Meteor Talk 300

aster99

Just wondering has anyone experience of this price plan and has it been positive/negative?
Thinking about signing up for it.

Notice the free evening calls don't start until 8pm, thought it was usually 6pm

Walkman

Do you use your phone much during the day (before 8pm) or mostly after this time and at weekends?

Mimikyu

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Sam Vimes

Blue_Wolf wrote: »

the price of their handsets are far better value compared to the other networks.

How's that then? they're about the same as far as I've seen and the range is crap

John_Mc

Sam Vimes wrote: »

How's that then? they're about the same as far as I've seen and the range is crap

The range of phones are terrible, and both times I've tried to upgrade there were no phones worth getting!

John_Mc

Blue_Wolf wrote: »

Never said their range is great, you are right both vodafone and O2 range are better, but they charge alot more for the phones

EG Meteor N95 8gb on talk 300 50euro p/m is 99euro
Vodafone N95 8gb on Perfect choice 200 49euro p/m is 329.99euro
O2 N95 8gb Clear 350 50euro p/m is 229.00euro

You do the math

Sorry, for someone in the Mobile Phone industry you're wrong with your figures.

The N95GB on Talk 300 with Meteor is €179

http://phones.meteor.ie/phones/nokia_n95_8gb/#/in_all_phones

markmywords

actually you can get it for 99euro mate but not in Meteor. So he is right!

John_Mc

markmywords wrote: »

actually you can get it for 99euro mate but not in Meteor. So he is right!

Who's right?

Rsaeire

It appears the Blue_Wolf's posts have been removed by a moderator, so this thread has become quite confusing.

Meteor Talk 300, free calls and text to Meteor numbers, is a great plan if most of the people you contact via sms or call are also on Meteor.

I could say the same thing regarding Vodafone's version, Vodafone Perfect Choice, however, their fair use policy limits users to 5.5 hours of calls per day, so you can’t exactly “call your Vodafone friends and family as much as you want for free”.

ardmacha

so you can’t exactly “call your Vodafone friends and family as much as you want for free”.

5.5 hours should be enough, if you have a life.

Rsaeire

ardmacha wrote: »

5.5 hours should be enough, if you have a life.

Thank you for those wise words adrmacha, however, the point I am making is that Vodafone, yet again, are more restrictive than their competitors; it used to be just over 2 hours of calls per day.

aster99

Still unsure what to do, whats drawing me to this really is the free calls in evenings and weekends!

Rsaeire

aster99 wrote: »

Still unsure what to do, whats drawing me to this really is the free calls in evenings and weekends!

We could help you better with your decision if we knew what networks you call most, what times you generally makes most of your calls, whether you call landlines a lot etc.

aster99

I think really my calls vary, don't think i make calls at any particular time more than another. Wouldn't ring landlies much at all. Not really sure what networks i call the most, a mobile number these days could be any network

Blue_Wolf

Go onto callcosts.ie and type in the info that you think is correct. ie roughly amount of minutes you spend on the phone, how many texts you send per week. Submit the info and it will bring up few different tariffs that have closest match to your needs. Different networks displayed. Might help you!

aster99

Have more or less decide to go with this price plan.

What phone would ye reccommend...not a great range
http://phones.meteor.ie/phones

Rsaeire

aster99 wrote: »

Have more or less decide to go with this price plan.

What phone would ye reccommend...not a great range
http://phones.meteor.ie/phones

I'd recommend you have a read of this, so we can better assist, otherwise half a dozen handsets would be recommended to you.

aster99

Ok thanks....

Well i'd only really use it for calls and texts. Never use the internet on it. Would like to have a radio. Not worried about camera either, never use it.
And would want bluetooth so it would work with car kit

Rsaeire

aster99 wrote: »

Ok thanks....

Well i'd only really use it for calls and texts. Never use the internet on it. Would like to have a radio. Not worried about camera either, never use it.
And would want bluetooth so it would work with car kit

I thought your requirements would have slimmed down your choice but to be honest, if you’re not interested in an 8 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, touchscreen etc, that that’s completely fine. You have a greater choice now too, so you can have your pick of the 20 handsets on the Meteor site, as they all meet your requirements. There are a good few handsets you can get for free too, so you don’t even need to spend any money.

aster99

Whats the Nokia E51 like...would anyone reccommend itfrom personal experience?

Sam Vimes

aster99 wrote: »

Whats the Nokia E51 like...would anyone reccommend itfrom personal experience?

It's very good for the money. The camera on it is crap though and opera mobile (the symbain version of opera mini) doesn't work on it but you probably wouldn't be using that anyway

Rsaeire

aster99 wrote: »

Whats the Nokia E51 like...would anyone reccommend itfrom personal experience?

I agree, the E51 is a very good handset. You also have the option of increasing the font size for SMS, so you won't have to struggle with either too small or too big sized text.