o2 upgrade

Hellothere237

Yesterday I phone o2, as my contract is coming to an end next month, and I wanted to see what they would offer me to stay. By the end of the phone call he offered me;
iPhone 4S
800 Minutes
Unlimited weekends
Unlimited texts
20 Picture messages
500mb data/free wifi

For £37 p/m on a 24 month contract . . . which I don't think is actually to bad.

moneycheck

From the sound of things this is not a bad deal. Zero hassle approach.

Are you sure they said 800minutes as the £37pm tariff ordinarily gives 600mins.

Tony5101

I guess it's a decent deal, if you plan on using all of the allowances?
Minimum £888 over the minimum term seems quite a lot if you're not using the allowances, when you compare it with buying the phone outright and using a sim-only contract - or PAYG even.
I guess you need to try to think how happy you're going to feel paying £37 a month in 12 months time (with still 12 months ahead of you), for a phone that is probably going to be superceded by the next model within the next 6-8 months?
Food for thought...

Niv

Tony5101 wrote: »

I guess it's a decent deal, if you plan on using all of the allowances?
Minimum £888 over the minimum term seems quite a lot if you're not using the allowances, when you compare it with buying the phone outright and using a sim-only contract - or PAYG even.
I guess you need to try to think how happy you're going to feel paying £37 a month in 12 months time (with still 12 months ahead of you), for a phone that is probably going to be superceded by the next model within the next 6-8 months?
Food for thought...

Well actually £888 is probably not the minimum over the term. After 8 months you can drop down one package, then the next month another etc etc. I have done this during my 24month package with O2 and reduced to £22pm (from ~£35) which is the lowest it will allow me to go.

Niv

Tony5101

Will you be guaranteed the ability to be able to downgrade though?
I think most other networks have already stopped this, specifically to avoid people getting expensive phones on relatively expensive tariffs - then reducing their commitment after a period of time, meaning the network recoups a lot less than they had (probably) budgeted for.

Niv

Tony5101 wrote: »

will you be guaranteed the ability to be able to downgrade though?

Well as far as I know. It wasnt 'offered' to me, I just logged on to my O2 and saw that I could downgrade after 8 months with no implications (i.e it does not restart a min contract period etc). I think it is mentioned in the T's and C's and assume these are standard.

Niv

Tony5101

It's a lot better deal if you can downgrade - but I don't think I personally would want to take out an expensive contract based on the potential of downgrading at a future point. Maybe I'm just over-cautious though

Niv

Tony5101 wrote: »

It's a lot better deal if you can downgrade - but I don't think I personally would want to take out an expensive contract based on the potential of downgrading at a future point. Maybe I'm just over-cautious though

Well Like I said, I think its in the standard T's and C's so it could be checked before anything is signed up to.

However I agree, I would not sign up with the intenion to downgrade if i did not know if I could.

Niv

grumbler

Niv wrote: »

After 8 months you can drop down one package, then the next month another etc etc.

This is incorrect. The latest development was that you could downgrade one step only once in the second half of the min term. However, I am not sure if even this is still allowed in new contracts.

Niv

grumbler wrote: »

This is incorrect. The latest development was that you could downgrade one step only once in the second half of the min term. However, I am not sure if even this is still allowed in new contracts.

Fair enough. I stand corrected. I will keep an eye out when I upgrade! :cool:

N9eav

I just upgraded with O2. (they have the only network that works at my house)

£37 a month for a 12 month contract and an shiney new i-phone 4s. I did pay £165 for the phone up front. But 12 months is better in a way as i-phones only have a 12 month warantee if I am not mistaken?

The i-phone is amazing and I am sure in 12 months I will want the next one out...