Originally Posted by whoever,hey:
“Its JUMP.”
“Its JUMP.”
Cheers.
UK networks must offer 12 month contracts apparently
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12 months contracts have always been available. They werent advertised, but rining up, you could always get a 12 month contract. The cost as you would expect would be high.
Just recently i was going to cancel my three contract and go with talkmoble for a Nokia Lumia 800 at 12.50 a month.
When i rang up three they offered me the Samsung Galaxy 2 on the one plan for £25 a month you can even tether not that i intend to on this plan,now even without the phone three charge £25 a month albeit on a one month sim only deal.
If i took this up over 24 months it would come to the same price as my contract with the high end mobile,i took the deal as it seemed like brillaint value.
When i rang up three they offered me the Samsung Galaxy 2 on the one plan for £25 a month you can even tether not that i intend to on this plan,now even without the phone three charge £25 a month albeit on a one month sim only deal.
If i took this up over 24 months it would come to the same price as my contract with the high end mobile,i took the deal as it seemed like brillaint value.
Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“Why owe money if you don't have to even if it is interest free?...”
“Why owe money if you don't have to even if it is interest free?...”
Because in an inflationary economy interest-free credit is cheaper than paying for something up front. Moreover the less you pay per month and the longer you pay it for, the cheaper it gets. The value of your fixed repayments falls at an increasing rate over time, as money becomes worth less due to inflation.
The only circumstances in which your idea of paying up front would save you money is in a deflationary economy (i.e where prices continually fall and the value of money increases with time). However should we find ourselves in that situation a mobile phone contract would be the least of your worries.
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“...sim free contracts are usually slightly cheaper, although not always...”
“...sim free contracts are usually slightly cheaper, although not always...”
Sometimes that's true for the headline prices of new contracts (altough by no means always). They are almost never cheaper than the retention deals a good customer of a network should be able to get.
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“...with the flexibility I mentioned in my last post, i.e change provider, upgrade when you want, get software updates quicker, etc etc.”
“...with the flexibility I mentioned in my last post, i.e change provider, upgrade when you want, get software updates quicker, etc etc.”
This is the major benefit of going SIM free, not cost. In fact it's the reason I'm considering going SIM free.
Originally Posted by legends wear 7:
“this is why i like the thing Phones4U are doing, you get a 24month contract but its at a SIMO pricepoint, then you get the handset on a separate agreement so you can pay it off over time and upgrade whenever you want.
http://support.phones4u.co.uk/pe/act...nt?id=10205676”
“this is why i like the thing Phones4U are doing, you get a 24month contract but its at a SIMO pricepoint, then you get the handset on a separate agreement so you can pay it off over time and upgrade whenever you want.
http://support.phones4u.co.uk/pe/act...nt?id=10205676”
There's a big reason I don't like it. It's the devilish little detail that if you want a new phone on the handset part of the contract before the 24 month period, Phones4U take back your old handset and give you a trade-in credit against your new phone. Of course they decide the trade-in value. What's the betting you wil get far less than the value of the phone on the open market?
Originally Posted by carnivalist:
“There's a big reason I don't like it. It's the devilish little detail that if you want a new phone on the handset part of the contract before the 24 month period, Phones4U take back your old handset and give you a trade-in credit against your new phone. Of course they decide the trade-in value. What's the betting you wil get far less than the value of the phone on the open market?”
“There's a big reason I don't like it. It's the devilish little detail that if you want a new phone on the handset part of the contract before the 24 month period, Phones4U take back your old handset and give you a trade-in credit against your new phone. Of course they decide the trade-in value. What's the betting you wil get far less than the value of the phone on the open market?”
my understanding is that you can sell the phone privately
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