HTC One X - UK upgrade and retentions deals (any carrier)

eddiewawa · Apr 3, 2012

Hey Kids,

It's nearly 15 months since I got (well..i thought it was anyways) a cracking retentions deal with orange.

Coming from a HTC Hero on

craggybuk · Apr 3, 2012

I've spent the last 2 years on Orange with my Desire. I spoke to retentions but any deal they could do me would mean me having the Orange bloatware software installed which I was not prepared to accept (I know I could root in theory but didnt want to go down that road with the One-X).

Anyway, I got my PAC code and moved to GiffGaff where I intend to stay for a couple of months. That way I can move back to Orange as a new customer and get better deals on the One-X than I would have had as part of an upgrade. The only downside to this is that I'll lose my magic numbers but as I never got close to using my minutes, this was never really an issue.

El Presidente · Apr 4, 2012

Orange called me today to tell me mine is actually in stock, but they can't let me pick it up till tomorrow.

I haggled a bit with the girl on the phone, ended up changing to one of the panther plans so I get tethering, 2 swappables and she threw in an extra 500MB of data, all for a fiver less than what I was paying before. It's not much, but I'm getting a better phone, for less than I was paying for the DHD.

eddiewawa · Apr 4, 2012

El Presidente said:
Orange called me today to tell me mine is actually in stock, but they can't let me pick it up till tomorrow.

I haggled a bit with the girl on the phone, ended up changing to one of the panther plans so I get tethering, 2 swappables and she threw in an extra 500MB of data, all for a fiver less than what I was paying before. It's not much, but I'm getting a better phone, for less than I was paying for the DHD.

Hey El Prez, would you mind giving a breakdown of what's in the overall package you got?

mins, txts, data, extras,

El Presidente · Apr 4, 2012

600 cross network, anytime mins, unlimited texts, 1.5GB of data. With the swappables, I'll probably take the gaming package and the Skysports/TV thing. I'm not sure what the deal is with the data allowance for SkySports as I'm pretty sure it doesn't work over WiFi. All that for

Kremen · Apr 4, 2012

Prez, I was looking at the Orange swapables yesterday and found this page:-
September 2011 Panther plans update with Swapables | help & support | Orange UK
Don't know if it is still current, but it says you can view the Sky Sports swapable over 3G or WiFi and there won't be any additional charges for the data you use and it won't come out of any data allowances you have.

El Presidente · Apr 4, 2012

Excellent, thanks!

eddiewawa · Apr 4, 2012

El Presidente said:
600 cross network, anytime mins, unlimited texts, 1.5GB of data. With the swappables, I'll probably take the gaming package and the Skysports/TV thing. I'm not sure what the deal is with the data allowance for SkySports as I'm pretty sure it doesn't work over WiFi. All that for

wavemeister · Apr 4, 2012

Don't get too excited about skysports, I was considering moving to Orange for this so I tried it out on my wifes galaxy S2, even with a fast wifi connection the picture quality was pretty poor I think it would be unwatchable streamed to a large screen tv

eddiewawa · Apr 4, 2012

wavemeister said:
Don't get too excited about skysports, I was considering moving to Orange for this so I tried it out on my wifes galaxy S2, even with a fast wifi connection the picture quality was pretty poor I think it would be unwatchable streamed to a large screen tv

o-h. lol that bad huh? was it just that one time or just the whole service in general? might get an orange shop to demo it for me, but thanks for the heads up!

DesireMe · Apr 4, 2012

I called T-Mobile this week. They could not give any details until the phone was released on 6th April. So will call back on Friday to see what they can do as my 2yr Desire Contract expired EoF March. Here's hoping it will be something decent, but i'm not expecting the cracking

El Presidente · Apr 4, 2012

eddiewawa said:
Oooo thats dude! I've been fortunate to be dropping from around

eddiewawa · Apr 4, 2012

El Presidente said:
Neither, that's what the girl in the shop said she'd sort me out with.

I rarely use the minutes either to be honest, I would, but a lot the people I contact on a regular basis are on Orange anyway so they're magic numbers. I can hammer texts, but even text use has gone down since Mrs Presidente discovered Google Talk.

interesting, via a shop huh? never done that before! how long did you have left on your DHD contract? just wondering if you got a better deal at the 3 or 1 month mark

El Presidente · Apr 4, 2012

I was eligible for an upgrade at the end of January and my contract runs out at the end of this month. I'll probably have to add the existing days on to the new contract (I think that's what the deal is), but it's only 27 days and I can live with that. If it was January, I probably wouldn't have got as good a deal.

I'm trying to work out if they'll ask for cash up front tomorrow, do you remember how much the DHD was at launch? Roughly the same as the X?

eddiewawa · Apr 4, 2012

yeah it was

andrewxlb · Apr 5, 2012

Hey - I just got off the phone from Orange who offered me the following. I could have 400 mins, unlimited texts and 500MB of data for

eddiewawa · Apr 5, 2012

andrewxlb said:
Hey - I just got off the phone from Orange who offered me the following. I could have 400 mins, unlimited texts and 500MB of data for

Netherdragon · Apr 5, 2012

btw the sky sports swapable is currently poitnless with orange if its refering to sky go usage.

sky go doesn't work with ICS yet... however that is a decent amount of stuff for the price.

im going to see what 3 can do for me later on. At this point I cant live without their all u can eat data (and I won't touch t mobile with a barge pole with how they have treated me in the past...) hell I used 4.5 gb of data last month and I dont think it ever drops below 2 gb a month for me...

Davkaus · Apr 5, 2012

After much moaning, I managed to get this on Orange: Model HTC One X Handset Cost FREE Contract length 24 months Tariff 600 Anytime Xnet Mins + Unlimited Text Messages + 1GB Data Monthly Cost

Deleted User · Apr 5, 2012

Managed to get a retentions deal of

shedboy79 · Apr 6, 2012

whats the best deal folk have had with o2 ? fancy the

billywiggles · Apr 6, 2012

Managed to get 200 minutes, unlimited texts (booster), 750mb internet and

Deleted User · Apr 7, 2012

shedboy79 said:
whats the best deal folk have had with o2 ? fancy the

Deleted User · Apr 7, 2012

billywiggles said:
Managed to get 200 minutes, unlimited texts (booster), 750mb internet and

billywiggles · Apr 7, 2012

coney said:
Nooo. I paid

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