HTC Desire - best deals I've found

RockOnZombies

How does this sound,

Orange Dolphin 25 through mobiles.co.uk
300 mins
ultd text
500mb data.
24 month contract
with half price line rental redemption (if it works) and quidco (which usually works for me) effective cost is around £15 a month.

Does that sound ok, this is my first foray into the world of personal contract and smart phones. Work's taking my mobile away to save costs and using a pool mobile between our team.

cheers
R.O.Z

daindian

well if you remember to redeem its good but otherwise its terrible and you can get 600 mins unltd texts and unltd 3gb net from t mobile for the same price

yaddayadda

RockOnZombies wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Been looking at a HTC Desire from mobiles.co.uk does this seem like a good deal.

... It says 15 months half price line rental by redemption (do these things actually work) and £50 from quidco making effective cost somewhere between £12 and £15 a month. Obviously I can afford the £25 a month normal price if the redemption thing doesnt work.

cheers
R.O.Z

I've used redemptions for my last 4-5 phones over the last 7-8 years and I've only ever missed one redemption period - this was my own fault. If you make sure you read and note their T&C then you can't go wrong really! Make sure it's from a reputable seller though, which this one is.

ChrisA

Just phoned buymobilephones.net and they still have no clue when they are getting stock in from T-Mobile, couldn't give me any information whatsoever.. :mad: Been waiting since 22nd June.

zakwilcox

zakwilcox wrote: »

• O2 Simplicity Smartphone 12 months with the (Top)cashback deal much-mentioned in this thread (topcashback.co.uk/o2/)

Should point out that as of either yesterday or today TopCashBack have stopped advertising the £100 O2 12month >=£15 offer -- they're now advertising just £25 off. Not sure exactly when it ended because they also say "Cashback rates are subject to change, both up and down. From time to time the information displayed here may be out of date."

Hope I ordered in time The offer seems to come and go though -- just look at the longevity of the dedicated thread at forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1833075

Zak

edmund_blackadder

pad101 wrote: »

They seem to be the only retailer with stock at the moment. However their deals aren't the greatest.

But they are offering the Desire for free on an 18 month contract with 300 mins, unlimited texts but no internet.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but surely I can either:

a) Phone up and attempt to haggle to get the 3g, which is supposedly free for all Android phones

or b) If the worst happens simply switch my Free Booster from unlimited texts (which I assume will revert to 300 texts) to unlimited internet.

Does this seem plausible?

Anyone know if this could work???

Freedomfighter_2001

edmund_blackadder wrote: »

Anyone know if this could work???

This is exactly what I will be doing once I get my phone through from BuyMobilePhones.net

edmund_blackadder

Freedomfighter_2001 wrote: »

This is exactly what I will be doing once I get my phone through from BuyMobilePhones.net

But the one's from Buymobilephones.net already come with the Internet usage included, don't they? The specific contract that pad101 was talking about comes with no internet usage included at all ... but then he plans to attempt so switch the boosters over at a later date.

edmund_blackadder

OK, using the online chat thing with a rep from mobilephonesdirect:



Please wait. A representative will be with you shortly.
Elsie says:
Hello ****. My name is Elsie how can I help you?
Elsie says:
Hello ****. My name is Elsie how can I help you?
**** says:
I was just wondering if you currently have the HTC Desire in stock?
Elsie says:
We do
Elsie says:
If you order before 4pm should be with you by tomorrow
**** says:
Are there plenty left?
Elsie says:
(providing credit checks go through okay)
Elsie says:
This morning we had 113
Elsie says:
baring in mind, they are very popular and we have had lots of requests going through
**** says:
OK. Thanks. I do have another question ...
Elsie says:
Ok
**** says:
If I ordered the T-Mobile £25 (18 months) for the HTC Desire, i notice that it doesn't come with unlimited internet but instead comes with unlimited texts .... I am not really interested in texts. is this something I could swap over (I.e can I change my free booster from texts to internet?)
Elsie says:
after 30 days you can alter the free booster with Tmobile
**** says:
Thanks that's very useful. If I did that would I end up with no free texts at all?
Elsie says:
you would get 500 texts
**** says:
excellent.
**** says:
Thank you very much!
Elsie says:
No problem

mrnomoneybags

Does anybody have a link for the terms and conditions that shows the 3gb allowance for android phones?

thanks