Advice needed on new phone and contract

Gedalia_w · 2 May 2006 at 15:01

My contract with 3 ends in June and I just had a call from 3 offering me any phone they have to renew my contract and move over to their existing tarriffs so being used to 3 tariffs being pretty much better than anyone else I agreed to move on to a £25 tarriff which gives me 200 voice 100 txt, 25min video calls and £5 worth of download a month....and a nokia 6280.

Then I started looking online and firstly saw that most people hate the 6280 and that its a bit crap and that this new 3 tarriff is not really any better than other networks. So I will probably be returning the phone once it comes after having a quick play with it.

So, I could do with some advice on what my best options are. I currently have a 6630 which I am happy with and would want a phone that is better than it and hopefully less chunky with a tarriff of max £25 with more voice than txt.

Any help would be much appriciated. Its been a year since ive looked at phones and network tarriffs and no idea whats a good deal anymore.

Gedalia_w · 2 May 2006 at 16:00

Thats not too bad really.

I could get 260min and 75txt for £25 a month on flext25 but im confused about what the "allowance £60" means?

Also the fact that its an 18month contract doesnt sit too well with me. I like getting a new phone every year. Also they dont really have much in the way of a decent phone and its £40 for the w810.

Gedalia_w · 2 May 2006 at 16:51

Im still confused, sorry :confused:

the tarriff is £25 a month but you get the equivilant of £60 worth of usage? How does that work?

Ive been reading up more on the 6280 and apprently there is a 3.60 firmware that is meant to be stable and error free, so will have to check the phone when it comes and might just keep it.

And as for geeza, im a caller more than a txter and I dont call that much anyway. 100txt a month would be more than enough for me and would like to have more than 100 voice especially at £25 a month.

Gedalia_w · 2 May 2006 at 19:51

Got it, thanks.

Gedalia_w · 3 May 2006 at 09:35

Well the 6280 just arrived and first impression is that it looks nice and the screen is better quality than my 6630.

The sliding mechanism feels a bit flimsy and when its closed the top bit does feel flimsy.

I checked the firmware version and its 3.70 so thats got to be good and I would think that at least this should be a stable phone. Will have to do some serious playing with it over the next few days to see whether its worth keeping.