Phones 4 me!
Ok, so some of you will know that I recently upgraded my phone to an iPhone, I was on a £35 a month contract (600 mins anytime, 500 texts, unlimited internet) but had to go to a £45 a month contract (1200 mins, 500 texts, unlimited internet) to get it free...
At first I loved it. I loved the way that you could have full internet, access to email, a gps system (very helpful to find things like you local HSBC etc), an iPod and other such fun things. But after a week I noticed a few things that I really didn't like. So here's the list: you can't bluetooth anything to any other phone or computer; the camera is poor at 2 megapixels and doesnt record video or have flash; you cant forward text messages and when writing texts you have no way of knowing if youve gone into a 2nd message; you cant have songs as ringtones, only ones downloaded from itunes; and also the battery life is extremely poor which is hardly surprising considering what it does.
So I sent it back, saying I wasn't happy with it. o2 were fine with it. So the search for a new phone began and I came across a very good review of the Samsung Omnia which is very similar to the iPhone but it also does the basics very well. Happy in my choice I phoned o2 who then told me that they don't offer that phone! I guess it isn't that surprising seeing as its the most similar to the iPhone. Vodafone offered that phone and a pretty good contract with it for £35 a month (600 mins anytime, unlimited texts and internet). So that's better than my existing contract and it offers the phone I want. So I then phoned o2 AGAIN and they did the usual blurb and I then said I wanted to end my contract at which point things changed. I got put through to the retention department and they offered me a similar contract (600 mins, 1000 texts and unlimited internet) for just £20 a month! The different phones they offered for that price were the o2 XDA Ignito, Blackberry 8310, Nokia 6220 and the Sony Ericsson C702. I looked at all of them and the winner was the Sony Ericsson c702.
So I'd say that its well worth phoning around and seeing what deals are out there with whatever phones. I think I've done pretty well out of it. Looking forward to the phone turning up now. Remember though, it was only when I said I was disconnecting that they offered me the great deal at £20 a month.
At first I loved it. I loved the way that you could have full internet, access to email, a gps system (very helpful to find things like you local HSBC etc), an iPod and other such fun things. But after a week I noticed a few things that I really didn't like. So here's the list: you can't bluetooth anything to any other phone or computer; the camera is poor at 2 megapixels and doesnt record video or have flash; you cant forward text messages and when writing texts you have no way of knowing if youve gone into a 2nd message; you cant have songs as ringtones, only ones downloaded from itunes; and also the battery life is extremely poor which is hardly surprising considering what it does.
So I sent it back, saying I wasn't happy with it. o2 were fine with it. So the search for a new phone began and I came across a very good review of the Samsung Omnia which is very similar to the iPhone but it also does the basics very well. Happy in my choice I phoned o2 who then told me that they don't offer that phone! I guess it isn't that surprising seeing as its the most similar to the iPhone. Vodafone offered that phone and a pretty good contract with it for £35 a month (600 mins anytime, unlimited texts and internet). So that's better than my existing contract and it offers the phone I want. So I then phoned o2 AGAIN and they did the usual blurb and I then said I wanted to end my contract at which point things changed. I got put through to the retention department and they offered me a similar contract (600 mins, 1000 texts and unlimited internet) for just £20 a month! The different phones they offered for that price were the o2 XDA Ignito, Blackberry 8310, Nokia 6220 and the Sony Ericsson C702. I looked at all of them and the winner was the Sony Ericsson c702.
So I'd say that its well worth phoning around and seeing what deals are out there with whatever phones. I think I've done pretty well out of it. Looking forward to the phone turning up now. Remember though, it was only when I said I was disconnecting that they offered me the great deal at £20 a month.
posted by Pete at 17:17
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