t-mobile, in store vs online?

[Skajme]

hey, first post =]

i'm getting a desire at some point soon, and what i was wondering is, are the plans that are available on the t-mobile website cheaper than what you would find instore?

i was going to wait and see what the orange plans are like, but i don't really know how much longer i can wait to get my hands on a desire. And orange aren't usually cheap are they?

 

[ramanmilan]

i dont know about in store but i just checked on T-mobile site and the cheapest contract is 10 pounds for 24 months and 164 pounds for the phone.
the plane includes internet, 100 min and 100 texts.

I think thats a pretty good deal as a sim free phone is around 390 and this plan would cost you 404 including all the internet, talking minutes etc.

 

[ramanmilan]

haha
before this thread was created, I was looking at prices for HTC desire so i knew the info.

 

[Skajme]

cheers guys
i was looking at the 300 mins, unlimited texts and unlimited net, 18 months,

 

[ramanmilan]

good for you.
I am stuck with orange for another 10-11 months sim only contract.

And i have a samsung jet - which i dislike very much.

 

[Skajme]

ha yeah i'm just coming to the end of my orange contract, had a SE w595
so this should be a nice step up the ladder

 

[ramanmilan]

ya.
i am even ready to buy myself out of the contract but selling samsung jet could be a problem.
I hate the user interface on samsung jet and the pressure sensitive screen ..grrr

 

[ramanmilan]

how much did you sell your Jet for?

 

[ramanmilan]

haha nice
i have got the money to buy htc desire but i dont think my parents would let me as i bought samsung jet like 6-7 months ago.

 

[lekky]

I doubt you can beat t-mobiles offering with an orange deal. I pay more to stay with orange, but you have to take into account other things, like with orange i save about

 

[wuthton]

I would love to move away from Orange to a better data package but I have the free home broadband which breaks any other deal. Plus like Lekky I make good use of Orange Wednesdays.

I am surprised that Orange are attracting any new smartphone customers.

 

[lekky]

To be fair they do have an awesome 3G network coverage.

But it shouldn't matter soon anyway because Orange have bought t-mobile. Within 2 years all t-mobile customers will be with Orange, and I'd expect orange and t-mobile to share their network well before then..

 

[nekromantik]

You can pick up pay as u go desire on t-mobile for

 

[nekromantik]

hi, it is a android phone, so you do get free internet, And a free booster
HTC Desire Mobile tariffs on Pay monthly
no matter what plan you select, they all have a tick under unlimted internet, then you can still add a boostesr. - im not sure about what they say on directmobiles
i would just go in store and get it

on tmobile website they want

 

[Skajme]

so i went down to t-mobile
all the stores in Manchester were out of stock and won't be getting any until Wednesday
i guess it will be just as fast to order one from the website in that case?

also,
i thought orange were supposed to be releasing the desire on the 2nd?
theres nothing on the website atall

 

[nekromantik]

so i went down to t-mobile
all the stores in Manchester were out of stock and won't be getting any until Wednesday
i guess it will be just as fast to order one from the website in that case?

also,
i thought orange were supposed to be releasing the desire on the 2nd?
theres nothing on the website atall

you can never trust Orange's dates.
If your currently with orange then Is your contract over with them?

 

[Skajme]

i'm with orange yeah, my contract finishes on the 5th of may though
i've been able to upgrade since feb.
but i thought i'd wait for the desire

was originally going to get a hero

 

[nekromantik]

i'm with orange yeah, my contract finishes on the 5th of may though
i've been able to upgrade since feb.
but i thought i'd wait for the desire

was originally going to get a hero

Yeah mine dont end till July but I can upgrade from next week, at least that gives them till mid april to bring it out when the original announcement was for early april.

would you be willing to buy the rest of your contract out instead of waiting?

 

[ramanmilan]

is buying out yourself the only way to end the orange contract?
I have got 11 months left with orange :S

 

[Skajme]

yeah, thats what i was planning to do.
if i can get a decent enough offer out of them anyway.

if not i'll just let it finish and get a contract with t-mobile as soon as.
i only have one bill left to pay for on my orange contract so thats only 20quid

might give orange untill friday. if its not out by then i'm jumping ship =]

 

[nekromantik]

yeah, thats what i was planning to do.
if i can get a decent enough offer out of them anyway.

if not i'll just let it finish and get a contract with t-mobile as soon as.
i only have one bill left to pay for on my orange contract so thats only 20quid

might give orange untill friday. if its not out by then i'm jumping ship =]

Yeah

 

[Skajme]

 

[nx1977]

is buying out yourself the only way to end the orange contract?
I have got 11 months left with orange :S

Yes, your only way UNLESS they change their terms, in which case you can disagree with them and leave without penalty.

 

[ramanmilan]

hopefully they'll change their terms
i'm on a 10 pounds per month contract so 110pounds isn't too bad.

 

[nekromantik]

hopefully they'll change their terms
i'm on a 10 pounds per month contract so 110pounds isn't too bad.

u must have alot of money if 110 aint bad for you ha ha