Can i push Three further?

[premist]

My contract with Three ends on the end of January so I rang them up today and asked about my upgrade options, I am currently on the Video, Talk and Text package which is £35 a month.

This is what they offered me:

Keep my current phone (Nokia 6280) renew contract for 18 months - £297.33 credit which is equivalent to about £18.48 a month.

Upgrade to Nokia N73 with 18 month contract - £178 credit which is equivalent to about £25.11 a month.

Upgrade to Nokia N73 with 12 month contract - £71 credit which is equivalent to about £29.08 a month.

Can I push them further as I really want the Nokia N73 but I want more money off my line rental.

Thanks

 

[Avalon]

You can try but it's pretty unlikley, they like most phone operators will classify you based on your monthly spend, they may be able to do it differently eg charge something for the handset but give you a better deal on the monthly bill etc but you'd be robbing peter to pay paul. Remember that 3 are offering £100 cash back on ALL contracts till the end of December though Quidco....

Mobile upgrades are like engine tuneing, it's a 3 point triangle and once you adjust one area you have to adjust the other two to compensate to obtain optimum results.


Handset Cost, Contract Length, Monthly Charge.

For instance on o2 my Atom costs me £10 less over 12 months on Leisure 25 than it would on Online 35/40 downgrading in month 6. I choose to take Online 40 and do a 6 month downgrade to leasure 25 I have more minutes and it doesn't cost me a penny more. Personally i'd not touch an 18 month deal as I can barely stick to a 12 month most years and end up upgrading in month 10/11 as most networks offer an upgrade at this point.