another boring phone thread

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  1. oak

    oakwell New Member

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    just been on phone to o2 been offered the following

    blackberry curve 8900 free
    68 quid up front and i get a bluettoth handset.
    then 600 minutes + 2000 texts and unlimited email and internet
    18 month contract £19.58a month


    OR

    IPHONE £99 for handset

    then £35 a month for 600 mins and 500 texts



    opinions please?
     
  2. Spe

    Spectemur Agendo New Member

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    go for the iPhone.

    the curve is £145 on PAYG now....iPhone is £350.....

    says it all really...

    the iphone deal is the standard tarriff theyre not giving you owt extra...
     
  3. oak

    oakwell New Member

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    thats what i mean they say they cant do owt on the iphone.
     
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    barrywhitesbarmyarmy Active Member

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    iPhone, trust me you won't regret it.
     
  5. tyk

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    iPhone hands down. Blackberry might as well be a blueberry. Can't compare
     
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    oakwell New Member

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    why not?

    please tell me how the iphone is better long term?
     
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    Loads of apps you can download for free and to buy.
    Much easier to setup.
    Good for watching TV programmes from iTunes and downloading songs from your account on the phone.
    Much easier to use.
    Better features.
    Had a Blackberry, work friend got Blackberry's and they are not a patch on the iPhone and never will be.
     
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    oakwell New Member

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    ok i wount watch films/tv programs and i got a ipod and also the black berry can download apps on it?

    is it worth paying the extra?
     
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    You need to use both to really see. With the iPhone you can sell your iPod.

    I don't know anyone who has got an iPhone that isn't over the moon with it.

    I have seen people struggle to setup their Blackberry's and be very disappointed.

    Can only talk for myself but if the Blackberry was free and calls free I still wouldn't get it.
     
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    oakwell New Member

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    a yorkshire man not wanting something free?
     
  11. oak

    oakwell New Member

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    so put into perspective

    get an iphone and pay over 18 months an extra 376.56 in line rental and cost of phone?
     
  12. oak

    oakwell New Member

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    make that 308.06 as i aint included the intial price for the headset on blackberry
     
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    Put it this way, would you spend more money on a Porche compared to a Ford Fiesta?
     
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    oakwell New Member

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    so you really think the difference in quality is as much as that?

    they wount budge on the iphone tariff apparently they cant
     
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    No iphone costs are fixed. Depends on whether spending money is worth it. I would have been disappointed having got a Blackberry and not iPhone. Friend has Blackberry Storm. Not impressed with them.
     
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    oakwell New Member

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    the iphone cost is fixed, apparently all companys must offer same tariff for a certain amount of time all contract phones with iphone seems to be the same and no-one will budge
     
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    then get a bloody blackberry because its seems

    no matter what anyone says about the Iphone you don't seem to be interested.

    Personally the Iphone for me, had mine since it came out and i'm due for upgrade soon, which i will get a 3g one.
     
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    oakwell New Member

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    RE: then get a bloody blackberry because its seems

    so i should take peoples opinion without quizing there motives?

    Not trying to be awkward at all just want to make sure its the right option thats all.
     
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    korky Well-Known Member

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    my choice would be

    the 1st un, i aint that fussed on the fancy fones,
    so if you compare the 2, you save
    £225 on the rental
    £68 cashback
    £99 on the iphone
    text?? would u send 500 in a month anyway?
    BT headset, would you use it?

    £400 cheaper over 18 months, but u dont get an iphone....if you really need 1?
    each to their own, i know what id go for though
     

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