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Apr. 16th, 2008 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kingandyHurn.
So my 'upgrade' period has arrived with T-Mobile; I can choose between a £5 monthly discount (by keeping my old phone) or a brand new phone for anywhere between FREE and £369.99 (that one's actually a fancy PDA CoPilot thing).
Out of interest, I decided to look into the feasibility of purchasing my new object of avarice, the Razr2[1] (or V8 if you prefer). Apparently, if I take advantage of their very generous upgrade deals, I could acquire one for as little as £119.99.
That's a reduction of a whole ten pounds from the pay as you go deal. Amazing!
I think I'd do better to go for the £5 off, wait a few months for the price to fall, get a PAYG and switch the SIMs around...
[1] Yes I know it's got a crappy interface and low specs and is generally rubbish, but it's pretty and I want one.
So my 'upgrade' period has arrived with T-Mobile; I can choose between a £5 monthly discount (by keeping my old phone) or a brand new phone for anywhere between FREE and £369.99 (that one's actually a fancy PDA CoPilot thing).
Out of interest, I decided to look into the feasibility of purchasing my new object of avarice, the Razr2[1] (or V8 if you prefer). Apparently, if I take advantage of their very generous upgrade deals, I could acquire one for as little as £119.99.
That's a reduction of a whole ten pounds from the pay as you go deal. Amazing!
I think I'd do better to go for the £5 off, wait a few months for the price to fall, get a PAYG and switch the SIMs around...
[1] Yes I know it's got a crappy interface and low specs and is generally rubbish, but it's pretty and I want one.
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T-Mobile Vs O2... Fight!
Date: 2008-04-16 10:09 pm (UTC)The marvellous windowsgeek phone i now have was free to new customers, but £80 to existing ones.
I expressed suprise at this to the retention department, who agreed that, yes, it was mad, seeing as i'd had recurring monthly bills in excess of £100, and they couldn't stop me if i did decide to take my money elsewhere.
Which i did. I got my phone for free from O2, who treat all retained customers as new ones (they are a bit shit with the billing at times, but excellent with the £20 good will gestures. I've not paid a bill in two months now).
Um, so, my advice - move to a different service provider and get your new phone for free...