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Your help for a new contract/phone please!

:confused: I need your help please! I'm feeling totally lost as to what to do about getting a new contract. I've had a look at some of my options but now I'm even more unsure as to what to do. :huh:


My current situation - I have been with '3' for a very long time (they tell me 44 months but I think it's more!). Been a good customer, all bills paid on time, in full etc. I've had the same tariff and phone for the whole time :eek: ! Shoking I know!


I'm paying far more than I need to be for the number of free minutes that I get, plus don't use them all anyway. So I've called up '3' and been into their stores to see what my options are. The one suitable for me is 'mix and match 300' at £15/mnth. The best 2 phones they are offering me for free seem to be the Nokia 6120 and the SE k800i.


The tariff seemed good to me so I just had to decide which phone to go for. So firstly does anyone have any opinions on which of the 2 I should go for? :huh: Asking around many told me that they are old phones, esp the 800i, but general consensus seems to be for the Sony on account of the camera.


However while trying to decide which phone to go for it occured to me that '3' are simply offering to me what they offer any new customer - Do they have no special offers for current customers? :huh: Knowing my friends always get good deals with their networks at time of upgrading I got pretty annoyed. Spoke to '3' but they wouldn't budge.


Well it's not like I'm overly thrilled with the reception coverage anyway (but am not hugely disatisfied either!) so I looked at other networks - however as a new customer to them none can come close to what 3 offer me. So I feel a little trapped with them.


I just don't know what to do now. Say with '3'? start afresh somewhere?:confused: Help! Can anyone offer me some advice please! Thank you so much :)
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