because the most I get in my area is 6 mbps whilst my Dad on Three gets 15-20.

Giff Gaff or Three would be the ones to go for as you can get SIM only deals for less than £15 a month with unlimited data
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Wow, thanks for all of these awesome comments!!!!! This is better than I even imagined!!
Ok, so I am relocating to the Sheffield area. I will probably move the city centre area. Are O2, Three, and giffgaff reliable with good coverage in this area? How do the PayGo vs other sim-only plans differ? I would get the most minutes/text, and data possible so I'm looking at about 20-27 per month on each, the 20 is on Three with a 12-month contract.

Everything I was going to say had been covered.
+1 for giffgaff though

dhawk312 said:
Wow, thanks for all of these awesome comments!!!!! This is better than I even imagined!!
Ok, so I am relocating to the Sheffield area. I will probably move the city centre area. Are O2, Three, and giffgaff reliable with good coverage in this area? How do the PayGo vs other sim-only plans differ? I would get the most minutes/text, and data possible so I'm looking at about 20-27 per month on each, the 20 is on Three with a 12-month contract.
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How many minutes do you need? Giffgaff seems not to be that good with the number of minutes but everything else is great.
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Not sure about the number of minutes yet. I'll probably keep the number of minutes around 500-1000 to check the quality of the services.
I'm really more interested in tethering and data speeds. I have LTE service currently and use about 2GB per month on average.

dhawk312 said:
Not sure about the number of minutes yet. I'll probably keep the number of minutes around 500-1000 to check the quality of the services.
I'm really more interested in tethering and data speeds. I have LTE service currently and use about 2GB per month on average.
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You can check their coverage on their sites to see what sort of speeds you'll get. Not sure what the costs are with regards to tethering tho so best look that up
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Three's one plan comes at £25 per month.
That nets you 2000 mins
5000 SMS
Unlimited data and tethering included
Though personally I'm OK the ultimate internet 300 plan as I don't use many minutes
That is £13 per month (12 month contract) or £15 for monthly
It gets me 300 minutes
5000 SMS
Unlimited data
It doesn't include tethering however I still use it for tethering and after a year and a half. Nothing has been said.
If I have to make any international calls I just use Skype
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If your going to be ringing back home a lot and use Skype go with three as they don't block VoIP access.
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Alex240188 said:
Three's one plan comes at £25 per month.
That nets you 2000 mins
5000 SMS
Unlimited data and tethering included
Though personally I'm OK the ultimate internet 300 plan as I don't use many minutes
That is £13 per month (12 month contract) or £15 for monthly
It gets me 300 minutes
5000 SMS
Unlimited data
It doesn't include tethering however I still use it for tethering and after a year and a half. Nothing has been said.
If I have to make any international calls I just use Skype
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So, why go with Three over giffgaff? Seems much cheap to go with them over O2 or Three.