Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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Little while back I had a look at when my upgrade date was for my orange contract, was the 8th of June. Just logged on to have a look at what phones they have as i'm completely out of touch and my upgrade date is now 25th July.
Contract ends on 8th September and in the past I have always upgraded with 3 months left  Have they changed it to one and a half months left before upgrade ? I'm not in any desperate rush as my HTC has absolutely nothing wrong with it, however was looking forward to getting a new toy 
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nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: koda Fabia VRS 5J
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Yes, Vodafone has done exactly the same to me, so you'reonyl allowed to Upgrade 56days before. It's stupid. Got to be something in the T&C's that you can get around this, meaning you can upgrade on the original date.
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Liam-Wilko
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Registered: 6th Mar 08
Location: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
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with orange they have something on at the min were you can upgrade early i just done it last month and hat to pay a small fee 
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam-Wilko
with orange they have something on at the min were you can upgrade early i just done it last month and hat to pay a small fee
That'll more then likely be that you can downgrade your contract to the cheapest tariff (£10-15/month) and pay the remainder off (say 1 and a half month in Neo's situation) to then re-new the contract.
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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Could you negotiate a better contract though Liam ? I'm paying an extortianate amount for not alot. I know I could change to 3 and get a lot more for a lot less however would prefer to stay with orange as I've never had problems with their customer services, signal etc.
To put it into perspective, I could get an iPhone 4s with 1gb of data, 600 minutes and unlimited texts and access to openzone wifi from orange for less than I pay for a htc desire with 600 minutes and 500mb data at the moment 
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Liam-Wilko
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Registered: 6th Mar 08
Location: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
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ya mate i had a blackberry curve i was paying £50 pound on and got next to nothing as the curve was a replacment phone.
i now have a sony S with unlimited text 1gb download allawance 800 mins or somthing i get my orange magic numbers and i also get free TV on my phone and free music down loads for £30 or £36 a month or something
[Edited on 24-05-2012 by Liam-Wilko]
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Best way to negotiate any phone contract is to ring up and say you want to cancel.
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Liam-Wilko
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Registered: 6th Mar 08
Location: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
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TV and music download dosnt come off you download allawance 
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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Oh I know Brett and that is essentially my plan, however was hoping to make the call in a week or 2's time, not end of July
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