Mobile phone service providers

[Surf01]

I was thinking of the N8 for the wife as she takes a lot of pictures and O2 seem to have a good deal on it. The only coverage we have in our area is with O2. Thought about iPhone 3G S as wife has iPad, but after hassles with applications for iPad there is no ways I would ever buy an Apple product again. Apple is a very restricted secret society that does not accept strangers! Frigging Bluetooth on iPad only works with other Apple products.

[John h]

Did you look at the X7 ?

[Ambobeer]

I too have the great new phone dilemma.

I've been with Voda for about ten trouble free and decent reception years but as I now begin to move with the times and get a 'smart' phone I believe I need 3G coverage rather than network coverage???????

Seemingly 3 were the best for this but Orange and T mobile have now joined forces so they may be better.

Also, I'm led to believe as an employee of a local authority I can get a rather nice discount with Orange.

It's so confusing I can see me sticking with the old brick for at least another twelve months

[John h]

My cousin works for O2 he can't believe I am having trouble ??? He is one of their estates guys, he says that Telefonica(O2) are in lots of discussions with Voda (aerial site sharing and so on) Hutchison(Orange) and 1-2-1 (T Mobile still have to re-align their debt woes so with margins under pressure they won't be in a rush to offer fantastic discounts!!! I like Nokia phones but they are having a hard time and the latest smart range is supposed to save them ?? I was leaning towards 3 then Brian warned me off them. I think two tins and some string might be the solution

[Bogus]

What about GiffGaff? SIM only mind - you need your own phone first.

Apparently they're the cheapest on the market, especially for smartphones & they use the O2 network.

Ideal if you have an iphone just out of contract.

That's where I'm off to...

Cheers for the tip.