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Choosing a new phone / tariff
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How do you go about it? Theres more tariffs than animals in a zoo, and I really don't know which one is best for me. I could just stay on PAYG, I'm currently on o2 genie sim with 300 free texts, but most months I go over my allowance and its very expensive after that (past 2 months have topped up in the region of £60!!). I was looking at getting a new phone anyway, if I get a contract I'll get more texts, + minutes, + the phone for a relatively smaller price. I.e.
Nokia N70 on O2 Online 100:
£25 per month (over 12 months) -> £300
500 inclusive text messages
100 inclusive any network minutes (o2 phones + landlines)
minus the cost of the phone which comes in around the £270 mark sim free! So that's £30 (effectively) for the texts / minutes, if I assume I would have bought the phone anyway.
Vs. currently PAYG
£10 per month
300 inclusive text messages
£10s worth of credit (doesn't go far @ 12p a text and high rates except after 7pm).
However, being tied into a contract isnt exactly fun - and whatsmore, I could go for an 18 month contract and get even more texts / minutes. I've never had a contract before but feel like its worth it - looking at the numbers it seems to make sense.
But how do other networks compare? T-mobile, orange, vodaphone...
Nokia N70 on O2 Online 100:
£25 per month (over 12 months) -> £300
500 inclusive text messages
100 inclusive any network minutes (o2 phones + landlines)
minus the cost of the phone which comes in around the £270 mark sim free! So that's £30 (effectively) for the texts / minutes, if I assume I would have bought the phone anyway.
Vs. currently PAYG
£10 per month
300 inclusive text messages
£10s worth of credit (doesn't go far @ 12p a text and high rates except after 7pm).
However, being tied into a contract isnt exactly fun - and whatsmore, I could go for an 18 month contract and get even more texts / minutes. I've never had a contract before but feel like its worth it - looking at the numbers it seems to make sense.
But how do other networks compare? T-mobile, orange, vodaphone...
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I've heard a lot of stories about the unreliability of three.... :chin: I will look into them though. You work for them don't you though? I'm not even sure about the phone tbh - will go in town sometime soon and ask to try one out .
6280 vs. n70?
N70 is the same really as a 6280, 6280 is smaller, but I think with the N70 you can do more to it i.e SATNAV and stuff I think.
3 is good, but you have a 14 day trial thing if it doesn't work for you, like.
I'm looking ideally for 500 texts, 100+ minutes, free phone, £25ish per annum.
T-mobile are doing flext at the moment which seems quite good. My strategy at the mo is find one tariff I would like from each provider and compare them. But then independent placse like the carphone warehouse do their own tariffs kind of
This is probably why I've never had a phone on contract before