Anyone know what the instore price is for a "25 pm tarrif?
I called O2 today and to upgrade my exec on a £25 tarrif they wanted £259 pounds. Nearly fell off my chair laughing, PAC code on its way to me hello vodaphone
i just upgraded to 02 orbit for free!
I just upgraded to o2 200 £30.00 / month ( same as I've been on for ages ) - phone cost £99.99.
I think if i'd gone for £35.00 / month the cost drops to £49.99
Best deal on t-mobile (who needs wifi)
I went for an MDA Compact III (I dont use wi-fi).... I got it on 18month contract UFIX for £15 a month (this is the UFIX) then £7 a month bolt on for web and walk (unlimited connection).... The t-mobile web site is in fact more expensive than the shops... I went into my local t-mobile shop and picked up two with my girlfriend... the guy said they usually would be £40 for the phone but we could have them for £20 each... so a 18 month contract for 22.00 a month and £20 for the phone which we both thought was an excellent deal!... the boxes were unsealed (but) the phones were intact and not touched just shown to customers... there is quite a few t-mobile shops with ones opened and you can get a good deal on these handsets, I did go to another t-mobile shop before hand but the Artemis looked like it had been dropped so I didnt touch it !....
free of charge at o2 shop - i am on £30 per month tariff but had my qtek s100 since june last year.
i got mine 49.48 on T-Mobile Flext web 'n' walk 22.50 a month for the full 18 month contract. was on T-Mobile website for 79.99!! So better deal on the High Street.
Thank you, so basically they were trying to rip me off :-(
Shame the t-mobile version doesn't have wifi as I do use it quite a bit with my xda exec
Will try a local store next and see if they give me a more realistic offer, I think my problem was I don't normally go over my minutes so O2 are probably not that bothered if I move.
Ta
just to say it seems some shops have been getting the price confused on this handset, when I phoned the store (to see if they had any cheap microsd cards) the day after....they said they gave me the phone free by accident as the pricing hadn't been sorted with them by o2. Reckon they had to pay upgrade charges for me thanks o2
I phoned up for a PAC code and they upgraded mine for free £35 tariff.
I tried O2 earlier today, the local shop didn't have any Orbit's in stock, they wouldn't offer any decent sim only tariffs to use GPRS so I decided to move elsewhere (T-Mobile Web and Walk).
O2 wouldn't issue a code over the phone to move networks - I have to wait for a text message, T-Mobile account and device is set-up, just waiting to port the number across.
I can live without the WiFi to be honest, if I need it I will use one of my other toys, both my main phones (Artemis and MDA-III) still feel lighter in the pocket than carrying around either the Exec or IIs both of which are bricks using extended batteries.
Ten years plus with O2 - goodbye, you really need to address the mobile internet costs, your tariff is beyond a joke - Mike
O2 are not selling the Orbit sim free as it is there "baby" and will only be released with a contract for now.
on my £20 contract o2 UK told me that i did not spend enough to justify a cheaper upgrade - the £200 was too much for me, considering they would have given me £100 to stay with my old imate jam (so £300 upgrade then).
so i cancelled, in writing. would have gone with o2 online.
i just received a text giving me a finishing date when someone from o2 called asking why i was quitting. he offered me a great deal:
100mins 400text £15/month and £100 for the orbit.
chuffed!
moral: i don't think o2 are so prepared to offer better deals if you just threaten to quit with them - but maybe if you get more serious....
Well I left O2, and when contacted the chap was most reasonable when I explained the reason for leaving was due to the high cost of the GPRS usage. He inquired which provider I was switching to - when I mentioned the Web n Walk contract he said little more, my mind was made up prior to the call.
No offer they could make would come close, there again it all depends how you use the device, at between 15 to 25MB per day when mobile I had to address the cost of GPRS - Mike
Can anyone tell me if the T-Mobile version of the O2 Orbit has Wi-FI I seen from an earlier post that this may not be the case. But I am not sure this is correct? thanks Jd76.
jdoherty76 said:
Can anyone tell me if the T-Mobile version of the O2 Orbit has Wi-FI I seen from an earlier post that this may not be the case. But I am not sure this is correct? thanks Jd76.
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Hi jd76 - it has not i am afraid - why they have done that seems madness but there you go
The T-Mobile MDA Compact-III as it is known does NOT have WiFi when supplied in the UK, certain other European versions of the T-Mobile MDA-C-III do have WiFi, so I guess its rip of Britain time again! that said the device is very good and combined with the GPRS Web & Walk you have internet where ever and when ever you like (its just a bit slow) - Mike
Thanks Meschle & Mikealder but I would prefer Wi-Fi built in so looks like O2 when time for upgrading...thanks..
us orbit?
when will artemis or orbit be available in the us?
O2 Best Deals
I went into the Watford store in the UK and said that I had my pac code with me from Vodafone and immediately got a free XDA Orbit (which comes unlocked) on a 12 mnth tariff for £35 a month (400 mins, 100 txt), and after 6 months I can lower my tariff. Just waiting for a 2gb micro sd now. £39.99 from play.com
Hi,
It may worth noting that other than for one month in last years contracr o2 never logged my GPRS usage.
I had a 6mb usage limit and according to their site I never used any of the allowance! Though in the one month they did log it they stung me for an extra £20.
As I never used my Wifi on my JAMin it was a no-brainer switching to T-Mobile and I got the same deal as one of the other posters @ £49 for phone Flext20 (£22.50 per month with WnW).
I was paying £24 with o2.
Regards
Related
I might be able to get my hands on some XDA2s at a reasonable price to be able to sell them on to you at a attractive price. - i will be finding out tommorrow.
I'd be willing to sell them at £430.00 + £6 P&P.
These are a one off price and NO contract is nessecary.
They are locked to the O2 UK network but unlocking sofware will probably be out soon?. UK only
Let me know if you are interested. First come first served, either PM or on here I will take the time of the submission first and place you on the reservations list.
I am giving you guys first shout since I know you all love your XDA's.If not they will go on eBay a few days after I get them
This handset is £599.99 on The Link website and £582.83 on Uplands website.
You might want to hold off buying them if they are that expensive as i think you will have trouble reselling them, you dont want to get stuck with 4 of them and be unable to sell them
Expansys is selling the Qtek 2020 (XDA2) for only £399.95 brand new including 12 months warranty and its unlocked for any network
Isn't the XDA2s better than the XDA2?
So for £30.00 more isn't it a good deal u think?
hi guys
i am getting a xda2s on contract from 02 select for 119.99. i have asked this price to be checked twice and as its on the notes of my account i am getting it fot this price. they have none in stock till next monday.
regards kevin
your bills must be high to be with o2 select, they reward their customers by giving lower prices on upgrades and all sort of other benefits
Looks like the supplier is not going to sell me them now at the price I was going to get them for so this thread is dead.
We can do them at that price if anyone is interested but the P&P is £9.95 nextday Royal mail special delivery.
They are in stock right now.
Paul
Mobile-mayhem.co.uk
Cheap XDA2s
Hi,
I have read some post and I agree with there staff being crap.
But they are also quite gullable 8) ... any Im excpecting my xd2s tomo for £49.99! on o2 600 but my line rental is also half price!
You really have to blag............
I'm just about to get a new phone as my contract is up with O2 and they wont offer me any upgrades at a reasonable price, and i was just about to order a three handset (Motorola E1000),
But if you can geta IIs for £49.99 and half price line rental, then that would suit me perfectly,
Can you let me know where you are getting it from ?
Cheers
XDA IIs for sale
Any one interested in a brand new O2 XDA IIs which has never been used. I bought it for myself as a Xmas present but after reading the manual found I won`t be using most the functions. too much for me. So I`m selling it sim free at £399 + £8.99 P&P special delivery. My email is blue_sea at hotmail.co.uk
Cheapest so far:
£169.99
+ £30.99 per mnth for 200mins
http://www.e2save.com/mobile/phones/disphandset.php?network=O2&handset=XDA2S
I doubt you'll find it much cheaper than that. I got mine for £9.99 on an O2 Max plan, but now the lowest price for the handset on that tariff is about £50.
I've also heard through the rumour mill that stock of the XDA IIs is about to become a bit thin on the ground soon owing to supply/demand issues; HTC can't seem to make these devices fast enough to satisfy the carriers... just look at the debacle that is happening with Orange and the M2000.
Besides - do you want to spend all your time trawling for a slightly better deal, or do you want to actually be using and XDA IIs in the near future?
From T-mobile as an MDA III
£295 + £15 a month
If it's the MDA III, then the best price ATM seems to be via the following
http://www.onestopphoneshop.co.uk/ourdeals.php?PROV=121&OFF=1MDA3&TAR=RELAX22
Assuming 'Guest' doesn't want to spend much more than £30/month on his tariff, the best deal is for Relax 200 on a 12-month contract, being £32/month (with half-price line rental for the first 3 months)
Selecting this, the cost of the MDA III is only £59.99. If 'Guest' opted for an 18-month contract, the handset would be £24.99, and if they don't mind paying £51/month for 400 x-net minutes, they wouldn't have to pay a penny for the handset at all.
Naturally, all this is assuming that 'Guest' would be happy on T-Mobile as opposed to O2
A bit late... but I picked up my MDA III for £140 plus £13p/m (for 12 months) rising to £26 (for the last 6 of the contract) yesterday. Shame that there doesn't seem to be any way with T-Mobile of buying bundled GPRS on contract.
Considering that the O2 shop next door wanted £249 for the XDA IIs and £30p/m for 12 months, it seemed a pretty good deal frankly.
I should make the purchase cost back selling my Nokia 6600 on once it's unlocked, fingers crossed.
Fwiw, I got mine from Uplands a couple of months ago at £125 & £35/mth, but I do use a fair few minutes each month and this worked out the most cost effective.
Not wanting to sound like a ringer, I got great customer service (next day delivery after faxing some docs) and friendly, personal attention.
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Got mine from Uplands as well; I tried to place an order with The Link early in the new year (seeing as the handset was going for nowt on O2 Max) but they were out of stock. Uplands was the next best thing at £9.99 and I got the handest early the next day; no complaints there so I'll no doubt go back to them come August when I can port across my other Orange number...
I told O2 I was moving to Orange (on £25 a month O2 100 online contract) as Orange had offered me an MPV2000 for free and O2 said they would matchit!!! XDAIIs FOC - Result
I got mine from The Link - they knocked 200 quid off the price of the handset, so it ended up cost £40 for the handset, plus £30 a month on the o2 200 package.
I don't know why they knocked so much off - no-one else had stock, and now they can't get stock themselves.
I got mine from the Link just before Xmas. 150 pounds plus 30 pounds a month for 300 any minutes (double mins for first 3 months)
Got mine last sat 29th in the link on o2 max, it cost me nothing but the line rental is £75 per month.
(hope to have cheaper bills now as i was having £150 bills on xnet 400 through singlepoint!)
www.buymobilephones.net has it quite cheap
My M2000 was £0.00 with £0.00 line rental!
Gotta have some perks of working for the company! :wink:
Just got mine for £180 on £16/month line. Prices gone down to £99 on £25 line rental and above from 02 shop
I paid £180 with £20 line rental from 02 shop not too long ago...
By far the best deal I could find.
Bought one from O2 Shop. Since I've already monthly contract somewhere else, I opted for the Data only package. It was £9 a month, and the Handset costed £200-ish.
I have just been on the O2 website (www.o2.co.uk) and the O2 exec is on there for £139.99. Out of curiosity, I selected the phone and chose the lowest tariff (online 50, 12 months £19.00).
Sure enough, at the checkout, the phone was still £139.99!
Is this right anyone? I had a look on the carphone warehouse site and for the same phone on the same tariff, we are talking nearly £400!
I paid double that for the XDA11s less than 12 months ago on the anytime 200!
This means that if you bought the phone, paid £19.00 per month for 12 months and used your existing sim card, the total cost of the phone would be £367.99!
Buy one quickly before they realize
It must be a mistake :!:
Yep, I bought mine yesterday and true enuf, the phone was £139.99. I chose to go for the 200 mins/750 texts bundle cuz I know I'm gonna use it all...
I also paid for next bloody day delivery (to be delivered before 12 today). I tried using the tracking numbers (yes, numbers. O2 Didn't even know what the second one was for...!) on the DHL site but they weren't recognised... A phone call to DHL later and the woman on the end said... "Oh, it's been sent to the Birmingham sorting office and not Milton Keynes. You won't get it 'til Monday now."
FFS
Thankfully O2 have refunded my delivery charge. Not the point tho, I wanted play play.
It's no mistake! Mine turned up this morning! Get them while they're hot!
Bloody hell! looks like its upgrade time
looks like its 139.99 if you sign up for the 18 MONTH contract.
i have a staff account, so ill wait til i can upgrade, and get it cheaper!! 8)
I selected 12 months contract and it was the same price
I'm thinking about getting the xda exec but I want to see pictures of people using it so I can see approximately how big it is, it might be too big for me to handle.
Codiac said:
I selected 12 months contract and it was the same price
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It is probably close to a wholesale price for O2
and they want to increase the number of subscribers by
all means to look good for the shareholders
at the end of this year.
Tells you a story what a ripoff
are the companies like T-Mob, who had increased
(!) the price of MDA Pro to 900 euro from 750 euro last week, for those
who don't want a subscription.
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I'm thinking about getting the xda exec but I want to see pictures of people using it so I can see approximately how big it is, it might be too big for me to handle.
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blue angel size 125x71x19 mm 210g
exec size 127.7 x 81 x 25mm 285g
Yes it is still available for the same price. I also thought it was a mistake.
I called online sales to order and i was told it was only available with the 35 pound 3G tarrif. So i ordered online for the 139 ponds with the 19 pound Online 50 12 Month Tarrif and recieved it next day. I told my friend and he got his this morning but the screen was cracked so a replacement is on its way.
Your free minutes can be used with Voice or Video Calls and after the free stuff video calls are the same rate as voice calls.
It is 10mm wider than the XDAII and a few mill thicker but it does feal resonable but i have big hands. But i really love the keypad and i can thumb type as fast as i can type on a normal keyboard.
The voice dialing over blutooth works great so in most case there no need to even remove it from my pocket when making and recieving calls.
And not simlocked either :lol:
Got mine yesterday for 149 in the O2 shop with a 200 tariff doubled for six months - great bit of kit but still getting used to it, at the price I cannot understand what they are doing, the IIs is a good unit (and I will continue to use it) but the Exec far out shines the capability of the less equipped devices - Mike
XDA Exec For SALE!
Looking for Quick Sale!
Will Ship Internationally. Payment Accept Paypal!
Brand New ( Stilll Sealed, Boxed, Manual, Charger the Lot! ), Unlocked, Sim free,
Looking for £600 - £500
Thanks
msn: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
Any Questions E-mail me!
I have Two XDA Exec. for Sale.
Both Brand New Unlocked (Working in UK.. No Scams or Claims) SIM Free
I'm looking around £600 - £550 For them. Boxed, Manuels Chargers etc.. Brand New.
I bought them just for the Contract and will be using the Contract for Business, but the Handset is just too Complex for a Young Professional. Looking for Quick Sale so that i can afford a New Pay as You Go.
Thanks
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Hey it's you again! For a moment when I read this post, I got a funny sense of deja-vu! :lol:
Let's see if we can stop things a little sooner in this thread. It is possible to buy an O2 Exec completely for around £350, paying off the 12 months contract etc. It is also possible to buy a Qtek from Expansys for about £600 and an iMate JasJar for around £30 more. Needless to say, this latter option comes with a solid warranty from a reputable trader.
Honestly, go flog'em on eBay or return them to O2 and get handsets you want to use... Like you were told in the other thread, this forum is not a marketplace - it's about helping each other. That includes warning the unsuspecting about high prices.
Have a nice day now!
Suggest a Price that i should be selling it for them.. Cuz my Contract is around 450. Anyway and the thing is i need money to pay off my contract and buy a new pay as you go. so.. that is why i want 550 to 600 for it..
Still Cheaper then 650GBP from retailers!
Tell you what, i'm due for a renewal in a few weeks, I'll offer you 100 quid seeing as how you can get them from O2 on a new contract for 140.
Actually
I got mine for 19 quid .. with a 54/mo contract (I needed the 36mb traffic package)
Does anyone know of the best place to buy one of these?
They seem to be getting dearer on ebay.£320 or so.
Perhaps this is still the best bet! Thanks.
You can get a 12 month deal in o2 shops for £35 -£40 per month for 12 months contract with a free Orbit
They give you £30 trade in for any old phone
You can ebay the co-pilot pack ( I got £60)
co-pilot pack
i have one of these co-pilot packs for sale.
comes with a 256mb micro sd and all tom tom maps of the uk
£60 inc p&p
collection is welcome from east london near east ham train stn
or contact me at [email protected]
Option 1: Get Orbit from O2 for free (£40/month 12 months)and sell Copilot on ebay.. you get around £60. You can keep the car holder and car charger that comes with it. Then get a TT6 software for around £80
Option 2: Get HTC P3300(Premium) from expansys (Pay £105, £35/month tariff). You get TT6 + Maps of Western Europe on DVD, Free Car cradle and car charger.
What are the differences? Simple.. if you buy O2 branded, you may need to SIM unlock if you want to use other sim cards that will cost you some money. Subscriptionwise, £40 x 12 = £480... £35 x 12 = 420 (£60 savings on Option 2)
Its just a small amount to pay after all for option 2 and no hassle... where as option 1 ... you need to do a lot of things blah blah blah.. and you get crap O2 software....
Its a big gamble getting these expensive stuffs from ebay... you never know what **** the seller has done to it why they are selling it!
This is only my own opinion, everyone has individual choices anyway... im just telling you mine.. kapeesh!!!
Thanks for your replys,and guidance.Have taken a chance and bought a two week old one from ebay.Cost £280 all in. Lets hope it comes ok,and is as described.Thanks
I'm very satisfied with the deal I made. Been previously with Vodafone. Requested PAC code and went to T-Mobile. Got 12 mth Web'n'Walk tarrif 32.5/mth with 1 GB data. Paid 29.99 for MDA Compact III with insurance but you can cancel it any time. I know, some ppl say NO WiFi but to be honest I don't see big disadvantage. Browsing on PPC does not give big difference between WiFi and GPRS. Having 1GB I don't need to look for hotspots and being at home I prefer to browse on big screen. I agree however with nm8 - everyone has different preferences.
P.S.
I've been using for about a year XDA Exec and on WiFi battery died so quickly that I used it so rarely that it wasn't big deal to have it. With GPRS it is perfect compromise between speed and power consumption.
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I'm very satisfied with the deal I made. Been previously with Vodafone. Requested PAC code and went to T-Mobile. Got 12 mth Web'n'Walk tarrif 32.5/mth with 1 GB data. Paid 29.99 for MDA Compact III with insurance but you can cancel it any time. I know, some ppl say NO WiFi but to be honest I don't see big disadvantage. Browsing on PPC does not give big difference between WiFi and GPRS. Having 1GB I don't need to look for hotspots and being at home I prefer to browse on big screen. I agree however with nm8 - everyone has different preferences.
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what do u mean no WIfI ???
cheerz, cudo
cudo said:
what do u mean no WIfI ???
cheerz, cudo
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Mean that Artemis version of T-Mobile's MDA Compact III does not have WiFi.
nm8 said:
Option 1: Get Orbit from O2 for free (£40/month 12 months)and sell Copilot on ebay.. you get around £60. You can keep the car holder and car charger that comes with it. Then get a TT6 software for around £80
Option 2: Get HTC P3300(Premium) from expansys (Pay £105, £35/month tariff). You get TT6 + Maps of Western Europe on DVD, Free Car cradle and car charger.
What are the differences? Simple.. if you buy O2 branded, you may need to SIM unlock if you want to use other sim cards that will cost you some money. Subscriptionwise, £40 x 12 = £480... £35 x 12 = 420 (£60 savings on Option 2)
Its just a small amount to pay after all for option 2 and no hassle... where as option 1 ... you need to do a lot of things blah blah blah.. and you get crap O2 software....
Its a big gamble getting these expensive stuffs from ebay... you never know what **** the seller has done to it why they are selling it!
This is only my own opinion, everyone has individual choices anyway... im just telling you mine.. kapeesh!!!
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1. O2 has cut back on its software to virtually nothing
2. O2 does not lock its XDAs (unique in the market)
Adigital said:
I'm very satisfied with the deal I made. Been previously with Vodafone. Requested PAC code and went to T-Mobile. Got 12 mth Web'n'Walk tarrif 32.5/mth with 1 GB data. Paid 29.99 for MDA Compact III with insurance but you can cancel it any time. I know, some ppl say NO WiFi but to be honest I don't see big disadvantage. Browsing on PPC does not give big difference between WiFi and GPRS. Having 1GB I don't need to look for hotspots and being at home I prefer to browse on big screen. I agree however with nm8 - everyone has different preferences.
P.S.
I've been using for about a year XDA Exec and on WiFi battery died so quickly that I used it so rarely that it wasn't big deal to have it. With GPRS it is perfect compromise between speed and power consumption.
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I use WiFi on my N560 to listen to online music especially at night I just plug in the wall charger... WiFi is also important to me because I need internet connection to access some software updates (www.epocrates.com). And I like to browse my emails occassionally when Im in bed (lazy me)