Free Upgrades for Vodafone contracts?

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#45410 2-Nov-2009 10:31

Hi All,

A friend of mine told me the other day that his girlfriend is getting a free upgrade of her vodafone mobile because she is on a contract. I'm not sure if this is true or not because I have been on a Vodafone contract for a little over 2 years and I've never heard anything about it, and I cant find anything on the net about it either.

I'll be a little annoyed if it is true though. My Nokia Xpress 5700 (I think thats what it was) was nothing but a pain since I got it, and a couple of weeks ago it completely died and I had to replace it with a $60 phone from Parallel Imported until I can afford a Motorola Milestone.

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#269202 2-Nov-2009 10:37

Hard to believe... My wife and I have just moved from contract to prepay as there was no point forking out fixed contract fees. I needed a new phone and have never been offered a new phone or a cheap upgrade.

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#269205 2-Nov-2009 10:39

Yeah it sounded pretty unbelievable to me, but I thought it could be one of those things that is offered but you never get told about just so too many people dont take advantage of it.

It may just be that that store she got it from does it for customer loyalty or something.

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#269351 2-Nov-2009 18:20

Vodafone have offered a free mobile on a Texter/Talker 60 or above plan for quite some time.

The phone on offer changes every few weeks or so, at the moment it's the Nokia 2730 with extended 3g. Anyone can get it if you sign onto a new 2 year contract.

I wouldn't expect to be given a free phone without signing onto a contract...... why would they do that? So you can grab the phone and leave to 2degrees?

I would expect this is what your friend was talking about when they said they got a free phone upgrade.... You can get it too if you want to commit for 2 years.

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#269398 2-Nov-2009 19:58

ZollyMonsta: Hard to believe... My wife and I have just moved from contract to prepay as there was no point forking out fixed contract fees. I needed a new phone and have never been offered a new phone or a cheap upgrade.

Umm cheaper costs, and handset subsidies? If your plan is big enough, they will also add free minutes / mobile data.

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#269444 2-Nov-2009 21:51

My uncle got a free 6121 for resigning a few weeks ago.. And unlimited on-net weekend calling.

I've never been offered a free phone from VF and I've been a customer for nearly 14 years now!

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#270619 6-Nov-2009 12:12

I just got a free 2730 for my wife when I re-signed.

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#272202 11-Nov-2009 23:24

If I remember correctly;

When you sign onto a contract you sometimes have a choice of a subsidy or free minutes.

Someone I know went of contract and took up the subsidy and got a new phone - then they had the contract for several years and didn't buy a new phone.

I think I remember her saying that because she didn't use the subsidy for x amount of years, she then had xxx amount of dollars to put towards a new phone.

Though, I don't know the ins and outs of it all, so I'm not 100% sure.

But I have never heard of a free upgrade from Vodafone (for that matter, any company unless they're corporate, in which case they're pretty much paying for it anyway).

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#272220 12-Nov-2009 00:59

I'm not sure what deals they have for business users though... i know my uncle gets pretty much any phone he wants for free but then his company spends thousnads of dollars a month wth Vodafone.

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#272634 13-Nov-2009 09:25

And therein lies the truth of the matter - a small personal user (sub-$1000 per month) is of little individual value, so therefore not really worthy of a fully-subsidised handset oe whatever, unless in conjunction with locking in your account to a long(ish) term contract.

Makes perfect sense

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