Not sure what to do - upgrade due - best deal?

jemclajess

Hi,
I hope someone can help!!
I currently have the Blackberry Bold 9700 and have had a lot of problems with it and really don't rate it compared to my old phone the Iphone 3G!! I am on a 24 month £25 a month contract with Orange and am due for an upgrade (contract finishes in February) on Sunday 13th. I have been looking around at new phones and for the same sort of budget I think I might settle for the new Nokia Lumia, although at first I thought I might like the Samsung Galaxy S2 unfortunately it is too expensive and too big for me.
I have seen a £26 month deal with Carphone Warehouse for the Nokia with Orange which I get 200 minutes, unlimited texts and 750gb internet and this is fine for me. I went into Orange today to ask them about this deal but they won't be able to do this deal and so I asked them about finishing my current contract before I take out another one with Carphone Warehouse so that I can keep my current number and they said that I didn't have to do this as I can go into Carphone Warehouse when the phone is released and ask them for an upgrade as I will be eligible on the 16th when it is released and so I will be able to keep my number and not then have to pay £75 to pay off my existing contract. I use Quidco and they offer £50 cashback at the moment for pre-ordering the Nokia Lumia but if I do this online then I assume I won't be able to 'upgrade' my current contract to this phone and will then have to pay £75 to Orange to finish my current one. I really can't decide what to do and if there are any better offers/deals.
If anyone can understand what I'm going on about I would be really grateful if anyone has any advice for me.
Many thanks in advance....

grumbler

jemclajess wrote: »

I really can't decide what to do and if there are any better offers/deals.

I think you can perfectly survive with your current phone for 3 months. Then use http://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/brands/nokia/lumia-800-black/ or similar websites to find the best deal for you as a new customer. If it will be Orange again, port your number via another network PAYG sim. I think generally deals for new customers are better than for upgrading ones.

esuhl

jemclajess wrote: »

I am on a 24 month £25 a month contract with Orange... I have seen a £26 month deal with Carphone Warehouse...

I use Quidco and they offer £50 cashback at the moment for pre-ordering the Nokia Lumia but if I do this online then I assume I won't be able to 'upgrade' my current contract to this phone and will then have to pay £75 to Orange to finish my current one...

If anyone can understand what I'm going on about I would be really grateful if anyone has any advice for me.

Yeah - I don't think you could do an upgrade via Quidco; I'm fairly sure that you would need to be seen as a "new customer" to get the Quidco discount.

Anyway, you're currently paying (24 months x £25 £600 line rental for the two years, right?

I know it's radically different to what you asked for, but you can get the (admittedly basic) Samsung E1170 for £4.89, then the O2 SIM only 12-month deal (300 mins + unlimited texts) for £10.50/month with £100 cashback via Quidco. Adding in the cost of the phone and assuming that you can get an identical deal next year, that's a total cost of £56.89 over two years (or £2.37 a month).

So... is it worth spending an extra £543.11 just to have a Nokia Lumia instead...? You could buy a pretty good laptop (or a few hundred pints of beer!) with the money you'll save.