"Tx2" <this.is.an.inv@lid.address.u.know.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.20418de8c0f965bc9896c5@News.Individual.NE T...
> In article <uPqdne5gu_2i5krYnZ2dnUVZ8qbinZ2d@pipex.net>, Charlie
> Mitchell
> of jm2@charleem.co.uk, felt we'd be interested in the following...
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>> What you agreed to do is in black and white, whilst I'm no fan
>> of O2, I totally agree that you shouldn't be able to just get
>> a new phone because now you've decided that you want to use
>> the phone more, they still need to claw back the cost of the
>> first subsidised handset that you've had from them, hence why
>> you can't just get a new phone anytime you feel like it.
>
> oh well, a lesson learned for me then. I'll not sign up for such a long
> term contract in future.
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>

18 months - not that long surely. Leaving out loan phones, mine have
lasted: -

Phone 1 - few months replaced under warranty
Phone 2 - many years; now in Science & Industry Museum
Phone 3 - several years failed due to water ingress
Phone 4 - ~2000 still working as back up / holiday phone.
Phone 5 - ~2001 (unsolicited free upgrade) - still working although getting
tired