M3100 or Vario II - What kind of deal should I be asking for?

[Guest munky^^]

I'm coming to the end of my contract on Orange (SPV C550, paying 35/mo), and I think I'm going to switch over to the M3100/Vario II.

I need to know what kind of deal I should be negotiating for when I'm talking to Orange/T-Mobile. (Of course with Orange I'll be talking to customer retention)

I think I'd use unlimited data, so I'll be going for that and minutes wise I need 300-400/mo + a few texts.

Thanks for any advice and info.

M

[Guest siu99spj]

Flext + Web 'n Walk Plus/Max is probably the way to go then. Flext 25 will net you approximately 450mins, 900 texts or a combination of the two.

Web 'n Walk 'Plus' gives you 3GB of data a month, no VoIP and the 'Max' package gets you 10GB including VoIP (Skype, etc.).

I'm on Flext35 (900 mins/1800 texts) and Web 'n Walk Plus. It's great, but a bit more than your £35/mo at £47.50/mo.

Based on your numbers, Flext25 + Web 'n Walk would be £37.50/mo and give enough for your needs.

HTH

[Guest M1TNT]

Flext + Web 'n Walk Plus/Max is probably the way to go then. Flext 25 will net you approximately 450mins, 900 texts or a combination of the two.

Web 'n Walk 'Plus' gives you 3GB of data a month, no VoIP and the 'Max' package gets you 10GB including VoIP (Skype, etc.).

I'm on Flext35 (900 mins/1800 texts) and Web 'n Walk Plus. It's great, but a bit more than your £35/mo at £47.50/mo.

Based on your numbers, Flext25 + Web 'n Walk would be £37.50/mo and give enough for your needs.

HTH

Got my phone on Orange for a £20 upgrade via retentions. I am on a canary 30 so I get 325 xnetwork mins, 200 Orange to Orange off peek and weekend mins, 1 magic number - 150 txt and I also got 12 months orange care ( insurance ) and I was able to carry over my Open Access ( unlimited wap - seems to work well on web too :D ) all for £30 a month ( with out the extras - with them it comes to £35 ) that's on an 18month contract - I am well happy and my phone bill has never looked so good :)

[Guest munky^^]

Got my phone on Orange for a £20 upgrade via retentions. I am on a canary 30 so I get 325 xnetwork mins, 200 Orange to Orange off peek and weekend mins, 1 magic number - 150 txt and I also got 12 months orange care ( insurance ) and I was able to carry over my Open Access ( unlimited wap - seems to work well on web too :D ) all for £30 a month ( with out the extras - with them it comes to £35 ) that's on an 18month contract - I am well happy and my phone bill has never looked so good :)

M1TNT, cheers for the info. Sorry don't know all the package names - does what you got include unlimited 3G data? Do you pay for the insurance or was it thrown in as part of the deal? And that's 20 for the M3100 right? Sounds good as my upgrade price for the phone is 49.99

Cheers

[Guest munky^^]

Bump - what are the best M3100/Vario II deals people have got recently?

Cheers!

Edit: see this thread for info on what I got from Orange: http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=251383

Edited March 19, 2007 by munky^^