Posted by RedFox2k
Hi @ all.
I am buying a new mobile phone but I don't know what to buy. I am living in the Uk and I have a limit of £160 at the moment I am using a T65 which I brought from Virgin and had it unlocked, but I still have a fortnifght to decide if I want to keep it or not. I have seen the R520m on the SE website and it looks tempting because it has loadsa stuff the T65 doesn't have like bluetooth, but before I spend the £120 and return my T65 I would like to know your opinions on which is best!
Secondly does anyone know where the closest service centre for software upgrades is? I live in Bristol but when I search on the SE site it comes up with loads of places but after ringing a lot of them they said they didn't have the needed equipment!
Cheers in advance.
Red
Posted by arnoldc
Hi, i'm not sure how much a T39 would cost in your area, but that is something you could consider. Or, just buy the BT adaptor, and plug it into your T65.
[ This Message was edited by: arnoldc on 2002-04-12 15:45 ]
Posted by lor
the T65 is a pretty good phone, but it really is up to you. Do you really need bluetooth?
lol
Posted by arroyootje
Can't you sell the T65 and add it to the 120J and then buy a T68i on contract and then get that unlocked????
Posted by RedFox2k
Nope. If I get a T68 on contract I will have to pay something bloody stupid like £20 a month for the line rental, I am a 17 year old student and hence don't have the doh for phone that will end up costing me over £300!
And in reply to the earlier question I don't really know if i need bluetooth but surely its better than not having it right???
Posted by jamojdm
Hey,
I'm a student, just doing my A levels, and it actually works out cheaper for me to be on contract!!!
I pay about £40 a month at moment. but when i was on pay go, it was costing me about £80 a month!!!
So I get a better phone than u can have on pay go, and its cheaper in the long run. but guess that depends on how much you use your phone.
Jamo
Posted by arunmr
t39 dude.... without a doubt...... the phone rocks
Posted by kristaga
I have an R520m, and am very satisfied with it, especially since I upgraded it to R3B.K.A.
Posted by Deltayoda
Well, I think it’s pretty much ends up to what you really want with the phone?
Do you want it for just looks and send SMS and talk? I’d just go with Nokia instead of SE, since there phones are much more stylish in that area and far cheaper.
Do you want to use Bluetooth/IR/GPRS? Go with the T39m, great phone, good looking as well.
However, if you got the money, I’d recommend the T68i. All those options put all together in one small phone!
Posted by IRazor
Or buy the T68 and wait for the T68i sofware to come.
That's what I've done.
Posted by clody
Urm I think that maybe you can look at other brands too... If I had the choice I will actually look for a Japanese phone... In build camera and somemore 3G. Anyway I think that you sell the T65 and in the mean time look at other phone and compare what function in the phone you want. I used all kinds of phones before, but I think that the T39 is good as the battery life is long and also it is light. But there also other phones in the market that you may like. Ei sorry to those who are Sony Ericsson supporters, I just think that different phones have their advantages and disadvantages...
Posted by atomicpineapple2000
where did you get your phone unlocked? is there some software on the net that will do it?, if so please tell me where it is
Posted by Eamonn
keep the t65
Posted by RedFox2k
I got my T65 unlocked by asking Virgin to give me the unlock code. They do this providing £30 of credit has been added to your account.
Posted by atomicpineapple2000
stunning! muchas thanks redfox!
Posted by jax_rayden
determine if you really need the other stuff you mentioned. you have bluetooth but do not use it, i think it's just a waste coz you have no use for it. the t65 is a good phone that's why i got one. i only use mine for making and recieving calls, for text messages too most importantly for wap. tha's all that i need.
Posted by lor
get a p800 when it comes out
Posted by DarthVader
Get a t68i or wait for the p800!
Posted by RedFox2k
Well I took back the t65 and kept the sim card. I made £30 out of Virgin because of the deal I had at the time
I am still looking for a mobile but I have a nokia 5510 atm which is fun because of the built in mp3 player. I still dunno what phone to get but it won't be the t68/i because they cost way too much. I will probably get a t39 I tried my mates and the phone rocks!
Posted by Superscalar
There is another way.
I recently bought a T68 on a contract from the Carphone Warehouse, because I wanted an Orange contract - and Orange didn't offer the T68i. I also thought the T68 looked better than the T68i, was cheaper by at least 50 quid - and had identical hardware features to the T68i.
But each of us has individual preferences; your mileage may vary.
Anyway, the staff at the Carphone Warehouse pointed something very sneaky out to me. Had I gone for a low-cost tarriff, I would have had to stump up 200 quid for the phone - plus the contract. But if I went for a high-cost tarriff, I would not only be able to get the phone at a knock-down price (half-price, actually - and even less, once I traded in my previous 2.5-year old brick) - but I could change tarriffs all the way down to a lowly £12.99 per month payment instead.
Of course, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that substantial money could be saved this way. If you get a 50 quid trade-in for your old phone (with charger and manuals) - you only end up paying 50 quid for the phone, about 25-30 quid for the first month of the contract - then £12.99 for the remaining 11 months. You could end up paying as little as £217.89 (including the up-front costs) over a year.
Given that a new T68 on its own costs nearly 300 quid, that's some saving. Not to mention the fact that you get all the inclusive-minutes benefits of a contract, too.
There is only one caveat I would advise people to watch out for. I did not go for the £12.99 contract with Orange, because it did not include any insurance for the phone. Instead, I went for the £17.50 Talk 60 tarriff, because it included insurance. Don't get me wrong - I'm not a careless person. I have never lost a mobile phone before, or had it stolen from me. But there was some reassurance that my old brick was so big by today's mobile phone standards, that any self-respecting thief that saw it was more likely to point and laugh, than to actually try and steal it. This arrangement has suited me perfectly up until now, but the T68 is a different kettle of fish. The Orange and Carphone Warehouse staff both commented that it was a "highly desirable" phone, and to me that can only mean bad news. Mobile phone crime is still rife, and I believe it's better to be safe than sorry. So I got the insurance.
Posted by brownjs
so you bought the phone half price because you went for a exspensive tariif for first month then you downgraded it to the lowest tariiff (£13 ) after one month for free
did i get you right?
bloody hell i thought you could not do that
I will go and check this out on friday after being at doctors before going back to school if this is true I will definetly buy T68 or T100
Posted by Superscalar
Indeed. I was gobsmacked when I found out!
The Carphone Warehouse staff described it as a "loophole" more than anything else. Just be sure to get confirmation from at least two shops before you try this. Why? Well, if you are sold a phone upon the basis of going down a tarriff level - and the service provider subsequently refuses, you have some comeback if you purchased it from the same place that told you it was possible. Even if nothing was provided in writing, you are legally entitled within the UK, to your money back if you were misled by a sales representative. You should find at least one other shop that also agrees - never underestimate the value of a second opinion.
Posted by brownjs
what shops do this?
You get T68 on orange contract for only £50 (after trade in ) then you connect To a £25 a month tariff then downgrade it after one month?
I just can not believe it THIS IS SUPERB
I am going to carphone warehouse
toommmorow
How much is t68i on this or T100 ?
Do you know
thanks a lot for posting this you are great man
and did you have any problems changing the tariif
Posted by Ady
Yes it is quite feasable to do what has been described above. The only exception to this really, is if you want the Everyday 50 tariff (which you now have to pay a £35 connection fee for). If you connect to a different tariff i.e. Talk 60, with the intent of switching to ED50 after a month, Orange will charge you the £35 fee to do it. You would have to stay on T60 for at least 4 months before you could switch without incuring the fee.
Ady.
Posted by brownjs
thanks for info
just thought i would say no need to do all that look what i came across
http://www.directmobilephones.com/ericsson_t68e_index3.htm
note tthat OVp tariifs are only £20 so i am getting t68 on contract for £20 and £14 a month OVP vodafone business tariff