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Contract - Paying for sim or phone?
DXRulz
06-02-2011
I've read mixed responses from various sources saying that its the sim you're paying for, the phone is yours. However some say that its the other way round so which is it?
Red Arrow
06-02-2011
Slightly confused, why would it matter anyway? It's not like they are going to take away the phone one the contract is up.
DXRulz
06-02-2011
I ask this because i wanna keep the contract but dont like my phone and i cannot get the phone changed by them
blade_922
06-02-2011
Originally Posted by DXRulz:
“I ask this because i wanna keep the contract but dont like my phone and i cannot get the phone changed by them”

You want to keep your account with your existing provider right? Are you still in your contract period 18/24months? If you are coming close to the end of your contract, you can usually upgrade early, meaning you can keep your sim etc but just change your phone
DXRulz
06-02-2011
Originally Posted by blade_922:
“You want to keep your account with your existing provider right? Are you still in your contract period 18/24months? If you are coming close to the end of your contract, you can usually upgrade early, meaning you can keep your sim etc but just change your phone”

My upgrade is not due till next year but one of the main things i hate about my phone is its on full volume but still very quiet so i keep missing calls and then getting moaned at for never answering my phone!
TheBigM
06-02-2011
Originally Posted by DXRulz:
“My upgrade is not due till next year but one of the main things i hate about my phone is its on full volume but still very quiet so i keep missing calls and then getting moaned at for never answering my phone! ”

Ignore any tortuous ways of trying to understand this. Think of it simply as this: they give you a phone and the agreement to supply you with a line, minutes, texts, data. In return you agree to make a payment of an agreed amount to them for a minimum amount of time plus agreeing to pay charges for any other costs you may incur e.g. calling over your plan minutes.

Once you're outside of the cooling off period the only way to change your handset is for you to buy another one yourself. The network now doesn't care too much because they have your agreement to give them money for 12/18/24 months.

The cost to them of giving you a "free" handset gets recovered through your monthly payments to them. All you can do is buy a new phone and sell your current one to recoup some of the cost.
davethorp
06-02-2011
There is nothing at all to stop you from selling your current phone and buying a replacement one
DXRulz
06-02-2011
That explains why Orange did not query why one sim card was not in its original phone when i activated the upgrades for the work contract the other day. Im not part of this contract because of my hours and because im always in the office, i was just asked to activate the upgrades.

I was expecting Orange to ask why said sim was not in its original phone (Nokia 3109c) but was in an iPhone 2G instead and still is.

They never did, they just activated them no questions asked.
davethorp
06-02-2011
The network will know what handset a sim card is in from the handset's IMEI number. But they wont care (unless it's the 3 network and you are using a 2G phone)
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