EE announce 'SWAP' to rival O2 Refresh

Trifid · 16 Sep 2013 at 14:56

Hxc said:
Because it's not always the cheapest. I am consistantly on vodafone 12 month deals as I hate being tied in for 18/24 months, and for my past two phones, the overall cost has been cheaper than buying the phone sim free and a monthly plan.

Snap. My S4 is costing me £480 over 12 months, less the £240 I got from selling the S3. The S3 was also slightly cheaper then buying a brand new phone outright too.

muon · 16 Sep 2013 at 20:29

Kyleo92 said:
Also if you're half way through your contract you can legally lower it by £5 per month.. meaning when you uprade you save £5 a month on whatever you have left on your contract

You worked at phones4u did you say?

HungryHippos · 16 Sep 2013 at 21:14

Kyleo92 said:
PS. lil tip... If you guys text P4U to 150 (for EE and orange customers only), you get a reply with your contract expiry date and a number at the end with a loyalty banding (01-05), higher the number, better the deal you can upgrade to.

So yeah for some reason I'm an 05. No idea why or how :9

Trifid said:
Snap. My S4 is costing me £480 over 12 months, less the £240 I got from selling the S3. The S3 was also slightly cheaper then buying a brand new phone outright too.

My S4 was £550 over 18 months after cash back. was cheaper than buying the phone and going SIM only at the time.

muon said:
You worked at phones4u did you say?

Hmm legally lower your contract by £5 a month? how did you mean? I thought the contract was with the mobile provider really after Dial-a-Phone or whoever set you up with it, mines on Orange for example.

Kyleo92 · 16 Sep 2013 at 21:22

Yeah used to work at Phones4u.. In the small print of the contract it states that you can lower your tariff by one package as long as half the term is completed.. which is normally £5

and the banding I was talking about, an example would be...

Phone wanted..
banding 1 - £99 for upgrade
banding 2 - £79 for upgrade
banding 3 - £49 for upgrade
banding 4 - £29 for upgrade
banding 5 - Free

As an example.. lol

muon · 16 Sep 2013 at 22:08

Kyleo92 said:
Yeah used to work at Phones4u.. In the small print of the contract it states that you can lower your tariff by one package as long as half the term is completed.. which is normally £5

and the banding I was talking about, an example would be...

Phone wanted..
banding 1 - £99 for upgrade
banding 2 - £79 for upgrade
banding 3 - £49 for upgrade
banding 4 - £29 for upgrade
banding 5 - Free

As an example.. lol

In the small print of a contract it may be there if the mobile phone company has put it there. O2 for example removed theirs quite a while ago (unless they have put it back now).

Nothing to do with law but contract terms.