News - 3 announces competitive iPhone 4 tariffs

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The fourth mobile operator to publish its rates offers some better deals than the other three.

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[joshwa]

Useful comparison table - anyone fancy adding Tesco Mobile to that as well?

[Percy1983]

Shame you won't get a signal most of the time.

[Brewster0101]

Shame you won't get a signal most of the time.

The new three adverts and advertising about the new improved and turbo network seem to be true. I live in Bournemouth and was having issues with my E71 on three up to about April and then had a text message from three about services being disrupted on a specific date due to upgrade and after that date I have near to perfect signal all over the area. Still no good at the back of Tescos when trying to call the wife to check what bread to buy!

[crossy]

Useful comparison table - anyone fancy adding Tesco Mobile to that as well?

Never mind Tesco - what about T-mobile, or are they counted in the Orange one? Last time I looked T-mob had far better deals on their SIM's - shedload more data allowed and more flexibility, (so if you were happy to have smaller allowances but pay less, then that was on offer).

Shame you won't get a signal most of the time.

Actually I'm going to side with Brewster0101 on that. I've not really had much of a problem with the Three network - only place that it really let's me down is at my parent's house, but if I move 1/2 mile down the road I get a sustained 80% signal strength (Nokia N95). But then again, Vodafone etc are the same in that area - it's just not a good area for 3G. I've also noticed that the Planet3 stuff is a heck of a lot more responsive - getting near to twice as fast. The advert's annoying (but not as much as GoCompare!) but they do appear to be delivering on what they promised so far.

On top of that, 3 is also offering SIM-only plans that start at £15 per month for 300 minutes and 1GB of data.

1GB of data ... 1GB of data - when the bl**dy Android phones have to slum it with only half that amount! Of course that assumes that you go squirrelling around their damned website to find one to buy - apart from the Desire, they don't appear to be pushing that platform. (Sorry realise that this rant was a bit off topic because the article was about iPhone)

Bob
(Looking to replace his old Nokia N95 with an SE Experia Android phone - when my wife lets me...)

[Arthran]

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1GB of data ... 1GB of data - when the bl**dy Android phones have to slum it with only half that amount! Of course that assumes that you go squirrelling around their damned website to find one to buy - apart from the Desire, they don't appear to be pushing that platform. (Sorry realise that this rant was a bit off topic because the article was about iPhone)
Bob

Hero and Samsung Galaxy portal are both on 3 and are great android phones.

Also 3 have announced (well, i was informed in store) that as of July all android contracts are being upped to 2gig data because 3 have found that us android users are using alot of bandwidth

Proud Hero user on 3!

[Brewster0101]

Well my E71 contract is due for an upgrade on three in July and if I can get the desire with 2gb data limit around £25 per month, then three will keep getting my money for the next 24 months - otherwise I am off to orange (via mobiles web site) who do good deals with android phones.

No interest in iphone what so ever though.

[crossy]

Hero and Samsung Galaxy portal are both on 3 and are great android phones.

HTC Hero
Samsung Galaxy - not so sure about this since (a) the sales dood in the Three store was on a hard sell about it, (which immediately put me on the defensive), and (b) the last Sammy phone I had was a nasty piece of junk.

Also 3 have announced (well, i was informed in store) that as of July all android contracts are being upped to 2gig data because 3 have found that us android users are using alot of bandwidth

You're about the third person to say that the limits are being upped (so far I've heard 1GB, 1.5GB and now 2GB), to me at least, any of these are good - but the more the better. Just wish that if this is true that Three get off their corporate bums and start saying it out loud, rather than just . There's certainly been enough folks on the Three Blog lobbying for a more realistic limit than 500MB - heck that's only 2x what I've got from a £20 top up on PAYG!
Thanks for the info - I was thinking of heading to T-Mobile, but maybe the smart idea now is to hold on for a month or two and see what's available then. Maybe Three will be able to hold onto my biz for a little longer.

Bob