Is this true?

[M@rco]

I have just got the Online 50 Tariff for 02 for 18 months and pay £19 does this mean i cant upgrade my Samsung d500 after12 Months?

[emul8]

I have just got the Online 50 Tariff for 02 for 18 months and pay £19 does this mean i cant upgrade my Samsung d500 after12 Months?

Did you get a better deal by opting for the longer term?

[M@rco]

Yes only slightly though but i thought that was becuase then they had my service for a longer period?

[emul8]

Then yes!
I have just got a d500 with o2 and recieved 50% extra calls and texts for the 18 month contract

[M@rco]

Thats the contract i am on too, so no new phone after 12 months never mind will it be after 18 months then?

[emul8]

Yes but you should look on the bright side its a good phone
A friend at work has just got the new one like the d500 and i would say its not much better
we all told him how crap it was LOL

[M@rco]

Thanks very much for your help to be honest i only got it becuase it was free not interested in the added features aslong as it texts and rings im fine with it , Cheers!

[MD]

usually you should be able to get a new phone after month 15, thus they get you a new phone and tie you in for another 12 month minimum. Personally, looking at the market at the moment i can se a serious shift away from providing handsets with contracts, the next 12 months look interesting for the mobile market, saturation is being reached in small pockets on the country and that will see very different approaches coming from the networks in the next 12-24 months.

matt.

[impossible]

Isn't this the case in Finland?


You pay for the phone you want and then you can get a contract for around £10 a month with out having to subsidise the phone.



Imp

[Aaron]

Mobile phone subsidises are illegal in Finland, yes.

[BenW]

When do O2 normally let you upgrade on 12 month contract? Is it 10 Months? 11 Months?

[Apex]

When do O2 normally let you upgrade on 12 month contract? Is it 10 Months? 11 Months?

11th month.

Just remember a lot of O2 customers get a resign in the 9th and 10th month of there contracts so theres nothing saying that them on the 18 month contracts won't get one say in the 14/15th month of the contract.

[Apex]

Mobile phone subsidises are illegal in Finland, yes.

and without them here the mobile phone market would not have taken off yet us the brits still are happy when they have to pay for a handset thats worth over 300 quid some days it does my head in