Phone help!- updated

johnnybev1987

Right peeps, ppl, homies!

I've lost my phone

Firstly bit of advice as i need to speak to T-mobile as i have to pay £50 a month and im not happy with them anyway and my mate suggested say to them i cant afford to keep contract as i have to buy a new phone and they will reduce it to say £5. firstly anyone else had something similar as i cant see this happenning myself and any tips on what to say to them

secondly, i dunno whether to get the new iphone or blackberry. I have seen the new iphone and looks pretty neat however i do have ipod touch & ipad so is it really needed, the main use of my phone is to text/phone people not too bothered about internet but be handy if i could go on CL on it and like a phone which looks good

so any help would be appreciated

Many thanks in advance :-)
John

Stu_of_Kunming

Some companys will drop your contract down to the lowest monthly payment it can be for the remainder of your contract (£5 does sound a little low though)

Surely your best bet is to get a cheap 2nd hand phone from eBay or somewhere like that, use it for the remainder of your contract, then get a decent phjone for free when you take out a new phone contract whenever the current one runs out.

Terry Naylor

I would ring T.Mobile and block your phone to start with?

RedZed333

I recently bought an iPhone 3G, it's an amazing piece of technology...

It's really simple to use and the apps and other distractions are uncountable...

My mate had a Blackberry, he tried to flog it to me when his contract was up, it was good but the iPhone is much better...

Heard a few negative comments about the i4 but never actually tried it...

johnnybev1987

[cite]Posted By: Terry Naylor[/cite]I would ring T.Mobile and block your phone to start with?

No need i failed to mention that i have the battery for the phone but no phone, was a messy night and bit weird how i had the battery

johnnybev1987

Thanks Redzed, yeah i know ipod phone is good and the new one looks much better just unsure because of i have an ipod touch & ipad which are both very similar apart from calling people so may discontinue either of those

guinnessaddick

[cite]Posted By: johnnybev1987[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Terry Naylor[/cite]I would ring T.Mobile and block your phone to start with?

No need i failed to mention that i have the battery for the phone but no phone, was a messy night and bit weird how i had the battery

You still need to phone them, if someone has the sim card, they can run a large bill on your account.

RedZed333

[cite]Posted By: Terry Naylor[/cite]I would ring T.Mobile and block your phone to start with?

How can he ring them if he's lost his phone...?

Stu_of_Kunming

[cite]Posted By: johnnybev1987[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Terry Naylor[/cite]I would ring T.Mobile and block your phone to start with?

No need i failed to mention that i have the battery for the phone but no phone, was a messy night and bit weird how i had the battery

Don't be a dumbass, cancel the phone. Seriosuly what do you think the battery is used for???

Stu_of_Kunming

[cite]Posted By: RedZed333[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Terry Naylor[/cite]I would ring T.Mobile and block your phone to start with?

How can he ring them if he's lost his phone...?

He can borrow mine!

johnnybev1987

haha i will phone them, but unlikely they will run up a big bill if anyone could find a battery to go in it or to use the sim card in someone elses phone good point but i have alot of credit so to speak on there only way someone could go over is phoneing the sex line etc. I will call them in a bit just wanted to see if anyone has had experiance where they have dropped to lowest cost? and if so what would you say

Stu_of_Kunming

[cite]Posted By: johnnybev1987[/cite]only way someone could go over is phoneing the sex line etc

You think people don't do exactly this to be jackasses?

RedZed333

[cite]Posted By: Stu of HU5[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: RedZed333[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Terry Naylor[/cite]I would ring T.Mobile and block your phone to start with?

How can he ring them if he's lost his phone...?

He can borrow mine!

Well why don't you ring him up and tell him...?

johnnybev1987

lol @ work at mo so cant really call anyone yet, but will do when im on luncheon and sort it out

Stu what do you think BB or iphone??

Stu_of_Kunming

[cite]Posted By: RedZed333[/cite]Well why don't you ring him up and tell him...?

I just tried, it was engaged, probably someone ringing some sex line ;-)

johnnybev1987

Spoke to T-mobile who are useless!!!!!! said i have lost my phone and they can only reduce to £35 a month and will send sim card out, apparentally cant cancel until January

took 10 minutes for them to cancel, the lady i spoke to was an aussie and couldn't understand me at all, really not impressed with them at all

Swisdom

See if T-Mobile will drop your contract but good luck with that. I had to leave Vodafone as I got a work phone and when I told Vodafone I couldn't afford to keep it they dropped it by 1 price increment a month. Basically reduced it by a fiver a month until it got to their lowest of £20 a month.

Next i'd go to Mazuma and sell your ipod touch - you won't need that if you are getting an iphone and you'll probably get a few bob for it (I just chopped in my old 3g and my 3gs and got over £400 for the pair so that paid for my iphone 4. I have had a couple of signal issues with it but nothing major. It is a fabulous bit of kit and I am delighted with it.

RedZed333

Tell us the bit where you lost the phone but still have the battery, I'm intrigued...

johnnybev1987

thank you swisdom for your wisdom ;o) some great ideas there mate

Redzed, i dont know tbh i went out with a couple of friends in clapham junction a couple of us started around 5 then before you know it we was smashed by 11 and me and my mate had muck around fight which i crazed his elbow which i dont know how? maybe chucked him, then i remember i had to get train to waterloo east then walk to waterloo and then get train to sevenoaks, i fell asleep on that train so ended up in tonbridge. then had to pay a cabbie £30 i think and then stumbled in doors emptied my pockets and realised i had the battery and no phone! weird considering i still had my ipod touch, wallet and house keys thankfully. I should really learn to be more careful and maybe not take my phone next time i go out on a heavy one, oh yeah got home around 1.30am, unsure what time we stopped drinking and headed home guessing around 12

Stu_of_Kunming

[cite]Posted By: johnnybev1987[/cite]Spoke to T-mobile who are useless!!!!!! said i have lost my phone and they can only reduce to £35 a month and will send sim card out, apparentally cant cancel until January

took 10 minutes for them to cancel, the lady i spoke to was an aussie and couldn't understand me at all, really not impressed with them at all

you signed a contract, hardly surprising that they'll make you honor it

johnnybev1987

[cite]Posted By: Stu of HU5[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: johnnybev1987[/cite]Spoke to T-mobile who are useless!!!!!! said i have lost my phone and they can only reduce to £35 a month and will send sim card out, apparentally cant cancel until January

took 10 minutes for them to cancel, the lady i spoke to was an aussie and couldn't understand me at all, really not impressed with them at all

you signed a contract, hardly surprising that they'll make you honor it

I know stuey, just frustrating at least they moved it down to a cheaper bill. frustrates me how you have to have a 18month contract i may look into that when i next get one as i think 12 month is fair

RedZed333

[cite]Posted By: johnnybev1987[/cite]thank you swisdom for your wisdom ;o) some great ideas there mate

Redzed, i dont know tbh i went out with a couple of friends in clapham junction a couple of us started around 5 then before you know it we was smashed by 11 and me and my mate had muck around fight which i crazed his elbow which i dont know how? maybe chucked him, then i remember i had to get train to waterloo east then walk to waterloo and then get train to sevenoaks, i fell asleep on that train so ended up in tonbridge. then had to pay a cabbie £30 i think and then stumbled in doors emptied my pockets and realised i had the battery and no phone! weird considering i still had my ipod touch, wallet and house keys thankfully. I should really learn to be more careful and maybe not take my phone next time i go out on a heavy one, oh yeah got home around 1.30am, unsure what time we stopped drinking and headed home guessing around 12

Wish I hadn't asked now...

Rudders22

I don't know these pissheads !!!

johnnybev1987

[cite]Posted By: Rudders22[/cite]I don't know these pissheads !!!

language paula, will let you know when i got phone sorted as will need all my numbers again! what a pain

Rudders22

ok mate...... hope you get it sorted mate....... have you checked ur mums insuracne if she has pp?? When i get my phone i am going to add it just in case

johnnybev1987

Never got round to putting what i ended up doing so thought i would bump incase people want to do what i did(not lose a phone)

In the end i called phones for you told them that i wanted to cancel my contract and heard that they pay the remainder, told them how long i have left 6 months and how much a month it is. they came back to me within 5 minutes said its fine and went through what phones i could have which was quite alot, i went into the store ended up getting nokia E72 which i actually quite like at mo very similar to blackberry but looks better IMO. In regards to paying of previous contract they gave me £210 or however much it was to pay of on a debit card so just phoned t-mobile and paid of. So now new phone, new contract which is cheaper and everyones a winner, thought i would mention on here incase anyone did want to cancel there contract as this is quite good

RedZed333

Put some gaffer tape around it this time, that way don't lose the battery...

johnnybev1987

haha good idea redzed, got insured this time so wont be as much hassle if i did lose it again

Rudders22

what is the insurance for drunkards who lose their phones whilst out on the razzle?

johnnybev1987

same as standard people who lose their phones ;o)