Free Phones At Cpw

dookie

ok ok they're rubbish (nokia 3100,3200 and 3510i and seimens c65) but its a start. do u think we'll soon see free mobiles on the same level as the uk and europe?
i hope so, i think were beind screwd by the networks here,E499 for the moto v3??? E279 for the V800??? these can be gotten from free in the uk on the counterpart networks so why not here? :mad: :mad: :mad:
but otoh E29 for the 6600 is still pretty good!

Pythia

They are all end of lines. They want to get rid of them. The Nokia 6600 is cheap as no one is buying it either. Although the Nokia 6230 was e49 for Xmas...
But don't think we're gonna get free (good) phones for a long time yet. The tariffs are still rip offs too compared to the UK.

Random

What do you mean free? Free with contract? Free on RTG? Free free?

And what's with the Nokia 6230 for E49... that was (is???) on billpay? Pay monthly?

Pythia

Free on Bill Pay. Although you can still get the Nokia 3510i for e79 with e80 call credit which is basically free, there's similar (or even better) deals with lots of others, especially other older phones in the CPW sale. The Nokia 6230 was e49 on a new connection to O2 twenty plus, including 3 months free line rental, 3 months free insurance, 3 months free O2 to O2 calls at weekends.
Anyway that offer was December only. Back up to e99 with no free stuff anymore.

Guy:Incognito

dookie wrote:

do u think we'll soon see free mobiles on the same level as the uk and europe?

doubt it anytime soon, check out the cpw german site. 6230 with a free lttle motor scooter thing for €1. We'r elucky they dont take the battery otu over here and try to sell it as an optional extra.

http://www.phonehouse.de/intro.php?varSessionID=c5dfb41dc7c15a0eb9d374e806eb3f1447e16ea55ddf8

JTMan

A lot of phones are as good as free on Meteor these days. A lot of their range sells for € 9. I think the operators are afraid to start offering free phones cuase once one starts they will all have to do it.

Maybe when 3 comes things will change.

dookie

Fungus wrote:

Maybe when 3 comes things will change.

Hopefully.

Chalk

i thought that the phones that are cheapest in the uk are on the highest tariffs?

as in £200 a month etc,

thye only give you them really cheap when you sign to the most expensive package.
is that not how it works?

eth0_

No, even on the most basic tariff you can get decent phones for free like the T630/K700i etc etc.
Just have a look on Orange.co.uk or o2.co.uk

dookie

CPW.com
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/commerce/servlet/gben-Home

nokia 7600: FREE
Line rental: 2.99 a month
inclusive minutes: 500 min+100 texts.

hmmm...not even 200 a YEAR!!!

declanoneill

dookie wrote:

CPW.com
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/commerce/servlet/gben-Home

nokia 7600: FREE
Line rental: 2.99 a month
inclusive minutes: 500 min+100 texts.

hmmm...not even 200 a YEAR!!!

From the Terms and Conditions:

# Customer pays the normal line rental of £30 per month but will receive their money back by the redemption process listed below.

# 3 Months ½ price line rental (worth £45) will be automatically added to your bill from 3.

# There are 2 redemption processes to this offer, send your 6th airtime bill and receive chequeback for £117.00, and then send your 12th airtime bill and recieve chequeback for £162.00.

# To claim your chequeback please send your 6th and 12th bills to:

Nokia 7600 '3' redemption offer
Cheque back
Carphone Warehouse Support Centre
1 Portal Way
North Acton
London
W3 6RS

Pain in the arse, but still a good deal. I wonder will 3 extend this offer to Ireland? (My b0llix)

eth0_

But 3 don't operate in Ireland.

dookie

eth0_ wrote:

But 3 don't operate in Ireland.

they will be sometime this year tho.

eth0_

dookie wrote:

they will be sometime this year tho.

I find that VERY hard to believe considering they're in such a bad state in the UK. They're the Meteor of the UK. No one wants to use them because their service is terrible.

dookie

http://www.3ireland.ie/index.html

they are already offering commercial servives and are also beginning to recruit for a new flagship store in the city.

they're also the fastest growing operator in the uk at the moment.

eth0_

dookie wrote:

http://www.3ireland.ie/index.html

they are already offering commercial servives and are also beginning to recruit for a new flagship store in the city.

they're also the fastest growing operator in the uk at the moment.

Fastest growing because they're throwing minutes and phones at people for free, but once they see how crap the network is they leave, they've been haemorrhaging customers for quite a long time.

I can't see them offering free phones here, if the two biggest operators in Europe can't/won't, why should 3

dookie

to grab some share of the market i would say, even if they're crap here the free minutes they'll throw will stirr some competition, as will MVNO's that will be here shortly.

o2 and vodafone can but won't, cos we know no better in ireland.