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Hi all,

Currently in a contract with T Mobile with my Galaxy S3 which expires in 4 months.

Got a letter from EE today saying I can take advantage of a "whopping" 75 percent discount on an early upgrade but I'd have to take up the plan they recommend.

The plan is unlimited minutes, texts and 2gb allowance. They say (and it's true) that I use 218.9mb a month usually so this plan sounds alright.

It's £29.99 a month.

If I take up the offer I can get either the S4 or S4 mini for £29.06.

Good deal or is there better out there at the moment ? I've not kept up with the mobile market for a while now.
 
In all honesty I would go for a <£10 per month sim only contract and keep the S3, with Cyanogenmod on it. Makes it feel like a new phone!

I have only ever seen the S4 in an EE shop as nobody seems to have it. Really could not tell what was new on it to warrant calling it an S4.
 
Got the same letter yesterday, looked on it as some sort of joke. The fact that you have to pay a cancellation fee to upgrade makes it even poorer. When my contract is over it's sim only from then on.
 
OpenToSuggestions said:
In all honesty I would go for a <£10 per month sim only contract and keep the S3, with Cyanogenmod on it. Makes it feel like a new phone!

I have only ever seen the S4 in an EE shop as nobody seems to have it. Really could not tell what was new on it to warrant calling it an S4.
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Do this, there will be aload of newly announced phones next month at MWC anyway better waiting to see whats coming.
 
Glaucus said:
What an absolute rip off. Such low usage for £30 a month. Go sim free.
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This is what I am thinking. I don't use much data as you can see and I use whatsapp for messaging.

The only thing I do need is minutes but that doesn't need to be unlimited. Sim free I think I shall definitely go, and probably just keep my S3 - it does everything I need it to...

That said I'll probably succumb to the S5 when it comes out :|
 
Complete rip off to be honest.

Ring them back, ask your average usage for minutes / texts / internet and then find something a little over.

Why pay for 2GB allowance if your only using just over 200mb? ;)
 
IndigoGorilla said:
Complete rip off to be honest.

Ring them back, ask your average usage for minutes / texts / internet and then find something a little over.

Why pay for 2GB allowance if your only using just over 200mb? ;)
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Same with minutes and texts. Most people massively over pay. I bet a lot of people would be better off on payg. But everyone seems transfixed with contracts. Just to get a new phone at massively inflated prices.

Or boast I have 3000 minutes, good for you, how much do you use, oh about 100minutes, well you've been suckered.

Myself I use sod all minutes/texts but huge amounts of data. Last 30days 4.78gb on 3g and 5.5gb on WiFi and that's a relatively low month.
 
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Yeah I've been there and done that myself to be honest.

I'm aware of my usage now and tend to go for older models to keep costs down.
 
Glaucus said:
Same with minutes and texts. Most people massively over pay. I bet a lot of people would be better off on payg. But everyone seems transfixed with contracts. Just to get a new phone at massively inflated prices.

Or boast I have 3000 minutes, good for you, how much do you use, oh about 100minutes, well you've been suckered.

Myself I use sod all minutes/texts but huge amounts of data. Last 30days 4.78gb on 3g and 5.5gb on WiFi and that's a relatively low month.
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Generally most people don't want pay 500 quid outright for a phone. This is why the nexus phones are so good. 300 quid for a nexus 5 and virgin 10 quid p/m sim. Great value.
 
OpenToSuggestions said:
I have only ever seen the S4 in an EE shop as nobody seems to have it. Really could not tell what was new on it to warrant calling it an S4.
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More plastic? :p

As many have said, just go on a sim-only deal and upgrades phone when you want.

Looking at my last four months - have no history for further back - i've averaged about 32GB. Thanks Three! :D
 
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loltim said:
Generally most people don't want pay 500 quid outright for a phone. This is why the nexus phones are so good. 300 quid for a nexus 5 and virgin 10 quid p/m sim. Great value.
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Most don't buy top end phones, most are actually low end and they still go for rip off deals. Even high end, you can find the odd good deal, but usually better sticking it on overdraft, interest free CC.
 
AlecR said:
I don't see why people ever get phones on contract. They always work out way more expensive!
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On release I got a Galaxy S3 and a Galaxy tab 10.1 3G for £37 a month with 600 mins, unltd texts and a gig of data for 24 months, I think I got a better deal there :o
 
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