The mobile phone upgrade comedy has begun again
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
March 8, 2016 11:12am CST
I have a mobile phone on contract with EE, which usually runs on either a 24 month contract. Whenever the time to upgrade approaches I usually check out the latest models available and decide whether to bother.
If there is a model in which I am interested then I would upgrade, otherwise I would simply wait until an appropriate model is released. I will not accept a mobile phone just because the opportunity exists because then I would forfeit the upgrade option until the new contract expires.
Every time this happens I get bombarded with calls inviting me to upgrade, which can become quite annoying.
I broke my previous mobile several moths ago and ended up buying one, so I am now using a Sony Xperia Z5 compact. Not only are there no better mobiles around for me, but their best offer to renew the same model is laughable.
If I reduce my call allowance from unlimited to 1000 minutes per month I can have the same model for £5 per month more.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Mar 16
@lexiconlover I know several people who pay little to run their pay as you go mobile.
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@Ronrybs (21503)
• London, England
8 Mar 16
@lexiconlover I only use my phone where I get free wifi and make very few calls. Anti-social type!
@celticeagle (189818)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Mar 16
We had to get a new V-tech mobile phone. Never had cell phones but have thought about it. We get a good deal with our cable company.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Mar 16
A mobile phone can be extremely handy and is more important these days than when they first came out. When I was young we never had such things, but there were many telephone kiosks around in those days, which are virtually non existent now.
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@celticeagle (189818)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Mar 16
@Asylum ...Yes, they used to be called 'booths' and now it is 'kiosk'. How things change.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Mar 16
@celticeagle They were always known as kiosks in England, but they have disappeared.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Mar 16
Mine is very regularly used and I have often had conversations in excess of an hour at a time. This happens many times if someone has a problem with their computer which requires me to stay on the phone to guide them through long processes.
The daughter of a friend of mine had major boot issues with her computer and it was decided to reinstall Windows. Since he had never done this and was wary, I was on my mobile from the moment of telling him to insert the disk and reboot to the moment that the installation was completed.
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
9 Mar 16
I don't upgrade unless I want something new, or if my phone or iPad is having problems. I don't see the point.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Mar 16
@ElizabethWallace This is definitely true because every time I upgrade my mobile I start the whole learning curve all over again.
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
10 Mar 16
@Asylum Every time there is something new, I have to learn it. This is okay if there is a benefit, but there often is not. I'm fairly happy with what I have now. No need to change.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Mar 16
I remember one year that they kept pestering me to have a new phone and one girl actually told me that I could have one and give it to a family member because it would not cost anything. In reality that was nonsense because it would have disbarred me from another upgrade for 2 years.
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@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
8 Mar 16
I haven't got a phone but will have to get one soon.
All I need is a payg sim then I can stick it into a £10 tesco nokia I've got.
I'd never use it except for emergencies and it's annoying your balance runs out if you don't use it within a certain time.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Mar 16
@Mike197602 Which means that you basically want to own one for the security aspect in the event of an emergency.
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@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
8 Mar 16
@Asylum even when I get a phone I hope to never have to use it
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@garymarsh6 (23978)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
OH lordy I do not use my phone very much at all. I think I have 600 minutes a month and probably only use about 6 minutes in total.
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@garymarsh6 (23978)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@Asylum Compared to what I was paying a month I only pay £7 for all of that.
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