Really early upgrade

Hitman47

Afternoon all,

I just wanted to know if I could upgrade my phone (on Vodafone) earlier than my upgrade date?

I am happy with Vodafone but dropped my mobile today and is FUBAR!!!!so I'm in desperate need of a new device. Also need some more minutes. I don't mind (but would prefer to keep my monthly bills the same our less) paying a little more monthly in order to get it sorted.

If this isnt possible than can anyone come up with other options.

Cheers

No47

Thomas_Hardy

How early is "really early"? If you are a little short of the date and wanting to spend more money they may help, if you're a year out it is pretty unlikely.

Herongull

Why not just buy a sim only or PAYG phone?

Great android phones start at around £50 and extremely nice ones start at around £75.

If you get an early upgrade, the total monthly payments (over 24 months) will work out massively more than this.:eek:

When your current contract expires just go PAYG (free or very cheap). Also avoids the stress, hassle and financial risk of contract phones.

Or if you are a heavy user consider sim only. With cashback, these can work out at around £4 per month.

You can then afford have a lovely holiday or buy something you really want with all the savings you will be making.:beer:

mattyprice4004

Buy a cheap phone from AVForums - I paid £100 for my iPhone 4.

Hitman47

Thomas_Hardy wrote: »

How early is "really early"? If you are a little short of the date and wanting to spend more money they may help, if you're a year out it is pretty unlikely.

My online date is 18th July.

Im sure I have read / heard something somewhere that sometimes the online team can sort thinks like this out. Anyone had any experience?

No47

mije1983

If you can buy a cheap PAYG or sim free phone to last you the next 4 months, as said above, you will be in a much better position to negotiate your upgrade in July.

If they let you upgrade now you probably won't be offered anything other than the standard deals. As you are tied in for another 4/5 months, they have no real incentive to give you a good deal.

SandLake

I had (or thought I had) a similar problem and discovered that I had a 24 month warranty with Vodaphone because of my 24 month contract, they have now fixed my phone but would have replaced it if necessary.

I only found this out when I phoned to find out how much it would cost to buy out my existing contract, I have about £100 still to pay until the end of the contract and they quoted me about £80 to pay it off now.

diamonds

So minus VAT then^

mysk_girl

I wanted to upgrade 4 months early last year for pretty much the same reason. As I was going for an expensive phone (iPhone 4S) and a £32/month contract, Vodafonr let me buy out the remainder of my contract for £10.

Ask the people on the phones, the shops can't help with this, I don't think.

diamonds

Shops are sales and upgrades only with Vodafone staff. Retentions are third party company and flex more.

Vodafone

Hi No47,

Thanks for making me aware of this.

To enable us to look at your options closer could you email me with your details via the link in our profile here?

All you need to do is copy and paste the link into your web browser and it will take you to the Contact us form on our website.

To ensure that it reaches me could you also quote the code WRT135 - MSE in the subject line and once our automated reply arrives update the thread with your email reference number and I'll get back to you as soon as possible?

Kind regards,

Lee

Web Relations Team

Vodafone UK