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Hi all,
The contracts of Hero seems rather expensive (£600+ over 18 months) for a phone that is worth £350-ish PAYG.
Unless I am mistaken? Please post the best deals you can find!
Thanks.
I paid ...
£97 for the phone, and a further ...
£30 a month for 600 mins calls, unlimited txts, unlimited internet (which translates to a fair usage policy of 500mb/month)
All on Orange Dolphin 30, 24 months contract
Probably way over-priced, but I was desperate and just walked into the Orange shop.
You can get it from t-mobile on an 18 month contract for 35 quid a month. phone is 'free' and you get cool black one (best colour IMO).
you get unlimited internet (which is actually unlimited) compared to most other carriers who will offer 500mb on a fair use policy. can't remember the calls and text allowance but its more then enough.
I believe it's 3GB actually with T-Mobile, which is A LOT more than the other networks here in the UK (as far as I know).
T-mobile is probably the best, but is still a lot of money. Their fair-use limit is 3Gb, Vodaphone and O2 is only 500mb which is stupid. O2 don't carry the Hero, but their iphones do come with true unlimited internet (but don't allow streaming video or audio, VoIP or tethering.)
If you want to save money, try www.moneysavingexpert.com and click through to their page on saving money on mobile phone contracts. It has links to the best serch engines for this kind of thing.
drspikes said:
T-mobile is probably the best, but is still a lot of money. Their fair-use limit is 3Gb, Vodaphone and O2 is only 500mb which is stupid.
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O2 isn't 500mb. They don't have a limit and i've never heard of anyone being contacted by them for downloading too much. I've downloaded 600mb+ for the last 2 months with o2 and had no problems.
I've had some massive usage months on O2 also and never heard a peep about it. The whole O2 internet experience is generally pretty good. None of the port blocking or (un)fair usage crap.
I was going to go with www.mobiles.co.uk - v good deals - but stuck with my Vodafone upgrade because I have more faith in their hardware, support and signal. That's worth an extra few quid to me.
Have friends who take out contracts with various third parties and have all sorts of problem. Not worth the hassle for the sake of saving a few squids.
SC
I pay £35 a month for my FlexT 35 contract, and my Hero was free. I was out of contract on FlexT before, but I was paying an additional £7.50 a month for web n'walk, and I now get the free G1/G2 data plan so in essence it is cheaper for me now.
Regards,
Dave
Ive got my hero on vodaphone, £25 a month, 500mb internet, 500 texts and 100 minutes. Phone cost 70. Bought at carphone warehouse, Its an alright deal, would like to be on t mobile for more internet, but no signal for them where i live...
hero pay-as-u-go
wywywywy said:
Hi all,
The contracts of Hero seems rather expensive (£600+ over 18 months) for a phone that is worth £350-ish PAYG.
Unless I am mistaken? Please post the best deals you can find!
Thanks.
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well £600 for 18 months is not bad at all had set free unlimted high speed data. The had set will set you back around £400 and no support from net works usually then theres the bloody hellish cost of data and calls on pay as you go so the t-mobile contract is about the best out there. And service from them is nearly allways amazing
I got mine on Orange Racoon 40 Websave over 12 months
Its just over £40 per month, including Internet, phone cost about £50, but I used QuidCo to get £50 cashback.
Vince
vadonald said:
I got mine on Orange Racoon 40 Websave over 12 months
Its just over £40 per month, including Internet, phone cost about £50, but I used QuidCo to get £50 cashback.
Vince
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same - 12 months £32/month + £5 for internet. £50 phone but £50 cashback. Winner and I can upgrade change in 12 months.
I got mine from www.buymobilephones.net. which is one of mobile news awards commended online retailers.
My tarrif is on t-mobile 18-months with 700 mins, unlimited texts, 3GB data allowance and the phone was free.
I am paying £34.25 directly to t-mobile but have got 11 months half price line rental which is equivalent to £188 cashback. This is made through redemptions throughout the length of the contract which is similar to what carphonewarehouse used to do.
Link: http://www.buymobilephones.net/mobi...hs)-Free-Web-n-Walk-Plus-for-G-Series/1008540
I had scoured the internet for HTC Hero and T-Mobile G2 Touch contracts as I badly wanted this phone and found no better deal than this.
EDIT: 3 Months free insurance as well.
Haha burgess_boy you post sounds like an advert But thanks! This is the sort of deals I am looking for. I used Buymobilephones a few years ago so I haven't got a problem using them again. Theres £20 on Quidco as well... nice.
@locutus-of-borg - The reason I think the Hero on contract is expensive is because I have had a lot of WinMo phones of similar value to the Hero, yet the contracts (inc internet) were cheaper - usually £25 for 18 months.
wywywywy said:
@locutus-of-borg - The reason I think the Hero on contract is expensive is because I have had a lot of WinMo phones of similar value to the Hero, yet the contracts (inc internet) were cheaper - usually £25 for 18 months.
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If you look at the TMo website, you have to pay £50->£60 per month to get a free WinMo phone.
Regards,
Dave
I posted this to HUKD:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/467978/htc-hero-orange-12-months-600min-50/
Works out at £350 for the 12 months, assuming the £50 QuidCo kicks in (mine tracked pretty quickly). However, you'd need to buy Orange Internet @£7.50 / month, too.
CombinedEffort said:
I posted this to HUKD:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/467978/htc-hero-orange-12-months-600min-50/
Works out at £350 for the 12 months, assuming the £50 QuidCo kicks in (mine tracked pretty quickly). However, you'd need to buy Orange Internet @£7.50 / month, too.
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I thought it seemed about the cheapest way to get this phone.
My QuidCo has changed from Tracked to Validated - so its looking good so far
Vince
Just making a thread for future reference for users looking to purchase this magnificent creauture.
Please post where you got it from(website or store), total price including shipping if any and any other things you feel important to list. Peace!
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BuyMobilePhones.net. Ordered on Monday, will be delivered today.
600 mins
500 texts
500mb internet
£30 month
£19.99 for phone
Tuesday 3rd May O2 UK Retail Shop .
£399 + £10 top up carried out the shop last one in stock and 5mins later i would have missed it .
Minimum Branding O2 splash screen O2 sites in bookmarks O2 london Arena background wallpaper and UNLOCKED .
jje
I got mine from box.co.uk for £489.98 inc delivery. Sim free no branding.
O2 - Contract
Ordered on Contract from O2
£149.99 for phone
+£13.50 x3 (3 months) + £10.50 x21 (21 months)
- £100 cashback
= £310
Cheaper then PAYG (Plus might be able to buy out the contract in the next months or so, which should reduce it even more )
o2 upgrade from phones4u store handset price free (should be £50 instore but they screwed my online order up )
tuesday 4th may
unlocked ,unbranded
lovely assitant named sam ,spent most of the time staring at her boobs as her blouse was unbuttoned to nearly the waist . best half hour ive ever spent in a phone shop .
hmm dont think i get out enough
Sim Free from Gum Mobile.
499 GBP for the cellphone and 23.99 GBP for shipping. Worked out to 605€.
Buymobilephones.net
T-Mobile UK contract upgrade
Flext 35 Tariff (£180 credit each month to use between calls and text, works out at about 900 mins + Unlimited Data) 18 Months
Free phone
Sim Free - No branding
@robot1000 - What contract is that on?
Got mine for £482 sim free, current sim contract is £12.50 a month.
32.58pm overall for
1200 Mins
Unlimited Txt's
Unlimited Landline
500Mb internet
Phones4u
£35/mth on Orange
1200 Minutes
Unltd. Texts
500mb Data
Free phone
komputronik.pl
in person
2299zl or 583 euros
unlocked
no current polish provider has the phone yet as of this post, but that should change soon.
Hi,
A few hours ago I signed a contract with T-Mobile Poland.
So the contract is for 30 months, I get the SGS2 for 1zł (0,25€), 120min of free calling (mothly I use about 80min) & 250mb of data for free (I prefer using wi-fi).
All this I get for about 25€ monthly.
So, do You think this is a good deal? Can you get the SGS2 for less money in other counties?
Sorry for my english.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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the19game said:
Hi,
A few hours ago I signed a contract with T-Mobile Poland.
So the contract is for 30 months, I get the SGS2 for 1zł (0,25€), 120min of free calling (mothly I use about 80min) & 250mb of data for free (I prefer using wi-fi).
All this I get for about 25€ monthly.
So, do You think this is a good deal? Can you get the SGS2 for less money in other counties?
Sorry for my english.
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No offence mate but that is an absolutely terrible deal the worst ive seen in quite sometime Ireland is a rip off but you will get a far better deal than that for less time, in the UK even cheaper.
Take it back if i were you, 30 month contract
£35 a month here I get (phone was free)
2000mins any network
5000mins to other people on my network
Unlimited sms
True unlimited data
I'm using about 9 gig a month to test them they havent said nothing to me so far
http://xdasucks.com/index.php
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It's hard to get a better deal in poland.
The "shortest" contract here is for 24 months (t-mobile).
And if you want to pay the 25euro a month you have to pay about 330euro for the phone
@ 30 months it might be cheaper to buy the phone outright... then you have choice of pay as you go or sim only
Buy one (sim locked does not matter as you unlock it easy) from ebay. Much cheaper option. Here in Sweden they sell them brand new for SEK3800 equal to EUR475.
That's an insane deal! I'm on a deal with o2 that gives me unlimited texts, 900 minutes and 500mb data on an 18 month contract with a free handset for less than £30/ month - roughly EUR35 (?)
I'd be hoping for something similar to a cooling off period and go for a sim only deal.
if you calculate on the end phone will cost u around 750euro wtf? i paid 400euro for a brand new samsung galaxy s2 white.
No offence but anyone who signs up to a long contract is mad IMO, you will more than likely end up buying the phone cheaper and getting a pay as you go SIM the likes of Giff Gaff who are the cheapest in the UK by a long shot i have SIM myself when in in the UK a tenner and you get 250 mins,unlimited texts and data superb deal , Meteor are the cheapest in Ireland but worst customer service ever so i would avoid them like the plague and i would say go with second cheapest eMobile who am now with, i spend €30 i get 350 mins,350 texts (and 300 free web texts) and 1GB data and free landline calls plus €20 bonus credit every month, that is an excellent pay as you go deal IMO.
I'll never again sign up to a long contract,.just wait that little bit longer and buy the phone outright rather than being tied to one provider, even a rolling 30 day contract is ok but nothing longer than that..30 months is just insane
I know it's a long time but the 24 month shortest contract & the price of the phone is ridiculous in this contract.
I'm a new member so I cant show links if you want to see them paste "imageshack" in the right gap.
Here's the 24 month contract
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And here's the 30 month contract
img252. .us/img252/7723/95915733.jpgSo if I wanted the shorter contract and pay this 25euro per month I would have to pay 250euro for the sgs2
I have T-mobile UK which i get business unlimited which i pay £35 a month.
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Buy a handset only.... No contract
like BigMrB said buy the phone and get only either a sim only contract if you can or pay as you go. No point getting yourself in a long term contract. best way to go really and wish i did that few years back ago
I've just ordered my SG2, I have to pay 20 euros the first 9 months and then 15 months 40 euro. 300 Minutes / 300 SMS's (i only use whatsapp )/ Unlimited data.
The phone was free.
Last time that I've bought a phone was a Blackberry 9780 for 230 euro and one year contract. First 3 months where 15 euro and the rest 45 euro.
It's funny how they offer that bad contracts here in poland. Got to move out!
That's a horrendously bad deal....
Here in Australia Vodafone currently offers:
AUD$65/EUR€52 a month for 24 months (no handset repayments)
2GB Data
Unlimited calls
Unlimited Texts
Free access to all popular social network sites
How do you claim the 6 free month Economist electronic subscription? I installed it form the Galaxy Apps store from the free galaxy gifts center, but its not giving me any free subscription. Did anyone have any luck with this? Am I missing something?
PS> The free three months Audible subscription is great! Grab it soon before it expires.
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How do you claim the 6 free month Economist electronic subscription? I installed it form the Galaxy Apps store from the free galaxy gifts center, but its not giving me any free subscription. Did anyone have any luck with this? Am I missing something?
PS> The free three months Audible subscription is great! Grab it soon before it expires.
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Weird as mine got activated when I downloaded the app
The problem is that I was trying to log in with my account. I should just sign up as new user or don't sing up at all.
lets says i signup with new credentials, and later switched to a different device. Will the free 6 month subscription carry over to the other device?
I have been offered as an upgrade from EE,unlimited.Ted mins and text 5gig of data(which I can share with my wife line if choose) Free phone £36 a month but will also do me a new SIM only line for my daughter 500 mins unlimited text 1gig data for £4.99 month
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CPW Nexus 6p 32GB
EE
Unlimited min and txts 5GB data.
£49.99 upfront
£31.99 per month
Total cost over contract period = £817.75
£34.07 per month
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You'd be better of getting a retention deal (See an example here) and buying the phone out right on a long term interest free credit card.
Make sure you pay of the credit card balance monthly, making at least the minimum payment.
You might even get some money by taken out certain credit cards through Topcashback or Quidco.
Here's an example - Halifax 24/24 (0% interest for the first 24 months on purchase and balance transfers). There are others available.
The deal you put the link to was offered to a guy who wanted to leave Ee, they always offer better deal to keep customers.
I did a bit of look around and I did not find any 4g sim only with 5gb for £15. Maybe did not dig deep enough?
449*24=18.70 phone cost per month over 24.
34-18.70= £15.30
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My contract for o2 runs out on the 11th November as yet I can't order direct from o2 as they don't allow preorders
I could order through cpw but I would lose o2 refresh currently pay £13 per month unlimited text minutes and 5gb 4g data device plan for current nexus 6 is £20
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CPW Nexus 6p 32GB
EE
Unlimited min and txts 5GB data.
£49.99 upfront
£31.99 per month
Total cost over contract period = £817.75
£34.07 per month
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This deal shows £79.99 for 5GB of data on Carphonewarehouse's site, it's the 2GB deal that's £59.99
FF
If you have BT I think that sim_only_deal for £20 with 20gb data and unlimited everything sound good. They run on the EE network which they are in the process of buying if I heard right.
If you spend time in big cities then or travel a lot then 3 sim_only_deal can be amazing for data as well. Unlimited everything for £27 which you can negotiate down. But customer can be cold.
02 speeds and deals don't match value especially when you can get on giff gaff. But if it's the strongest network around your area then you might have to consider them.
Vodafone is another offering good deals with free 6 months skysports depending on coverage being good in your area.
Anyone share some good sim only deals too please.
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Frostfree said:
This deal shows £79.99 for 5GB of data on Carphonewarehouse's site, it's the 2GB deal that's £59.99
FF
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They must have changed offers...
wazka2 said:
The deal you put the link to was offered to a guy who wanted to leave Ee, they always offer better deal to keep customers.
I did a bit of look around and I did not find any 4g sim only with 5gb for £15. Maybe did not dig deep enough?
449*24=18.70 phone cost per month over 24.
34-18.70= £15.30
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Yes, he requested to leave and was offered a retention deal.
I did the same about year and a half ago. I currently get 500 texts, 500 mins any network and 3GB data for £9.99. My wife has the same and it's more than enough for us.
Just upgraded on EE,as I was upgrading wife's SIM only as well and getting a new SIM only deal for my daughter .
Got free phone 32GB in graphite,unlimited text and calls 5 GB data £36 a month and delivered on 27/10/15
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From mobiles.co.uk I got -
Free phone, 10gb data and unlimited texts/minutes for £39 a month and that's with o2. It was cheaper me doing this than buying the phone and getting a sim only deal.
I have a similar deal (but with much less data) from mobiles.co.uk, unlimited calls and texts with 3gb data for £30 a month on o2. With automatic cashback it works out at just over £28 a month. I think that is a bargain, ee could only give me something similar for over £40. I am amazed that it seems to be better to have a contract this year rather than buy the phone sim free.
Just buy the phone outright and take a SIM only deal, this always seems the better option to me these days and you don't get carrier firmware either (yes they will change it for wifi calling)
I got this from EE:
phone = 450
plan = 7.50/m (500min, unlimited text, 1gb data)
24month cost for comparison = 630
Not sure you can get much better than this for a phone direct from google
sg86, what do you mean about carrier firmware being added with WiFi calling? My nexus is from mobiles.co.uk with o2 and I've wondered about using their TU service. The phone is as vanilla as you like, as though straight from Google.
I went for buying the phone outright, and I wanted the 64gb option as I didnt think I could cope with 32gb and a BT sim only deal (im a BT customer) which was :-
64gb Nexus 6p = £499.00
BT Sim Only deal 2gigs of data, 500 mins, unlimited texts,
with a £20 amazon voucher thrown in (12 month contract)
£11 x24 = £264
Total = £ 763
Over 24 months = £31.79 per month
If you include the £20 amazon voucher (£743) = £30.95 per month