Mobile Upgrade Time - Help Appreciated! Vodafone Customer with Sony Ericsson K800i - what could I get? Tips?

Hi there - it's the time of year I hate - my mobile contract is up for renewal!





I am a long term customer at Vodafone and my mobile bills range from £20 to £30 a month. I currently have a K800i and having read through tonnes of information on mobile phones I think I'll stick with Sony Ericsson. I also want to stay with Vodafone as their customer service has always been 100% (don't get me started on O2).





I would really appreciate any advice regarding the highest grade of Sony Ericsson I should be able to get with Vodafone (maybe the K810i) without increasing the cost of my contract.





I get very tongue-tied on the phone and find it hard to be assertive because I don't know what I can realistically expect.





I'd be really grateful if anyone could advise me in any way, especially on the way to word what I want and what I could get. Numbers of texts and price plans confuse me!





Best answer gets a virtual sticky bun x

Mobile Upgrade Time - Help Appreciated! Vodafone Customer with Sony Ericsson K800i - what could I get? Tips?
My brother was on Orange contract, and when his contract came to an end he switched to O2 and got a Nokia N95 - When he called Orange to cancel, they offered a better deal with the same phone with more minutes and texts. So he took back the O2 phone (within 14 days) and Orange sent a new phone next day delivery just to keep him with their network!!! Try it!!
Reply:Ok, so you don't want to change from your phone provider than that is fine have you thought about going into a vodafone store and asking them for there help? maybe you need to write down on a peace of paper what you want out of a phone, for eg camera 2/3 megapixel bluetooth triband or quadband mp3 player fm radio gps system built into the phone.





This is all the stuff you need to write down on a peace of paper even go and do a search on a website and see what sort of phones are better than the K800i!!!!





To be honest if you wanna have alook at some reviews on phones why don't you try cnet and mobilegazette.com also ask around with your friends and see what they have got and what they think of there phones even ask them if you can play around with their phones, you know all of this helps but at the end of the day your the one who has to pick the phone and if you don't like it then your stuck with it for 12months.





Personally I have the nokia n95 I got that on friday and am still learning about it so far I have got the gps working and that is very cool.





Anyway have alook at those websites I have mentioned and read the reviews on each phone, people have put on them it is worth alook don't you?





Good Luck and put everything down on a peace of paper and go into a vodafone shop and tell them what you want and what you don't want in a phone, if I was you take time and spend 20mins or so in the shop and ask questions about the phones and you makesure you tell them what you want not what they want it is not there phone it is yours.
Reply:Hiya! Strawbs. This is the deal hon! Tongue in cheek! Nah! Nah! Nah! Thats the old you! Gotta be upfront from now on! Afterall,the customer is always right,would you agree with that? So now is the time to plan ahead in detail and write it all down ready! Firstly, they want you to stay with them, pretty obvious i guess! The bottom line is that you dont jump in with your tongue hanging out! Hold back and tell 'em youll think it over! Just wait and see, you will be delighted with the outcome! Good luck! By the way ive got 2 sticky buns in my fridge, got 'em for supper! Toasted of course, with lots of fresh devon dairy butter! Yummy!!

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