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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Exonian on 30 October 2011, 12:56
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I'm not really into mobiles and I don't have any friends :laugh: so only have an old Nokia which is great because it has no features which means I know how to work it and the battery charge lasts forever!!
Last week I was offered a workmate's old iPhone for £70 which I probably should have bought for my son but I hesitated as it is the most used phone in the whole world with a text message arriving every five seconds (not an exaggeration) so she sold it to someone else in the office.
Then the other day I got a letter through from Virgin mobile with a Blackberry 8520 for £8.99 a month offer (24 months I think); 100 mins (I would struggle to get though 30 mins let alone 100 most months), 500 texts (I doubt I could use that many even at Christmas!!) and 500MB of interweb.
I like the idea of a Blackberry as the keyboard is quicker for texts than an ancient Nokia, so basically, how long does 500MB last?
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It is more than enough for 95% of users.
I suspect you'll never use 10% of it
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If all your doing is browsing webpages daily facebook and youtube etc 500mb will be more than enough i have 500mb and i browse up to 2hrs a day and never go over it... Not sure exactly how much i use but will be more than enough mate
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depends what your going to do, if its just going to be looking at the forum,amazon, other shop websites, wikipedia, google and simelar websites and facebook you should be fine.
if you were going to be downloading and watching videos all day you would may run out towards the end of the month.
have a look into boosters, normaly you can get boosters for a 5er or so, and normally your alowed 1 free.
i used my free booster for unlimited internet, i could have paid £5 and got unlimited internet included in the contract or just used my free booster. so i have 1000 mins, unlimited texts, 500mb internet then use my free booster to get my unlimited internet.
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I've got 500MB, and I use my phone quite a lot, Google Maps, Spotify, YouTube, emails etc. - but even still, I don't hit my full allowance.
When I'm in the office, at home or a friends, my phone is on WiFi - so about 70% of the time I use the internet - I'm not using my allowance anyway. Hell, I even tether my phone to my laptop from time-to-time and still don't hit my limit.
500MB "fair usage" is pretty much the standard, you'll be fine :)
But don't get a Snozberry, be a winner and get an Android handset.
I got a Motorola Defy (400mins/unlimited texts/unlimited landlines/500mb internet) on a 24 mo. contract for £15 p/m from T-Mobile about 6 months ago. As a handset, its as good as the rest out there (GPS/WIFI/800x468 screen/5MP Camera) - and its water proof :)
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Ive got unlimited interweb for £20 a month +500 txts + cheap calls + free to other T mobile customers and a Galaxy samsung thingy with it.
Seeing as it sits in my laptop bag devoid of charge i am really just paying £20 a month to keep my number :lipsrsealed:
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Thanks for the replies everyone. Most helpful.
I've no idea what an android phone is btw (yes, I've seen the term used often enough but never had enough interest to find out what it is) and the £8.99 a month is as much as I'd want to pay really as I don't use a mobile much, have a phone at home I never use and a phone next to me at work which I try my best not to use as it normally involves someone with a problem I'm not interested in!! :laugh:
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I get 750mb a month alloance, and use over 500mb every single month. That's completely from light use on webpages and Facbook.
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Any network has to be better than T mobile , they are the worst network going :sick:
Kiddie network CS 30mins to get through , no signal when you go into shop even 3 is better T mobile.
500mb is ok depends on what your going to doing with phone ?
I find Vodfone the best imo !
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Any network has to be better than T mobile , they are the worst network going :sick:
Well, Everything Everywhere (T-Mobile/Orange) arguably have the widest coverage in the UK.
But individual peoples experiences will always differ (handset/location etc.).
Always check the coverage map before signing up ;)
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Any network has to be better than T mobile , they are the worst network going :sick:
Well, Everything Everywhere (T-Mobile/Orange) arguably have the widest coverage in the UK.
+1, my phones only ever not had any signal once!
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Really , I live in London everytime I go into shop with T mobile it lose's signal also where I work cant get a signal unless I go in the garden , So where does it have the bigest coverage ? There CS are very arsey and a pile of crap and to had to that most of there shops are empty because no wants Orange :rolleyes:
PS London is the biggest city so if you cant get a proper signal there what does that tell you ?
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Tells me your phone is probably poo.
I've had a very good experience with both orange and t-mobile and I think that a couple of bad experiences doesn't warrant writing the whole company off.
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Tells me your phone is probably poo.
I've had a very good experience with both orange and t-mobile and I think that a couple of bad experiences doesn't warrant writing the whole company off.
WTF you talking about pal , I have iphone 4 also loads of Nokia's , its got SFA to do with the phone many of my clients at work use T mobile and cant get a signal they also have to go in the garden for it to work ????
Suppose there phones dont work ether !! They are a bag a sh!te T mobile end of !!
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More than I use fella :wink:
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More than I use fella :wink:
some people on here talk load a sh!te :grin:
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Oh yeah, the iphone 4 is renowned for its amazing, faultless signal ;)
All i'm saying is that your 1 building and 1 experience barely represents the scale of their coverage.
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Oh yeah, the iphone 4 is renowned for its amazing, faultless signal ;)
All i'm saying is that your 1 building and 1 experience barely represents the scale of their coverage.
How do you know its only one building I work in, ok lets talk CS services on T mobile whats your experience of them ? Don't slag the iPhone off because mine has never dropped a signal in 12 months !!
I work all over London and every time I go into shop i.e. Sainsburys or Waitrose no signal . I got rid of them 3 yrs ago, my mrs daughter has nothing but problems and she has a BB due to lack of signal and sluggish internet on T mobile!!
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Oh yeah, the iphone 4 is renowned for its amazing, faultless signal ;)
All i'm saying is that your 1 building and 1 experience barely represents the scale of their coverage.
but when it's one of the most active places he uses it, it does cause a problem. I'd check the coverage maps for other companies and see if they can provide a better service.
Where we used to work we were pretty much slap bang in the middle of 3 cell towers just where they didn't quite overlap and none of us got good signal, Voda, O2 and Orange were all sh!t. One of the reasons we moved the office to Oxford (that and the office rent was much cheaper in the crappiest building in Oxford :grin: )
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Oh yeah, the iphone 4 is renowned for its amazing, faultless signal ;)
All i'm saying is that your 1 building and 1 experience barely represents the scale of their coverage.
How do you know its only one building I work in, ok lets talk CS services on T mobile whats your experience of them ? Don't slag the iPhone off because mine has never dropped a signal in 12 months !!
I work all over London and every time I go into shop i.e. Sainsburys or Waitrose no signal . I got rid of them 3 yrs ago, my mrs daughter has nothing but problems and she has a BB due to lack of signal and sluggish internet on T mobile!!
Since the combination of Orange/T-Mobile, it can cause some problems if you haven't set your phone up properly. Basically, you can set it to 'roam' between both networks, to get the best of both for GSM signal. But at present, Orange only supports 2.5G (Edge) for T-Mobile roaming, ie. 128k (slow) internet. If you set your network selection to be manual and force it to be T-Mobile, you'll get the 3G benefits of T-Mobile (whilst comprising on using Orange's network).
I've had a very positive experience of both Orange and T-Mobile in the 5 years I've been with them, hence why I would happily recommend them. You've got to bear in mind - you don't call customer services to have a pleasant chat - its usually to moan/complain, so their quality of service will be reflected in your attitude towards them; be kind, polite, patient and charming works wonders when dealing with cmr services. Be an a-hole - and expect to be treated like one (not aimed at you, but a generalisation).
As I said, check the coverage map first ;)
Vodafone offer "SureSignal" if you want guaranteed signal in your home/office.
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Oh yeah, the iphone 4 is renowned for its amazing, faultless signal ;)
All i'm saying is that your 1 building and 1 experience barely represents the scale of their coverage.
How do you know its only one building I work in, ok lets talk CS services on T mobile whats your experience of them ? Don't slag the iPhone off because mine has never dropped a signal in 12 months !!
I work all over London and every time I go into shop i.e. Sainsburys or Waitrose no signal . I got rid of them 3 yrs ago, my mrs daughter has nothing but problems and she has a BB due to lack of signal and sluggish internet on T mobile!!
Since the combination of Orange/T-Mobile, it can cause some problems if you haven't set your phone up properly. Basically, you can set it to 'roam' between both networks, to get the best of both for GSM signal. But at present, Orange only supports 2.5G (Edge) for T-Mobile roaming, ie. 128k (slow) internet. If you set your network selection to be manual and force it to be T-Mobile, you'll get the 3G benefits of T-Mobile (whilst comprising on using Orange's network).
I've had a very positive experience of both Orange and T-Mobile in the 5 years I've been with them, hence why I would happily recommend them. You've got to bear in mind - you don't call customer services to have a pleasant chat - its usually to moan/complain, so their quality of service will be reflected in your attitude towards them; be kind, polite, patient and charming works wonders when dealing with cmr services. Be an a-hole - and expect to be treated like one (not aimed at you, but a generalisation).
As I said, check the coverage map first ;)
Vodafone offer "SureSignal" if you want guaranteed signal in your home/office.
I only talk like an arse hole to you because
basically you said I was talking crap and also had a crap phone ,reading between the lines that is of course (just saying like):grin:
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MEOW :grin:
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MEOW :grin:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Well ... the iPhone4 is crap ;) Android FTW
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Just under £30 a month got me an HTC Desire, 600mins, truely unlimited internet and truely unlimited texts.
Use well over 4K texts a month and one month used 2GB internet but that did include WiFi use and WiFi tethering on holiday.
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Well ... the iPhone4 is crap ;) Android FTW
Talking Shi*te again a Jailbroken iPhone will P*ss all over an android !! :rolleyes:
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Well ... the iPhone4 is crap ;) Android FTW
Talking Shi*te again a Jailbroken iPhone will P*ss all over an android !! :rolleyes:
Then a rooted and custom ROM Android will have the iPhone. :grin: