broken phone (contract)

[jonwoad]

Hi guys,

My phone is broked :( so I need to get it fixed. It is under contract from Orange so I guess I need to call them.

What do I do in the mean time if I have to send it to be sorted? i do have a spare fone but not sure if it's unlocked...

How long would they take to fix it?

[jonwoad]

Grrrrr... thought I had insurance, was told I had insurance, but I dont have insurance so I have to send it off to Nokia for them to fix it :(

[wonderlust]

loose it an claim on your home contents insurance?

[jonwoad]

erm, would do if we had it...

[wonderlust]

ahhh ok

[marsey99]

not much you can do bud, i have a few old 1s kicking about just incase.

you could get a cheapo pay as you go phone on the same network for about £20 but....

you have a n95 dont you? what have you done to it?

[jonwoad]

just that the ear peice is crackling... i'm going to take it to the nokia shop in manchester see if they can do anything there. I got my old phone at home still... i liked that phone :)

[PeterStoba]

My mates n95 broke, was a straight swap in the store

[jonwoad]

How old was it?

[PeterStoba]

About a week or 2

[Lynx]

Take it to carphone warehouse, they will repair it and bill orange :)

[jonwoad]

I'm going to send it to nokia by free post... using my old D600 in the mean time

[wonderlust]

hmm, what if it goes missing in the post?

[jonwoad]

I was going to try sending it thru s**tylink so it's insured. Might send it recorded actually... hmm

[wonderlust]

recorded/special delivery are cheaper than replacing the phone! :D

[jonwoad]

Yup, orange quoted me 300 quid to get it replaced or something... didnt really listen as I was in shock!

[wonderlust]

lol, my trion is nearer £500 to replace :eek:

[jonwoad]

but my N95 is nearly a year old!! :( ah well

[PeterStoba]

Don't royal mail it, they aren't insured

[wonderlust]

depends on the option you choose

[jonwoad]

Was looking at Special delivery with compensation up to 500

[Totem]

Was looking at Special delivery with compensation up to 500

Cant you just send it through work?

[jonwoad]

via sh*tylink? lol

[PeterStoba]

via sh*tylink? lol

Ah, but it's ok for the customer is it? :P

[jonwoad]

Lol

[Mul.]

I've been coping with a a scratched up Orange SPV with semi broken 3,6,9 and # keys. Fell out of my pocket at a gig :|

[wonderlust]

which spv?

[PeterStoba]

I don't use a phone!

[Mul.]

which spv?

C550. I had a C600 before that but that went walkies during an expedition. My Samsung D900 before that got screen corruption. You can tell that I'm lucky like that..

[wonderlust]

that a shame i have an HTC Wizard (same as spv m3000)that has a broken charge point, so the screen and keyboard are ok, but not any good for you, sorry.

[Mul.]

Bummer. No harm done I guess. It's upgrade time again and I'm looking at the SPV E650.

[jonwoad]

I'm not going to upgrade next time it's due, going to cancel contract then get PAYG

[wonderlust]

Bummer. No harm done I guess. It's upgrade time again and I'm looking at the SPV E650.

not bad, I prefer the full screen smartphones, depending what comes out new before i am due my upgrade, I am looking to upgrade to the O2 Stellar (HTC Tytn2).

[Mul.]

I quite like them too. I just can't warrant anything quite as big. It's mainly used as the phone but tend to prefer windows based smartphones as I like the synchronising software.

[wonderlust]

I have used an ipaq for tomtom sat nav for some time (since v3) and having a smartphone meant not having to carrry 2 devices :D The mini S I had (htc Wizard) was just about quick enough to run it, the trion (tytn1) is plenty fast enough.

[jonwoad]

I wanted an XDA but could never afford one at the time :(