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GRRR I hate 18month Contracts
Adam D
01-11-2007
My phone broke that i had with my contract so i am using a crappyer phone and i still have 10months left on my Contract and i don't think i will be able to upgrade at all.

The SE W910i looks great but is very pricey on places like ebay (the best place i could find to buy)

Any ideas?
chyllyphylly
01-11-2007
i'm on an 18 monther as well, got 15 to go.

i like my k800 , but would prefer the k850

Just keep checking the classifieds.

or take out another contract, and change your exsisting one to the lowest possible tarriff
Quackers
01-11-2007
I've just come to the end of my 18 Month contract, its way to long, so i said i want no upgrade, they put me on 30 day contract, sim only deal. £25 a month, unlimited texts and 600 anytime cross network mins. keeps my bill at very little cost, just gonna get a new phone sim free when I want one.
Ricardodaforce
02-11-2007
If you hate 18 month contracts, one wonders why you signed one......
prking
02-11-2007
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“If you hate 18 month contracts, one wonders why you signed one......”

Indeed, and why the OP didn't take out insurance to replace his phone if it needed replacing.
andybno1
02-11-2007
ok your still within your 12 month warrenty, you can ring up your provider and you should be able to get a warrenty replacement which should be free of charge
Dan Sette
02-11-2007
Originally Posted by Adam D:
“My phone broke that i had with my contract”

Originally Posted by prking:
“Indeed, and why the OP didn't take out insurance to replace his phone if it needed replacing.”

I was going to post what Andybno1 suggested. The phone is only eight months old and therefore you should push for a warranty replacement.

Interestingly enough I've had a windows Mobile phone under an eighteen month contract. It has been the worst model for reliablility I've ever encountered.

Was repalced in the first month when it broke down, and was relplaced at the end of month thirteen, under warranty, when it broke down again. (apparently it is under warranty for the full eighteen months.)

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The Informant
02-11-2007
orange will upgrade you after month 9 of a 18 month contract but only on higher tariffs.
iSix
02-11-2007
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“If you hate 18 month contracts, one wonders why you signed one......”

That's what I thought when I read this thread. You either go for a 12 month contract, or since you know you're going to be stuck with the same phone for so long, get insurance on it because you will lose it/break it/damage it/something will go wrong.
Ricardodaforce
02-11-2007
Originally Posted by andybno1:
“ok your still within your 12 month warrenty, you can ring up your provider and you should be able to get a warrenty replacement which should be free of charge”

I can only speak for Orange, but that isn't quite right. A faulty phone is replaced within 28 days of purchase. After that it is repaired free of charge under the warranty.
Finglonga
02-11-2007
For a warranty replacement there is a big difference between "My phone broke that I had with my contract" & "I broke my phone that I had on my contract".

If it is the latter then you won't get a replacement but you may be able to claim on your house insurance.
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