Orange Offer for HTC Desire

Fallen god · 8 May 2010 at 00:12

Ok so past few weeks Ive been looking around for some decent offers on the Desire, I dont wanna pay too much as im a student with no job XD. I finally found a good offer with Orange, its £22.50 a month for 300mins, ulimited txt, and ulimited net(500mb I suppose), and the phone well cost me around £99. Quidco is also doing £80 cash back so thats just £19 for the phone. I was just wonder if theres anything better than that. Ive had no luck so far. Finally I'm just waiting to see if I get this job( my aunty pulled in a favor for her friend who works at asad), should get it within the week.

Thanks in Advance.

P.S. How long do the deals with quidco usually last and is it trustworthy, it seems like it to me but Ive never used it before.

griffo_001 · 8 May 2010 at 00:27

Quidco takes the first £5 of the first transaction, so it'll be £24 for the phone

Is that a 24 month contract? Dialaphone do a £25 p/m 18 month contract with the same minutes/texts/internet and £35 quidco cashback with a free phone

To hijack this thread slightly I'd like to hear from anyone who's found any good T-mobile deals, I need the extra internet I feel

Fallen god · 8 May 2010 at 00:44

griffo_001 said:
Quidco takes the first £5 of the first transaction, so it'll be £24 for the phone

Is that a 24 month contract? Dialaphone do a £25 p/m 18 month contract with the same minutes/texts/internet and £35 quidco cashback with a free phone

To hijack this thread slightly I'd like to hear from anyone who's found any good T-mobile deals, I need the extra internet I feel

Thats very interseting, 18months is a lot better than 24 months. Also T-mobile deals have gone so expensive, my friend she got one on the first week and got 900mins, unlimited txt and net for £30 a month on 18 month contract and phone for £30 i think but now somehting like that is £40 a month which is just crazy i think.

dbmzk1 · 8 May 2010 at 01:24

mobilephonesdirect.co.uk are doing a 18 month £25 T-mobile contract with 300 mins, 300 texts and unlimited data with a free Desire and £30 topcashback/quidco. Stock is due Monday. Once signed up you can get T-mobile to move you from the 1GB FUP to the correct 3GB FUP for Android phones which also frees up the booster meaning you can have unlimited texts etc.

griffo_001 · 8 May 2010 at 01:32

dbmzk1 said:
mobilephonesdirect.co.uk are doing a 18 month £25 T-mobile contract with 300 mins, 300 texts and unlimited data with a free Desire and £30 topcashback/quidco. Stock is due Monday. Once signed up you can get T-mobile to move you from the 1GB FUP to the correct 3GB FUP for Android phones which also frees up the booster meaning you can have unlimited texts etc.

I've heard bad things about mpd in the desire thread

Has anyone on the forum achieved this swap? I've seen reports elsewhere, but non on here.

I guess I could just cancel if I can't swap the booster claiming bad reception? Who would I talk to if I wanted to cancel, t mobile or mpd? Its 7 day direct selling act return for these things isn't it?

Kreeeee · 8 May 2010 at 11:16

Yeah, I'd go with T-Mobile 18 months for £25 if I could get the 3GB net swapped out.

Fallen god · 8 May 2010 at 12:53

do you just call them up and say you want a network swap?

alx · 9 May 2010 at 00:52

Saw a deal on phones4u today with Orange, 18 month contract, 300 mins, 3000 texts, 500MB internet, unlimited email and the phones free for £25 per month.

Guess it depends whether you want more than 500MB a month for internet usage.

Out of interest, what's T-Mobiles network coverage like, good?

dbmzk1 · 9 May 2010 at 02:02

sh4rk said:
Saw a deal on phones4u today with Orange, 18 month contract, 300 mins, 3000 texts, 500MB internet, unlimited email and the phones free for £25 per month.

Guess it depends whether you want more than 500MB a month for internet usage.

Out of interest, what's T-Mobiles network coverage like, good?

It's good but not fantastic. Will only improve as they merge networks with Orange though.

alx · 9 May 2010 at 02:04

dbmzk1 said:
It's good but not fantastic. Will only improve as they merge networks with Orange though.

It's a shame no one else seems to offer such a big data limit per month as T-Mobile atm.

Kreeeee · 9 May 2010 at 17:07

sh4rk said:
It's a shame no one else seems to offer such a big data limit per month as T-Mobile atm.

I'm hoping o2 do when they finally pull their thumbs out.

dbmzk1 · 9 May 2010 at 17:36

Kreeeee said:
I'm hoping o2 do when they finally pull their thumbs out.

Can't find any solid evidence of what their FUP actually is. Seems that it ranges from 200mb to 20gb!

Airax · 10 May 2010 at 09:08

If you can live with "3" they are offering the Desire FOC on an £17 per month 24 month contract....

osc89er · 10 May 2010 at 09:22

Airax said:
If you can live with "3" they are offering the Desire FOC on an £17 per month 24 month contract....

With 500MB FUP fake "unlimited" internet, chargeable after you reach 500MB data as well.

alx · 10 May 2010 at 13:09

dbmzk1 said:
Can't find any solid evidence of what their FUP actually is. Seems that it ranges from 200mb to 20gb!

According to their web bolt on page, which gives you 'unlimited' :rolleyes:

internet for £7.50 a month it's a 200mb FUP limit.

See here: http://www.o2.co.uk/explore/tariffs/boltons/paygoboltons/o2web

robnut · 10 May 2010 at 13:15

I have;

£89 for the phone
300 mins
unlimited text
unlimited Net (3gb)

£15pm direct from tmobile, new customer.

tbz_ck · 10 May 2010 at 13:22

robnut said:
I have;

£89 for the phone
300 mins
unlimited text
unlimited Net (3gb)

£15pm direct from tmobile, new customer.

How did you get that??? Over the phone with a representative??? Their website mentions no such deal!

Hades · 10 May 2010 at 14:33

I really hammer the internet on O2. I have no idea how much I use but I never have an issue with O2. Sadly I'm getting really fedup with waiting for them to bring out the Desire. On Friday I was told it would be today but today they have no idea when it is out.

Who's better for unlimited data between Orange and Tmob?

Fallen god · 10 May 2010 at 15:00

Orange is 500MB, tmob is unlimited.

Also I have a sim only contract with Tmob right now, so if I call them up you think they might sort me out some deal?

Supercow · 10 May 2010 at 20:25

dbmzk1 said:
mobilephonesdirect.co.uk are doing a 18 month £25 T-mobile contract with 300 mins, 300 texts and unlimited data with a free Desire and £30 topcashback/quidco. Stock is due Monday. Once signed up you can get T-mobile to move you from the 1GB FUP to the correct 3GB FUP for Android phones which also frees up the booster meaning you can have unlimited texts etc.

Can you get a booster, even though you go through a third party?