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My phone contract is up for renewal, and TBH, I dont want to bother renewing it.
I've been with 3 for nearly 8 years, and it's been good, and it's been cheap.

BUT I was looking at ipads and iphones and I was staggered.
It's actually cheaper to BUY the ipad/iphone from a currys(SPIT)/Comet/Argos, go back to 3, get a cheap (or free) phone, with the same kind of deal (usage and data plan), and swap sims.

The deal is:
Buy the iphone for £150, then pay a MINUMUM of £25pm for 2 years, thats £600 over 2 years and you still have to buy the phone, and it's worse with iPads.

Fucking rediculous, and to think people actually do this?
You're wrong in your head if you do.

Depends on who your with and Loyal Customer.

I got offered a Upgrade on my £35 a month contract
and a charge of £50 for the Iphone.

£35 a month got my 1500 Cross Network Minutes
Unlimited Texts

And 2 GB Bandwidth Allowance. AKA "Unlimited"

Your not including your minutes / Texts and Bandwidth in that.

How much do you spend a month on your Phone.

If i where on Pay as you go, i could easily top 50 a month.

And after being with them so long they let me drop it to £23 PM
No extra time, No charge.
I just lost 400 Minutes

i got an htc wildfire and a very nice contract for £7.49 as a loyal.
Can't grumble meself.

o2 were shite with me at last renewal time, in 2008 when i renewed i got given a 18 month contract, £20 a month unlimited data, 1000 texts and 1000 minutes they couldnt match it this time at all, i kept pushing and pushing them to give me something better or i'd leave in the end they called my bluff and i couldnt leave, since my home phone and broadband is from them too its fairly cheap just the phone that costs me a lot now. i got a deal through CPW which i didnt want to do but had to in order to get the desire, as soon as i can lower the contract (after 9 months) i will do so, but i think mobile phone service providers are becoming VERY stingy now