Keep iphone & number on new contract?

snomad

Hi there,

This may be a dumb question.

I have an iphone 4. I'm on a rolling month by month contract with Orange that I'm not tied into, having been tied in for 18 months.

I want to get my bills down.

Can I keep my existing number?
Can I use my iphone?

Thank you!

~Chameleon~

You could always get a SIM only contract. I don't know what deals Orange do but that's what I did with O2.

lindens

as above or get them to change the SIM to PAYG

grumbler

To use your iPhone on any other network you need to unlock it. Orange will charge you ~£20 and are notorious for dragging their feet for weeks if not months when doing this.

You can port your number to any other network.
>> How do I keep my mobile phone number when switching provider?

snomad

Would that mean I keep the same phone number?

Would I have to get an iphone sim?

It's so confusing.

Thanks for replying.

Frozen_up_north

snomad wrote: »

Would that mean I keep the same phone number?

Would I have to get an iphone sim?

It's so confusing.

Thanks for replying.

Yes and yes, firstly you need to have the network lock removed by Orange for your iPhone.

You are then able to port your number to another network (if that is what you want to do). You would need to obtain a suitable SIM card for the new network which will have a different number to your current number, once you have the new SIM and tested that it works, ask Orange for a PAC code (porting authorisation code) which you then pass to your new provider who will arrange for the number to be transferred to the new SIM.

snomad

Brilliant, thanks for the advice.

I'm switching. My current contract is costing me 42 a month. Ouch.

AndyPK

See if these suit.

Should be stress free.

http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/price-plans/pay-monthly/sim-only

J_B

I upgraded to a sim only contract (staying with Orange) by just phoning them up and have just done the same again on Dolphin7 £7 per month.

Don't mention iPhone as all that seems to do is double the price!!!

maybe look at your previous bills and then choose the sim only deal to match