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Tesco Mobile Early Upgrade Fee

hgotsparkle
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Basically, I've had an iPhone 4 since they first came out, and ever since I've just gone onto a sim only contract, keeping the phone. The phone is now basically so slow, its redundant.
I reall fancy a Samsung Galaxy s5 but when I checked with Tesco Mobile, I can't upgrade until June 2015, and the early fee is £120!
I checked this by going on their online chat. If I phoned up, do you think I could get the price down? What could I use? Would loyalty be a good starting point? I've been with them roughly 4 years.
What do I say to them?!?!?
I reall fancy a Samsung Galaxy s5 but when I checked with Tesco Mobile, I can't upgrade until June 2015, and the early fee is £120!
I checked this by going on their online chat. If I phoned up, do you think I could get the price down? What could I use? Would loyalty be a good starting point? I've been with them roughly 4 years.
What do I say to them?!?!?
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hgotsparkle wrote: »Basically, I've had an iPhone 4 since they first came out, and ever since I've just gone onto a sim only contract, keeping the phone. The phone is now basically so slow, its redundant.
I reall fancy a Samsung Galaxy s5 but when I checked with Tesco Mobile, I can't upgrade until June 2015, and the early fee is £120!
I checked this by going on their online chat. If I phoned up, do you think I could get the price down? What could I use? Would loyalty be a good starting point? I've been with them roughly 4 years.
What do I say to them?!?!?
Tell them this:
Basically, I've had an iPhone 4 since they first came out, and ever since I've just gone onto a sim only contract, keeping the phone. The phone is now basically so slow, its redundant.
I really fancy a Samsung Galaxy s5 but when I checked online chat, I can't upgrade until June 2015, and the early fee is £120!
Do you think I could get the price down? I've been with you roughly 4 years.0 -
hgotsparkle wrote: »What do I say to them?!?!?
You are tied in a sim-only contract with a minimum term. If you wanted to be able to upgrade at any time you should have used a one-month rolling contract that would have been more expensive.
BTW, a contract isn't necessarily the cheapest way (in terms of the total cost) of getting a new phone.0 -
I agree with horsepills
What's the harm in trying - you are offering to sign up for 24 months and pay more! Try if that is what you are after (or consider buying outright/using a 0% card etc etc).
On the other hand you could do 'nothing' and listen to what other people tell you you SHOULD do!!!
I do love this friendly forum0 -
You could buy a new phone and stick your current sim in it. If a S5 is too pricy there are cheaper options, that will still be quite a bit faster than an iphone 4.0
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hgotsparkle wrote: »Basically, I've had an iPhone 4 since they first came out, and ever since I've just gone onto a sim only contract, keeping the phone. The phone is now basically so slow, its redundant.
What a world we live in that a top end phone costing over £500 is considered redundant only four years after its launch. The Men Who Made Us Spend (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01zxmrv) would be proud.0 -
Why not this from Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TTsims-M6-Capacitive-Processor-Unlocked-Dark-Blue/dp/B00MNJ92K0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416340998&sr=8-1&keywords=Cheap+smartphoneThere will be no Brexit dividend for Britain.0
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