mobile phone contracts...

mobile phone contracts...

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22,600 posts

202 months

Thursday 25th September 2014
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having managed to avoid having a personal phone in the last 3.5yrs, i now feel the need to get one. works blackberry's seem to last 5 minutes before breaking and my last month's phone bill was 9500aed... i'm on the hit list now so being scrutinised, think it's best to take all personal traffic on to a new device.

looking at an iphone, prob the 5s as they should hopefully be available at discount. just wondering what you guys pay per month and what that includes. it'll be mainly data and international calls. cheap roaming will be a plus.

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Original Poster:

22,600 posts

202 months

Thursday 25th September 2014
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e21jason said:
Phill

You think the monopoly gives a choice of good contracts
not a hugeaount no but there seems to be a huge difference in upfront and monthly costs even across the same provider. what do you pay?

fed up with blackberry's lasting 5 minutes, i'm on my 3rd this year and each time it loses all contacts. pile of crap

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Original Poster:

22,600 posts

202 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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have any of you owned more than one variant of the iphone 5? is there a noticeable difference in performance and/or usability? how much memory do you think is needed as a minimum?

currently some stonking deals on souq but even more so with the older or lesser specced units. e.g. iphone 5 in black, 64gb for 1700, 16gb white 5c for 1300 etc.

i can't see me needing massive storage for apps and i usually back up photos regularly, but the main draw of the iphone is itunes and spotify which i use a lot when i'm away.

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Original Poster:

22,600 posts

202 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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i am aware of android and other options but i didn't ask about that did i wink

i need a new ipod to replace my smashed up one [don't ask]. that's 1k so an extra 300 to be able to use it as a phone isn't bad at all.

i found out yesterday if a director signs it as ok work will allow us to use a self purchased iphone instead of the dreaded blackberry and add all the email/directory gubbins so i can then get work to pay for the line rental. seems an ideal solution.

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22,600 posts

202 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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we have a ridiculously good corporate deal with etisalat, both BB and iphone are supported.

a blackberry does one thing well and is piss poor for everything else.