Mobile Phone.

[pds]

I am looking to buy a new mobile phone, preferably on Pay As You Go but I am not sure what phone to get.
I have had a look around and like the look of a few but i thought I might aswell ask the wise folk of Talking Balls if they had any recommendations.

I am willing to pay up to £20o.

Thamks

 

[MHS]

Are there any functions you want on your phone?

e.g. Bluetooth, mp3, WAP etc...?

 

[pds]

I would hope any mobile phone costing £200 would have those functions on .

 

[Lako42]

contract is the way to go i get 750 messages 750 anytime any networ mins all for 20 quid and a free phone

 

[pds]

I prefer Pay As You Go as it has limits.
I think having a contract would be too convenient and I would use my phone when there is no real need to and end up with a big phone bill.
With Pay As You Go I have to top up and half the time I can't be arsed which is a good thing.

 

[Macky]

how about this one?

 

[MHS]

I got the Sony Ericsson k750i for £160 on Pay as you go. Excellent deal.

 

[Lako42]

my first mobile

 

[pds]

I got the Sony Ericsson k750i for £160 on Pay as you go. Excellent deal.

I saw that for £129 earlier in The Orange Shop.


I have the K700i as it is and it does my head in.

 

[MHS]

my first mobile

This was mine......

http://www.mtconsultancy.nl/modules/Reviews/images/siemens/a50.jpg

 

[fcukcov]

bet this was webbos......

struggling to find my first mobile at the mo.

 

[Steven]

This was mine......

http://www.mtconsultancy.nl/modules/Reviews/images/siemens/a50.jpg

Love the colours.

 

[fcukcov]

got it!!!

my first mobile.

It could "only" text and call and could only hold around 25-30 numbers that i remember.

 

[Lboro fox]

got it!!!

my first mobile.

It could "only" text and call and could only hold around 25-30 numbers that i remember.

That was my first too!!! Also when people texted you it was clever enough to match the persons name with the number so you had to memorise peoples numbers to figure out who was texting!!!

I now use it to prop up the corner of my house!!

 

[Durham Fox]

 

[Cate Fox]

Dont get a motorola - they are crap

 

[bocadillo]

I prefer Pay As You Go as it has limits.
I think having a contract would be too convenient and I would use my phone when there is no real need to and end up with a big phone bill.
With Pay As You Go I have to top up and half the time I can't be arsed which is a good thing.

How long do you anticipate keeping the phone? If 18 months or less (fewer?), and if you want that level of phone, you will almsot certainly find that you would be paying less on a £20 a month contract with loads of free minutes and texts - and a free phone. And don't forget that such deals are often half-price for the first 6 months.

Do the maths: 6 months @ £10, 12 months @ £20 = £300 on contract.

Taking the cost of the phone off that leaves you £100 to spend on pre-pay top-ups.

£100 / 18 = £5.55 a month with which to top up. You're not going to get many phone calls for that.

It seems to me that Pre-Pay is only for people like me who only want cheap/simple phones which they will hang on to for years and who want to amke very few calls. Everybody else should be able to find a contract which will better suit their needs.

 

[fcukcov]

That was my first too!!! Also when people texted you it was clever enough to match the persons name with the number so you had to memorise peoples numbers to figure out who was texting!!!

I now use it to prop up the corner of my house!!

it was a loadbearing telephone. I had forgotten that thing about the texts though.

 

[fcukcov]

had one of those to.:icon_lol: :icon_redf

 

[Durham Fox]

had one of those to.:icon_lol: :icon_redf

Looking back, it was a shocker but at the time it was great