Please help me decide...

Devo

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My current contract with Orange ran out 3 days ago, so I have the option to request my PAC code and bugger off to a different network or chat with the nice people at Orange and negotiate a decent new deal.
Now... my problem is that I am greedy and have been looking at the deals on the Dial a Phone website - particularly taken by the free iPod video deal. However, I am wanting some advice as to what they are like as a company and whether or not I should stick with Orange as I have never had any problems with them in the past. The alternative to Orange is to go Flext 35 by T mobile (via Dial a Phone), which seems an ideal tariff for me. I am sure that Orange will attempt to price match this (in fact I know they will as I chatted with them earlier) but I obviously won't benefit from free iPod etc.
Also, need some advice as to which phone to get. I have always been a Nokia fanboy and swore I would never stray, but maybe it's time for a change :confused: I've currently got a 6230i which I have had no problems with :)

TIA
 
look at 6280, look at past thread on these deals, get orange to pricematch and say u know they give 5% discount for anohter year push for that,
 
Wouldn't bother with any sort of "free" ipod deal. What do you want a phone you get to do, mp3, camera........ If you dont mind (too much) what phone you get ie, if you would be happy with the W800i (soory its not a nokia) then I can show you where to get it for £1.99 p/m and the you will have loads of money left over to buy 2 ipods or even more.

Edit- I wouldnt go anywhere near dial-a-con either.
 
Spamalot said:
Wouldn't bother with any sort of "free" ipod deal. What do you want a phone you get to do, mp3, camera........ If you dont mind (too much) what phone you get ie, if you would be happy with the W800i (soory its not a nokia) then I can show you where to get it for £1.99 p/m and the you will have loads of money left over to buy 2 ipods or even more.

Edit- I wouldnt go anywhere near dial-a-con either.
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Main uses for phone in order are:

*Making/receiving calls
*Texting
*Taking the odd photo when necessary e.g. nights out etc - so a half decent camera would be nice. 6230i I have now has 1.3 mega pixel and that does the trick.
*Size - don't want anything too chunky or that is gonna break in my pocket
 
You could just give them the "I'm leaving" crap and they will offer you a nicer deal...which is better than negotiating by it self... :)
 
Devo said:
Main uses for phone in order are:

*Making/receiving calls
*Texting
*Taking the odd photo when necessary e.g. nights out etc - so a half decent camera would be nice. 6230i I have now has 1.3 mega pixel and that does the trick.
*Size - don't want anything too chunky or that is gonna break in my pocket
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Ok, well the W800 is the same size if not smaller than the 6230i it also has a 2MP camera. it also boots an MP3 player and 512mb memory card. What sort of mind do you use each month how big is your bill? You could save a lot of money by the sounds of things.
 
Spamalot said:
Ok, well the W800 is the same size if not smaller than the 6230i it also has a 2MP camera. it also boots an MP3 player and 512mb memory card. What sort of mind do you use each month how big is your bill? You could save a lot of money by the sounds of things.
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I've been looking at the w800, but surely I'd be better off getting a w810 :confused: My bills are around £35 - £40 a month and my usage varies each month. I can honestly say that Flext 35 looks perfect for me and I'd be over the moon with £35 bills each month :)
 
Devo said:
I've been looking at the w800, but surely I'd be better off getting a w810 :confused: My bills are around £35 - £40 a month and my usage varies each month. I can honestly say that Flext 35 looks perfect for me and I'd be over the moon with £35 bills each month :)
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The W810i would be better (slightly) but would cost you a lot more, are you £150 bothered?
 
Spamalot said:
The W810i would be better (slightly) but would cost you a lot more, are you £150 bothered?
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I can get the w810i free if I stick with Orange. Same as if I switch and go to T mobile :)
 
I get a k800 in July but its a wait (preordered via vodafone). Currently have a k750i and am planning on staying on the SE line.

Curently theres not much upgrade SE wise as they are all based on the K750 and have the music enharchements while I have an iPod so not needing them so didn't see the point in the upgrade.

So rather than the music route I have gone for the camera route.

Sonys 3mp cameras come out in July.
 
Devo said:
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Well if you get a phone from say e2save or onestopphoneshop then you pay your bill as pernormal then at points in yopu contract normally months 4,6,12 you send them your bill and they will give you cash back.

You pay £35 p/m for flext 35 then you get £198.06 back when you send your bills off.

If you want to add me to msn and can give you some more advise that should save you even more.
 
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Spamalot said:
Well if you get a phone from say e2save or onestopphoneshop then you pay your bill as pernormal then at points in yopu contract normally months 4,6,12 you send them your bill and they will give you cash back.

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You pay £35 p/m for flext 35 then you get £198.06 back when you send your bills off.

If you want to add me to msn and can give you some more advise that should save you even more.
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lol havent quite managed to copy it right haha (the link)

you can get 30£ or so cashback from orange for any phone too..

im not sure bout these 1stop etc deals seem too good :)
 
spirit said:
lol havent quite managed to copy it right haha (the link)

you can get 30£ or so cashback from orange for any phone too..

im not sure bout these 1stop etc deals seem too good :)
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Nope when I tried the link it didnt work. It works for this . But not for the 1stop link :confused: .

What do you meen "too good"?

oh, and no arguemnts today, lol.

Edit- and thats £30 for a phone you could sell for close to £100 thats a great deal, lol.
 
Spamalot said:
Nope when I tried the link it didnt work. It works for this . But not for the 1stop link :confused: .

What do you meen "too good"?

oh, and no arguemnts today, lol.

Edit- and thats £30 for a phone you could sell for close to £100 thats a great deal, lol.
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link
 
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