Changing service plan - Am I being lied to?!

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steve - 12 Dec 2006 21:19 GMT

Right, I know nothing about mobile phones so if there's a faq, I've no
problem being pointed to it.

There's a fab service plan on Orange that'll give me unlimited landline
calls in the evenings and at weekends - just the thing for those long chats
with the girly. However, they don't have a phone I like so my thought was to
go with their free phone offer, give it to the girlf, buy the phone I want
off eBay and put my new sim card in it. Everyone's happy.

'Til I wondered if Orange's new sim card would work in a 3G phone I didn't
buy from them, especially as the phone I *did* buy from them wasn't a 3G
one. Rang them and they said the sim card wouldn't work on any phone they
didn't supply.

Please mobile-savvy people, who's right and who's wrong?!

Ta!

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Charlie Mitchell - 12 Dec 2006 22:20 GMT

> Right, I know nothing about mobile phones so if there's a faq, I've no
> problem being pointed to it.
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> Ta!

They're talking out of their bottom mouths as usual.

Was it a female orange tubby that you spoke to per chance?

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Jon - 12 Dec 2006 23:50 GMT

steve@home.com declared for all the world to hear...

> Right, I know nothing about mobile phones so if there's a faq, I've no
> problem being pointed to it.
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> Please mobile-savvy people, who's right and who's wrong?!

You are right, they are wrong.

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Jon

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Pete - 13 Dec 2006 10:16 GMT

> steve@home.com declared for all the world to hear...
>> Right, I know nothing about mobile phones so if there's a faq, I've no
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> You are right, they are wrong.

But I dont think the 3g services would work unless the account had 3g
enabled as as you might purchase the sim with a non 3g phone this might be
a problem

Pete

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David Hearn - 13 Dec 2006 11:39 GMT

>> steve@home.com declared for all the world to hear...
>>> Right, I know nothing about mobile phones so if there's a faq, I've no
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> Pete

Correct, you won't get the benefit of 3G using a phone supplied by
Orange which isn't 3G. It'll probably fall back to GSM, so still be
able to make calls, browser via GPRS etc - but video calls or higher
speed data.

If that's okay with the original poster, then that isn't a problem.

Other option is to go with a 3G phone from Orange, and give that one to
the girlfriend, that way you've got 3G enabled on your account.

D

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History - 13 Dec 2006 18:26 GMT

Just ask for a 3G sim card replacement.

declared for all the world to hear...

>>>> Right, I know nothing about mobile phones so if there's a faq, I've no
>>>> problem being pointed to it.
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> D

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