Cheapest iPhone discussion

Exhortation

If you have "personal possessions" or "away from home" cover on your house insurance he just needs a crime/incident number from the police and he can claim for a new phone on your policy. There'll be an excess to pay but it'll be a lot cheaper than buying a new iphone.

Exhortation

LydzT wrote: »

Hi, I've come to the end of my Orange contract and would like to go for the iphone 4 32GB on an 18mth contract.

I called the upgrade team yesterday and they offered me the phone at the regular price of 319 pounds on a 35 pounds/mth contract with 10% off the monthly bill. I've been with Orange for 10yrs, and am not really impressed with their offer (considering I used to get 2000 free loyalty minutes and was entitled to 10% off the monthly bills anyway as an NHS employee). They even refused to throw in any photomessaging or other bait!

When I went to the shop, they said Orange no longer does unlimited internet access (on their website they still advertise unlimited internet but with 750 MB fair usage policy).

Should I cut my losses with Orange and go with a different provider? Another point to consider is I may not be in the country after 1yr so I definitely don't want a 24mth contract.

Thanks for your help!

L

If you're not going to be in the UK beyond this point next year and providing you get good coverage with O2, I'd be looking at a 12-month contract with Tesco if I were you. I don't think the prices will be that much different to what Orange have quoted you, to be honest.

wayne77

Will o2 give me any discount/trade in allowance for my Nokia N95,on an iphone4 ?

gjchester

LydzT wrote: »

I've been with Orange for 10yrs, and am not really impressed with their offer (considering I used to get 2000 free loyalty minutes and was entitled to 10% off the monthly bills anyway as an NHS employee). They even refused to throw in any photomessaging or other bait!

iPhone is selling so well they don't need to throw in any "bait". The prices and plans are pretty similar across all networks so it's not like moving will geive you a great deal unless you move to Three.

Loyalty counts for little these days unless your a high spender, and £35 a month isn't really..

ANNEGEDDES

Due to upgarde with orange been offered
24 mth contract
335 month

400 min
unlim texts
750mgb
3gb wifi
50 photo mess
orange sat nav
paying £119 for 16gb phone
219 for 32

To me this does not seem great. I have been with orange for well over 10 yrs and understand everyone wants the i phones so they dont need to do much but what do you guys think?? is there a better deal I should hold out for or go through to retentions and quote??

ideally would like not to pay for it and a 18mth contract

cheers

Exhortation

Not paying upfront for the phone on an 18 month contract I doubt you'll get anything less than £40-45 a month. A 16gb iPhone 4 at a cost of £499 works out at £27.75 a month alone over that period.

oliverr

wayne77 wrote: »

Will o2 give me any discount/trade in allowance for my Nokia N95,on an iphone4 ?

Your best bet is to sell the Nokia on something like Mazuma Mobile or Enviro phone and get the cash towards a new iphone

ANNEGEDDES

thanks, i suppose I could get my head around paying for the phone its just because there have always been free upgrades! but really dont like 24mth contract, tech changes so much dont waant to be stuck with a phone for ages had this one (SE C905) for 18mth now need a change!

head2head83

head2head83 wrote: »

I'm pretty happy with my decision to go sim free on an IPhone 4. The upfront costs are high, but I'm able to go onto a £15 a month simplicity tarriff over 12 months that will suit me fine. Compared to £35 a month for 18 months and £220 for the phone, I'm saving a fair bit!

Add to that the fact I can upgraded as soon as something new comes along, I'm pretty pleased.

Might be worth a look if you can stump up the cash up front.

Feeling even better about it now I've signed up for £10 a month 12 month contract with T Mobile (600 mins, 500 texts, 3gb data and unlimited landlines). Worrying about coverage now but we'll see when it turns up .

tyronealan

evilsheep wrote: »

I'm in a very similar situation. I also have a 3G (16GB), which is running rather infuriatingly slowly, although iOS 4.1 was a HUGE improvement on speed from iOS4. I've just bought one outright from the Apple store online (using cashbank link from Quidco) and am impatiently awaiting its delivery.

I'm currently on the old SIMplicity £20pcm rolling 1 month contract, which I want to keep as (as far as I know) I still get the text benefits (MMS=4 x SMS, Text send from abroad = 4 x home SMS etc, or whatever it is), so I called O2 to ask what I do. They told me all I need to do is call into an O2 store and ask for a microsim, they'll punch the relevant details into a computer, and Robert's your mother's brother. However, they also said on the phone that I couldn't buy an iPhone outright through O2 (what's a PAYG handset then?).

What I'll probably end up doing is very carefully cutting my current SIM (there are a plethora of guides online on how to do this), just in case O2 make some sort of error and put me on to the new SIMplicity terms.

Hi i'm in the same situation living close to the border with the irish republic i need to keep the four to one text option for international texts so would be very interested to know how you get on. thanks