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phone contract whilst buying house - really panicking
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Personally I don't understand the whole upgrade your phone every year, it may have been worth it during the first 5/10 years of the smart phone but these days hardly anything changes between models.1
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deannagone said:I decided to not upgrade my phone this year, first time ever lol, because I didn't want to commit to yet another high bill with everything else going up and new phones (bit of a gadget fiend) are all very expensive, unreasonably so in my opinion lol. In your case, just get a replacement sim card for the old phone you have and continue the contract.0
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MaryNB said:deannagone said:I decided to not upgrade my phone this year, first time ever lol, because I didn't want to commit to yet another high bill with everything else going up and new phones (bit of a gadget fiend) are all very expensive, unreasonably so in my opinion lol. In your case, just get a replacement sim card for the old phone you have and continue the contract.TXC said:Thanks everyone
just to be on the safe side i'll make do with a phone I found in a drawer until i complete in hopefully about 5wks time
stressful time this!
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Slithery said:MaryNB said:deannagone said:I decided to not upgrade my phone this year, first time ever lol, because I didn't want to commit to yet another high bill with everything else going up and new phones (bit of a gadget fiend) are all very expensive, unreasonably so in my opinion lol. In your case, just get a replacement sim card for the old phone you have and continue the contract.TXC said:Thanks everyone
just to be on the safe side i'll make do with a phone I found in a drawer until i complete in hopefully about 5wks time
stressful time this!
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[Deleted User] said:Personally I don't understand the whole upgrade your phone every year, it may have been worth it during the first 5/10 years of the smart phone but these days hardly anything changes between models.1
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