Originally Posted by lovethechang:
“Intheknow - wouldnt you need to have an unlocked 3g handset to take advantage of that offer? I was under the impression the 3g handsets were a lot more expensive than so called 'standard (2g and 2.5g)' phones.”
Of course! You would need a sim free phone, it could be the end of your 3g contract and you are happy to continue with them on a sim free contract, or you could buy your own handset for £400 or something.
It makes me laugh when I hear guys bragging to their mates that the network gave them a posh phone for "free", no they didn't you're paying £40 a month you twonk. That's over £700 in 18 months !!, or just over double the price of the phone sim free.
Think about how much you're pissing down the drain month in, month out in an 18 month contract.
You need to phone Three to ask about sim free contracts and see what deals they can do, tell them you already have a 3g handset, and get them to quote you a price. It's better if you already have a Three account, it's coming up to the end of your contract and you buy a new sim free phone instead of upgrading though them. They gave me 500 minutes and 100 texts for £4, not per month, £4 for the year!
I've saved £250 over the life of the contract, you can upgrade when YOU want, if you decide to move you can just phone another network and see what they will offer you to come to them on a sim free contract. Oh and the phone is completely unbranded and unlocked.
Last edited by intheknow : 22-04-2007 at 14:08