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[maddison]

I assumed that the fee for those phones wouldn't be that high, but you're right that's iPhone territory, so maybe that's the way to go.

I pay £26 a month for my One X, 900 minutes, unlimited texts and 750MB internet and the phone was free, but I did haggle that down a bit. If you've been with Orange for a while then you may be able to get something similar, or better.

Transfering music to my HTC from my PC is dead easy too. Just like putting stuff on a USB pen.

It was probably the case at the start, but as the quality of Android phones has increased, so has the pricing. Don't think for a second Samsung don't make a hefty margin on the S3, and they're prone to rip off customers a little bit too, see S3mini

If you're after the best deal, haggling works a treat! It won't work on the iPhone so much though because Apple don't want to devalue the brand, so they don't allow carriers the same leeway. The carriers also know they're guaranteed to sell iPhones

If you want the best deal, phone your carrier and ask for a PAC code. They'll offer you quite a bit to stay, but don't agree to anything. What happens next is you will be passed through to a 'save team', but this only happens if you get to the end of the call and hang up. The 'save team' team they'll pass you through to whilst on the phone are not the same department.

They'll phone you back in a last ditch effort to keep you, this is when you negotiate. The team that calls you back have bigger leeway and can agree to pretty much anything within reason.

If you don't get the call back, you simply wait for your PAC code to expire and go through the process again.

It works, and it's been the process for donkeys years. All of the main networks operate in the same fashion too

 

[chicoazul]

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[Baines' left foot]

It was probably the case at the start, but as the quality of Android phones has increased, so has the pricing. Don't think for a second Samsung don't make a hefty margin on the S3, and they're prone to rip off customers a little bit too, see S3mini

If you're after the best deal, haggling works a treat! It won't work on the iPhone so much though because Apple don't want to devalue the brand, so they don't allow carriers the same leeway. The carriers also know they're guaranteed to sell iPhones

If you want the best deal, phone your carrier and ask for a PAC code. They'll offer you quite a bit to stay, but don't agree to anything. What happens next is you will be passed through to a 'save team', but this only happens if you get to the end of the call and hang up. The 'save team' team they'll pass you through to whilst on the phone are not the same department.

They'll phone you back in a last ditch effort to keep you, this is when you negotiate. The team that calls you back have bigger leeway and can agree to pretty much anything within reason.

If you don't get the call back, you simply wait for your PAC code to expire and go through the process again.

It works, and it's been the process for donkeys years. All of the main networks operate in the same fashion too

Top advice here. I went from 600 to 1200 minutes for exactly the same price by telling Orange I'd signed a new contract with O2 and I wanted my PAK code. He offered that to me within 5 seconds.

 

[Kurt.]

Got my upgrade today ... have a HTC wildfire now and it's been fine for me....upgraded today to I-phone 4 for 25 quid a month everything unlimited ( been with 3 for six years now )......could have had the 5 or 4s but didn't wanna pay any extra so the 4 will do for me...not really one for gadgets.

 

[AdamEFC]

I'm no expert but the top 4 phones out at the moment (besides iPhone, as it'll be expensive), in my opinion are:

1. Samsung Galaxy S3
2. HTC One X
3. Nokia Lumia 920
4. Sony Experia S

Can you get any of those?

After a quick look around it looks like it will be out of the Sony Experia S or the HTC One X. Best deal so far is the Sony with unlimited minutes, texts, 1GB internet for £26, seems like a very good deal. That is with Carphone Warehouse who I bought my last one from them so I might get it a bit cheaper.

 

[Bigmaclad]

iPhone5 will be mine on the 25th!

 

[Kurt.]

iPhone5 will be mine on the 25th!

my mrs has the 5 mate and my daughter has the 4s....not much difference between them to be honest.

 

[maddison]

After a quick look around it looks like it will be out of the Sony Experia S or the HTC One X. Best deal so far is the Sony with unlimited minutes, texts, 1GB internet for £26, seems like a very good deal. That is with Carphone Warehouse who I bought my last one from them so I might get it a bit cheaper.

Either use TopCashback or Quidco, trust me. Or do the PAC code trick. You'll never get the best deal by simply asking, you'll always get a stock bog standard offer. Remember get off the phone and wait for the call back if you go the PAC code route. They'll always ask you what have you been offered, but just ignore the question. It's a sales technique used so that a sales person doesn't have to give too much away.

There is the odd site out there that will give you equipment, like PS3's or TV's if you buy through them. They're legit for the most part, they just use part of their commission to entice you to buy off them as opposed to someone else.

 

[Baines' left foot]

After a quick look around it looks like it will be out of the Sony Experia S or the HTC One X. Best deal so far is the Sony with unlimited minutes, texts, 1GB internet for £26, seems like a very good deal. That is with Carphone Warehouse who I bought my last one from them so I might get it a bit cheaper.

I'm not sure which is the best out of those two phones, probably the One X by a whisker, I know it definitely has a bigger and better screen. It might be an idea to go down to a shop and see if you can have a play around on them, see what feels best.

 

[AdamEFC]

Either use TopCashback or Quidco, trust me. Or do the PAC code trick. You'll never get the best deal by simply asking, you'll always get a stock bog standard offer. Remember get off the phone and wait for the call back if you go the PAC code route. They'll always ask you what have you been offered, but just ignore the question. It's a sales technique used so that a sales person doesn't have to give too much away.

There is the odd site out there that will give you equipment, like PS3's or TV's if you buy through them. They're legit for the most part, they just use part of their commission to entice you to buy off them as opposed to someone else.

Will check them out now mate, will probably end up doing the PAC code thing, I am sure my dad did something similar and he got a great deal on his phone.

 

[McBain]

Heres Lao demonstrating the new Nexus Grock.

Its ace for Porn.

 

[somuchfun]

I'd say the Lumia 920 is the top phone right now with all it's features but for everyone with lady thumbs I recommend the Galaxy S3.

 

[TheFinnFan]

I'd say the Lumia 920 is the top phone right now with all it's features but for everyone with lady thumbs I recommend the Galaxy S3.

this. Lumias 4G broadband is much more comprehensive in europe than apples

 

[davepacl]

Got a Blackberry Z10 yesterday, so far very impressed with it, coming from a Blackberry 9900 it's a massive improvement, it's a work phone but compared to my the personal ones I've had iPhone 4 and Sammy S3 this seems on par

 

[Brennan]

Had to get rid of my One X, got an iPhone 5. Couldn't be doing with Android, especially not all the messing around you have to do just to get stock running properly.

Only Android device i'd consider buying from now on is one running stock, but with stupid restrictions (like 16GB max on the Nexus 4) i can't see that happening.