Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:28 am  

Robbo wrote:

Ok so my contract with o2 will be up around June, and after 6 years of paying a around £35 quid a month and never being offered anything for loyalty to them I've finally decided to just not renew, stick with my iphone or maybe buy a new one out right and just go sim only.

If you want to be offered something for 'loyalty' you have to phone up and threaten to cancel. Strange but true.

Robbo wrote:

The 2 networks which have caught my eye are Giff Gaff and Three, for around 10-15 quid I can get more minutes than I'll ever use, unlimited texts on gg/3000 on three which is more than enough, and unlimited data. (although on Giff Gaff its apparently not truly unlimited, but no one seems to know what they consider a fair amount of usage....)

I used over 700MB last month on Giff Gaff without issue. I suspect you'd have to be hammering it pretty hard for them to notice.

Robbo wrote:

What are peoples experiences with either of these? I understand Giff Gaff is a more community orientated sort of network and I shouldn't expect much in the way of customer service, but so long as the network coverage is good and my phone works that doesn't really bother me too much.

Giff Gaff is an O2 reseller so you'll get the same coverage as you currently do with them. Also, if your phone is locked to the O2 network it will work fine with Giff Gaff. Dunno about their customer service as I've never needed it.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:17 pm  

New galaxy phone to be announced early may. My contract is up in early june so I think it's going to be between the s3 and the htc one x

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:14 pm  

Anyone tried to replace the front screen on an iPhone 4?

Dropped mine and its got a crack straight across the screen, although it still works perfectly! most shops or online places are charging £65-£80 for a replacement. But you cant get a replacement off ebay for £20-£30 and DIY. Looks complicated to say the least! Anyone tried it themselves? Or am i better off just taking the hit and paying someone else to do it.

Cheers

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:16 pm  

kiff wrote:

Anyone tried to replace their screen on an iPhone 4?

Dropped mine and its got a crack straight across the screen, although it still works perfectly! most shops or online places are charging £65-£80 for a replacement. But you cant get a replacement of ebay for £20-£30 and DIY. Looks complicated to say the least! Anyone tried it themselves? Or am i better off just taking the hit and paying someone else to do it.

Cheers

I've read before that you need (or are supposed to) replace the digitiser or something too. I think it's a shop tbh

But before you do, try a real Apple shop. Just say it broke while in a bag or something. Few friends of mine have done this and the shop just swap it with a brand new phone! this was iPhone 4 though, not the S, which may be a different story..

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:43 pm  

Just got an iPhone 4S and having a weird but very annoying problem with my car's built in hands free. For some reason, although the phone is set to sort and display contacts first name, last name, my Sony Ford system is displaying them in reverse. After much googling I'm finding plenty with the same problem but no cure, I've already tried downloading and installing the latest Ford update. Has anyone come across this and have a solution?

O2 et al : Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:50 pm  

I've been a customer of O2 for around 12 years and a very good service I have received too. However, it only occurred to me quite recently when I received an e-mail about tickets for Twickenham that I am indirectly supporting Rugby Union's English international set up - which I hate and despise.

Based on this, I would be quite happy to move away from an otherwise excellent service if I thought it would make a blind bit of difference.

Should the rugby league community eschew the services of O2, Aviva, Heineken, Guinness et al? Effectively a boycott.

While at the same time should we all be loyally sending our kids to Leeds Met Carnegie, shave exclusively with Gillette products, ship using Stobart and get our Food, Pharmaceuticals, financial services, holidays and Funerals from the Co-operative?

Re: O2 et al : Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:51 pm  

Oh and every RL club bar should sell Irn Bru and Heinz Big Soups.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:29 pm  

It's a good point BigRedV, I have always boycotted O2 because of their Unionism. But also because their coverage really is embarassingly poor.

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:38 pm  

I'm after a new phone, preferablly an Android around £200. Any reccomendations?

Re: More Mobile Phone discussion : Sun May 06, 2012 3:46 pm  

- HTC One V (Android) - Nokia Lumia 710 (Windows Phone)

- HTC One V (Android) - Nokia Lumia 710 (Windows Phone)