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Old 21-06-2007, 06:57 PM
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right, my phones been playing up, keeps crashing and switching off, and its seen better days, i have had it for 12 months so i decided to ring and ask for an upgrade

seems i have signed a 18 month contract and cant have a new phone till december

was thinking of buying a pay as you go, but ideally dont wanna spend loads of cash.

anyway i can get a new phone? dont have insurance i think (will check my bills)

have heard some places buy out old contracts etc, any suggestions guys??

or does anyone here get hold of cheap phones??

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What model would you be looking for and what do you call cheap????

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www.littlewoods.com

search E900


Price £185.00 now £79.00

use codes ZQ055 (£23.50 Off) and xx066 (20% Off), this brings the phone down to £39.70 Delivered

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www.littlewoods.com

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Price £185.00 now £79.00

use codes ZQ055 (£23.50 Off) and xx066 (20% Off), this brings the phone down to £39.70 Delivered

just ordered, cheers fil

exactly what i wanted

Old 22-06-2007, 08:07 AM
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Is your old phone not under warranty. Both My Sony k800i and My Nokia N95 have 2 year warranties. Just had my k800 repaired even though i've allready upgraded to the n95
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Is your old phone not under warranty. Both My Sony k800i and My Nokia N95 have 2 year warranties. Just had my k800 repaired even though i've allready upgraded to the n95
i wouldnt know where to ask about the warranty?

its a nokia 6280
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Pretty Sure it has a 2 Year Warranty. Take it to a nokia service centre

http://www.apps.nokia.co.uk/clubnokiaservice/
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Originally Posted by Fil
www.littlewoods.com

search E900


Price £185.00 now £79.00

use codes ZQ055 (£23.50 Off) and xx066 (20% Off), this brings the phone down to £39.70 Delivered

Where were the codes found? last time i tried ordering something thru them with a code, they didnt send me it as the code was for exsisting customers i think.
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glad to be of assistance, think they sell for more than that 2nd hand on ebay!
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theres a service centre only 2 mins walk from my parents place, will drop it in there when i have the replacement phone through the post

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just for future referene phones4u buy out contracts
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www.littlewoods.com

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Price £185.00 now £79.00

use codes ZQ055 (£23.50 Off) and xx066 (20% Off), this brings the phone down to £39.70 Delivered

Where were the codes found? last time i tried ordering something thru them with a code, they didnt send me it as the code was for exsisting customers i think.
got that from hotdeals, the codes only work for new customers only I belive
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just tried them both and it says only one works. cos it's not my first order..... even though i just registered about 3 mins prior to adding the phone and voucher codes to my basket
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Phones 4 U sometimes buy out your contract.

my sister went with them for an orange phone - gave her £80 in her pocket and the 2 months line rental she would be incurring too.
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Originally Posted by ballin
just for future referene phones4u buy out contracts
may drop into my local branch tomorrow then

fancy a blackberry next, few mates have them and they are very useful
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blackberry are only any good if you have an exchange server and a BES server so it synchronises, otherwise you are forever deleting and re-reading mail you've already read and it does your head in
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just rang phones 4u and they have given me a £60 goodwill gesture payment to pay off my old contract and i have taken out a new one 750mins a month any network anytime and unlimited txts for £40 per month, which i thaought was good as i was paying £30 for 200mins and 10 texts on my current contract and they gave me a n95 free
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Originally Posted by mattyb1981
just rang phones 4u and they have given me a £60 goodwill gesture payment to pay off my old contract and i have taken out a new one 750mins a month any network anytime and unlimited txts for £40 per month, which i thaought was good as i was paying £30 for 200mins and 10 texts on my current contract and they gave me a n95 free
I work for them in the new state of the art call centre we have ...its my building to maintain and facilitate . I listened to some of the calls the guys make and theyre bloody good deals
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Originally Posted by gingeRS
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just for future referene phones4u buy out contracts
may drop into my local branch tomorrow then

fancy a blackberry next, few mates have them and they are very useful
they only buy out the contract if theres so long left on them..
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recieved my new phone yesterday

what a bargain at only 39 quid delivered

cheers again fil

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they will buy out a contract when you sign up to a cretain new one which has plenty of small print lol
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Originally Posted by BigMouthBillyBass
blackberry are only any good if you have an exchange server and a BES server so it synchronises, otherwise you are forever deleting and re-reading mail you've already read and it does your head in
Who told you that? A corporate BlackBerry requires a BES server yes, but this will work with Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino or Novell Groupwise e-mail servers, not just Exchange. However, a personal BlackBerry doesnt link to a BES and instead connects via POP3/SMTP/IMAP connections for e-mail (which you can then specify whether deleting mail off the BlackBerry deletes mail in the mailbox etc), hence the sexy BlackBerry Pearl is available not just to business customers!
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Originally Posted by gingeRS
recieved my new phone yesterday

what a bargain at only 39 quid delivered

cheers again fil

no problem, bargin
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keep your eyes peeled on the carphone warehouse web site, under 'clearance phones'

these are phones that have been returned within 14 days when dispatched on contract. they are then fully checked over, resealed and sold cheep cheep on pay and go.

also keep an eye on play.com some excellent, cheap phones on there.

the phone market is SOOOO unstable at the moment, ie. you have your eye on a phone, you go to buy it for £170 ish quid, then 2 weeks later it's only £90 brand new

eg. nokia 6300, they are only about £90 now, they were a couple of hundred 2 months ago! bloody good phone aswell, apart from the odd bluetooth fault.
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Unless I'm missing something, I think these are some of the best mobile phone offers I've ever seen i.e 12 month contracts with 11 months free and phone for free etc

Check this one out:

O2, 600 min + 500 sms, 12 month contract, FREE phone, £40.00 per month with 11 Months FREE saving £440.00, equivalent monthly cost £3.33??!!

http://aw.e2save.com/contract-mobile...eferer=aw65415

http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/partn...bilephones.asp
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Originally Posted by MAD ANDY
Unless I'm missing something, I think these are some of the best mobile phone offers I've ever seen i.e 12 month contracts with 11 months free and phone for free etc

Check this one out:

O2, 600 min + 500 sms, 12 month contract, FREE phone, £40.00 per month with 11 Months FREE saving £440.00, equivalent monthly cost £3.33??!!

http://aw.e2save.com/contract-mobile...eferer=aw65415

http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/partn...bilephones.asp

they are all about cash back, very good, if you can 100% stick to there terms and conditions, and the companys got decent rep!

e2save is carphone whore house


not sure about the other company?
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