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Orange takes on O2 Simplicity
Ricardodaforce
30-09-2007
Imminent launch of new £15/month sim only deal.

Looks good compared to PAYG.
plasma-screen
30-09-2007
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“Imminent launch of new £15/month sim only deal.

Looks good compared to PAYG.”


any link for this................?
Ricardodaforce
30-09-2007
Only if you have access to the Orange Intranet!
Mystic Eddy
30-09-2007
Any info on how many minutes/texts will be included?
Ricardodaforce
30-09-2007
Originally Posted by Mystic Eddy:
“Any info on how many minutes/texts will be included?”

Not had time to read it all yet, though one of my guys told me that if you were a PAYG customer you'd have to spend £53 in a month for what you'd get for the £15 tariff. But like I said, I haven't read it all for myself yet.
Mystic Eddy
30-09-2007
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“Not had time to read it all yet, though one of my guys told me that if you were a PAYG customer you'd have to spend £53 in a month for what you'd get for the £15 tariff. But like I said, I haven't read it all for myself yet.”

Interesting seeing as I'm on PAYG at the moment...will await more details.
Mr Cable
01-10-2007
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“Not had time to read it all yet, though one of my guys told me that if you were a PAYG customer you'd have to spend £53 in a month for what you'd get for the £15 tariff. But like I said, I haven't read it all for myself yet.”

I wouldn't be suprised at this whatsoever - as non-handset deals seem to offer an excellent future.

I AM suprised it's taken this long for Networks to catch on.

Please could you post even the slightest idea of the Orange tariffs?
Ricardodaforce
01-10-2007
Not back in the office till Wednesday I'm afraid.
Mystic Eddy
03-10-2007
Anymore news on this?
Ricardodaforce
03-10-2007
yep, we have the sims. The £15 sim only dolphin gives you 150 mins and 300 texts plus something else. There are a variety of tariffs, was my 1st day in this week so haven't had time to read up on all the options.
Mystic Eddy
03-10-2007
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“yep, we have the sims. The £15 sim only dolphin gives you 150 mins and 300 texts plus something else. There are a variety of tariffs, was my 1st day in this week so haven't had time to read up on all the options.”

OK. Thanks.
Ricardodaforce
04-10-2007
And it includes off peak unlimited texts.
Steve_runner
04-10-2007
Poor deal compared to O2 Simplicity:

£15 = 200 min and 400 texts if you buy online.
Ricardodaforce
04-10-2007
Originally Posted by Steve_runner:
“Poor deal compared to O2 Simplicity:

£15 = 200 min and 400 texts if you buy online.”


Looks like O2 offer 10 more minutes, Orange offer a whole lot more texts when you factor in the unlimited bit. There are actually a whole range of phone-free tariffs to choose from.
Steve_runner
05-10-2007
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce
yep, we have the sims. The £15 sim only dolphin gives you 150 mins and 300 texts plus something else. There are a variety of tariffs, was my 1st day in this week so haven't had time to read up on all the options.


Compared to O2 I make that 50 less mins and 100 less txts. I don't see that deal online:

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/paymsim#dolphin

So at the £15 PP they are not really taking on O2. Even there £20 deal is not that attrative, 100 more txts but 75 less mins. You don't get unlimited txt until you pay £25 a month.

O2 still seem to have the edge.
Ricardodaforce
05-10-2007
Originally Posted by Steve_runner:
“Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce
yep, we have the sims. The £15 sim only dolphin gives you 150 mins and 300 texts plus something else. There are a variety of tariffs, was my 1st day in this week so haven't had time to read up on all the options.


Compared to O2 I make that 50 less mins and 100 less txts. I don't see that deal online:

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/paymsim#dolphin

So at the £15 PP they are not really taking on O2. Even there £20 deal is not that attrative, 100 more txts but 75 less mins. You don't get unlimited txt until you pay £25 a month.

O2 still seem to have the edge.”

Forgive me, the tarfiffs I am referring to are in Orange retail. I am not referring to the web offers.
From what you say the comparison seems thus:

Network No of Mins No of texts Monthly Cost

O2 200 400 £15

Orange
(Dolphin 15) 150 300 £15
(+offpeak unlimited texts)


So, you are right, O2 give you more mins, Orange more texts.
Ricardodaforce
05-10-2007
Also worth looking at is the £15 Racoon. 225 minutes + unlimited off-peak landline minutes, and 100 texts.
chyllyphylly
05-10-2007
if you text a lot,

The £25pm simplicity deal would be your bet.

600 mins
1000 text + text freedom (2000 texts extra free)
Ricardodaforce
05-10-2007
Originally Posted by chyllyphylly:
“if you text a lot,

The £25pm simplicity deal would be your bet.

600 mins
1000 text + text freedom (2000 texts extra free)”

Looks like you've compared a £25 tariff with a £15 one. Hardly a proper example is it. Have you looked at the £25 sim only Dolphin 25 available from Orange retail? If so how does that compare?
LAWandORDER
06-10-2007
if i purchased credits for say november (only) but didnt get round to using them all within the month will they roll over the following month like payg credits

the o2 simplicity sounds like a good deal, much better than payg but if the credits dont roll onto to the following months until you used up all your credits its no use to me
Ricardodaforce
07-10-2007
Originally Posted by chyllyphylly:
“if you text a lot,

The £25pm simplicity deal would be your bet.

600 mins
1000 text + text freedom (2000 texts extra free)”


Hmmmm, the Orange £25 Dolphin (sim free) is 600 minutes and unlimited texts. I'd be interested to understand how the O2 tariff you quote is better........
spark22
07-10-2007
Are these sim only deals now available through Orange retail?
DevoidDroid
07-10-2007
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“Hmmmm, the Orange £25 Dolphin (sim free) is 600 minutes and unlimited texts. I'd be interested to understand how the O2 tariff you quote is better........”

O2 offers free voicemail, and 1MB inclusive data, so technically the O2 deal is better.
Ricardodaforce
07-10-2007
Originally Posted by spark22:
“Are these sim only deals now available through Orange retail?”

web offers usually differ to retail offers with Orange.
Ricardodaforce
07-10-2007
Originally Posted by DevoidDroid:
“O2 offers free voicemail, and 1MB inclusive data, so technically the O2 deal is better.”


Indeed it is. The op did not mention their inclusion.
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