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SO signed up for a 24month contract on her mobile....she hates it and wants an iphone now,eight months in...
what are her options? her phone is poo so i do sympathise a little can she just stop her dd or will they chase her? £380 to buy herself out of the contract!
course they will chase her, will also damage her credit rating,
sell handset she has, buy iPhone on eBay for circa £360
I think she should watch a film about starving people in Africa, then write it off to a learning experience and cope with her phone. She still has all her arms and legs yes ??
(sorry bit harsh, but its just a phone)
she can buy her way out of it, or as suggested buy a new phone and just stick the SIM in that.
As said, just stopping DD is probably not a great idea - that's the whole idea of a contract. She signed up to the contract, so either has to see it out or buy her way out of it. Either way, the phone company get the money.....
The phone company will probably also do an upgrade to the iPhone for a fee and/or a more expensive tariff.
What is wrong with the phone she has? Is it really that bad, or is it just not an iPhone?
Bet it's a Samsung
Buy an unlocked Sim-free iPhone. Ebay or Apple
yeah, just buy an unlocked iphone, sell (try to) whatever phone you have (another bet it's a samsung), and keep the contract going with current provider, assuming it's providing enough minutes / texts / data (the data thing being VERY important if you want to make the most of the iphone).
it is a samsung and its pants...the touchscreen is awful. as shes at uni now shes using her phone more and more and its beginning to grate(obviously not as much missing limbs or starving babies)
ive got an iphone and shes always on it....ill try the other phone thingy...
thanks for the advice and condasension...
i just got an htc wildfire which i think can be had for not much dosh.
i like it lots.
as nonk suggests. Are there any alternatives she'd consider?
htc Wildfire & probably the Desire can be had for a lot less than the iPhone.
I've got a Desire and it's great. My sis has an Samsung touchscreen (not Android) and it's cak.
The Desire (and the Wildfire) blows the Samsung out of the water and the Desire is on a par with the iPhone.
Just make sure she tries one out before parting with the spondoolies.
If you're that desperate to make her happy just swap phones with her 😉
HTC Android phone, Wildfire or preferably the Desire, cheaper than the iPhone and, some would say, better.
...or as said before unlocked iPhone on fleabay.
BlingBling - Member
If you're that desperate to make her happy just swap phones with her
Ha! You see, it's a test. Do you really, really love her? 😉
shes not having my bloody phone! i covet it.....
Did she not realise what she was signing when she signed a two year contract?
Get an Iphone 3G 8GB, not noticeable worse than a 3gs, and loads cheaper too if she's after an iphone.
like this: £200.
[url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-iPhone-3G-Black-8GB-Mobile-Phone-O2-Boxed-/160529859705?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item2560534479 ]IPhone Ebay[/url]
Also, which would be cheaper - stick up a WTD ad here for a 3g, someone will have one for sale - probably in mint condition.
*cough* I have an unlocked iPhone 3GS 16GB available for £220 + postage
got my missus an 8gb 3g from here in mint condition for 160 quid .... for shee too was stung by the 24 month contract ...
hels - Member
I think she should watch a film about starving people in Africa, then write it off to a learning experience and cope with her phone. She still has all her arms and legs yes ??(sorry bit harsh, but its just a phone)
*Tips hat to poster*
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Don't be so flipping harsh on the girl.
I mean how is she supposed to get a degree with a cack phone?
thanks for the advice and condasension...
'condescension'
(unless you meant 'condensation')
i didnt mean condensation which i can spell with ease...the other one however...
girl in getting locked into a too long contract shocker! her talents lay elsewhere! 😉
her talents lay elsewhere!
Finding a misogynist boyfriend???!?!?!?!?!???!?!????!!!?!?!1!
her talents lay elsewhere! 😉
Plastering?
Misogynist? Not again... Is TJ working you by remote control poppa?? 🙂
misogynist, woman hater
a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
Where is there any indication anywhere that the OP dislikes his girlfriend?
I'd go with trying to get hold of an iPhone from fleabay or somewhere. Bloke I work with got hold of a brand new 4G iPhone for around £200ish, on Three. Sell the old phone, possibly cover the cost of the iPhone.
So basically she's gone to poly with a phone that all her new friends laugh at?
It's a phone, it's not the end of the world really.
It's a phone, it's not the end of the world really.
Oh you just don't understand!!
*runs out the room sobbing*
ha ha you lot crack me up!
If she struggles with what the word 'contract' means, how did she get to uni?
I'm sure she's lovely really though, so just give her yours. (Or start working out which one you'd prefer to sleep with - her or the iPhone - as I'm sure one of her mates will suggest you swap when she mentions you have one...)
Someone was selling a Galaxy S on the Classifieds for £180. It's a good match for a 3g/3gs iPhone. Android works super smooth on it. Good big screen. However my mates iPhone 4 is probably a bit nicer. Also depends what kind of user Your GF is. My OH loves her 3g as it's simple to use but still has loads of features, not as open as Android but much easier to use. I like my Motorola Dext as it has a qwerty keyboard, runs Android and was cheap. Not a cool phone though.
But beware, You get her the new fancy phone and I can see at my uni that iPad is what the cool kids have, iPhone 4 only does not cut it anymore 🙁 So start saving up 😉
Quidco are doing £150 cash back on all iPhone tariffs with vodafone untill the 16th. If she takes that and sells her phone it should go some way to buying herself out!
its a sony ericson not a samsung but still pants...lots of great ideas here ta....
shes not mentioned an ipad....yet!
Do you know which model? Mazuma mobile are an easy way to sell a phone.
If you REALLY loved her, you'd give her your phone. Men, humph, bastards.
I'd take another look at that^ link for the Wildfire on the classifieds.
Just had one myself, would probably have preferred a Desire but the contract was a little out of budget and wasn't worth stretching to (end of the day, just a phone etc.)
Anyhow, really happy with it.
If she struggles with what the word 'contract' means, how did she get to uni?
she might be a media studies student.
she's special. why not get her an [url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHITE-FULLY-BOXED-APHONE-4-/300513364082?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash=item45f7fe0872 ]aPhone?[/url] 🙂