N97 on a 12 mth contract. am i missing something

folkestonelisa

My son is after the N97 and we have agreed to go halves with him. so ive searched around and found it on vodafone on a 12 month contract, compared to 24 months with vodafone, with dialaphone.

You get 600 mins unlimted texts as well as unlimited mobile internet all for £45 and you have to pay £20 for the phone.

this sounds a gret deal but i feel as if its too cheap and im missing something?

http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/aw1/search.aspx?product=Nokia_N97&network=vodafone&term=12&dataallowance=-1,999999&downloadspeed=0,0&rowqty=10&sortkey=1&order=1&page=1

NickAJ

12 x £45 = £ 540 + £ 20 for the phone = £ 560

Vodafone sim only 600 mins unlimited texts £ 15 / mth = £ 180.

If you can buy the phone for under £ 380 it's not a good deal, but as they are £450 plus............................

fatboy88

That is really cheap, i cant see anything wrong with the site from what i can see but it may be an error on the site

redkitty_3

That *is* a really good deal - I was going to get it myself last week, but then I noticed that Dialaphone don't let you take your existing number over to Vodafone... I don't know why - maybe it's worth calling them to ask as it's a freephone number? Not sure if that's a dealbreaker for you, but it was for me..

Oh and 'unlimited internet' means no more than 500MB a month, or you will be charged. It's still a fair bit though, unless you'll be viewing lots of Youtube videos

I still think it's better to pay £40/45 a month for a good deal like this for 12 months than be locked into an 18 month contract though

fatboy88

I may PAC code my number to PAYG and then back to this deal

Jon_01

fatboy88 wrote: »

I may PAC code my number to PAYG and then back to this deal

Just remember with Voda you can only port in at the point you start the contract, they won't let you afterwords...

folkestonelisa

We were going to go for the 24 month contract with vodafone as he has a 30 day sim deal with them. But id prefer a 12 month as it means i get to stop paying in 12 months when hes 18:j rather then 19.

Thanks for all the help.

iceburn

I think phones4u at least instore have it for £35 for white colour at the moment.

underlay_guru

Sounds like a bum deal to me. Who on earth pays £45 a month for a mobile phone??!
Anyway, I think I think you have got the deal wrong.

It is UNLIMITED TEXTS ONLY, or...
UNLIMITED INTERNET and 250 texts per month.

Do their prices include VAT? I would double check this!

Another thing I have noticed: In order to buy a contract phone from Dial-A-Phone, you must agree to purchase their insurance at £6.99 per month, and their product support at £17.58 per 6 months.

Obviously, you are just paying for the phone...You can get better deals than this in the shops, on better phones!!

What about this one?

http://threestore.three.co.uk/dealsummary.aspx?offercode=18UT20D119

...you get the latest Nokia E63 phone with unlimited texts, internet, 3 to 3 calls and skype calls! If he wants the phone for videos/music etc...buy him an IPOD!!!!

PotatoPotato

Wow that is a good deal.
Plus Nokia N97 - Available for £19.95!
Nokia N97 Available today for £19.95!

---Plus Unlimited Text MessagesWith this great deal you will also be entitled to send unlimited* text messages to standard UK mobiles absolutely free!
*subject to a fair usage policy of 3000 texts per month.

---Plus Unlimited Mobile Internet

All for £45 per month?

If you do go for this offer, remember to cancel all the additional add ons.
(Unless you want the insurance)

Such as the "Gadget helpline support" for £17.58 for every 6 months
Then their insurance of £7 per month.

(I hate it when they add stuff on, so you have to phone up and cancel it, so sneaky :mad:)

jeffmasson

i looked at this deal but the unlimited internet thing !!!!ed me off how the hell can they charge after the first 500mb if its unlimited :mad: or has the meaning of the word changed? Rant over

Check out 3 PAYG as the phone is only £366