Ornage offer me a new contract... your thoughts?

[Badboy2k3]

Hi all!

Right to cut a long story short i genuinely phoned orange to get disconected and they have given me an offer i'm finding hard to refuse.

I currently pay £35 per month for 600 mins and unlimited text messages.

They have offered me the HTC Touch diamond for £49.99 as a one off fee

For £20 i get the same package i'm on (600mins unlimited texts) + free unlimited web.

it's an 18 month contract. The only thing that's holding me back is the phone i've read mixed reviews about it and i'm not totally sure (wanted the xperia but they don't do it). My main use for the phone would be texting/calling/emailing. Is this the right phone for me? i've always had sony ericsson phones since the t68i so this would be a big change for me!

What do you guys think??

 

[matt100]

well if you spread the cost of the phone over the contract you're not really getting it for £20 you're getting it for something like £23 which i guess is fairly irrelevant but I find it useful to think of it like. bit like the free PS3 for £50 a month.. no its not free its on HP there's a difference!

I wouldn't risk a phone I might not want for a £10 a month saving tbh, have you got any way of testing a HTC?

To be honest the X1 is made by HTC anyway so deep down there's not as much difference between the diamond and the X1 as there probably is between what you have now and either of the WM devices.

Personally I hate windows mobile and I'm far from alone but my genuine advice would be to go and waste some of carphones time and get a demo of both and take your time.

Final thing would be I'm not convinced SE will even exist in 12 months time so that may be worth taking into account.