[DoodleVibe]

I really want a blackberry, but am trying to work out the best way to do it.

I'm currently with t-mobile, and if I top up £10 each month, I get free texts and internet for the next month. This essentially gives me unlimited texts and the equivalent of 40 minutes per month.

I could stick with this plan (Bearing in mind I've already got £55 in credit unused on there), and then buy the blackberry for £159.99 (including top up) from t-mobile.

Is there a blackberry plan you can add on t-mobile?

Are there any contracts that could beat this and average out at a lower cost, possibly by including the phone for free?

How difficult is it to get approved for a contract with no credit history?

[Super_Mignon]

Call T-Mobile and say you want to leave them; I did this while on an Orange pay-as-you-go, also topping up £10 a month to get free messages and internet, and they offered me an all-inclusive BlackBerry contract for £20 a month.

Edit; the handset was free too.

[DoodleVibe]

(Original post by Super_Mignon)
Call T-Mobile and say you want to leave them; I did this while on an Orange pay-as-you-go, also topping up £10 a month to get free messages and internet, and they offered me an all-inclusive BlackBerry contract for £20 a month.

Edit; the handset was free too.

I will try and see what offer they can give me! Still seems to price out more expensive..

£159.99 for the phone, plus 24 months at £10 a month = £399.99

Against £480 over the 24 months on contract.

[tomcuk123]

There are some decent TMobile PAYG BB plans, O2 offer some good ones too

[markuk99]

do people even choose to activey buy blackberry phones anymore? *confused*

theyre really a step behind modern smart phones these days.

[Beekeeper]

(Original post by markuk99)
do people even choose to activey buy blackberry phones anymore? *confused*

theyre really a step behind modern smart phones these days.

BlackBerry is still completely unrivalled when it comes to communication, which is arguably the core purpose of a phone.

A tiny example: Having multiple email addresses on an iphone is a complete pain. You need to go into separate folders for each address, and then you've got all the folders for SMS, WhatsApp etc. The BB on the other hand seamlessly pulls together all of your email folders, SMS, BBM, Facebook etc. into one neat folder called simply 'Messages'. If you're out and about and you need to edit an attachment in the email, it quickly opens it up in a mini Word, Excel app etc. and allows you to work on it in much the same way you would on a laptop.
Its just all round a very well thought out phone, which is why it still dominates the smart phone market, despite the extraordinary media PR that the iPhone has received.

Personally, I've opted for a BlackBerry and i've just ordered an iPad. Best of both worlds!