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Archives for February 2011

Worth complaing to Orange?
Okay, so I placed an order on Orange's online store for the HTC Wildfire. Anyway, I received an e-mail from Orange saying they will need to call me and verify some details before they can process the order. Sure, fine. I gave them a timeslot to call me, but unfortunately I got sidetracked at work and missed two calls in…
Cheapest PAYM HTC Desire????
3 and T-Mobile seem to have the best deals - but why? Are they crap? I'd like to pay no more than £25 pm - and that means £25 with no hidden extras and no out of bundle costs. I dont envisage I'll use that much data - no more than 500mb per month. Anyone have any good tips or deals?
Giff Gaff and 18185 freephone number not working anymore?
Anybody tried calling 18185 freephone number from their giff gaff sim lately? I doesn't seem to work.
Please help me choose a SIM-only deal
Hi folks. I've just ordered myself a Samsung Makalu phone through Amazon and I'm now looking for a SIM to go with it. I won't use the phone that much to be honest so I don't need millions of minutes & texts. However I would like to be able to check my emails from time to time and so some data allowance would be good. Tesco…
Orange: problems receiving calls from withheld numbers this afternoon
I'm having problems receiving calls on Orange this afternoon from withheld numbers. The caller hears a continuous number unobtainable tone and my phone rings once and then stops. I've tried my SIM in another handset and I get the same problem. I know other Orange users who are not experiencing this, which suggests it's a…
500 mB UK data
Hi I am upgrading my phone contract at the end of this month and I am going to take the plunge and get a smart phone. Is 500mb a month enough? I won't be streaming much I shouldn't think but will use it for facebook and a bit of browsing.
Rights under the Sale of Goods Act
I purchased a new smartphone (HTC Desire HD) from mobiles.co.uk in mid-January and it has just started switching itself off at random times. I have done a factory reset which has slowed down the number of reboots, but not stopped them happening. I called Customer Services at mobiles.co.uk and was told that because it is…
Cheap data
I hate being under any type of contract...particulally phone contracts. I quite fancy a apple phone this year. Do anyone know if this can be had on a good payg deal with cheap/free data? I know many providers now have caps on data anyway, just wondering best way to go about things. Thanks
Confused about iPhones!
Hope someone can help me out with this. It's all making me confused! I need to get an iPhone for work (I know, it's tough!). I need to be able to pick up work e-mails and documents and only the iPhone or Blackberry will do this, so I can't even consider the Android 'phones, which seem to offer a better deal. It costs £100…
renewing phone contract trouble
I'm coming to the end of my contract with orange. I have peviously paid £17.50 for 400 mins unlimited texts and 80 mb of data. I can no longer afford this plan and can only really afford £5 a month. Bearing in mind I'm happy to keep my phone, is 300 mins 300 texts and unlimited data unreasonable for £5 a month? My…
Pay as you go or contract?
I currently have a pay as you go samsung E1360 on Orange. I put between £20-£30 per month on it and I probably make 5 calls per week to uk landline (2-3 mins each time) and send approximately 20 per week. Can I get a better deal by switching to contract? Im not that bothered for a fancy phone just wondering about free…
What does '24 replacement' on O2 Business Class extra actually mean?
Can't find any further description in the T&Cs anywhere. Does it mean that you still need insurance? Trying to work out best bundle is proving quite difficult when they don't explain what half the extras actually mean!
Mobile Phone Insurance HELP
Wonder if someone can help, i recently dropped my Iphone 3gs in the toilet and its stopped working and I want to claim on my mobile phone insurance. Only problem is, i purchased the phone of Ebay about 12months ago it never came with a store receipt Can I still claim?? Regards NickH
Think I've been scammed but why does Vodafone let it happen?
This morning I received a text message from Vodafone telling me that my account was overdue and that I needed to make a payment. Now, my payment WAS due - but I had thought that a payment had already been taken via direct debit. Anyway, I called the number but it just rang once then cut off. I tried a few times but the…
iphone 2g help
hi guys I wonder if you can help me I'm trying to find someone who can repair my iphone 2g . When I turn it on( my iphone) the screen is blank , is there anyone that can repair this or have I got a iphone that dead ????? . if you can help that would be fab - thanks all :)
unlocked payg phones to buy
I keep a spare phone and top up £10 each time I need to but now considering buying a very che new phone say acatel £5 with £10 top up each time I need to top up and this eay I get a cheap phone each time. But I want to know which network is best to get so that the phone are already unlocked so when I pass the phone to…
Anybody know when Voda signal will be back up?
I know there's a problem, but their site is so slow now. Does anybody know when they're expecting this issue to be fixed? Causing me lots of probs today.
anyone use money strands app
iv got the the app but everytime i do an update it says update failed.i have had look on there site but cant see where to rectify the problem
Virgin customer deals - any good?
My wife and I are both looking for new deals and are looking at some offers we've had from Virgin. Anyone any thoughts on how they compare with best deals elsewhere which I'd get Quidco with? Blackberry Curve 8520 250 texts, 50 minutes, 1GB web £10.21 Sony Experia X8 same but 500mb web £10.21 JTC Desire unlimited texts,…
Vodafone Contracts
I'd be months off needing to do this but it's been crossing my mind since reading iPhone 5 reports of it coming this summer. Has anyone had any experience of exiting a contract early? Say i wanted to ditch my iphone4 and move to an iphone5, what is the buyout cost usually with Vodafone? Cheers! Karl

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