mobile phone battered and 3 months to go on contract

thepeted

Hi,

Wondered if anyone can suggest the best solution to my situation:

I'm currently 9months in to my 12 month Orange contract, and my crappy phone is battered almost beyond use! I can't really go down the waranty route, as the damage to the phone is certainly down to my own 'neglect'.
Orange say I can buy the emergency care at £30 plus £5/mo for a minimum of 12 months, or the end of my contract (whichever comes sooner).

Orange's suggestion is OK, but I want a different handset and I'm tempted to start a new contract with someone else and try and wind down my old contract by moving on the cheapest possible tarif.

However, I'm wondering whether I can blag orange in to an early, free upgrade to a swanky phone. I manage this when my contract is up each year by quoting a better package than their upgrade offer and threatening to leave. Does anyone have any experience of my circumstance and what did you do?

Pete

bamberbamboo

Hi thepeted,

if your not really worried about the phone and just want to wait and finish your contract then get a new phone with contract you could get the Nokia 1100 £17.99 delivered as in the below post,

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=123358

smcicr

depending on your history with orange (length of time, size of regular spend etc) you might be able to get an early upgrade. however, i think it would be the exception rather than the rule.

you could as you say transfer to a low tariff with orange and start up elsewhere but i guess the cheapest way out is to either pick up a really cheap handset for around £20 or so (as in the post above) or find a friend with an old handset they'll loan you for the three months.