T-Mobile to drop Combi and Flext tariffs

secretmsg

According to Mobile magazine, T-Mobile will be dropping their Combi and Flext tariffs next month. All 12 months plans will also be dropped,The tariffs will be replaced by a new portfolio of pay monthly and Sim-only tariffs..


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http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/News_Special/T-Mobile_refreshes_consumer_price_plans/T-Mobile_refreshes_consumer_price_plans.aspx?cid=63532

OneADay

Jolly good - one less network to use!

greyster

nearly 70% of market now is 24 month plans.

It actually isnt the networks fault in this case. The market every year is going more and more smartphones. Smartphones are hundreds of pounds... the mobile network either needs to offer you a phone on a 12 month contract equating to £60-80 for a bog standard tariff and a decent smartphone or spread it out over 24 months. Look at how long the iphone contracts are for and look at what phones are coming onto the market.... loads of andriod multi-hundred pound handsets and nokia's latest range.

18 month contract offers will get smaller and smaller as well as the networks can't make deals look competitive for 18 month smart phone offers. Don't get me wrong HTC are churning out good value handsets at the moment on 18 month plans but as their brand increases and the phones evolve, i can see them being on 24 months as well. And for the phones that do stay on 18 months, don't expect them to be free.

Anticipated market share for smartphones 2010: 50%

I think phone insurance will be become more popular also with these 24 month plans.....

dolphinstwins

Glad I'm moving contracts, but I liked the original concept of the Flext plan giving you an allowance to spend how you wished, especially as my usage varied and one month I may spend 200mins on calls and 50 texts yet following month visa versa.

Are they still looking to merge with Orange as last I heard they were - could this be a reason for reducing their contract types?

greyster

dolphinstwins wrote: »

Glad I'm moving contracts, but I liked the original concept of the Flext plan giving you an allowance to spend how you wished, especially as my usage varied and one month I may spend 200mins on calls and 50 texts yet following month visa versa.

Are they still looking to merge with Orange as last I heard they were - could this be a reason for reducing their contract types?

yes, they officially applied to european regulators last week. They still have to be competitive though, they won't bring out crappy tariffs. As long as they aren't named after animals I'll beok with it.

pacman_2

My wife has just started an 18 mth Flext 40 contract. Selling point was intnl calls included, unlimited internet plus calls to 08 numbers. Will the original terms still apply even if they withdraw these plans?

Exemplar

Pacman, they should keep you on the said tariff. If they do not they will have substantially changed the contract and you should be able to break the contract over the phone.

LeeSouthEast

Have you noticed instead how the competition is hotting up in the SIM Only market? This is the real route of the future I think, much like the US. Get a plan, bring your own hardware.

Suits me!

southernguy_2

Lee

Think you are spot on there

Plus point is you get a plan more sorted to your needs

Minus point have to lump out a lot of money to buy the hardware

But also suits me as well

secretmsg

T-Mobile has pulled its Combi, Flext and U-Fix tariffs and introduced a new portfolio of flexible ‘pay monthly’ tariffs.

The new tariffs are backed by upfront commission payments for third-party dealers that enable them to match the value T-Mobile affords customers via its direct channels.

T-Mobile national sales manager for independent partners John Fannon said: “The new tariffs are like a Chinese menu – it’s very easy to choose what you want... The greatest thing is the flexibility.”

The new 18 and 24-month deals are available from February 1.
Customers can select a free ‘booster’ from a range of bolt-ons as part of their contract, and choose further booster options from £5 per month.
Boosters include unlimited texts, unlimited UK fixed line calls, interent access to 1GB of data per month, plus various international calling bundles. They can be chopped and changed each month.

Tariffs range from 100 minutes and 100 texts for £15 per month to 1,200 minutes and 500 texts for £35 a month. Customers will pay £5 more for 18-month tariffs than 24-month deals allowing equivalent monthly airtime.
T-Mobile is also dropping its ‘Solo’ SIM-only brand from March 1 for a range of ‘SIM-only’-branded propositions at new pricepoints. Rolling one-month deals start at £10 per month for 100 minutes and 100 texts, and rise to £25 per month for 900 minutes and 500 texts.

Twelve-month SIM-only deals allow 600 minutes and 500 texts for £15 a month, and rise to 1,200 minutes and 500 texts for £25 per month. All unlimited text bundles have been removed.

SIM-only customers also get to select a free booster, and opt in for further bundles at £5 a go.

Existing Solo plans (affording 300 minutes and unlimited texts for £15 a month, 600 minutes and unlimited texts for £20 a month and 800 minutes and unlimited texts for £25 a month) are available until March 1.

http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/News/404128/tmobiles_takeaway_tariff_menu.html

matrix999

Looking for advice....

Does anyone know if T-Mobile will allow customers to remin on their existing sim only fixed tariff, £15 per month 300 mins and unlimited texts after the changes take place on 1 March 2010???