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GhostOfDixie

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What happened to 12 month contracts? It's now 18 and 24 months.

If your happy with your phone brand, and you have an option to upgrade to a better phone, but on a 24 month contract, would you?

I have been happy with my phone for the last 18 months I have had it, so I can't imagine being annoyed at being tied into another 24 months.

Hmm, any thoughts?
 

chicoazul said:
I buy all mine unlocked for practical reasons. Pay as you go have some very good offers on at the moment like.
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Ok well the phoneI use is perfect for me, so hopefully nobody will chat about that issue.

My current plan is £30 p/m and I get 75mins and something like 125 texts. I'm out of contract now, next payment due on 8th Feb - so i'm going to wait until then.

But there is a contract for the better model, £45 p/m but I get 500 texts and 500 minutes or something like that - which is much more than I need, and to be fair I ended up paying closer to £45 before. The killer for me is, the phone is free - I don't need to pay anymore for a better phone.

Seems like an easy choice right?
 
orange told me last time that if i take out an 18 month contract then i can upgrade after 12, as long as i take out another 18 or more.

i'm currently looking for either a contract with someone else ( as i often cant get a signal at home and as it's for work, thats a problem) or orange want me to stay with them and get a UMA (ORANGE UNIQUE THEY CALL IT) handset that will connect by getting the signal from my wireless router, they are offering me 300 mins 300 txts unlimited landlines for a tenner, which is pretty good, but useless if it doesn't work, and i cant find much info or feedback on UMA over here. i can have a htc tattoo which is an android phone. voda have offered me a hero 300 mins 300 txts for £15 but i could do with the unlimited landlines really as it saves on the home phone usage.

i hate new mobile time, until i get it that is.

if you are happy to renew ghost than cant you just get another iphone or a cheaper plan that doesn't include a handset ?
 
Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian said:
orange told me last time that if i take out an 18 month contract then i can upgrade after 12, as long as i take out another 18 or more.

i'm currently looking for either a contract with someone else ( as i often cant get a signal at home and as it's for work, thats a problem) or orange want me to stay with them and get a UMA (ORANGE UNIQUE THEY CALL IT) handset that will connect by getting the signal from my wireless router, they are offering me 300 mins 300 txts unlimited landlines for a tenner, which is pretty good, but useless if it doesn't work, and i cant find much info or feedback on UMA over here. i can have a htc tattoo which is an android phone. voda have offered me a hero 300 mins 300 txts for £15 but i could do with the unlimited landlines really as it saves on the home phone usage.

i hate new mobile time, until i get it that is.

if you are happy to renew ghost than cant you just get another iphone or a cheaper plan that doesn't include a handset ?
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Well I need to upgrade the phone as this one is starting to lag big time. There's only so many re-charges you can do before it gets tired.

It's just like a computer - we have a PC laptop at work that has 3 minutes life before it needs a full charge - and that's no word of a lie.

So I'm thinking if i'm spending £45 a month anyway, I may as well get a decent phone for free.
 

chicoazul said:
You're moaning about being skint yet you want to spunk extra money on a phone contract every month?

shakes head*

Economics man.
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I'm not skint?

My MOT which I had budgeted £300 cost me £40 for the MOT, £3 for the missing wheel nut, and £5 in fuel to send the wife to Chester to get it.

Oh and the £40 she spent on a new coat as compensation for going to Chester.

It's all a business expense anyway, and that's kicking off again very soon.
 
GhostOfDixie said:
I'm not skint?

My MOT which I had budgeted £300 cost me £40 for the MOT, £3 for the missing wheel nut, and £5 in fuel to send the wife to Chester to get it.

Oh and the £40 she spent on a new coat as compensation for going to Chester.

It's all a business expense anyway, and that's kicking off again very soon.
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You're a bad tax fraudist and no mistake.
 

GhostOfDixie said:
Well I need to upgrade the phone as this one is starting to lag big time. There's only so many re-charges you can do before it gets tired.

It's just like a computer - we have a PC laptop at work that has 3 minutes life before it needs a full charge - and that's no word of a lie.

So I'm thinking if i'm spending £45 a month anyway, I may as well get a decent phone for free.
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my laptop has a dodgy power lead and it works itself loose, then i have about a minute to get it on mains again before it hibernates. laptop batteries are a lot more expensive than phone batteries though.

i'm paying 35 with orange but i dont even use a 1/4 of my mins, i get 900 x-network 600 texts and unlimited landlines, with insurance and extra call charges i pay about 45. they offered me the same plan for about £18 but it's the signal thats the issue. i reckon i lose work due to it every week so if it was 1 job a week then i could pay £200 a month and still be better off than i have been, reckon i could have a sat phone for that or one of those Rado jobbies.
 

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