iPhone 4S - the deal you got

Although I'm not getting an i4S, I just got this deal from 3

2000 minutes (anytime, any network)
5000 texts
All-you-can-eat Data
5000 Three-to-Three minutes

For £25 a month, Orange have been **** with me recently, because I went outside my PAYG limits I was topping up £10 every week, it was getting well expensive, when I called them to get my PAC code, after being on the phone for over half an hour, they eventually asked me why I was leaving and what deal I was getting.

He goes "Well we can offer you 500 mins and unlimited texts (subject to fair usage) and 500MB of internet for £15 a month, saving you £10"

I was like "HOW IS THAT EVEN COMPARABLE?! Regardless of the £10 you're saving me I'm still getting a better deal with 3"

My girlfriend has also signed up with 3 and she's getting the following:

2000 minutes (anytime, any network)
5000 texts
All-you-can-eat Data
5000 Three-to-Three minutes
Plus a 16GB iPhone 4S for £99, then £35 a month

Apparently it's the £40 a month deal but discounted so she gets unlimited data instead of 1GB
 
Offer from 3

2000 minutes (anytime, any network)
5000 texts
All-you-can-eat Data
5000 Three-to-Three minutes
Plus a 16GB iPhone 4S
£32 a month.

Existing customer
 
Been doing lots of maths. The best deal i can find so far is:

SIM 300 - 12 month. (three sim only)

Includes:

300 minutes
3,000 texts
1GB internet



£10 a month
12 month contract

+ buy the phone direct from apple.

I know the minutes arent that high, but looking over my last 6 months bills, i haven't gone over 150. I tend to use the landline for long calls and mainly send texts. Anyone know any reason not to go for this deal? Will three supply a micro-sim if requested? I wanted to stay with O2, but their simplicity prices are higher and their contract prices are frankly stupid.

*edit* seem the micro sim deal is £5 more, so I would just have to cut the sim down to a micro-sim i guess. Anyone have any experience doing this?
 
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Just had to call Three as my credit card company rejected the payment request as part of a rountine fraud prevention block.

Managed to sort it out no problem and the good news is i was told to expect an email on thursday for delivery on friday.

I ordered late on Sun night so anyone who ordered before that should be getting thiers friday as well :)
 
I just upgraded with Vodafone.

12 months at £51 a month - 20% discount with my work.
£139 for the phone - £40 quidco cash back.

1200 Mins , Unltd texts , 750 MB mobile internet data.

Trouble is I called before to ask when the new contract will end.

My current end date is Jan 2012, but I'm doing an early upgrade, customer service told me the upgrade will end 12 months after I take the upgrade but on the site just after I completed it says "New contract end date 08-Jan-2013"

Do you think they would let me upgrade again before that date? I'd really be wanting the iP5 or whatever comes out next year.
 
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Ur round next said:
Fair do,s but I also lol for people who want to pay £600 for sim free
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Why? You can pay £10-25 a month for the minutes/txts/data deals people can get on contract. If you can afford the 500-700 as a one-off hit, it is cheaper over 24 months and means you can change contract whenever you wish. I`d rather pay £500 for a phone, than be paying £60 a month to get the phone free.
 
Nick1881 said:
I just upgraded with Vodafone.

12 months at £51 a month - 20% discount with my work.
£139 for the phone - £40 quidco cash back.

1200 Mins , Unltd texts , 750 MB mobile internet data.

Trouble is I called before to ask when the new contract will end.

My current end date is Jan 2012, but I'm doing an early upgrade, customer service told me the upgrade will end 12 months after I take the upgrade but on the site just after I completed it says "New contract end date 08-Jan-2013"

Do you think they would let me upgrade again before that date? I'd really be wanting the iP5 or whatever comes out next year.
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you can normally do an early upgrade up to 190 days before the end of your contract with them if you do it directly but the handset will cost more, there'll be an early upgrade fee and they'll stick the balance of that 190 days onto the end of your contract.
 
Anyone in the York area on Three? My wife has been testing it with a PAYG sim in the iPhone 3G prior to us getting the phone, and at her work which is in the centre of York she's lucky if she gets a single bar on the phone. When she moves around the signal just dies. I know Three's line is that 3G coverage inside isn't great, but that's a bit poor. Any chance that the iPhone 3G is crap at getting a decent signal on 3G at times? Will the 4S likely be any better? Ours are arriving on Saturday and I need to be sure that Three will work well.

Edit: I should add that she's in a building at work, but it is only a two-storey. She gets a single bar in one of the rooms, but in all other's she gets no reception.
 
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Regarding Three, they have an agreement long term with EE (Tmobile + orange) for sharing equipment so over time all three companies will have the same coverage. Currently afaik (?) three use EE's masts for 2g networking and EE use three's 3g network in places where they don't have equipment of their own.
I've been told by guys who were in the company i did some work for this year (who design and build the masts for these companies) that the three corporations hope to have access to 80% of each others equipment by the end of 2012.

For what its worth.


CHokKA said:
Anyone in the York area on Three? My wife has been testing it with a PAYG sim in the iPhone 3G prior to us getting the phone, and at her work which is in the centre of York she's lucky if she gets a single bar on the phone. When she moves around the signal just dies. I know Three's line is that 3G coverage inside isn't great, but that's a bit poor. Any chance that the iPhone 3G is crap at getting a decent signal on 3G at times? Will the 4S likely be any better? Ours are arriving on Saturday and I need to be sure that Three will work well.
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Indoors i take it? in areas of weak signal the frequencies used by three (and to a lesser extent Orange and T mobile) suck at penetrating walls. o2 and Vodafone have all of the 'good' spectrum which is awesome at penetrating buildings and the other companies hope to get access to some when the spectrum freed up from the digital switchover is auctioned early next year.
 
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Alpherah said:
Regarding Three, they have an agreement long term with EE (Tmobile + orange) for sharing equipment so over time all three companies will have the same coverage. Currently afaik (?) three use EE's masts for 2g networking and EE use three's 3g network in places where they don't have equipment of their own.
I've been told by guys who were in the company i did some work for this year (who design and build the masts for these companies) that the three corporations hope to have access to 80% of each others equipment by the end of 2012.

For what its worth.
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Thanks thats good to know.
 
PikeyPriest said:
Thanks thats good to know.
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No problem :)
Its a really good deal for Three tbh, on the negative they are helping competitors expand their 3g coverage, which is Three's big selling point. But on the positive - in exchange Three don't have to build and maintain their own 2g and calls network, which frees up a lot of cash and helps them keep their prices lower.
 
PikeyPriest said:
Been doing lots of maths. The best deal i can find so far is:

SIM 300 - 12 month. (three sim only)

Includes:

300 minutes
3,000 texts
1GB internet



£10 a month
12 month contract

+ buy the phone direct from apple.

I know the minutes arent that high, but looking over my last 6 months bills, i haven't gone over 150. I tend to use the landline for long calls and mainly send texts. Anyone know any reason not to go for this deal? Will three supply a micro-sim if requested? I wanted to stay with O2, but their simplicity prices are higher and their contract prices are frankly stupid.

*edit* seem the micro sim deal is £5 more, so I would just have to cut the sim down to a micro-sim i guess. Anyone have any experience doing this?
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I just took the Sim 300 monthly plan, so you could take the 12 month one and:

a) cut sim
b) request micro-sim
c) take monthly plan, and call to extend to 12 months at £10, thus keeping micro-sim from the monthly plan

I may do option c, to bring the price down.. I've no problem with 1 year contracts, and it will allow you to gauge how good 3 are in your area before subscribing long term :)
 
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My wife has been told by someone in the Three store today that they no longer switch back to the 2G network, so it is 3G only apparently. I thought they were still using both tbh but we've never fallen back to 2G since we've been testing the PAYG sim from last week.
 
Ok I am on T-Mobile and my contract is up tomorrow. I am interested in a 4S but dont want to be paying the crazy £35 a month contracts. So I am thinking the best option is to the buy the phone sim free and go with the 3 network. One question I do have is can I keep my number?

Are there other options I should be looking at?
 
DezUk said:
Ok I am on T-Mobile and my contract is up tomorrow. I am interested in a 4S but dont want to be paying the crazy £35 a month contracts. So I am thinking the best option is to the buy the phone sim free and go with the 3 network. One question I do have is can I keep my number?

Are there other options I should be looking at?
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Yes you can keep your number.
When you terminate ask for your PAC code, this lasts 30 days. Your previous contract won't be terminated until the PAC is used.
Once your new contract is working, give the PAC to your new mobile provider, and usually in 24-48 hours the number will be ported and old contract terminated.
 
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