HTC Hero Best Plan

one_tjc

omnipotentstudenttype wrote: »

I went for an identical Vodafone contract with minutes/texts/internet to LooieENG through mobilephonesdirect (except the hero was in white not brown). Fantastic service.

And just out of curiosity: does the wifi count towards the 500mb data limit? If it doesn't then if you can get to a wifi spot it would make sense to use that instead of the 3G, you'll use a lot less of the allowance.


I've had my Hero for about a week now and hands down is the best phone I've had, you'll love it. Good luck with your choice!

Thanks for the suggestions! Very keen on the white one however the plan you mention is on a 24 month contract (not 18) which makes it quite abit more expensive

Or have I missed something?

ps. wifi data definitely does not count towards your allowance.

System

one_tjc wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestions! Very keen on the white one however the plan you mention is on a 24 month contract (not 18) which makes it quite abit more expensive

Or have I missed something?

ps. wifi data definitely does not count towards your allowance.

There's a plan for 18 months at £29.36 per month

Can't post a link, but if you click on the HTC hero, then next to contract there's a dropdown box and you can choose 18 months

Fork86

LooieENG wrote: »

Guess I didn't do enough research! I would've liked the white phone lol. I think it has that screen coating to prevent smudges doesn't it?

Also, I'm pretty sure WiFi doesn't count towards the 500mb.

Best phone I've ever had as well :beer:

I think there's a bit of confusion regarding the teflon coated back and the oleophobic screen. All colours have the smudge resistant oleophobic screen, but only the white and orange graphite hero's contain the teflon coated casing. The black and unlocked brown hero's are just smooth plastic.

one_tjc

LooieENG wrote: »

There's a plan for 18 months at £29.36 per month

Can't post a link, but if you click on the HTC hero, then next to contract there's a dropdown box and you can choose 18 months

Doesn't quite equal £25 a month though (as with the mobiles.co.uk)?

System

Fork86 wrote: »

I think there's a bit of confusion regarding the teflon coated back and the oleophobic screen. All colours have the smudge resistant oleophobic screen, but only the white and orange graphite hero's contain the teflon coated casing. The black and unlocked brown hero's are just smooth plastic.

Hmm, mine feels like it has that. Kinda like a rubbery feel to it? It doesn't seem like plastic anyway (it's different to the front of the phone).

one_tjc wrote: »

Doesn't quite equal £25 a month though (as with the mobiles.co.uk)?

Well, on mobiles.co.uk it's £30 per month, but you get 6 months half price. The way it works though, is you send a bill off every 3 months, and they give you the money back. From checking the internet before I ordered it, I saw quite a few people have reported problems with this, but I haven't tried it yet as I've only had the phone a few days now so I'm not sure.

Fork86

LooieENG wrote: »

Hmm, mine feels like it has that. Kinda like a rubbery feel to it? It doesn't seem like plastic anyway

My bad, the brown is the same as the graphite from orange.

squirreleater

Fork86 wrote: »

I think there's a bit of confusion regarding the teflon coated back and the oleophobic screen. All colours have the smudge resistant oleophobic screen, but only the white and orange graphite hero's contain the teflon coated casing. The black and unlocked brown hero's are just smooth plastic.

My Black G2 touch ( Tmobile branded hero) is teflon, certainly not smooth plastic like my Touch HD.

System

Fork86 wrote: »

My bad, the brown is the same as the graphite from orange.

Could it be the other way round, as my screen gets smudged very easily

dinglebert

Also thinking about this phone but looking to get an ipod touch thrown in as well. Couldn't decide between the Hero and Iphone then thought kill two birds with one stone.

Best deal I can find is with buymobilephone for

black G2 (tmobile branded hero)
16gb Ipod touch
Combi 30 web and walk = 700 minutes, unlimited texts and 3gb usage.

cost is £80 upfront and £34.25 monthly 18 month contract.

Anyone found anything better?

Fork86

They must have given all models a teflon coating for Britain, because the US ones are totally diff.
As for the screen. All Oleophobic screens will pick up fingerprints, but they are much easier to remove with wiping, and won't smudge like conventional mobile screens, hence smudge resistant.