wykikitoon 20233 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) My mobile phone contract is coming to the end in the middle of December and I am just looking at what to get next. I am happy with my handset, its a Blackberry Curve and it does the job I want it to do. I am currently with Orange and have been for 6 years now and I get unlimited texts and 500 mins. I have just checked my last 6 months and I havent go over 400 a month in texts and havent even touched a 100mins with my calls. I havent got a clue about all the deals on etc at the moment and I am sure a few of you are. Is it best staying contract given the little amount I use it? Do I go Pay as you Go? Ive heard of deals if you top up £X a month you get so many calls or texts? /edit Oh and I want to keep my number, if I choose to go away from Orange when do I ask for this? Edited November 30, 2011 by wykikitoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I'm thinking of doing something similar. With just the sim & the same contract but for a year I can save £20 a month, the handset I've got is decent enough & insured so they can tempt me all they want with flash phones but I'll take the sim for 12 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20233 Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 I'm thinking of doing something similar. With just the sim & the same contract but for a year I can save £20 a month, the handset I've got is decent enough & insured so they can tempt me all they want with flash phones but I'll take the sim for 12 months Ive just been looking at the Sim only deals on Orange I could save a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Yeh they are good - you can save some money & it's only for 12 months so if you fancy something new you can move on fairly sharpish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20233 Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 just remember to watch out for how data works on those deals, if you're going to be needing it for that end of things (like your blackberry probably will wyki) Aye, I dont use the data on my blackberry, I use the works one for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 i dont touch contract phones myself i had one once ages ago and it racked up a huge bill never doing that again. so really im sticking with pay and go or sim free where you top it up when you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20233 Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 i dont touch contract phones myself i had one once ages ago and it racked up a huge bill never doing that again. so really im sticking with pay and go or sim free where you top it up when you want to. You mean, YOU racked up a huge bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 yea that lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20233 Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 yea that lol First mobile I had at 18 I got my first bill and it was £240, I SHIT my pants and never did that again, it was almost my full monthly wage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 first contract phone i got was a vodafone mobile from vodafone oviously lol but we lost the cleaning contract to that job so we thought right stick it up vodafone lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 i personally think its better to buy a phone sim free put ya own sim card in it and thats it and top it up when you want. contract phones are really only good if you do alot of texting and phone calls etc and are working in a high paid job etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I'm halfway through a 2 year contract. Orange sent me a text today to let me know they're hiking my price plan by 5%. Cheeky twots. Can they do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 no i wouldnt tolerate that happy screw it just do the decent thing and cancel it when its up terminate it. buy a pay and go one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 My contract is unlimited texts, 300 minutes and a lot of date for £15.75 a month, that's including the fact I got a phone with it . 30% friends and family discounts <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 i wouldnt stand for a price hike like no way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Been for a read of the faqs... our Pay Monthly terms and conditions allow us to increase charges by up to the RPI figure in any 12 month period. The increase in the price plan charges is less than the 5.4% rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Price Index (RPI) in October 2011. We can increase prices at any time on giving proper notice. In this case, the increase is less than the current rate of inflation and our terms and conditions state that we can do this without giving you the right to cancel your contract without paying the disconnection fee. It's a fucking disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20233 Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 I just called Orange up and got a great deal. 300mins, unlimted texts, 1gb data keep my phone for £10.99 a month Just say youre going to leave them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44995 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I got one of them texts off Orange as well. Cheeky fucking bastards. I wouldn't mind if their 3G network wasn't utter shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Got a canny deal today Blackberry Torch £21 a month, 1200 mins, 5000 texts, 1MB of net. 24 month contract, and when you think they're £380 to buy new THAT is a very canny deal. Haggled like fuck with this Indian call centre like, offer only up to Virgin Media customers. Nice one Branson. I'll use the minutes because I'll use it a lot for business too, texts probably use 1/5th and the net aye I'll use that. Just shows you, accept nothing, argue with everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Got a canny deal today Blackberry Torch £21 a month, 1200 mins, 5000 texts, 1MB of net. 24 month contract, and when you think they're £380 to buy new THAT is a very canny deal. Haggled like fuck with this Indian call centre like, offer only up to Virgin Media customers. Nice one Branson. I'll use the minutes because I'll use it a lot for business too, texts probably use 1/5th and the net aye I'll use that. Just shows you, accept nothing, argue with everyone. That's a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30669 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 1MB of data won't get you too far. The fiancee got a similar deal to that about a year ago with O2. Couldn't believe it at the time. The phone has turned out to be shite though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7034 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I wouldn't touch any 24mth deal these days. Phones tend to be outdated by 9-12months. Less if it's an iphone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I wouldn't touch any 24mth deal these days. Phones tend to be outdated by 9-12months. Less if it's an iphone I'm not one of these geeks though. I like to send texts, ring cunts, take videos, and watch the net. That's all I want on a phone, I don't want it to suck me off and buy me an all inclusive in Turkey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4774 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 with mine as well (google nexus S) the OS gets updated for free to the newest version of android anyway. Ive got this for another 9 months or so of a 24 month contract and its the only phone Ive not desperately wanted rid of in that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7034 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 On the subject of phones. Anyone with a Galaxy S2, avoid upgrading to ICS at all costs! My phone is as good as borked. Battery drains twice as fast, crashes every few hours and WiFi keeps freezing. Cant believe this is the official release and not some dodgy internet beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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