What price are O2 UK selling the orbit for?

[wth]

Anyone know what the instore price is for a "25 pm tarrif?

I called O2 today and to upgrade my exec on a £25 tarrif they wanted £259 pounds. Nearly fell off my chair laughing, PAC code on its way to me hello vodaphone

[tomcoleman]

i just upgraded to 02 orbit for free!

[wertert]

I just upgraded to o2 200 £30.00 / month ( same as I've been on for ages ) - phone cost £99.99.

I think if i'd gone for £35.00 / month the cost drops to £49.99

[jstubbings]

I went for an MDA Compact III (I dont use wi-fi).... I got it on 18month contract UFIX for £15 a month (this is the UFIX) then £7 a month bolt on for web and walk (unlimited connection).... The t-mobile web site is in fact more expensive than the shops... I went into my local t-mobile shop and picked up two with my girlfriend... the guy said they usually would be £40 for the phone but we could have them for £20 each... so a 18 month contract for 22.00 a month and £20 for the phone which we both thought was an excellent deal!... the boxes were unsealed (but) the phones were intact and not touched just shown to customers... there is quite a few t-mobile shops with ones opened and you can get a good deal on these handsets, I did go to another t-mobile shop before hand but the Artemis looked like it had been dropped so I didnt touch it !....

[ezman]

free of charge at o2 shop - i am on £30 per month tariff but had my qtek s100 since june last year.

[vo1968]

i got mine 49.48 on T-Mobile Flext web 'n' walk 22.50 a month for the full 18 month contract. was on T-Mobile website for 79.99!! So better deal on the High Street.

[wth]

Thank you, so basically they were trying to rip me off :-(

Shame the t-mobile version doesn't have wifi as I do use it quite a bit with my xda exec

Will try a local store next and see if they give me a more realistic offer, I think my problem was I don't normally go over my minutes so O2 are probably not that bothered if I move.

Ta

[ezman]

just to say it seems some shops have been getting the price confused on this handset, when I phoned the store (to see if they had any cheap microsd cards) the day after....they said they gave me the phone free by accident as the pricing hadn't been sorted with them by o2. Reckon they had to pay upgrade charges for me :) thanks o2:p

[Pete.]

I phoned up for a PAC code and they upgraded mine for free £35 tariff.

[mikealder]

I tried O2 earlier today, the local shop didn't have any Orbit's in stock, they wouldn't offer any decent sim only tariffs to use GPRS so I decided to move elsewhere (T-Mobile Web and Walk).
O2 wouldn't issue a code over the phone to move networks - I have to wait for a text message, T-Mobile account and device is set-up, just waiting to port the number across.
I can live without the WiFi to be honest, if I need it I will use one of my other toys, both my main phones (Artemis and MDA-III) still feel lighter in the pocket than carrying around either the Exec or IIs both of which are bricks using extended batteries.
Ten years plus with O2 - goodbye, you really need to address the mobile internet costs, your tariff is beyond a joke - Mike

[JC#79]

O2 are not selling the Orbit sim free as it is there "baby" and will only be released with a contract for now.

[rosco1011]

on my £20 contract o2 UK told me that i did not spend enough to justify a cheaper upgrade - the £200 was too much for me, considering they would have given me £100 to stay with my old imate jam (so £300 upgrade then).

so i cancelled, in writing. would have gone with o2 online.
i just received a text giving me a finishing date when someone from o2 called asking why i was quitting. he offered me a great deal:
100mins 400text £15/month and £100 for the orbit.

chuffed!

moral: i don't think o2 are so prepared to offer better deals if you just threaten to quit with them - but maybe if you get more serious....

[mikealder]

Well I left O2, and when contacted the chap was most reasonable when I explained the reason for leaving was due to the high cost of the GPRS usage. He inquired which provider I was switching to - when I mentioned the Web n Walk contract he said little more, my mind was made up prior to the call.

No offer they could make would come close, there again it all depends how you use the device, at between 15 to 25MB per day when mobile I had to address the cost of GPRS - Mike

[jdoherty76]

Can anyone tell me if the T-Mobile version of the O2 Orbit has Wi-FI I seen from an earlier post that this may not be the case. But I am not sure this is correct? thanks Jd76.

[meschle]

Can anyone tell me if the T-Mobile version of the O2 Orbit has Wi-FI I seen from an earlier post that this may not be the case. But I am not sure this is correct? thanks Jd76.

Hi jd76 - it has not i am afraid - why they have done that seems madness but there you go :confused:

[mikealder]

The T-Mobile MDA Compact-III as it is known does NOT have WiFi when supplied in the UK, certain other European versions of the T-Mobile MDA-C-III do have WiFi, so I guess its rip of Britain time again! that said the device is very good and combined with the GPRS Web & Walk you have internet where ever and when ever you like (its just a bit slow) - Mike

[jdoherty76]

Thanks Meschle & Mikealder but I would prefer Wi-Fi built in so looks like O2 when time for upgrading...thanks..

[equlus]

when will artemis or orbit be available in the us?

[cardman]

I went into the Watford store in the UK and said that I had my pac code with me from Vodafone and immediately got a free XDA Orbit (which comes unlocked) on a 12 mnth tariff for £35 a month (400 mins, 100 txt), and after 6 months I can lower my tariff. Just waiting for a 2gb micro sd now. £39.99 from play.com

[spangelsaregreat]

Hi,

It may worth noting that other than for one month in last years contracr o2 never logged my GPRS usage.

I had a 6mb usage limit and according to their site I never used any of the allowance! Though in the one month they did log it they stung me for an extra £20.

As I never used my Wifi on my JAMin it was a no-brainer switching to T-Mobile and I got the same deal as one of the other posters @ £49 for phone Flext20 (£22.50 per month with WnW).

I was paying £24 with o2.

Regards

[roy4355]

he offered me a great deal:
100mins 400text £15/month and £100 for the orbit.

chuffed!

moral: i don't think o2 are so prepared to offer better deals if you just threaten to quit with them - but maybe if you get more serious....

Well I've just managed to get the XDA Orbit with Sat Nav software for free with 500 minutes and 900 texts for £20 per month (12 month contract). Wouldn't stretch to a free bluetooth headset though. This was through retentions and took 4 calls, each time getting a little more offered. Just waiting for it to arrive now.
Shoud I be chuffed?;)

[rosco1011]

wow.
i should have pushed a bit harder then !

[shadowman]

I just upgraded to an orbit. I am on Data 5 only, and also have o2 insurance. My monthly spend is £14.39 inc VAT.

I went into local o2 shop expecting £149 upgrade fee. They plugged it all in the computer and it came out at £99, then I traded an old Nokia handset and got a further £30 off. so actual upgrade was £69 !

[capcrackers]

Well I've just managed to get the XDA Orbit with Sat Nav software for free with 500 minutes and 900 texts for £20 per month (12 month contract). Wouldn't stretch to a free bluetooth headset though. This was through retentions and took 4 calls, each time getting a little more offered. Just waiting for it to arrive now.
Shoud I be chuffed?;)

That's a great deal. I called last night and got the 500 X-net mins and 500 txts for £20/month over 12 months and the orbit with co pilot for free. Thought I did well.

[jamin100]

I still have 6 months left on my o2 contract so i brought a brand new orbit from eBay and collected it last night. Paid £210 and probably £15 in petrol collecting it so £225 total. Very please seeing as they are selling for over £300.

[CoolGadget]

I still have 6 months left on my o2 contract so i brought a brand new orbit from eBay and collected it last night. Paid £210 and probably £15 in petrol collecting it so £225 total. Very please seeing as they are selling for over £300.

Where did you find this for £ 225??
Thats a good deal.

[jamin100]

Where did you find this for £ 225??
Thats a good deal.

Off ebay. The woman was listing it at BuyItNow for £250 and i emailed her to see if i could collect. In the meantime it was brought by somebody else. So i thought oh well i'll keep looking. I then recieved an email back from her saying that the purchaser was in a country she didnt post to and that if i was still interested i could pick it up. After a bit of bartering i got the phone down to £210 as i said i would have to travel 100 miles but could pay cash. The petrol cost me £15 so i work it out at about £225

Anyway collected it Wednesday it was an unwanted upgrade and still had the security seal on the box. I was very happy. It was well worth the 100 mile drive.

[robboy]

I managed to get mine for £49 with O2 as an upgrade, Im now on a reduced O2 500 for £20 a month it should be £35

[gollyman]

I got the T-mobile MDA Compasct III but the spec I had seen from T-mobile DID include WiFi .. They have let me cancel my vcontract, refund the money I payed for the phone AND I am switching to the O2 Orbit .... T mobile might have strange ideas about phones ( removing WiFi in Britain ) but their customer services have been brilliant.