Hi,
I need some help from UK citezens in getting a mobile phone contract in UK
I am going to Enland the next month.. with my brother..
I will stay for six months.. and my brother will stay for a long time (5 years minimum)..
I am wondering what is the perfect deal for me and for my brother.. we want to get a sim as soon as possible so it's better to know which and how from now...
I know i can surf some networks sites but i know that your opinions are much better and more helping..
Best Regards,
Hi,
If you do not have a bank account for address proof, getting a contract phone is next to impossible.
Regarding networks, I would recommend you to take O2. Its the only GSM network where you can call most of non-geographic numbers like (0870/0845 etc) in your bundled/free minutes. Most of the call centres for various products and services are on these 0870/0845 numbers.
Go for Three(3G network) if you want damn cheap tariffs as long as you don't mind patchy network coverage. They have good phones these days and coverage/quality has improved quite significantly.
Go for T-Mobile if you want good customer service and good tariffs.
Vodafone is the worst(my experience) when it comes to customer service but they project that their network is the best(???) but they are expensive when it comes to tariffs.
Regards
Hari
thanks a lot,
I think my brother has arranged some bank account... but for me.. are there pre-paid accounts or something??
dont tell me there's no way to get a temporal mobile phone in England..
thanks again
hari said:
Hi,
If you do not have a bank account for address proof, getting a contract phone is next to impossible.
Regarding networks, I would recommend you to take O2. Its the only GSM network where you can call most of non-geographic numbers like (0870/0845 etc) in your bundled/free minutes. Most of the call centres for various products and services are on these 0870/0845 numbers.
Go for Three(3G network) if you want damn cheap tariffs as long as you don't mind patchy network coverage. They have good phones these days and coverage/quality has improved quite significantly.
Go for T-Mobile if you want good customer service and good tariffs.
Vodafone is the worst(my experience) when it comes to customer service but they project that their network is the best(???) but they are expensive when it comes to tariffs.
Regards
Hari
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what about virgin mobile, what do you think of that? do you think i should switch from them, or stay with them? (i think it's 15p flat rate for any call, including 0870/0845 numbers)
this thread has almost completed a decade !!
I'll suggest T-mobile....
dominos_liberty said:
this thread has almost completed a decade !!
I'll suggest T-mobile....
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Now maybe he is a UK citizen
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markyboyWATP said:
vodafone for me
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i'm currently on orange and my contract is now up, i'm now due an upgrade, so after some thought i have decided i'm going to have a touch diamond 2 over the touch hd.
over the weekend i went round in the shops of orange vodaphone & O2 looking for one of these phones on contract, but while in each store staff all told me the same thing, they were not getting the phone.
can this be right does anyone know which uk network providers will be carrying this phone?
I saw somewhere on the internet that Orange was getting it, then other Uk networks would as well, but I don't know if this was wishful thinking or the poster had heard for real!?!
See here: http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/htc-touch-diamond-2-sim-free-873916.html
On Online, two Retailers sell contracts (As I know)
1. Mobilephonesdirect
2. Expansys
Two retailers sell T-mobile and Vodafone contracts and Mobilephonesdirect has more tariffs than Expansys.
Carphonewarehouse and Phones4U list it as coming soon (in May), so u don't have to wait long hopefully.
livej said:
On Online, two Retailers sell contracts (As I know)
1. Mobilephonesdirect
2. Expansys
Two retailers sell T-mobile and Vodafone contracts and Mobilephonesdirect has more tariffs than Expansys.
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Mobilephonesdirect seem to have good deals, better than Expansys, anyone have direct experience of MPD, too good to be true (or not?)?
T-Mobile are getting there version of the TD2 and its called the T-Mobile MDA Compact V
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=497437
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Mobilephonesdirect seem to have good deals, better than Expansys, anyone have direct experience of MPD, too good to be true (or not?)?
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Yeah i got mine from MPD, ordered on Friday and arrived on Saturday....Can't complain
It was free with a t-mob contract £30 a month with 800 minutes any network and unlimited texts....added the unlimited internet (excluding VOIP) for an extra £6 a month (think it's limited to 3gb but i can still use my phone as a modem for my laptop which i'm doing now) If it's not enough, then you can get the upgrade to the max for 12 a month and then you get 10gb a month
My X1 met with an accident before six months, which left one part of the slider loose compared to the other, and the screen broke and i have a spider web kinda crack on one part of the screen.
I've gone to three service centers till date and all of them told me that they do not have the spare parts and have to import it from god damn knows where.
I sent a mail to x1support also, but no reply.
What are the other options i have to get my phone repaired? People from India, please reply
India is not the only country to have lazy Sony support. I guess you will have to wait for the X2. Sorry if I am not being helpful but I have bad experiences with Sony in many parts of Asia and Europe. In many 'third world' countries they are more geared up to service TVs, DVD recorders, and audio systems (even laptops) but just do not have the expertise for high-end phones.
sigh... i think i will go back to the java based Sony ericsson phones. atleast i got good support.
Se service is pathetic
Hi,
Icompletely agree on this pathetic service by SE. I am from India. I have been haveing some problem with my xi lately. I went to Se service centre for getting the phone repaired as it was stuck in the headset mode. I was told that it has happened because of some liquid geting in the mother boardand we will have to check with the head office and after some fifteen days later when i get my phone, the slider key board is loose and i can not type through this propery. When i told them they are saying it was like that only. very irresponsible answer. One this is for sure that this is going to be my last SE phone and I will make sure that people around my dont get into the same trap and dont buy any of these SE phones. Pathetic is the only word for their service. Infact I am planning to sell this phone off and get another NON SE phone.
Yes it is lol. I know of only one person that was completely content with their srvices. I guess it was a fluke, or a competent clerk (fired sooon aftert that lol).....
i bet you had to wait so long because they keep all the spare parts in korea incase their korean customers get a crack or something because they are the most important people.
comeradealexi said:
i bet you had to wait so long because they keep all the spare parts in korea incase their korean customers get a crack or something because they are the most important people.
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or a competent clerk (fired sooon aftert that lol).....
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LOL (no aircraft in this post)
I have an unlocked G1 and wanted to know if I could use boost mobile with it. Considering there's a sim card with boost phones...
And if so, would i loose out on any features? internet? market?
Boost runs on the iDen network, which does not support GSM radio bands, so no.
Hey, this is Rachel from Boost Mobile. To answer you question, a Boost Mobile SIM will only work in a Boost Mobile handset. Any other phone would not be compatible with the technology. Hope that helps.
Okay... I'm done answering stupid questions on Q&A. I'm getting a headache and I'm feeling really pessimistic about the knowledge of smart phone users.
I'm out. Sorry. I just can't do this anymore tonight.
Binary100100 said:
Okay... I'm done answering stupid questions on Q&A. I'm getting a headache and I'm feeling really pessimistic about the knowledge of smart phone users.
I'm out. Sorry. I just can't do this anymore tonight.
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Common sense alone would tell him that boost doesnt use sim cards and the G1 is a GSM phone.
Lol, do you guys just troll the QA board to make fun of people?
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Hey, this is Rachel from Boost Mobile. To answer you question, a Boost Mobile SIM will only work in a Boost Mobile handset. Any other phone would not be compatible with the technology. Hope that helps.
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LIES.
I used Boost mobile sim cards in my old Nextel i730. When Nextel was bought out by Sprint, I decided I no longer wanted the service. But I had a lot of contacts that only had 2-way at the time so I needed to have a way to keep in touch with some of them. So I bought a Boost prepaid sim and threw it in the Nextel phone. Of course there was the problem of activating my phone because I owed Snextel money. I just used another ESN number from one of the 20 phones I had laying around and went on my way happy way.
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Common sense alone would tell him that boost doesnt use sim cards and the G1 is a GSM phone.
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Wrong. Boost phones DO use a sim card.
Know-Fear said:
Wrong. Boost phones DO use a sim card.
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Im using my G1 on EVDO right now and its Grrreat!
I heard they said Dream users onj sprint get free upgrade to HTC Bravo or the Lenged, i cant wait to get those new andros when they come out. The Dream is sinlge bandit phone(Locked to HTC-Mobile of Taiwan) When you dial #6782# it will give you free unlim data plus free text to ur girl for free!
I hate stupidity, especially on this site, and even more so when a simple google search would have answered the question. I don't get it, how can one find this site, register, and manage to create a new thread, yet one cannot perform a simple google search?
So I just moved to US and my brother got my the worst Sprint phone ever. I seriously want to upgrade. I had a look at the Sprint store and I am eligible for the upgrade in 2014 which sucks. I can buy a replacement phone from Sprint but they have super crazy prices over there.
So my next option was to buy a used one online. So I found some great deals for used ones and I am satisfied with them. But here comes the dilemma.
My friend told that I could get a TMobile Sim card for a $0.99 (http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phone/T-Mobile-Prepaid-SIM-Activation-Kit) and then use any GSM unlocked phone.
So the Question is whether I should switch to tmobile and go pre-paid OR buy a used one right now and then after 2 years be more happy!
What would you guys do?
Thanks
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ak700 said:
So I just moved to US and my brother got my the worst Sprint phone ever. I seriously want to upgrade. I had a look at the Sprint store and I am eligible for the upgrade in 2014 which sucks. I can buy a replacement phone from Sprint but they have super crazy prices over there.
So my next option was to buy a used one online. So I found some great deals for used ones and I am satisfied with them. But here comes the dilemma.
My friend told that I could get a TMobile Sim card for a $0.99 (http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phone/T-Mobile-Prepaid-SIM-Activation-Kit) and then use any GSM unlocked phone.
So the Question is whether I should switch to tmobile and go pre-paid OR buy a used one right now and then after 2 years be more happy!
What would you guys do?
Thanks
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You can't use a T-Mobile SIM card in your Spirit phone so either way you need buy a used phone. (Whether it's a Sprint compatible one or a T-Mobile one). Personally, I hate CDMA phones. I'd go with T-Mobile.
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damn tommy lee jones really looks terrible now :silly:
I have SERIOUS dreadful speeds with T-Mobile . I usually get 2mbps download and 1 upload. (Yea thats horrible) all around Denver the highest speed I've ever had while on LTE would be 10mbps. I'm seriously thinking about leaving tmobile for VERIZONs badass service. A friend has Verizon and he's speeds are consistent. Check out the screen shot from here at work. It went from bad to absolutely worse. Can't loud crap. And it isn't the ROM fault. Calling T-Mobile won't fix nothing because there techs are seriously retarded. I've tried what I could to no avail. Maybe there's some kind of tool or something I could use. Speeds have been horrible Ever since I got the note 4 and I even pay the extra $20 for what they call "unlimited" I could take my $80 and go with Verizon and pay an extra $40 for TRULY UNLIMITED, EVERYWHERE. I have a phantom netgear router thats 60 Mbps no matter how many people are connected or what they are doing so going from steady 60 to less than 1 its ridiculous I got a fast phone with horrible service. I could have the fastest phone in the world. But under T-Mobile it becomes the slowest!!!
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Dont get verizon try sprint dont get att either they have locked bootloaders but if u want u can get a tmobile fone and put an att sim
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Dont get verizon try sprint dont get att either they have locked bootloaders but if u want u can get a tmobile fone and put an att sim
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Thanks man. I'm thinking about getting the note 5 cash so I won't have to stay with T-Mobile . owe $200 but nah I'll wait till the other one comes out. Unlocked international is the way togo
It's the mountains.
its pretty bad im in colorado springs it sucks
Wow that's horrible,glad I don't live there anymore...
Great up in FoCo...