on 31-05-2014 17:35
on 31-05-2014 17:35
Hi there
I upgraded from an iPhone 5 to a Lumia 1520 at the start of the year and at the same time switched over to a refresh contract. Seemed like the perfect opportunity to try out a Windows Phone as I was getting bored with Apple and finding the size of the phone too small.
However I may have overdone it a bit with the 1520. It is a very large phone indeed! Its a great piece of hardware mind, but on balance it is just too big so I want to get something a bit smaller. WP8/8.1 is fairly nice as well but its not all I was expecting. Alot of the apps are pretty bad, even though I did my research and knew they had available apps, I didnt realise how poorly some of them are supported. One of the big draws was Office built in, but to be honest thats pretty bad as well. iOS and Android have much better Office experiences that are worth paying the Office 365 subscription for!!
So I am looking to get the HTC One M8.
I understand that I can just pay off the remainder of the phone plan. That is straight forward. However, when going through the upgrade motions on the O2 site, it then also asks me to pick a new tarrif and my only option is to stay where I am and recieve less minutes/data or pay £5/mo more and recieve more data! I am quite happy on my £33 (total) with unlimited minutes, texts and 1gb data. I don't really want to pay £38 for 2gb. I dont need it.
Additionally, there is no money down for the phone. While I dont want to pony up the full asking price, I dont mind paying some upfront, but again this option would take me down a few pegs on the mobile tarrif.
I thought you could just keep the tarrif you are on?
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on 31-05-2014 20:06
on 31-05-2014 20:06
31-05-2014 17:40 - edited 31-05-2014 17:47
31-05-2014 17:40 - edited 31-05-2014 17:47
on 31-05-2014 18:15
Doesn't really answer my question
I want to know specifically if you simply carry on with your current mobile tarrif or if you have to alter the tarrif to suit the current deals on the phone. For instance what I have now:
unlimted mins/texts + 1 gb data + Lumia 1520 (paid £129.99 upfront) = £33/mo total
if I go through this O2 site with an refresh upgrade to HTC One M8:
£300 to pay off the Lumia 1520 then either:
unlimted mins/texts + 2gb data + HTC One M8 (£0 upfront) = £38
or
500 mins/unlimited texts + 500mb data + HTC One M8 (£129.99) = £33
so as you can see, mobile tarrif wise I am either worse off on what is offered or I end up paying more for something I dont want. Don't really understand as the two phones are in similar price brackets (ie £600).
What I want to do is keep what I have now but have the HTC One M8 + unltd min/text + 1gb data for £33 and I don't mind paying the £129.99 upfront again. Do you think that some kind of arrangement could be arrived at in store??
on 31-05-2014 18:17
on 31-05-2014 18:20
on 31-05-2014 20:06
on 31-05-2014 20:06
on 31-05-2014 20:19
on 31-05-2014 20:19
That would be my option. Sell the Nokia and put it towards the cost of the new phone, keeping your present contract.
on 31-05-2014 20:22
on 01-06-2014 11:25
on 01-06-2014 11:25
Ok cheers guys for the answers
Will pop in store sometime this week and see what they can do for me.
on 15-12-2014 10:34
To confirm - if the phone contract is paid off then you can leave o2 by simply cancelling the airtime contract, even if half way through a contract?
thanks