Orange's price-cycling?

[Guest Keats]

Hi!

I have Orange now for 22,50E/month.. and I'm using my old Orange SPV classic.

I'd like my next smartphone to be a PDAphone, like the SPV M500 / M2000 (Qtek models S100 & 9090). The problem is that I have to renew my contract within three months. For now the SPV M500 (Qtek Magician) is still very expensive, but as you know, Orange drops the prices after a while. I was wondering if any of you have any idea how many months need to pass before they do so? I know that the C550 is coming soon, and probably within 6months or so, the Magician 2 (SPV M550?) will dominate =) But it could be that Orange just lowers prices every 3 or 4 months or so? Does anyone have a clue?

And too bad the Magician doesn't have WiFi.. duh! Somebody at HTC should get fired! Thank God they're going to fix it. Also, I've been looking at the cheapest way to get one... it's actually to buy one 2nd hand for ~300E and renew your contract SIM-only for 1 year at half-price. Otherwise you'll pay ~575E for it over 1 year minimum (including subscription fees).