Voda and iphone probs and suggestions wanted

[ribenavrs]

Hi

Thinking out loud here and stuff is cluttering my brain

Been looking forward to an upgrade for a while, I have a Nokia 5800 and want the next step

After a smartphone and want office functionality, a camera that works, bluetooth with computer, DNLA at home, not much web while out but may warm to it etc etc. potential for it to get bashed around a little so was going to get an otter box defender. Iphone4 or HTC ?????

So, I have 3 contracts on Voda, me, mrs and daughter and I pay . Mrs is due upgrade so I order an Iphone4 and explain to sales guy that I want the phone and want to register the microsim to my number, no problem says the sales guy, people do it all the time, don't blame you etc,etc, just ring up when you get the phone and Voda customer services will sort it.

Great stuff, so I next ring Voda accounts to upgrade my tariff to cope with the expected extra usage and why and they tell me I can't do that because the Voda iphone4 tariff/microsim is a special one because of the high usage, tethering, APN blah blah. This took approx 90mins and was spitting feathers but was offered a couple of options involving £3-400 extra including me actually registering the microsim to my number but not getting the functionality as above and the guarentee I would exceed the fair usage involving eyewatering costs. fking fk fkity bks.

So I cancelled it

Pissed off with the very restricted options with the Iphone???????? I did what i thought was a reasonable amount of reasearch but obviously not enough

Now looking at an HTC trophy but would love a small HTC hd7, will this be subject to the same limitations ?????

Any others you guys can suggest or am I just too fussy

Arrrgggghhhhhhh

Edited by ribenavrs on Wednesday 3rd November 07:39

Edited by ribenavrs on Wednesday 3rd November 07:40

[lestag]

Can you list the limitations or put it another way the features you are looking for ?


FWIW the LG have DNLA support built in
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windo...

you need to check about tethering with the telco

[ribenavrs]

limitations are percieved I suppose as I would imagine you can get apps to work round most stuff but just seems the stuff imposed by Apple is very strict i.e stipulations as mentioned re. contract/sim, PC link via itunes, bluetooth linking + other negative things i've read on the web ?

just want a phone that links with my Windows 7 laptop and that carries my contacts, calendar, notes and pictures on one device that won't break and is reasonably futureproof or upgradeable.

dnla is not a must I'm sure an app will be along ( I have a new Pan TV which it would be nice to link with)

also tethering is not a must but I can see situation where I could use it

will the limitations in the first post be an issue with a HTC ???

[lestag]

I think you will find no matter what telco you are with , they are limiting "unlimited internet" to 500MB
If you have outlook on your PC, then ,if history is to go buy, syncing between pc and windows mobile, will just work seamlessly

check out the marketplace for apps
marketplace.windowsphone.com

[Odie]

1. Buy iphone4 direct from apple.
2. Get the lowest contract you can get away with, maybe sign up for sim only deal (dont mention Iphone at all)
3. chop down the sim to fit the iphone4 (mini sim is just an normal sim with the excess plastic cut off)
4. Profit


Personally I bought an iphone 4 from orange for £480 pay as you go it came with 250mb of 3g data a month which is plenty (for me, I use my home wifi for downloading apps and stuff), at most I top it up £10 (for the 1000 free texts) a month.

compared to a contract ive probably saved somewhere around £200-£300 pounds, note that I dont actually call or text that much. So this might not be ideal for you (your missus). But you see where im coming from.

But you can save yourself a packet by getting your calculator out and doing the math.

Just remember that companies just want to remove as much money from your pockets as they can, so keep your eyes open. And with a premium item like an iphone4 it is nearly impossible to haggle (I did try). apple monopolieses(sp?) and set the prices (both illegal in the uk but they get away with it)

[ribenavrs]

Well, rang to cancel and spoke to my kind of customer services technician

Did some jiggery pokery and I now have an IPhone 4

I am now an official IPhone bore

Posted from my iPhone

[Pints]

Odie said:

...apple monopolieses(sp?) and set the prices (both illegal in the uk but they get away with it)

I can understand that they set prices but how do they monopolise the market? As the OP pointed out, if you want an alternative to the iphone there are options available. That's not a monopoly by my understanding.

Posted from my Nokia X6