Sony Ericsson P900 FREE

[Ekko Star]

These are available O2 Instore only.

FREE FREE FREE

£45 per month on a 400mins Xnetwork tariff with 50SMS.

First 3 months you also get a 1200 SMS bolt-on FREE.

After 3 months you can downgrade in usual fashion to a lower tariff should you so wish.

Offer I think is over tomorrow so you gotta be quick, I know I was !

Major bargain for a SUPOIB phone and I have an 8910i and a P800 already !

[Gliese 581c]

There's no such thing as a FREE phone. Your monthly contract is paying for it.

[Ekko Star]

Yes we all know contracts sudsidise handset price.

But you seem not be comparing like for like. Have you not noted the fact that this phone costs nowt on this contract and compared it to the +handset price of it on a similar priced/equivalent tariff from another network ?

eg Vodaphone charge £280 for the handset on a £50 400 mins Xnet monthly tariff.

CPW charge £319 for the handset on the very same O2 £45 contract !

Or......try going into an O2 store very soon when this offer is gone and getting this phone (if you can get it) on the very same £45 O2 contract.

errrrr.......That's FREE in my book.

[Dave777]

Ekko, please have my thanks for this as it's not advertised anywhere I could find. I was looking for one of these, and was looking at paying 300 quid (on a lower contract), but now I have 2 P900's on O2 400 for 3 months, then I'll drop the level down. They were out of stock last week when I went in, but I picked them up today for my wife and I. They are charging now. I can't wait!!

Thanks again Ekko, this is just the sort of thing that makes these forums fantastic! (thanks Spectre)


Cheers

Happy Xmas

Dave

[Ekko Star]

No worries Dave, that's what these forums are all about, to help each other out.

O2 stores were not advertising it, you had to ask as it was a very low profile offer, ie all phones free on a £45 contract. The P900 fell through the loop hole on this offer, but at least the stores honoured it.

It's an absolutely sublime phone and one of the best deals on a 'gadget' I've had for a long time. Without doubt THE best phone on the market.

After a year on the contract I have worked out that the very minimum you can pay is £270.

That is (£45x3) + (£15x9) = £270.

After that you can jack in the contract and keep the phone anyway. So £270 will buy you a years contract and the phone to keep !!!!

To put that into perspective this handset costs just under £600 offline........ and that's if you can get hold of one right now !!!!

[woody67]

I got one from my local O2 shop.

I can't find any mention in the T&C of having to wait 3 months before I can downgrade the tarrif.

Do you know where this is mentioned?

[Dave777]

I haven't looked, but the assistant manager confirmed it to me.

Cheers

Dave

I hope he's is right!!!!!!!!

[JonathanKnight]

This offer was still on yesterday (15th Dec) when I got mine. I was told that I could downgrade after three months. I was already on the O2 £20 tariff so I have a £300 phone for £120 (not bad). As I had to start a new contact which means paying twice in the first month it cost me £45 + 3 X £25 extra tariff. I am now waiting for my PAC code to transfer my number and all will be sorted.

As was said before this deal is not advertised in the shop, I had to ask for it. I was told I could have any phone except for the PDAs ( the P900 looks pretty much like a pda to me though).

[hddvdman]

got mine - thanks a million, selling my p800 on ebay..

I went out to get a P900 on the £45/month deal and was also told I could have a 2nd one free if I register it as a 2nd handset for an extra £13.99/month.

So I've got one for me, one for my partner with 400 mins/month to share for the bargain price of £58.99/month

[millsy]

Could you let me know where you got the second one free please. I am picking up mine (from local o2 store) on Thursday but was told I couldnt have the P900 as the second phone for the deal you are on. I will try telling them where you got yours from and see if I get one.

thanks

Ian

[Oddbodd]

Hi all, I would be interested where you got it aswell Eagerbeaver, it sounds like a great deal. I just had a look at the spec. of that phone on the web and , how bigs the battery for god sake, it must be like a suitcase
Cheers Oddbodd

I got mine from The Trafford Centre but I got the last 2. They say they don't expect stock for a while. I queried the offer with the girl that served me, she checked with thw Manager and he said yes the P900 is included.

[millsy]

A friend of mine went into the bolton shop and spoke to a different person than I did. She told him you probably CANT downgrade after 3 months. I was wondering if anyone had done this with other phones and how sure you where you can do it. He did think she didnt seem to know because she said "its highly unlikely that you can downgrade", I am picking it up tomorrow and will want to downgrade after 3 months.

thanks

Ian

At £58.99/month for 2 P900s 400 minutes a month 1200 texts for the first 3 months, free GPRS until the end of Jan then 50 texts a month thereafter I don't think I want to downgrade.