Why is this deal so good~?

[JACKTARD]

There must be a catch

can anyone find one?

http://www.buymobilephones.net/mobile-phones/HTC/HTC-Hero/Orange/Orange-Dolphin-30-5-Saver-(18mths)/903702,75187398?adnetwork=af&adnetwork=af

[Stephen!]

it's £25 per month for 18 months.

Seems pretty normal to me

[JACKTARD]

no i know but its mainly the price of the phone

if i go directly to orange - the phone on this deal costs nearly £200

same with other comparison sites like carphone warehouse and phones4u

[Fehm]

You'll have to pay £9.99 for the phone and be on that contract you know?

It's called marketing, they've made it look like an amazingly cheap, good quality phone when really your paying well over £400 for it.

[Sunny.]

Seems normal to me...
Some more deals here
http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/search.aspx?product=HTC_Hero&term=18&dataallowance=-1,999999&downloadspeed=0,0&rowqty=10&sortkey=10&order=0&page=1

[JACKTARD]

no i know its still expensive overall but most others are LOADS more.

[Agnostic Bear]

no i know its still expensive overall but most others are LOADS more.

The contract is £5 a month cheaper that's why the phone is cheaper.

[HotelUser]

We don't even have the HTC Hero in Canada, but a G1 is a 3 year contract at $70 a month an 500mb transfer:S

[kk.]

The contract is £5 a month cheaper that's why the phone is cheaper.

How does that make sense? The more expensive the contract the cheaper the phone is normally.

And the person saying you're paying over £400 for the phone, you're not really. You have messages an calls etc all within that price.

[Sunny.]

How does that make sense? The more expensive the contract the cheaper the phone is normally.

And the person saying you're paying over £400 for the phone, you're not really. You have messages an calls etc all within that price.


Agreed, I work out my contracts like this.
Basically work out how much you'd like to pay for a decent phone.
e.g £150.

Then work out the amount you top up every month anyway - e.q
Multiply that by the contract term - 18. - £270

Total: 420.
My next contract for blackberry will be 402 in total and i get more minutes and unlimited texts.