More phone advice

You have to link us to the deals, not to the basket..

 

My Blackberry curve 8900 should arrive tommorow, how do i get BBM or does it come already on it?

 

Should already come installed.

 

Wicked, cheers.

 

Well i have this now and bloody hell i must be getting old as is so difficult to use. Seems to go onto mobile internet WAP all the time and can;t seem to turn it off. High bills will be coming i am sure!

 

Yep gotta watch that. My phone had a weather application which got updated every morning automatically. On my Tariff it's 30p for data per day so charges were racking up till I sussed out how to turn the auto update off.

With the more techy smart phones they assume your on a package which includes data and stuff like that.:rant:

 

I've got the iPhone, bit chunky and overpriced but I won it

 

I'm sending my phone in tomorrow for repair, I've had enough of it turning itself off/restoring itself to factory settings then back to normal/cutting out in the middle of phonecalls. When it comes back they're going to give me a call back and ask how I'm getting on. Even if it's fine I'm half tempted to say I still want another phone.

 

My contract is up in a couple of months and all I want is a PHONE!!!

Most of you on here will know I am not all that computer literate so all the gadgetry you get on phones these days is not much use to me, I don't even do much texting!!!

So what is the best deal out there for a new phone (model suggestions appreciated) and a basic contract around 500+ minutes a month with as little text capacity as possible, as I believe it is virtually impossible to get a package without texts. Unless you know different of course?

 

How much do you spend on calls a month? May be worth you going pay as you go?

 

Try billmonitor.com or http://www.moneysavingexpert.com (click on Utlitities/Phones). Both of these should find you the best deal for mobile phones.

 

TVoR, look at 02 Simplicity, it's sim only but you can either do a 12 month contract or a 30 day rolling which is rare nowadays, meaning of course you can cancel at any time with 30 days notice. They're cheap as chips too, I mean you don't get a handset but you can pick decent enough ones up for what you want for £80 or so.

I'm sure T-Mob do a similiar plan to 02's Simplicity also.

 

Thanks guys I'll check those out :sign15:

 

This is pretty good for comparing mobile phone contracts/PAYG:

http://www.best-mobile-contracts.co.uk/

 

Just got this months Bill in 96p:rant:

30p of that was internet which dialled up before my wifi connected:rant:

 

:tumbleweed:

 

Do you use a landline or skype a lot or don't you talk to anyone?

 

I have no friends:sad1:

 

I'll be your friend.

Leighton's my best mate though.

 

Hurraharty2:.

Don't need enemies now:biggrin:

 

OK, so it's almost 2 years since I started this thread and guess what? It's renewal time.

Current status is I hate my phone. It's just plain sh*te, what was I thinking? OK, the TomTom on it is just fantastic, but that's it. Windows is out of the window for me from this point forward.

So I spoke to TMobile this morning who can lower my monthly tariff from £20 to £8.50, and will throw in a Samsung Galaxy Ace or HTC Wildfire for free, (with Android OS). However, I'm massively impressed with my colleagues IPhones, and am looking at this option now. For £15 a month you can get a free Iphone 3GS, but with limited text/call options. I'm thinking that when the TMobile guy rings back later I'll press him for a deal for an IPhone 3GS, unlimited text and internet, and try to keep it at about £15.

 

I'm conviced that a simple basic phone with bluetooth is all that is required.
Get a tablet for your web stuff.
Tom Tom is cheaper as a stand alone unit.

iphone wont be good for this site as it doesn't do flash.

 

Just been browsing this site on my colleagues IPhone. Nice and easy, no issues. What problems do you invisage Meister?

 

Admin here, I can post with no problems from the IPhone.

 

It the games in the arcade and also the casino if/when that comes back. Do the adverts work OK also as I've had issue with them on non flash devices.
I know its not critical to running the site but thoroughly annoying.
It'll also kill facebook aps.

 

Who needs the arcade when you have angry birds ? Yes, ads work well on the IPhone. If it kills facebook aps then I'm getting it tomorrow, (facebook recently banned from my house due to teenagers not realising the dangers it posed).

 

The new Blackberry bold/touch screen thingy is a superb phone. It urinates all over the I phone in my opinion. I phones are good fun for the apps etc. but as a phone they are terrible and a kilelr when trying to work from it. For the apps I am planning on getting an I pod touch, for a phone the Blackberry is at the top of the game.

 

Looking at Android myself and looking to get either the HTC Sensation XE or XL, can't decide though leaning towards XE

 

IPhone 3GS ordered. £15 a month including phone, unlimited texts, loads of internet download bandwidth and 50 minutes of calls, (don't care about calls). Arrives soon!!

 

Fair play. Obviously this advice is a little late for you, but for anyone else that's looking...

As someone who has been on Android for 3 years now, I will say that if you get the very best available handset it will probably blow most iPhones out of the water. However, there are some really low end phones around that ship with Android and really cause more hassle than they're worth.

Basically, if you go Android then make sure it's at the top of the market. Otherwise the iPhone 3GS and above will be far more suited to what you want, and probably cheaper.

 

Too late as well but the Galaxy sII is indeed superb. Best phone I have ever had, quality piece of kit.