Nokia N95 - best deals?

emweaver

do you get charged for planning a journey with the phone then?

i hope not as ive been trying it our for over an hr!

Ricky_Otto

Thanks to everyone on this thread for their input so far, very interesting.

Was wondering if anyone had any advice for me, I've been with Orange for over 6 years and my current 12 month contract runs out next week.

I spend an average of £36 a month, £6 over my current £30 pm tariff. I need more than 500 texts, ideally unlimited, but not as many as 200 minutes.

I want the n95 as an upgrade phone, am willing to upgrade my contract to a £35 tariff as well.

Orange have already tried twice to get me to take a Samsung and a new tariff with no upgrade phone and I didn't like either offer so asked by post for my PAC. They have now texted a number I should call them on.

When I call back what do you think my chances are on getting the N95 free?

Should I wait til Friday as thats when someone earlier said Nokia are making it free?

Thanks for any help guys!

peterstannard

emweaver wrote: »

do you get charged for planning a journey with the phone then?

i hope not as ive been trying it our for over an hr!

Nope the only part of the Maps part of the N95 that costs is the voice navigation and downloading the maps using your phone (data costs). The downloading of maps can be done via you PC/USB at no cost though.

emweaver

you pay to download or use the voice navigation?

i did try to download it but it didnt work. good job to if your charged for it

emweaver

Ricky_Otto wrote: »

Thanks to everyone on this thread for their input so far, very interesting.

Was wondering if anyone had any advice for me, I've been with Orange for over 6 years and my current 12 month contract runs out next week.

I spend an average of £36 a month, £6 over my current £30 pm tariff. I need more than 500 texts, ideally unlimited, but not as many as 200 minutes.

I want the n95 as an upgrade phone, am willing to upgrade my contract to a £35 tariff as well.

Orange have already tried twice to get me to take a Samsung and a new tariff with no upgrade phone and I didn't like either offer so asked by post for my PAC. They have now texted a number I should call them on.

When I call back what do you think my chances are on getting the N95 free?

Should I wait til Friday as thats when someone earlier said Nokia are making it free?

Thanks for any help guys!

Phone for you are giving n95 free on 18mth orange contracts, £35 mth for 500 mins and unlimited texts plus 3 mths 1/2 price line rental http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_contract_details.asp?ItemKey=160711&MPItemKey=166840


If you want to keep your existing number you could try telling them that o2 are giving the phone for free on all £35 mth tariffs, but youd rather stay with them. Ask if they can match the deal or you will switch to o2. May work. If it doesnt work 1st time keep trying n trying, I had to ring 02 about 10 times before i got a decent upgrade with this phone

Ricky_Otto

Cheers, thats great info, may well use that in negotiations!

Anyone else?

rachelandgromit

You have to pay for the voice navigation system, think its about £40ish, I wasn't told this at o2 though

emweaver

http://shop.carphonewarehouse.com/pay-monthly/nokia/n95-graphite/
carphone warehouse also offering the same deal with orange

emweaver

rachelandgromit wrote: »

You have to pay for the voice navigation system, think its about £40ish, I wasn't told this at o2 though

ouch thats a lot! do they charge u on ur monthly bill? so glad it didnt download now!

Kerr_Avon_2

There's an excellent site that tells you how to download the maps via your PC and upload them to the phone for free and - just as important - how to switch off the option that allows your phone to download the maps directly over your phone's data connection while you are using the GPS - thus avoiding the risk of accidentally running up huge data transfer codes.

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OK, I'm at work and can't find it right now, but I'll post it in a wee while when I get home.