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I'm completely new to this whole online rebate thing, only having been introduced to Quidco earlier today!

Where can I locate codes from?

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I've googled around, but I can't find any valid codes - just discounts on particular devices (e.g. 5800), and nothing for the n900. It might become easier to get a discount on the n900 once it has been released for while.

If you want it within the next few weeks other retailers will probably be the cheapest option. MPD have it for 450 sim free, but there might other cheaper ones.

Apparently you can get it for free if you are willing to sign up to a 24 month contract.

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What a jammy ba*t*rd i am, not only did i get my N900 for £306 because of the 3 discounts but i just got off the phone with TMobile to cancel my contract and they have reduced my payment from £34.99 a month to £9.97 a month (350 mins, unlimited text, and unlimited web&walk)

Sweet

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SOCUK15 is still a valid discount code allowing 15% off nokia and if you sign up to Topcashabck using the following link:
http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/hass80

you'll save another 10% off the price off the phone (list price and not the price minus the 15% discount).

The link is a referral one so I get a refferral of £2.50 for everytime anyone signs up and purchases anything.

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I couldn't get it to work,the Nokia shop page says

The coupon code that you have entered is invalid.

Rich

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That code is invalid. Does anyone know any codes?

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Nice one you Jammy Dodger! :D

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The previous tariffs shown on Mobilephones.net have vanished. Anyone know why?

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Maximum current allocations for those networks reached, mentioned earlier in this thread.

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@NvyUs: If you prefer another deal, you can cancel your Nokia Shop preorder before it's shipped and take the other deal.

Me, I'm sticking with the 30% discount and place in the queue that some of us managed to get from Nokia :-)

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This is true, but on speaking with MPD today it can be said that adding more T Mobile contracts for the N900 in the future is entirely possible due to the high demand. I for one don't feel comfortable signing up with vodafone considering their poor usage limit, sub par 3G coverage and increased pricing.

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Make sure you're still getting the 3 discounts.

I had the 2 discounts and TopCashBack 10%. Nokia wrote to me asking me to call the shop, but when I didn't, after a few days they called me, and told me my order would be cancelled unless I agreed to a new order, because they weren't intending to accept multiple discount codes.

They gave some dubious excuse about the product number being changed so needing a new order.

Anyway, they let me keep the 2 discounts but instead of compounding them, the new order just added them to make 30% off, which was £10 lower than my previous order :-) But I lost the TopCashBack discount due to the new order - the Nokia sales rep hadn't heard of that, but checked and confirmed that was the only option, and wouldn't reduce the price any further to compensate.

Point is: They made it clear they were going to cancel the original order if I didn't talk with them to make a new order. I'd advise calling them to confirm your order.

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A little off topic, but just why are Vodaphone more expensive? Their 3G Coverage is poor compared to T-Mobile & Three; they seem to give you the same deal on 24 months that you can get on another network for 18 months; the data allowances are poor (and you are charged after the limit.)

The only good thing I found is you can upgrade 3 months from the end of your contract (but updgrades always suck these days!) Or you can downgrade, but only one step at a time (O2 let you drop all the way down.) Both of which are better than T Mobile.

Good news to see the T Mobile contracts will be back. I can't believe anyone picked the Voda ones when they had a choice!

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Just wondering is the product number this? -->.SKU 10208380 because my order says this and my previous order which is cancelled says SKU 6957363

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Three UK (Hutchison) also let you upgrade 3 months before the end of the contract I believe, and downgrade on payment of a relatively small fee after you have passed some threshold in your contract time.

But then, if you timed it right and were lucky like me, you ended up on a £10/mo SIM-only 1 month(!) contract with "unlimited" data (3GB/mo), "unlimited" texts (3000/mo), "unlimited" 3-to-3 calls (2000 minutes/mo), network-assisted Skype, and 300 included minutes to other networks & landlines.

Perfect for my new N900 when it arrives. I have the SIM waiting and ready and really hope Nokia's team have the 3 SIM problem fixed by then :-)

It's a pity the 3 signal is so (ahem) variable, disappearing often, and with deep shadows all over the place, even in a town (Oxford) which is supposedly "very good" coverage.

A 3 shop salesperson told me they are combining infrastructure with T-mobile over the next year, which should greatly improve the coverage and shadow situation.

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I've been lucky to pre-order my N900 with T-Mobile contract on MPD website couple of weeks ago, so now I'm only waiting for stock to arrive, which will happen around 16/11 according to MPD's email quoted earlier in this thread. Fingers crossed!

Anyway, if anyone is interested in SIM-free handset and all relevant discount vouchers are expired, then I can certainly recommend handtec.co.uk - they currently list N900 for just £435.26 inc. VAT, see: http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/2346/nokia-n900 - I have been buying different devices with Handtec three times already, never had any problems whatsoever. If I wasn't low on budget this time, I'd definitely get N900 from them again!

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Are they one of the suppliers releasing in November or December?

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I thought 3 and T-Mobile already shared the same infrastructure. At least when I was in Belper the signal limits for each were exactly the same - a weak 3G connection.

That's a rather nice 'contract' you had have, I can't find any that matches it!

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Its nice but I would prefer 1GB/mo solid connection reliability to 3GB/mo constant problems any day. But then again I live in an area where theres also alots of free wifi hotspots, which are superior if you get on them.

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Unfortunately they don't specify release date, however I'd assume that would be November. They are quite good in keeping up to the latest handsets.

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Their excuse could be reasonable. My model number is showing SKU 10208380. I ordered with the 3 15% discounts + topcashback on 19th Oct. Haven't recieved any call or email asking me to re-order.

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People in the UK who are planning to mostly use the N900 for data, and who only make occasional use of voice or SMS, may wish to consider the Virgin PAYG SIM.

Data is 30 pence for each day that you use it, unlimited. Virgin's definition of "unlimited" means up to 25 megabytes (after which there's a steep per-megabyte charge). Or, for £5 from your PAYE balance, you can buy their Mobile Internet Bundle. This runs for a month, and is unlimited. Virgin's definition of "unlimited" means 1 GB, but if you exceed that it seems that you go back on to the 30p per day charge for any days that you use internet over the rest of the month.

Virgin uses T-Mobile's 3G network, so basically you're paying 30p per day instead of £1 per day by using Virgin PAYG instead of T-Mobile PAYG, in return for one big downside: the need to watch your usage to make sure you don't go above 25MB per day.

http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/gener...les.shop.sm034
http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/gener...iff.shop.sm285

Regards,
Roger

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Note the fine print however:

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Tmobile have a Pay as you go just now thats Top up £10 for the month , and get free texts and free intrernet (40M a day) the next month

but it also says the'll not stamp if you go occasionally over.

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I'd rather suggest Vodafone TopUp And Go. It comes in a bundle with USB modem, however you could stick modem on eBay and keep SIM card that gives 1GB of transfer without any time limits for £15 top-up (inital package is already topped up). I am using it myself and I can surely recommend it, and I'm going to use it with N900 when it finally arrives.

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Their website suggests this is a data only SIM. Can you confirm if you also get a regular GSM voice number please?

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Yes, this is data-only plan. Voice calls are actually disabled on this plan (although you get a number, of course). Text messages are working OK, afair.

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I'm fairly sure the Vodafone PAYG dongle SIMs don't allow you to send text messages. You can receive them OK, of course, but then that doesn't require any billing.

It would be interesting to pair a data only SIM with a VOIP service that provides a normal phone number, but it seems a bit risky - you'd only have voice calling when you had a decent 3G connection, whereas a normal SIM will get you basic GSM voice even in quite poor reception areas.

If it were me, I'd go for the data-only SIM if the N900 was only going to be a computer, and I was going to keep another phone for phone type stuff, but I'm not.

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That's a shame. I'm looking to replace my E90 Communicator and N810 with the N900 so will require a SIM with voice to port my number to. Although I suppose in theory I could migrate to VoIP...

I'm getting the N900 SIM-free so I'll initially be using my Orange (Virgin OVP) SIM, but hoping to eventually move to a reasonable flexible data plan.

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The idea does appeal to me but as you rightly point out too risky, plus can we really trust the network operators not to change their terms and start blocking or applying a surcharge for VoIP or something?

Unless I come across any other offerings, I'll most likely migrate to T-Mobile as their unlimited data plans look to be the most flexible and they don't charge if you exceed their fair usage policy.

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Yep, that's absolutely fair. Once I get N900 in my hands, I'll put my default voice-plan T-Mobile card into it and see how it works as a default phone, however I don't expect it to be brilliant phone, but brilliant mobile computer in the first place. Plan B is then to keep T-Mobile card in Nokia E71 and use N900 as internet device with Voda TopUp And Go SIM card inside.

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Looks like this is going to be released on both Orange and o2 on the 16th November! YES!

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10208380 Nokia N900 This order has not shipped. 0 0
Order 20th will all 3 discounts.
My order two days before had the old SKU 6957363.

No email or phone call from nokia so my order looks good to go just awaiting the funds to be taken and then I will be a happy bunny lol.

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That's good then, I guess we have the correct product number with 3x discount codes on our order :D We're set to go for this week coming hopefully :D

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Contract

Tmobile - £7.50 pm 1Gb
£12.50 pm - 3Gb

Vodafone - £7.50 pm - 500mb
£15 pm - 3Gb

O2 - £7.34 - 500Mb

Orange - £7.34 - 500Mb
£9.79 -1Gb
New customers - (£4.89 per month for 500MB of anytime mobile internet access)

3 - Not sure?

Tmobile really seems the best (discounting 3 as I cant find separate internet info)

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Is pay and go the better option for data/voice?? (For a user that uses VOIP/streaming - ie relatively heavy user)

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Also anyone on Orange? Whats their data like? Decent connection/ speed? I know o2 are supposed to be pretty poor.

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£7.50 is the price to add data month-by-month (and you can remove it again).

If you're happy to add data for the life of the contract, it's £5 per month with T-Mobile UK.

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T Mobile sim only, 1 month contracts over £20 have free 1GB/mo internet included.

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I have been with Orange for 7yrs now as work pay my contract. I have been very unimpressed with their data network, but Im unsure whether that is down to their network or the cheap orange branded WM handsets we get. Orange Firmware is a dog, they remove any functionality from the phone and replace it with the option for their paid apps, so the first thing I tend to do is wipe the phone and install a custom ROM. I currently have a Samsung i780 running a cooked WM6.5, and the web is so slow I dont bother.

One of the reasons I have bought this phone is for the web experience, so Im going to try Orange for a couple of days, if I dont like it I have a PAC code which I will switch to t-mobile.
Onde thing Orange are though is strict with their data limits, if you go over your tarrif, you will pay the higher data charges, they dont offer the same flexibility other carriers do..

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I have had a Tmobile PAYG sim at one time and used the web n walk (when you used to pay per day or in advance for a week) for a few days (waiting for broadband to be installed...) Quite happily used around 200MB a day and nothing happened.

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Reading the data plans available in the UK makes me want to cry. I'm in France. Yes, that would make most people cry, but using the frankly strange dataplans over here makes me depressed. SFR's Pay and go has an offer; €69 for a dongle with 3Hrs usage (yes, you are charged by the minute - not megabyte). When you buy it, you have 14 days to post your proof of purchase, along with a copy of your passport, and your proof of residence back to SFR, or else they close your line.
It costs €39 (About £34?) for 15 hours (Fifteen hours) to recharge.
If you want to spring for a full 1 year subscription, you pay €49 per month, and you're limited to 2GB usage per month. You are NOT allowed to put the sim in your phone, NOT allowed to use a router, NOT allowed to use Skype, NOT allowed to use Xbox live nor Playstation online. etc etc.
Other companies such as Orange also charge per minute for pay and go, at a worse deal.
God, I miss the UK....:(