Free Mobile Phone Upgrades

Contract iPhone

2009-07-15T04:16:00.000-07:00

Contract iPhone 3g-S available now

You can now get theh contract iphone online

The new contract iPhone has some fantastic features and Apple have upgraded a few of the missing parts from the previous iphone versions such as copy and paste which you do not have on the new contract iphone

iPhone insurance

2009-06-09T10:16:00.000-07:00

iPhone insurance - its just one of those things

If you dont have it, you're naked.

And now the price has tumbled thankfully

You can get full cover for loss, damage and theft plus a number of other insurance cover elements like fraudulent call cover and internation cover for when you are abroad.

So get protected with iPhone insurance

Travel Insurance - What is needed?

2009-04-14T05:29:00.000-07:00

Travel insurance is one of those things you know you need because eyou have heard some horrible stories of lost luggage, stolen stuff...

Anyway, there is a very cool new site which pretty much covers all you need

You can find it at http://www.burtplan.co.uk/

Mobile Phone Insurance

2009-02-18T12:53:00.000-08:00

Mobile phone insurance is becoming cheaper and cheaper - which is great for us consumers!

It is just one of those necessary things - I am personally having to claim right now as we speak because I spilt water over my desk - and mobile phone this morning! I thought it was OK, but it limped through the day and got slower and slower over the day, so I turned it off...

Now it will not turn back on!

So I am kind of glad I have mobile phone insurance for it. It is late now so I will make the claim in the morning.

Last time I claimed (about 18 months to 2 years ago) I got a brand new mobile phone back within the 48 hour hours they promised, so here's hoping...

iPhone Insurance

2007-11-01T06:24:00.000-07:00

iPhones are not cheap - they are the best mobile phone - iPod - internet access device combo available. They are hot, they are sexy ... and they are also very stealable ...

So most sensible owners of iPhones are clamouring for iPhone Insurance. Unfortunately, there are very few iPhone insurance policies and companies available.

The most popular company and policy is the one at
http://www.iphoneinsurancecover.co.uk/iphoneInsuranceInformation.html

It offers cover for theft, loss, damage, international cover, water damage and extended warantee (after the first 12 months).

So if you own an iPhone and want to keep it that way, we suggest getting iPhone Insurance - and the best of the bunch is at
http://www.iphoneinsurancecover.co.uk/iphoneInsuranceInformation.html

Laptop insurance

2007-05-30T14:46:00.000-07:00

This is slightly off-beat but laptop insurance is very important if you have a laptop

Check out
http://www.laptopinsuranceuk.com/laptop-insurance-information.php

And then checkout some tips at
http://www.wikihow.com/Laptop-Insurance:-How-to-Avoid-Needing-to-Claim

New Mobile Phone XDA

2007-04-11T06:21:00.000-07:00

The O2 XDA Orbit Now With FREE CoPilot Live 6.0 Sat Nav Software RRP £89.99The O2 XDA Orbit mobile phone is designed for you if you who live in a world that just can’t wait until you get back into the office. A world where there is a last minute change to a presentation where you haven’t got directions to an important meeting and need to plan your journey.

The Orbit is full of the latest features like Microsoft Pocket Office to review and alter all those important documents. Microsoft Mobile Outlook allows you to catch up on all your outstanding emails on the move and quad-band compatibility means calling clients across the water will not be an issue.

An in-built GPS system even helps you dodge traffic and get to and from destinations on time. The XDA Orbit uses CoPilot live 6.0 wherever you are wherever you need to get to just key-in a house number street post code or one of thousands of points of interest and CoPilot Live will guide you there providing turn-by-turn directions right to the door. As well as a ‘business’ side the XDA Orbit has a ‘pleasure side’ too.

Built-in is a 2-megapixel camera plus video recorder to capture all those magic moments whilst a stereo FM Radio and Windows Media Player provide you with audio and visual entertainment on the move.The XDA Orbit simplifies your hectic and busy working lifestyle and places it in the palm of your hand. At only 108mm tall your pocket PC will fit easily into your palm pocket or bagA scroll wheel for quick access to the device's functionsGet to your destination hassle-free with the in-built CoPilot Live 6.0 GPS system

Enjoy taking quality pictures on the 2 megapixel camera.
Record all the fun at parties and those away days on the Orbit’s video recorderA handwriting recognition function for important notes
The large 2.8-inch 65K TFT colour touch screen display makes for easy navigation
Take your media wherever you go with the integrated Microsoft Media player Stereo FM radio available anywhere and everywhere
64MB of internal memoryMicroSD card support means you can store up to 2 GB of media
Connectivity & email features & benefits
Bluetooth Infrared Wireless LAN WiFi and Mini-USB provides all the connectivity you needCatch up on all your emails with Microsoft Mobile Outlook.

For details go to
http://www.mobile-phone-upgrade.com/phone/make/o2/network/o2/xdaorbitcopilotsoftware.html

The handy Nokia N73

2007-02-28T08:16:00.000-08:00

The Nokia N73, if you take your photography seriously, this is the mobile phone you should be looking at. This is a real camera in a phone. The inbuilt 3.2 megapixel camera, with its CARL ZEISS optics, features:

• 2-stage capture key for autofocus control
• 2.4 inch camera viewfinder in landscape orientation and with active toolbar
• Slide for camera protection and activation
• Integrated flash
• Red-eye reduction
• Still, sequence, video modes
• White balance: automatic, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent
• Color tone: normal, sepia, B&W, vivid, negative
• Light sensitivity metre

The video capability is almost as stunning, and there's an integrated photo-editor as well. Because the phone also features Nokia Xpressprint you can print your photos direct from the phone.

The music player supports MP3 plus several other music platforms and stereo FM radio.
With Quickoffice document viewers - you can work with documents, spreadsheets and presentation slides as well as view PDF files.

Integrated email client means you stay up-to-date and you can synchronise with your PC, subject to software.
Details are at
http://www.mobile-phone-upgrade.com/phone/make/nokia/network/o2/n73.html

Vodafone Mobile Phones and Carphone Warehouse

2007-01-18T08:08:00.000-08:00

Vodafone mobile phones are no longer being sold through any of Carphone Warehouse's sales channels.

You could view this as a spat between little boys in the playground, along the lines of "I'm not playing with you any more" ... and you wouldn't be too far wrong.

The difference being that Carphone are not little boys anymore. Vodafone and Carphone had a falling out, supposedly over commission payments and the amount being paid to Carphone, and they could not agree.

So Carphone simply said "We will no longer sell Vodafone mobile phones!"

And so, you will currently not find and Vodafone phones throughout any of the Carphone resellers network. It will be interesting to see how long it lasts, because sure enough it will not last forever, and soon enough, one side will come back to the table saying "Enough is enough - lets start working together again", but it will be almost a matter of pride as to who that party will be. Most likely it will be Vodafone, because Carphone have a huge market share.

Here's to watching the Vodafone mobile phones and Carphone battle ...

New on Mobile Upgrade ...

2006-12-19T08:16:00.000-08:00

New on Upgrade:

Go Girly ... Go Pink!

Nokia Cath Kidston Exclusive Limited Edition:

A tylish phone with slide opening, and its packed with gadgets. Open, play, enjoy ...

Or so they say!

"Cath's favourite colurs - Pop Flowers Star and Bird." Please!

New Samsung D900 Mobile Phone Upgrade

2006-12-01T05:54:00.000-08:00

New Samsung D900 Mobile Phone

A very handy phone - here is what the blurb says ...

The Samsung D900 mobile phone offers the latest in multimedia technology in an ultra-thin slide-open design. At only 13mm the D900 is the thinnest slide-open phone ever designed and manages to pack in a powerful 3.13 megapixel camera. The D900 also includes business features such as document viewer TV-output function and also supports Bluetooth functions to enhance users’ multimedia experience.

The D900 boasts a large vivid 262K color screen ideal for watching streaming videos or viewing the phone’s photo book. Also an external microSD™ slot allows for additional storage.

You’ll love the fashionable slide-open design that shouts quality

Fantastic photos can be taken with a 3.13 megapixel camera

Listen to and view a wide range of multimedia files using the music player and video player

An e-mail client means you can catch up with your e-mails no matter where you are

Exchange images and media with others via Bluetooth™

Record over 1 hour of video thanks to 80MB of internal memory

Output port allows you to view your photos or films on your TV!

More at Mobile Phone Upgrades

New Vodafone Mobile Phone Upgrade potentials ...

2006-11-14T07:12:00.000-08:00

Vodafone has unveiled a large range of 3G handsets in time for the busy Christmas season. 10 of the mobile phones are made exclusively for Vodafone include 6 HSDPA phones from Motorola and Samsung for accessing the web at broadband speeds.

Vodafone have said that 5 of the 10 exclusive phones sourced from Europe, US and Asia will be priced at entry-level.

14 of its handsets will include Vodafone's Radio DJ service, whilst all the 3G handsets will have Vodafone live! for mobile TV services.

The range will also include two 3G phones from LG including the LG KU800 slider phone (pictured) and the LG L600V.
Vodafone will offer:

Nokia 6234Motorola V1100Motorola MOTORAZR maxx V6Motorola MOTORAZR V3xxSamsung ZV40Samsung ZV50Samsung Z560VSamsung Z720VSony Ericsson V630i, Sagem my600V Sagem my800VSharp 770SHSharp GX29Vodafone 710

Coming soon at http://www.mobile-phone-upgrade.com

Mobile phone madness - Cell phone Stupidity

2006-11-07T10:02:00.000-08:00

You think the UK mobile phone market is mad? Have a look at just one of the problems facing the US cell phone market ...

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2006/08/sneaky_fee_aler.html

They are charging for mobile phone upgrades ?!?

Free Mobile Phone: New Sony Ericsson P990i

2006-09-13T07:20:00.000-07:00

Free mobile phone: New Sony Ericcsson P990i.

This is a fully functioning phone - all singing all dancing. I can't say I have ever been a particular fan of SOny Ericsson phones - simply because they tend to fail on the 'intuitively obvious menu' front.

However, this mobile phone looks like it is a good one - good specifications. here is the blurb about it ...

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"The Sony Ericsson P990i mobile phone is a stylish and user-friendly third generation smartphone designed for people who want to be able to work no matter where they are. The huge touch-sensitive display full QWERTY keypad and handwriting recognition make the P990i the ideal business tool.

The Sony Ericsson P990i’s productivity features include ‘push’ e-mail which means that mails can be received automatically via an always-on connection. Its calendar and task list can also be synchronised with your office computers remotely perfect if you are part of a team and need to stay co-ordinated.

The Sony Ericsson P990i’s other features include two-way video calling a 2.0 megapixel camera with autofocus an RDS FM Radio and a full version of the Opera 8 Internet browser which supports all the latest Internet protocols.

Finally the P990i’s Symbian 9.0 operating system means that you will be able to add countless other third party applications to it some for work and some just for fun!

Enjoy fast reliable wireless access to your business applications

Review e-mails and attachments with a built-in e-mail client

Receive and view Microsoft Office documents wherever you are

The large colour display makes viewing websites and multimedia a pleasure

Use the touch-screen and full QWERTY keypad for easy navigation

A front-facing VGA camera means that you can conduct video calls

A rear-facing 2 megapixel camera with 5 x zoom autofocus and photo light

Exchange images and other media via Bluetooth™"

Free Mobile Phones - New Nokia 6030 Phone

2006-08-29T11:44:00.000-07:00

Free Mobile Phones - New Nokia 6030 Simple phone

Get a phone not a fuss. With its color display large keypad and intuitive interface using the Nokia 6030 phone is easy.

Get in touch. Sending a text message (SMS) is simpler than ever. You can also send multimedia messages - text sound and picture all rolled up in one; great for birthdays and other occasions.
Get organized. Use the calendar feature to keep track of time then set reminders for events from appointments to anniversaries. After all there are some things you just don't want to miss.

With the Nokia 6030 phone the people you love are just a call away.
Free Mobile Phones - New Nokia 6030 Simple phone

Mobile Phones or iPods?

2006-08-22T02:39:00.000-07:00

Mobile Phones or iPods?: A new wave of mobile phones equipped with tiny yet powerful hard disk drives is threatening to put an end to the meteoric rise of the iPod as the public's favorite portable digital music player.

This is from a great article at http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=12650

When you look at the typical consumer, there are three things that they may come back to their house for if they have left one of them behind: their wallet, keys and mobile phone.
Now the mobile phone industry is trying to get to the point where even the wallet and the keys are part of the mobile phone handset. There is a clear trend by which the mobile phone is positioning itself as the singular device that you take with you at all times.

Two years ago Samsung Electronics became the first handset maker to incorporate a hard disk drive (HDD) inside one of its models, featuring 1.5GB of data storage. Soon afterwards Nokia was launching its N91 phone/music player with an embedded 4GB HDD. Then Samsung responded again with an 8GB device (the SGH-i310), which is scheduled for a European launch during the second half of 2006.
Although current portable MP3 players such as Apple's iPod and its competitors can store as much as 60GB of digital music, companies like Toshiba and Seagate are already developing handset-friendly hard drives that measure around one inch and will soon be able to match this capacity.

With this level of memory, you can replicate all the audio functions currently found in a standalone MP3 player. So the question becomes, why do you need two separate gadgets to accomplish the same goal? "Both the standalone MP3 player and the mobile phone are pretty much the same form-factor - play music - the mobile offers an increasing number of features, with playing music being just one of them.

This new breed of mobiles has the potential not only to rival but also surpass the MP3 player as the portable music device of choice, but it won’t happen overnight. There'll be a timeframe during which the mobile phone will still need to catch up technologically with established MP3 players. Besides, these advanced hard drive-enabled handsets are currently being priced at a premium $600 or £320 to $800 or £430, while you can get a standalone MP3 player for around $200 or £110.

So, it is likely we still have a few years out before the mobile phone overtakes the MP3 player, but the trend has already started.

Since HDDs used in handsets incorporate the same moving parts found in PC and laptop disks, engineers have had to add a series of drop acceleration sensors designed to detect when the phone is starting to fall to the floor and automatically switch off power to the hard drive. Seagate's latest one-inch HDD (12GB ST1.3 series) has an optional drop sensor that takes operational shock resistance up to 2000 Gs, letting the device survive a 1.5m drop onto hard concrete.
Within three tenths of a second, the protection mechanism moves the read/write heads off the platter and turns the motor off. The decision to incorporate MP3-playing functionality into high-end mobile phones seems to have originated with the handset vendors rather than the network operators.

Will operators be able to take any special advantage from added features? - "An ideal scenario for the operators would have been if people used the mobile phone network to download their songs and play them on their handsets. But the problem is that this has tended to be a more expensive proposition. Some of the operators charge between $2 or £1.10 and $3 or £1.60 to download a song. That doesn't even include what they charge you for the minutes you use when you do that, and on top of that some of them actually have a monthly subscription fee to use the service. If you compare that with an iTunes model, which is $0.99 or £0.55 a song, that's not even a fair comparison".

It is likely operators might benefit from this trend by causing handset sales to go up once users start to demand the embedded MP3 function. "And, in a situation where phone penetration has already surpassed 100% of the population, if you can cause handset sales to spike again, you can see it as a new revenue opportunity".

For all the threats that hard drive phones are posing to the iPod, there seem to be a few scenarios where a dedicated, standalone MP3 player would still be preferable for some users.

Current market trends show that consumers are now replacing their mobile phones approximately every 18 months. Which invites the question: would the need to transfer all this multimedia content deter users from storing so much on a phone? "This might turn out to be of a minor annoyance than anything else. Because, for example, the data transfer rate for USB has gone up to 480Mbit/s, while ultra wideband wireless technology will hit up to 1Gbit/s. If you can do 1Gbit/s, you could transfer the content of an entire 8GB hard drive in 64 seconds, which is not really too bad."

Indeed, Samsung's new SGH-i310 comes equipped with USB 2.0 plug and play connectivity, which effectively turns the phone not only into an MP3 player but - perhaps more conveniently for the average business user - into an 8GB removable hard disk.

Featuring Windows Mobile 5.0 as its operating system, the handset can be used to transfer most common file formats to and from a PC. Its powerful storage capacity even allows users to record digital video via its 2Mpixel camera and MPEG4 / H.263 codecs. This makes one wonder whether digital camcorders might be the next consumer electronics gadget to suffer from the mobile phone's ambitions to become the single device we need to carry.

So is Apple Computers actually worried about such an imminent threat to its all-conquering iPod? "I'm unable to answer this question, but we live to see what happens in the future".

Free mobile phones are available at http://www.mobile-phone-upgrade.com/

Totally Devoted to Nokia - still king – despite stiff competition

2006-06-15T08:54:00.000-07:00

From a recent press release ...

Nokia upped its share to 35 per cent in Q4 2005 from 33 per cent in Q4 2004. Yet on the retail shop floor website such as http://www.mobile-phone-upgrade.com/ are seeing other mobile phone manufacturers increasing their sales.

Many Top 10 Best Sellers list now have Samsung mobile phones or Motorola mobiles at second place. However, Nokia still usually has a 3 or 4 phone models in the Top 10 range.

New product releases have shown some innovation, but Nokia without doubt controls the most loyalty of all manufacturers. Most research shows Samsung and Motorola users to be relatively fickle, switching with each handset change from one manufacturer to another.

Nokia users, however, tend to be ‘staunch loyalists’, staying with Nokia from one mobile phone upgrade to the next. The reasons for this, from interim market research questionnaires is simple …

Nokia appeals to a broad range of ages.

Young people have ‘cool’ Nokias. Older people have simpler, more purely functional, easy-to-use Nokias.

This appears to be a very stereotypical analysis, but the evidence bears this out. Across the board, the 35+ age range uses Nokia because the Nokia menu system is straight forward and is more or less the same from one Nokia phone to another Nokia phone.

For the latest Top 10 Best Selling Mobile Phone list, go to http://www.mobile-phone-upgrade.com/

Where to get your free mobile upgrade

2006-05-16T05:07:00.000-07:00

There are many mobile phone upgrade offers screaming for your attention but how do you make sure you are getting the best offer AND that you will safely get your money back?

Seduce your wallet with free, cheap or half
price mobile phone upgrade deals … (safely)

You probably already know that mobile phone retailers are falling over themselves to better each others deals. You will see many websites and high street shops advertising free or discounted line rental offers for 6, 9, 12 even 14 months.

So how can the dealers make these seemingly crazy offers? First, you need to understand how the dealer gets paid and how the mobile phone industry works (just a little bit). The dealer gets paid by the network, based on what price plan (tariff) he connects the customer to; a higher price plan means more money for the dealer.

Dealer Profit

Then the dealer must pay for the cost of the phone. A high quality and expensive phone means less profit for the dealer. The difference between the tariff commission and the cost of the phone gives the dealers gross profit.

However, the dealer must then pay any cashback money from this remaining commission. The dealer basically is ‘betting’ on how many customers will claim their cashback money after the stated 6th/12th month (or as given); the lower the percentage of customers that claim, the higher the dealers profits. The higher the percentage claiming, the closer the dealer comes to going bust!

It is a fact that many are actually offering deals to customers that do not make them any money at all, and may make a loss. So how can they make this work?

Retailer goes bust without paying customer

The worrying problem is that some do not make it work, and have gone bust. Less reputable and unstable companies have not got the balance right and had to pay out so much cashback that they simply do not have the money in their coffers to pay, and have closed shop leaving the customer without their cashback money.

In 2004 Mobile Republic went into administration allegedly for this very reason, and left many customers without their cashback.

Take the benefits of cheap offers but miss the problems

How? Read the next article on Mobile Phone Upgrades
Take the benefits of cheap offers but miss the problems

So how do you avoid this disastrous situation?

In short, use a reliable company that has good business history. For example, the Carphone Warehouse has been established for over 10 years, as has Mobile Phone World, the company behind http://www.mobile-phone-upgrade.com

It is important not to be seduced by the attraction of too-good-to-be-true offers from companies that have not been established for a long while – it is quite likely that they might go bust before you have had your cashback monies.

Check the small print

It is also vital to pay great attention to the Terms and Conditions of the cashback redemption procedure. Most require you to send in your mobile phone bill for your (eg) 6th month of connection within 28 days of receipt.

There for a reason

This is not just petty procedures to make it harder for you to claim … it is because the dealer will receive a clawback of their tariff commission if the customer does not pay their phone bill within the first 6 months, or changes to a cheaper tariff. Sending in the bill gives the dealer proof that you are still connected and still on the same tariff.

Get the Best Mobile Phone Upgrade Deal - Safely

So 2 Top Tips: How to seduce your wallet with the best deal – for the long term:

Only choose from well established phone retailers such as
1. Carphone Warehouse
2. Mobile Phone Upgrades - http://www.mobile-phone-upgrade.com
3. The Link
4. Phones 4U

Read closely, print out and keep the cashback redemption Terms and Conditions so you can follow them to the letter in claiming your cashback

With this information you can now search the internet for the best mobile phone for you.

Mobile Phone Upgrades - Part 2 - Where and How?

2006-05-16T05:04:00.000-07:00

Free Mobile Phones Upgrades – How to get an even better Upgrade

Before you take the jump and switch to a different network for your free phone upgrade, think about this …

Imagine you call your current network to tell them that you are thinking of leaving them to switch to another mobile phone network. Often that person you speak to will be on a commission to keep your business ie they will earn a bit of money if they can convince you to stay with that mobile phone network.

This means that you can use this to your advantage.

Tell them that you have had a great offer from another mobile phone network (and do not lie – they will most likely know exactly what you could and could not get with another network). Simply ask them if they can equal or better the deal offered by this other network.

If they can equal it, then it is probably not worth the hassle of switching mobile phone networks and the paperwork. It is not too much hassle to do the switch but obviously it is easier to stay with your current mobile phone network.

Free mobile upgrades can be got in this way quite easily by simply understanding how the system works and how the money works in mobile phones and free mobile phone upgrades.

So next time, simply ask you current mobile phone network if they will better the free mobile phone offer from another network. Always ask if they can better the offer – don’t ask them to equal it or they will only equal it.

Good luck.

Free Phone Upgrades - Where and How?

2006-05-08T12:25:00.000-07:00

Free Phones - Upgrades

Mobile phone upgrades are easy to do – if you know where and how to do it.

A “mobile phone upgrade” is where an existing customer of a network (eg T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange, O2, 3G, Virgin etc), who has been with that network for about 1 year since getting their last mobile phone, gets a new mobile phone from the network at a free, or cheap discount price, in return for agreeing to stay with that network for another 12 months, under a 12 month contract agreement. The customer keeps their existing mobile phone number, and stays with the same network. This is called a “mobile phone upgrade” – often it is a free mobile phone upgrade!

To get the best offer for a free or cheap mobile phone upgrade you must understand this. The mobile phone networks pay a mobile phone dealer more for a new customer (new mobile phone contract) than they do for a mobile phone upgrade customer. This odd situation has been the same for many years. The only network that seems to pay mobile phone dealers nearly as much for an upgrade customer as for a new free mobile phone customer is Three (also known as 3 or 3G). The other mobile phone networks simply do not seem to value their existing customers as much!

The craziness of this situation is that it encourages you to be disloyal to your current network.

What does this means to you? How can you get the best deal from knowing all this, so you can get a free mobile phone upgrade AND get other benefits? Read on …

The amount that a mobile phone dealer can give to you will depend on how much money he is making. If he is making more money from a ‘new’ mobile phone contract customer than for an upgrade customer, then he will be able to give the ‘new’ mobile phone contract customer a bigger discount or a free mobile phone or maybe more!

Now, did you know that instead of upgrading your phone on the same network (where you probably will not get such a good deal or a free mobile phone etc), you can switch to a NEW and different network AND keep your existing mobile phone number? This is true.

Now, knowing that you can keep your mobile phone number, and that you can usually get a better deal as a ‘new’ customer on another network, what are you going to do?

You can simply become a ‘new’ customer on a different network … this new network then treat you a a new customer, give you all the free mobile phone bonuses and gifts etc, AND you keep your mobile phone number!

So by simply looking around at all the offers available to you on all the other networks

The next article will tell you how you can get an even better deal

Free Mobile Phone Upgrade? How?

2006-05-01T10:59:00.000-07:00

Free Mobile Phone Upgrade

2006-04-28T07:29:00.000-07:00

Free Mobile Phone Upgrades: Want to upgrade your mobile phone? You dont have to upgrade on the same network ... Read on to learn the BEST ways to upgrade your mobile phone AND get the BEST deals for YOU ...