My mobile phone contract just ended with Vodafone and I was getting the usual sales phone calls from them. So I thought I'd do a bit of research.
Looking at all the different phones available I decided to go for the Smasung Galaxy 2S. It seemed to be the most full featured phone currently available and being a bit of a gadget freak it ticked all the boxes :D
So, having decided on the phone, I now started looking for the best contract to suit me. I've always been a big internet user and often got the cautionary text from Vodafone warning me that I was about to exceed my data limit 500Mb per month.
Now I'm sure we've all heard of the word UNLIMITED in the sales blurb of phone sellers but the small print, very descretely placed in the corner stating 'subject to fair play usage! In other words, UNLIMITED didn't mean UNLIMITED!
So then I see an ad by Three Mobile - All You Can Eat Data. Rather than go straight to the shop, I logged into an independent Three forum and quizzed the AYCE claim. Yup, it really is UNLIMITED - 1Gig, 10Gig, 100Gig, up to you. This was confirmed on my visit to a Three shop.
Now, you might be wondering how you could ever use that much data on a mobile phone. Three allow 'tethering'. The Samsung Galaxy 2 has an App pre-installed that allows you to very easily setup a WiFi Hotspot. This means that I can connect my PC to the interet through the Samsung's hotspot, in fact, I can connect up to 4 PCs and never have to worry when downloading large files or watching online videos.
£35pm all in, less than I was paying to Vodafone and a free Samsung Galaxy 2 = Best deal out there.
Two weeks into my contract. Phone is just amazing and Hotspot proving VERY useful.
John