Should I cancel my contract now to get a new phone or wait?

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I've been wanting to move from T Mobile to 3 for a while, and my contract ends on 1st feb 2012.

I've just been thinking of canceling my contract now and paying off my last 3 months, and then moving onto the one plan.

The reason is I'm paying £29.35 pm for what is no longer a decent contract - I get Flext 35 (900 mins OR 1800 texts) and Web n Walk max (10 Gb internet pm), whereas on 3 I can get a free Samsung Galaxy S II for £35 pm on the one plan which is much better.

Are there any new phones coming out by february 2012 that I should wait for, or should I cancel my T mob contract early and move over to 3 now?
 
anyon said:
Don't the Flext contracts also include 0800/0845/0870 numbers?

I would never let go of that.
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No they dont anymore. I get billed for those :(. I also have to renegotiate my 50% discount everytime I upgrade, without that its normally £60, and I cant be fussed when I can just get the one plan instead.

Or maybe they do, but I remember getting billed extra for calling some 08 customer services. Best thing to do would be to ask them when my contract runs out, and see what they offer when I say I'm canceling to move to 3.

kylew said:
You're better off waiting until the end of your contract since it's not that far away at all. By the time your contract ends the current deals will look rubbish.
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I dont think the one plan is ever going to be bettered. But I would be best waiting till february as contract prices may come down a bit on the latest phones.
 
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Meatball said:
Wont the likes of Carphone Warehouse buy you out of your contract if you sign up to a new one through them? Could maybe try that?
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Oh really? I only have 3 months left on my T mobile one.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus is £40 pm on the one plan (I only really wanted to go up to £35 pm), and the iPhone 4S is £35 pm with £99 up front.

Is the Galaxy Nexus definitely better? If I get it through Carphone Warehouse would it be cheaper and can I order online or with a phonecall along with them paying the rest of my cancellation?
 
Oooooohhhhh....

Well theres a Text 500 All-you-can-eat plan with all you can eat data too ...

£37 pm on the Galaxy Nexus, no charge. £38 pm on the iPhone4S with a £49.99 charge.

I never even use the minutes, so I want that one as its a bit cheaper, and the Galaxy Nexus costs less, and much closer to the £35 pm I wanted.

I think I want the all you can eat texter plan on the Nexus then, that looks like the cheapest option.
 
One Plan = £40 pm with £110 cashback = £850

Texter 500 = £37 pm with £67 cashback = £821...

For the sake of £29, I'll just take the one plan, which should have cheaper upgrades since its a bit more expensive.
 
I see, one plan = 'all you can eat DATA', Texter 500 = 'All you can eat' ... thats really tricky wording right there.

How does that cash back website work? By the time I reach the checkout through the cashback link, the URL doesnt have any extra info from the cash back store.
 
Hmmm, I just cleared all my cookies, but the links are still the same standard ones at the checkout.

Will I still get the cash back?
 
Oh, well I have a landline phone for those anyway, I only really want the unlimited data, and barely ever use my mobile for calls (never made more than 50 minutes of calls per month).
 
My Flext 35 has £180 credit which I never even use, all I use is the 10 Gb internet which I've exceeded several times.
 
Ok, I think I spammed the Nexus and Lumia threads enough now, but I will add the infos to this thread too :p

My Galaxy Nexus from 3 is going to be shipped today for delivery tomorrow:

£40 pm on the one plan, £116 cash back (effectively £35 pm with the cashback).
Total cost = £844


I also rang T Mobile, and they offered me:

FREE Nokia Lumia 800.
Removal of Internet (WnW max, 10 Gb pm) off my current tariff
Flext 35 (£180 monthly credit for calls + texts), 18 month contract with 50% discount.

Total cost = £315


My options are:

A) Keep both! But thats a whopping £1160 over the next 24 months :x (selling either phone or loads of old stuff can fund for this though).
B) Cancel the T Mob contract, lose 50% lifelong discount on any £35 pm tariff, and cheaper than sim free upgrades!
C) Cancel the One Plan order, and just keep Flext 35 + 10 Gb internet for £30 pm.


So should I do A, B, or C? Both offers are great and I want the all you can eat data more than anything else.
 
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