best deal for HTC Desire ?

ShiWarrior · 8 Jul 2010 at 19:56

Hi all

i've decided to get a desire now, and i was going to buy an unlocked phone and just stick a PAYG sim card in it, i dont plan on using it "that" much, i dont call or txt much, and i wont use the internet that much on it.

ive looked around (ebay and other forums) and they seem to go around £250 - £280 unlocked

but i have just found this site :
http://top10.com/mobilephones/deals/htc_desire/#products=minutes=0&texts=0

and looked at every deal and number 10 works out the cheapest
£25 a month * 24 (months) = £600 - cash back @ £163 = £437 (over 2 years)

is that the best deal? or should i get one for £280 and put a PAYG sim in it?

any advice?
Thanks

ShiWarrior · 8 Jul 2010 at 20:14

thanks for the reply
i checked Tesco, and couldnt see the desire listed, i shall have another look, oh and i get discount with Tesco, and i got £25 worth of tesco vouchers i can use too!

ShiWarrior · 8 Jul 2010 at 20:49

gort said:
From Mobiles: Orange Dolphin 25

Through Quidco and from Mobile's own cashback by redemption = £400 over 24 months. However this is a slightly different deal of 300mins, u/l texts and 500mb date per month.

So in real terms it's just £5pm for the calls, text and data over the two years if the phone costs £280 (sim only.) Not to shabby a deal really. My T-Mobile couldn't/wouldn't get anywhere near this deal when I asked for my PAC.

cheers
on mobiles, it is 300 mins etc as you say, £12.50 * 15 months = £187.50 + £25 * 9 = £225 (225+187.50) = £412.50 over 2 years

ShiWarrior · 8 Jul 2010 at 20:51

sarge78 said:
I've just got one on mobiles.co.uk (via quidco) getting it tomorrow! whoop

£360 over 24 months (or £15pm) and it's unbranded/unlocked too
Like o2 simplicity but with a free desire

cheers Robbo

360???? thats amazing

ShiWarrior · 8 Jul 2010 at 20:57

how do u know its unbranded and unlocked?
what network is it with ? is that still orange 25?

ShiWarrior · 8 Jul 2010 at 21:09

sarge78 said:
Yep, it's the orange Dolphin 25 with £50 cashback from quidco, mobiles say the phone is unlocked and will work on any network.
Edit: too late..

thank you

well, i dont think I can beat that, i think thats the best deal surely?

even if i paid £280 for the phone, and bought a PAYG sim card, im looking at the same figures , if not more!??

ShiWarrior · 8 Jul 2010 at 21:17

flibbage0 said:
£250-£280

If so please show me

check out the classifieds section over on AV FORUMS (its the home entertainment website)

and ebay :
http://completed.shop.ebay.co.uk/Mo...sc=1&_sop=2&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1581&_pgn=2

ShiWarrior · 8 Jul 2010 at 21:18

Robboftw said:
You can get a brand new one for £285 from O2 retentions.

didnt know that!!
thats good value

ShiWarrior · 8 Jul 2010 at 21:53

Your order is now complete

HTC Desire on Orange - FREE!
Orange Dolphin 25 (24 Months)
With 300 mins & Unlimited texts + 500MB data per month
Your monthly line rental will be £12.50 per month after redemption

Includes:
Gadget Phone Support - first month FREE, cancel at any time, £2.99/month.
PhoneCare Insurance - first month FREE, cancel at any time, £7.99/month.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Royal Mail Special Delivery - Despatched Tomorrow £0.00
Total Cost £0.00

What is "Gadget Phone Support" ?

ShiWarrior · 9 Jul 2010 at 16:47

lawz said:
Personally I got 24 month contract, 900 mins, unlimited text, unlimited internet, £26 a month, free phone.

Im happy

£624 over 24 months

ShiWarrior · 9 Jul 2010 at 16:48

Tourmai said:
my contract with orange is up and need a new phone but they wanna a charge £200 upgrade to a galaxy S/desire/X10.

If i cancel my contract is it possible to keep my number if I take out one of these dolphin 25 deals through mobiles.co.uk etc?

i think so yes, but dont quote me on that, ask orange for the PAC code

ShiWarrior · 9 Jul 2010 at 16:51

Tourmai said:
my contract with orange is up and need a new phone but they wanna a charge £200 upgrade to a galaxy S/desire/X10.

If i cancel my contract is it possible to keep my number if I take out one of these dolphin 25 deals through mobiles.co.uk etc?

just checked my emails, and mobiles.co.uk say this :

Hello

Further to the despatch of your new contract mobile phone order, you may be interested to know how you can transfer your existing mobile phone number to your new mobile phone.

Transferring your number, known as porting, is only possible when you move from one network to another. If you have a new contract on the same Network it will not be possible to transfer it.

Full details on transferring your number are available at http://www.mobiles.co.uk/mnp_pac.htm

To start the process of porting your number, please call the customer services team at your existing Network and request a 'PAC Code'. Their numbers are:

- O2 - 100
- Orange - 150
- 3 - 333
- T-Mobile - 150

Then simply call your new network's customer services department and give them this PAC Code. It should only take a few days (networks vary) for your number to go live on your new phone.

Vodafone porting can take 7 days and your SIM card will remain inactive during this time.

Regards,

Mobiles.co.uk Order Processing Team
http://www.mobiles.co.uk

ShiWarrior · 9 Jul 2010 at 18:04

sarge78 said:
I've got mine, quidco has also tracked! Great phone, looks like I have 100+ pages to read regarding settings etc (and how you can see the screen in sunlight.....)

good good

i got an email to say its been tracked
got an email tosay its been dispatched
hopefully it will be here tommorow as i havent got a phone at the mo

ShiWarrior · 10 Jul 2010 at 17:20

mine arrived today

ShiWarrior · 11 Jul 2010 at 16:27

roid said:
I must be missing something, on Mobiles where your getting it from i get the Orange Dolphin 25 plan to work out at £17.19 a month after redemptions, how did you get it to £12.50?

how did i get it for 12.50 ?

half of £25 is £12.50

first 15months is 1/2 price

ShiWarrior · 11 Jul 2010 at 22:26

roid said:
Ahh so overall its still £17.19 (average over 24 months) as i worked out, fair enough i thought it would be but the email you posted me threw me off a little as it looked like it was £12.50 a month for all 24 months

sorry about that, at least your sorted now

ShiWarrior · 12 Jul 2010 at 17:10

Hessian said:
For those that've bought the desire through mobiles.co.uk is it the original brown colour or is it the black version? It would seem that the brown one is rare to find now, most shops offering the black one, which I feel doesn't look as good.

mine is the brown one

ShiWarrior · 12 Jul 2010 at 17:27

alexhull24 said:
Has anyone claimed the cashback successfully yet?

nope, still not recived my £50

ShiWarrior · 19 Jul 2010 at 19:34

just checked Quidco and i have been paid the £50

so how do i claim it back into my account?

ShiWarrior · 26 Jul 2010 at 20:18

FAO the people who did ther cashback deal through QUIDCO , please help

Hi

I have my "threshold" at £50 (BACS) and i have currently got over £60 in my quidco account, its been like that for a week now since receiveing my mobile and cashback, how do i get the cashback in my account? does it take so many weeks or something? anyone received theres yet?

Thanks