Phone Upgrade

[HomerJSimpson]

Just had a call from 3 offering to upgrade my Nokia E71 to a Blackbery curve 9300. Offering 500 minutes (don't make many calls) 5000 texts and 1Gb of internet access.

The texts I'm more than happy with as it is the most common form of communication amongst my golfing fraternity especially during the working day. My concern is how much internet will I get for my 1Gb. Not planning to download too much but want it for facebook, twitter and sky sports news really.

Is the blackberry any good and does this seem a decent offer. My current E71 for 500 voice minutes/texts 2300 3 to 3 minutes is £22 anyway with minimal surfing allowance

I said I'd think about it and come back to them tomorrow once I'd run it past you guys

 

[G1BB0]

check what length contract as 3 are moving towards 24 month ones now!!!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It is 24 months. That said my E71 was suppose to be the same but the guy was offering it 6 months earlier than the completion date

 

[Dodger]

Homer,you didn't honestly say you would get back to them once you ran it passed your cyber mates on the Golf Monthly Forum.....did you?

 

[AuburnWarrior]

Homer,you didn't honestly say you would get back to them once you ran it passed your cyber mates on the Golf Monthly Forum.....did you?

If they record their phonecalls then that one will be on YouTube..

 

[hangover]

If you're getting a blackberry get the bold or the torch. The Internet on the curve is pretty crap.

 

[G1BB0]

I am with 3 and on a 24 month contract with a free iphone, hope the buggers offer me a new one 6 months earlier cos my 32gb 3gs will be going on ebay

upto you Homer, if you like the phone (pop into a shop 1st and give one a try) then go for it

 

[Owen_Thomas_14]

My contract with 3 ends in April. If they offer me a good deal i might be tempted, if not ill be looking at O2 again. I found my signal with 3 can be at full power but wont send a text, then when im in an enclosed space or something similar itll say no signal and send no problem . Hate technology

 

[Region3]

1gb is huge for just surfing. As long as you're not watching loads of videos or internet tv you'll not get anywhere near it.

Are you with 3 now?

They rang my missus up before her contract with Orange had ran out and gave her a load of bullcrap about how they could get her contract ended and their phone would be cheaper for her.

She fell for it. It wasn't cheaper. Never used the phone and sent it back within her 14 days and spent the next 12 months telling them she wouldn't be paying the bills they kept sending her because she only used the phone once to ring them to fetch it back.

 

[CallawayKid]

Just tried cancelling my T-Mobile account as I have a company phone and they've offered me a Sony Ericsson X10 for £5 a month for 24 months, includes 100mins, unlimited texts and unlimited internet...sorely tempted!

Contract is worth £120 and the phone is worth at least £180!

Mind you, I have been with them for over 10 years...

CK

 

[StrangelyBrown]

I'm with 3 now also, was o2 up until a few months ago. O2 wouldn't offer me anything to stay so I took up a sim only deal with 3 which offers many messages, many internets and many phone calls for a tenner a month, rolling month by month.

It works out much cheaper to do that and buy whichever phone I want than to take out a contract for 2 years with a 'free' phone.

 

[Farneyman]

I get 50MB web use on mine which equates to about 20,000 web pages. 1GB is more (i think)

My advice is dont jump in . I bet you will be able to find a better deal.

I have the blackberry curve and havent got the hang of it online yet, slight lack of patience...

For example and not meaning to hijack thread but is there a golfmonthly forum app thingy where you can get direct onto it rather than through the internet like facebook etc and is there a way of setting a phone to view all web pages in column view rather than scrolling over and back all the time.

It really bugs me when on the forum that each thread I have to click on column view for each thread after it loaded the old way if that makes sense....

 

[SyR]

If you're getting a blackberry get the bold or the torch. The Internet on the curve is pretty crap.

I'll 2nd this. I have the blackberry bold and find it much better than the blackberry curve in all areas.

 

[SyR]

It really bugs me when on the forum that each thread I have to click on column view for each thread after it loaded the old way if that makes sense....

Not sure on the curve but for the bold you can change the default browser setting to column:

Browser Options > General Properties > Default View: Column

 

[Farneyman]

Cheers syr. Got it sorted now. Only had it since bloody sept !

 

[RGDave]

I'm not a fan of Blackberry. My way of thinking is that the whole point of one is for someone who has email as the no.1 priority and needs (i.e. has to, for work) be on all the time.
My wife wanted a phone primarily for texting, we went for a Sony Ericsson Android. She was spending about £20 p/m PAYG on texts and calls. With the Android she gets unlimited texts and inclusive calls above and beyond her useage, with the internet thrown in for free. It £20 p/m for 24 months - can you get a Blackberry for this?

 

[Fyldewhite]

I've just upgraded to the Nokia N8 on T-Mobile. Brilliant phone, got 300 mins, 300 texts, unlimited internet, unlimited landline calls for £25 p/m. Did have to pay £80 for phone though but well worth it. I'm not a heavy user but I do count a good camera, wi-fi, GPS and a good music player as essential. Just never liked blackberrys, too small screen and keyboard. If you like the E71 though then they are very similar. 1 GB should be fine for normal use but with any limit I get nervous (probably needlessly) of using the damned thing.

 

[Andy]

I'm not a fan of Blackberry. My way of thinking is that the whole point of one is for someone who has email as the no.1 priority and needs (i.e. has to, for work) be on all the time.
My wife wanted a phone primarily for texting, we went for a Sony Ericsson Android. She was spending about £20 p/m PAYG on texts and calls. With the Android she gets unlimited texts and inclusive calls above and beyond her useage, with the internet thrown in for free. It £20 p/m for 24 months - can you get a Blackberry for this?

What Ericsson though? Most are still on Eclair (2.1) and GingerBread (2.3) is out now.

Andy