New user itching to get a tytn 2

[familyguy]

Hi All!!

My current mobile phone is coming to the end of its contract next month so I started to look round at the alternatives.

I came across the tytn 2 and the more I read about it the more I wanted it. Then I came across this forum and now I can't wait to get it (how sad is that, I'm acting like a kid and I'm 47!!).

I do have a question though and that is how easy it was to upgrade it to windows mobile 6.1 because I think it comes with 6???

Apologies if this is a bit off topic but I wondered if anyone out there in the UK has been offered a better deal than me on the Tytn by Orange.

My deal...

On a £30 per month/18 month tariff with money knocked off for handing in an old phone (£50) it comes to £24.44 per month.
For this I get 100 mins per month and unlimited texts
And finally the Tytn 2 itself will cost me £80 and they're throwing in a free but cheap bluetooth headset.

Sorry to go on a bit and again I hope asking about my deal isn't off topic...:)

[ElProempie]

I'd do it if i were you. Tytn II is a good friend in your pocket.
But with 100 Callminutes.. bit to low though.

I say: Do it!

[familyguy]

Thanks ElProempie

All comments keenly received (the more the better!) :)

[sorted69]

I am on orange and was going to leave them this month, i got the folowing for £40 a month, I am in band 4 of 5 some months my bill used to be a couple of hundred..

1800 mins,
500 texts,
a bolt on that can be unlimited texts, orange calls or land line calls.
250MB web usage
a free tytn 2

I accepted :o

[familyguy]

Hi Sorted69

Thanks for the info, I'm nowhere near you for usage and I've got to keep the monthly cost to £25 at the most.............keep em coming though!! :)

[NotATreoFan]

Forgive me for being a noob world traveler...

Are cell phone plans really that expensive in Europe? I pay $40USD for 450 minutes per month and my unused minutes build up to prevent overage charges. I also have unlimited Data/SMS/MMS for $40USD.

I pay ~$70/mo with taxes once my corporate discount is taken from the normal figures above.

[synet]

Can't help with the costs, but it's really easy to upgrade the TyTN II. Just use Olipro's unlocker (stick'ed in the Kaiser ROM forum) to install hardSPL, and to SIM and CID unlock it. Just pick a ROM and follow the (easy) instructions. Job done! :)

(btw, my phone was originally an Orange TyTN II)

[sorted69]

Forgive me for being a noob world traveler...

Are cell phone plans really that expensive in Europe? I pay $40USD for 450 minutes per month and my unused minutes build up to prevent overage charges. I also have unlimited Data/SMS/MMS for $40USD.

I pay ~$70/mo with taxes once my corporate discount is taken from the normal figures above.


so your getting 450 mins unlimited texts and net access for the equivelent of £35 a month INCLUDING your discounts.

And your saying the UK is expensive?!

:D

1800 mins,
500 texts,
a bolt on that can be unlimited texts, orange calls or land line calls.
250MB web usage
a free tytn 2

I get that for the equivelent of $80 a month.

[Boinng]

I currently pay £27.50 ($54) per month for 75 minutes of calls, 100 texts, and 120mb of data, on a 12 month contract. Since the plan's perfectly suited to my needs, I rarely if ever exceed any of this, so $54 is exactly what I pay each month. Signing up to this, the Tytn II cost me just £50 ($99) last October.

I can upgrade again come August (60 days before the contract ends), not sure what they'll offer me...

[familyguy]

Thanks again guys, it's interesting to see what other people are paying!

synet when you say just pick a ROM.........where from???

And do these ROM's have mobile 6.1 on them??

Thanks :)

[familyguy]

Boinng...........this makes me think I should venture into the vodafone and possibly O2 shops before I go ahead with the deal on orange this Saturday!

[mchapman007]

Thanks again guys, it's interesting to see what other people are paying!

synet when you say just pick a ROM.........where from???

And do these ROM's have mobile 6.1 on them??

Thanks :)

Please use the search function associated with this forum!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=383904

[synet]

Familyguy, best to read the wiki, linked in the above post.
BTW, I'm new to this too. I've only had mine for 2 or 3 weeks, so don't ask me for advice ;) :D

As to costs, mine gets paid for by my company :)

[P1Tater]

This has turned in to a "I pay less than you do" thread.

@ OP
Who cares what who pays. I live by the rule that if I am willing to pay the price that someone is asking, then it is not too much. It all depends on what you are willing to pay. As to 6.1 roms, there is a plethora of cooked 6.1 roms to choose from, from loaded to light. The choice is yours. You don't need anyones advice on whether or not to "Do It" or not. Some would say no due to driver issues and others would say "Go For It". As for driver issues, I really don't see what all the fuss is about. I dont use my phone for serious multimedia. Thats what my laptop is for. I say if you don't think the price is to high or to good to be true then "Go For It". Do what you want and don't let anyone influence your decision. However, all that being said, if and when you purchase it and then decide you made the wrong decision, everything you need to tweak the shit out of it is located in this forum. I really didn't like my Tilt after I first got it, but now I love it. I can change the damn thing daily. It's like getting a new phone every day.

[Boinng]

Boinng...........this makes me think I should venture into the vodafone and possibly O2 shops before I go ahead with the deal on orange this Saturday!

Definitely worth shopping around - although note that Vodafone call their version of the Tytn II (aka Kaiser) a "Vodafone V1615", and for O2 it's the "O2 XDA Stellar". Both the same thing, slightly different roms and paint jobs, that's all.

My V1615 came sim unlocked (so I can potentially use it on any network), and I've since used the tools on this forum to flash it to the generic HTC rom, so it is to all intents and purposes a generic HTC Tytn II now :)

[familyguy]

Thanks again guys, I had a look at the link above but didn't notice any 6.1 roms......I'll have a further search though, it's probably me not looking hard enough (wife always finds things but I can look directly at something without seeing it!!)

Trouble with O2 and voda is that they don't do a pink viewty which the wife wants at the same time, plus if we get 2 phones at the same time orange will offer us 1000 free orange to orange minutes per month!!

Seems like I might have a good deal then :)

[NotATreoFan]

so your getting 450 mins unlimited texts and net access for the equivelent of £35 a month INCLUDING your discounts.

And your saying the UK is expensive?!

:D

1800 mins,
500 texts,
a bolt on that can be unlimited texts, orange calls or land line calls.
250MB web usage
a free tytn 2

I get that for the equivelent of $80 a month.

Well you all seem to get good phones cheaper then us. The cheapest I've seen the Tilt here was $149 with a 24 month contract. All we get for free here is a *insert random featureless phone model here*.

You obviously have a good monthly plan. However, unless my currency translator (ie my brain) is malfunctioning, you seem to be getting a better deal then the OP.

[P1Tater]

Thanks again guys, I had a look at the link above but didn't notice any 6.1 roms

Most of the roms being released in the rom development forum are 6.1.

[familyguy]

Thanks P1Tater.........it does make sense.........I totally forgot there were other forums in this section..........DOH!! :)