[vip_students] Re: Replacement Nokia Phone
- From: Christina McCarthy <mccarc15@xxxxxx>
- To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:56:46 +0100
I know, I'm not sure what I would have done for a replacement if I
hadn't had the option of an upgrade.
Wow, that's impressive! You certainly can't fault Nokias on their durability!
Christina
On 29/04/2013, tony sweeney <deirton711@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Morning Christina,
>
> Thanks for that recommendation.
>
> Just read similar on an off list mail.
>
> Wow the Vodafone option does sound expensive.
>
> Plenty of food for thought for me anyway.
>
> My present phone the E51 must be 10 years old if it's a day as they say!
>
> Tony
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christina McCarthy" <mccarc15@xxxxxx>
> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 11:49 AM
> Subject: [vip_students] Re: Replacement Nokia Phone
>
>
> 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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