Contract Phone upgrades ?

Lopo

Due for upgrades on contract phones that I have...

Was wondering, does anyone know what the maximum upgrade value the big phone providers are able to offer towards new/upgrade handsets? They quite understandably seem to closely guard this info and I hear quite varied figures...

I know there are many factors behind what you may be offered, eg depends on how many contracts you may have and what your monthly/annual bill/spend may be….I’m curious about the absolute maximum value that could be squeezed out of them towards the cost of a new phone? Extra talktime minutes/texts/data/etc...are secondary to this as will vary dramatically individually.

To get the information ball rolling, the previous upgrade I did manage to squeeze 3 nokia 6230's out of T-Mobile and improve on some minutes for one of the contracts…

What are your findings/experiences please ?

Keep_The_Change

I would really like to some advice on this matter too.

It seems they only offer quite crappy phones on free upgrade and was wondering what the best threats *cough*, best tips are to use in getting them to giving you the best deal. ???

knuckledragger

It depends on your usage but to get the best offer, asking for your PAC (PAK?) number usually does it. ;D

Keep_The_Change

PAC number? whats that? :-/

knuckledragger

That's the number that you give to your new network provider to port your old phone number across.

Keep_The_Change

I see.. thanks

just been digging through these phone threads and found some useful tips
::)

knuckledragger

No probs, likewise I'm trawling the threads. The Dialaphone one is giving me second thoughts as they were going to be my next stop for a phone? :-/

Keep_The_Change

just read that.. doesnt sound to good huh?

i have used them in the past before they offered cash back and I had no probs at all.

Man, i hate looking for a new phone.. its so much hard work! :-[ >:( ::)

knuckledragger

It's not so much the phone but the tariff that I'm after. T-mobile appear to have given up on the personal user and are going large for the business user. Their loss. Still got a few days to decide

vansboy

Isn't Dialaphone all BIG ads & small print??

Extra for itemised billing, looooooooooonger contracts, weird choice of phones/tarrifs??

It's confusing - crikey, I even thought he BT deals were good last month!!

VB