***The Official Samsung Galaxy S III Thread***

Trifid said:
It's still cheaper to be in contract.
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I'm already on a 24 month contract ending in April that was when I got the HTC Desire and that contract has been costing me £31 a month, I paid a handset fee of £90 ish IIRC back then to upgrade to it from the HTC Magic and so far this 24 month contract has cost me £744 running up to April which is more than what I would have otherwise spent if I bought the Desire sim free and then dropped my then contract to a sim only deal at say £10-£15 a month over 12 months and then gotten an even better deal once that period ended by shopping around.

24 month contracts are not my cup of tea. I prefer shorter 12 month sim only contracts and sim free phones now and then shopping around for the best tariff deal as that works out cheaper and gives me better control.
 
I was thinking about an SGS2 a few months back, my sums were similar to this

Sim Only

18 months contract @ £11 = £198
Phone is £600
Total £798

Contract

18 months @ £35 = 630
Phone £60
£690

Will see what I do this time, as I've definitely decided to upgrade my original release date Desire
 
Deep said:
I was thinking about an SGS2 a few months back, my sums were similar to this

Sim Only

18 months contract @ £11 = £198
Phone is £600
Total £798

Contract

18 months @ £35 = 630
Phone £60
£690

Will see what I do this time, as I've definitely decided to upgrade my original release date Desire
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£600 for the phone? :confused: I bought my S2 on day/week of release from O2 on PAYG and paid £399 - That was a year ago?

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http://shop.o2.co.uk/mobile_phone/pay_and_go/init/Samsung/Galaxy_S_II

£449 :o £50 more expensive than 12 months ago - That is shocking for a mobile phone to be more expensive.
 
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Which network had the phone for £60?

I'm only interested in networks that have almost always stable 3G minimum so that really only leaves Vodafone and now 3 as we have o2 and Orange business sims at work and I'm always receiving problems with coverage from my BES users on Blackberries on those 2 networks.

Also, £60 for an S2 when it was brand new on an 18month contract? That was unlikely when I was looking at S2 deals lol!
 
mrk said:
Which network had the phone for £60?

I'm only interested in networks that have almost always stable 3G minimum so that really only leaves Vodafone and now 3 as we have o2 and Orange business sims at work and I'm always receiving problems with coverage from my BES users on Blackberries on those 2 networks.

Also, £60 for an S2 when it was brand new on an 18month contract? That was unlikely when I was looking at S2 deals lol!
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I used £60 as an example, as long as it is less than £170 you'll save money.

I've never really had a problem with Virgin btw
 
That's fair enough, I've sort of given up changing every 12/18 months.
I've had my Desire almost 2 years, and have now decided to upgrade. Last generation didn't offer anything to me
 
Yeah if I had the right phone I'd have it for way longer, I remember I said back in the hTC Magic days that I wanted an epic screen of 720p minimum and of course decent specs and I'd be set. S3 looks like it will meet that going by these rumours :)

Contract switching every 12 months is way too easy when you're on sim free and sim only, not so on terms beyond that!
 
mrk said:
Yeah if I had the right phone I'd have it for way longer, I remember I said back in the hTC Magic days that I wanted an epic screen of 720p minimum and of course decent specs and I'd be set. S3 looks like it will meet that going by these rumours :)

Contract switching every 12 months is way too easy when you're on sim free and sim only, not so on terms beyond that!
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TBH if a 24 month contract works out cheaper than phone+24months line rental you're better off just going contract, then getting a new phone at 12 months still.

Obviously if the contract works out more then you're better off just buying the phone :p.
 
You'd still be paying a hefty handset price though on a brand new top end phone, unless you bought a new phone sim free, in which case why not just get one sim free to begin with and a sim only contract? Which is where all this came about for me after realising this was the better way to do it.

Remember though, I'm never going to use high tariff minutes so a £35 a month contract with 600 odd voice minutes is a waste of £35 as I won't be making use of those minutes or even the thousands of texts they have too. 90% of my phone comms is done over messaging apps be they voice/video or IM :)
 
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all about the best price for me, got the sgs2 on £10 a month 24/month plus £150 and then paid it all off after 2 months, and then got my Galaxy Nexus outright, once you get on the ladder of buying outright and then selling 6 - 8 months you get a fair whack back on ebay, i would expect to get £250 for my Galaxy Nexus when the S3 comes out, if i decide to get one.
 
Bloomfield said:
TBH if a 24 month contract works out cheaper than phone+24months line rental you're better off just going contract, then getting a new phone at 12 months still.

Obviously if the contract works out more then you're better off just buying the phone :p.
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I get double benefit.

30% discount off my line rental, take £35 24 month contract, get phone free.

Actually pay £24.50 a month, and get 6 months line rental free by way of redemption. Also got £50 through TopCashBack.

£588 - 197 = £391 paid for the phone and 24 months of a decent contract.

I also get 30% of pay as you go prices, so if the S3 comes out in a few months at say £500, I can sell my S2 for £200-250, meaning I only have to shell out £100 for a brand new phone in the middle of my contract. Then in 12 months my contract is due an upgrade, so new phone again for free! :D
 
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