Great deal now which phone?

MoneyGypsy

Having just been the lucky recipient of on of the t-mobile £7.50 deals over the weekend I now need to find a phone. I have had my old on for about 4 years and it isn't up to the task anymore.

The new t-mobile deal includes 3gb internet so I would like one that I can use that with and that isn't too slow. I'd like to buy it 2nd hand on e-bay.

Since technology has moved on since the last time I was looking for a phone I'm not really sure what I need. Is a smartphone the same as a phone with internet? I'd also like it to have a touch screen.

Any suggestions gratefully accepted.

owitemisermusa

A lot of folks here and on the interweb have been raving about the Orange San Francisco. Can be bought for about £109 (also student/NHS/council discount) and unlocked for about 99p (ebay).

Considering it myself....

Lucky you, I missed out on the £7.50 deal!

rsvtoddy

Another vote for the Orange San Francisco - and if you are an Orange PAYG customer already you will get £30 off.

Have one coming tomorrow to go with the TMobile sim deal as well - can't wait!

robbies_gal

just be careful on ebay

if youre used to it and know wot youre doing fine but theres alot of dodgy fake handsets going about

check all past fb on the seller how long theyve been a registrered user wot country theyre from etc

if it seems to good to be true it probably is

owitemisermusa

gabbyevs wrote: »

just be careful on ebay

if youre used to it and know wot youre doing fine but theres alot of dodgy fake handsets going about

check all past fb on the seller how long theyve been a registrered user wot country theyre from etc

if it seems to good to be true it probably is

+1 Stung on ebay meself. Bought a phone that was older than advertised. Not a biggy in itself but hey, who likes being cheated?.

BTW, Paypal were not interested, went out of their way to be unreasonable.

MoneyGypsy

Thanks folks.

For a year and a half now I've tried to buy no new stuff (all 2nd hand) for environmental reasons so ebay has been my friend in that respect, but I'll be careful if I decide to to that route.

I will check out this Orange San Fran mobile.