IPhone 4 (Orange UK)
Well, I've made a mistake of buying a 3gs from Orange on May 2th. On a side note... Orange doesn't have any return policy!
After using the Orange website, it's acknowledged that I'm not eligible to upgrade, obviously. But it's mentioned that I can buy an additional phone (iPhone 4) to my existing contract if I don't want to wait. The issue is that... I'm just wondering how would that work...
Or is there any other alternative?
Thanks in advance!
Wrong Orange WILL SELL you a new phone however it will be FULL PRICE unsubsidised and the same price you would pay for a lost/damaged and uninsured replacement.
Currently that works out at the Pay as You Go price PLUS penalty or your BUY OUT YOUR CONTRACT and thats going to be VERY EXPENSIVE either way expect something north of £600.00.
Your best option would be to load onto your 3GS ios4 in a fortnights time and hold onto to it at least to the autumn and get some more of your contract paid back.
At the three month period Orange WILL unlock your 3GS for a fee of £20.00 and you can consider Ebaying it as an officially network unlocked iphone for several hundreds .
Do some calcs and you MAY be able to afford a Pay As YOU Go unit.
Trim you current sim and activate using your current account , storing the new sim in a draw , or using with an iPad 3G perhaps ?
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Kings74 wrote:
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