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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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OP lost their phone.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 -
But then found an old one...MaryNB said:
OP lost their phone.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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silly me. thought I had read all their responses.Slithery said:
But then found an old one...MaryNB said:
OP lost their phone.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!0 -
Oh i was fully ready to keep this one until it broke, but then i went and left it in the back of a car[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.
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