[vip_students] Re: Replacement Nokia Phone
- From: Christina McCarthy <mccarc15@xxxxxx>
- To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:49:43 +0100
Hi Tony,
I've heard that Vodafone have a deal where you can buy the phone with
the talks installed, so you don't have to worry about getting it done
separately. The only thing is it's expensive - pretty sure it's 150
euro.
If you're a billpay customer, though, you could probably get the phone
on an upgrade, with the talks included - I got my C5 almost 2 years
ago for 100 with talks installed because I'd had my previous phone for
four years without changing my contract.
Hth!
Best,
Christina
On 29/04/2013, Eleanor Burke <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Tony
> While I do not know what is available in Ireland re Vodafone and Talks I
> know the C5 is popular here in the UK. As for your issue with coverage,
> this is interesting to me as for some reason my O2 phone (Irish) here in the
> UK has switched to Orange and though I can call O2 customer services in
> Ireland from the phone, I cannot send a text message though I have money in
> the phone. This happened in March but up to this I had no issues with
> roaming on the same phone. I am therefore curious to see if on Thursday
> when in Dublin, the phone will revert to O2.ie I understand that in Ireland
> Vodafone like the UK put on Talks free of charge but this does limit you to
> the one and only phone Vodafone provide. There are werty keypads on some
> phones too, for example the Nokia E5 and E6, though the E6, does have some
> touch screen. For yourself or anyone else interested if you were to
> purchase your own copy of Talks from a Talks dealer and already have a phone
> with Talks, your new purchase of Talks will be the fee for hand-set transfer
> only which is only about a third of the full price of Talks. To do this you
> would give your Talks dealer the licence code of your current Talks. In the
> UK this is a £50 charge so I have a feeling that I have heard it quioted at
> Euro 75. Doubtless Stuart Lawler from NCBI will correct me on this if I am
> wrong. All phones that run Talks are listed on the RNIB website and also on
> the latest release notes of Talks released back in December 2012. Hope this
> helps.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tony sweeney
> To: the students list
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:36 AM
> Subject: [vip_students] Replacement Nokia Phone
>
>
> Morning folk,
>
> Firstly not just ready as yet to embrace smart phones but am looking
> instead for possibly a replacement Nokia phone at a reasonable price say
> from Vodafone that will include the Talks.
>
> Briefly I switched to Tesco Mobile recently and since then I have issues.
>
>
> I was abroad last week and I got no coverage from any network so when I
> returned home the same, zilsh.
>
> Contacted Tesco and they say that is a phone problem, but I'm not so sure.
>
>
> Last time something like that occured I left the sim and battery finally
> out for a day or so and everything was fine and dandhy again so I am trying
> that again.
>
> Anyone recommend a good reasonably-priced Nokia just in case?
>
> Tony Sweeney
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