Those salad only iPad deals are pretty good. Wish there was more of a range to choose from though. Getting a bit fed up of Caesar.
bdmhenderson
3 Apr 175#1
I saw this today in store, it was a pay monthly deal rather than a pay as you go deal
sterawstron
4 Apr 174#21
Yes I understand the deal BUT surely quoting £9.99 is misleading if the minimum outlay is £21.99, guess I'm just an idiot! I bow down to your superior knowledge and intelligence
DominikB
3 Apr 173#9
30 days notice applies overall cost around £23
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bdmhenderson
3 Apr 175#1
I saw this today in store, it was a pay monthly deal rather than a pay as you go deal
ryanshelton
3 Apr 17#2
Could you stick a normal sim in this or would it need a mifi sim?
dimuc
3 Apr 171#3
Any data only sim deals to go with it?
spodham
3 Apr 171#4
You used to be able to cancel the contract I don't know if you still can.
maverickyork
3 Apr 171#5
i had an IPAD deal with 3 at the time and i got a midi device and took the SIM out the IPAD and i connected upto 4 devices using the 15gb.... when i checked with 3 they said it was ok as it was a salad only IPAD deal.
maverickyork
3 Apr 171#6
it says 1 month rolling contract so you can set it up and then cancel but it looks like you will act pay the 1st month and the you will be credit checked ASWELL.
MisterSkinflint to maverickyork
4 Apr 17#23
As well is two words and isn't usually all capitals. This also applies to..... A lot and a bit.
mobiletech
3 Apr 172#7
You have to give 30 days notice so even on a 30 day rolling contract you would need to pay 2 monthly billing cycles with the cheapest at £12 for 2GB the minimum you'd pay for the device overall is £34. I'd rather fork out a little more for a Pay As You Go version and not have the hassle of signing up in store / credit checks and having to ring to cancel.
DominikB to mobiletech
3 Apr 17#8
You're wrong mate.
xdaminis to mobiletech
4 Apr 17#10
At least you understand how this works. This type of deal has been posted many a time, and still we get the idiots that think it is £9.99 in total.
AndyRoyd to mobiletech
4 Apr 17#11
Buy device on day 1 and give termination notice on day 1 = minimum contratual obligation of 30 days.
If cheapest monthly contract is £12, then minimum contractual cost is £12 when termination notice is given on day 1, implying overall minimum cost would be £21.99 including hardware.
DominikB
3 Apr 173#9
30 days notice applies overall cost around £23
reidy1970
4 Apr 17#12
I would not bother with this,i have one and the battery in it is rubbish,and it keeps switching itself of even if you have it plugged in.
BubaMan to reidy1970
4 Apr 172#13
The Huawei E5573 is infinitely better - battery, reception and reliability.
soulio
4 Apr 175#14
Those salad only iPad deals are pretty good. Wish there was more of a range to choose from though. Getting a bit fed up of Caesar.
vinsona85
4 Apr 172#15
This was a right pain to buy. I had previously bought the 32gb for £14.50 sim deal posted a few weeks back and needed this to connect my devices to. Even though I already had a contract with EE I had to pass their credit check a second time instore..then when we finally got to the end the system asked if the customer (me) already had a EE contract. Surely the system could have asked this first! bypassing any further checks. Anyway so I now had two sims active so I called to cancel the one I had got from Currys. Typical mobile company cancelled the wrong sim card so i was paying £12 for 2gb (or something) rather than the 32gb for £14.50. What a pain to sort out as now they have to call me as the bill is going to be too difficult to work out what they have/supposed to be charging when first bill arrives. Why cant they just sell the device on it's own!
Dodge62
4 Apr 171#16
This is the Osprey 2, right? Have they fixed the firmware so it doesn't go into sleep mode if you don't use it for 10 minutes? Makes it pretty much useless in my opinion unless they have. Osprey 1 is much better but unavailable.
pengwyn to Dodge62
4 Apr 17#19
Nope they haven't, it's supposed to save battery power but they should give you a firmware update to turn this feature off so you can have the best of both worlds. Still flying the osprey 1 with that 32 deal here. You can leave the 1 plugged into a power socket and it's on permanently. Get one off ebay
tommysquelch
4 Apr 17#17
Anyone know if you can use an Asda 4G sim with this considering they leech off EE's network?
BigTimeDealer
4 Apr 17#18
I am all 4 GEE alright!!!
hukduserr
4 Apr 171#20
32gb for 29 quids a month?
sterawstron
4 Apr 174#21
Yes I understand the deal BUT surely quoting £9.99 is misleading if the minimum outlay is £21.99, guess I'm just an idiot! I bow down to your superior knowledge and intelligence
HotDealKev
4 Apr 171#22
I agree. If you have to pay £21.99 to get the thing then that is the cost.
firstofficer
4 Apr 17#24
Waste of space.
Cold.
Regards.
cloud1
4 Apr 172#25
Voting hot to counter the idiot above.
hpaytonjones
4 Apr 17#26
We bought this last year and put £20 credit on for a journey to legoland from north West thinking it would do both ways. We were far from wrong. Two children playing games or watching tv and the credit was used before we arrived at the hotel. Same thing on another journey credit gone really quickly, its cheaper to link to our phones that use this.
jamesdew to hpaytonjones
5 Apr 17#28
yes streaming video over this will eat up the data in no time.
vtec
5 Apr 17#27
can this be used to replace home broadband? is wifi range good?
AndyRoyd to vtec
5 Apr 17#29
Review the 3 network KFI. If OK with the KFI t&c, proceed to:
obtain any Android handset (unlocked to 3); 4G capability optional.
Obtain any 3 contract or PAYG SIM with 4G AYCE data (genuinely unlimited).
Install FoxFi app and buy FoxFi key at around £6.
Tether as much 4G data as your location allows (or 3G data if using non-4G handset).
Job done.
3 network KFI dated Feb 2017 here.
Foxfi app here and key here.
PAYG AYCE 4G data options at http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM/Pay_As_You_Go
or SIMO AYCE 4G data options at http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM/Plans_for_phones
Dodge62 to vtec
5 Apr 17#30
No, because of the problem of it turning off when not used for a few minutes - even when permanently connected to power. You'll very quickly get fed up with having to go to the device and turn it back on every time you want to use broadband. It's an incredibly stupid design.
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If cheapest monthly contract is £12, then minimum contractual cost is £12 when termination notice is given on day 1, implying overall minimum cost would be £21.99 including hardware.
Cold.
Regards.
obtain any Android handset (unlocked to 3); 4G capability optional.
Obtain any 3 contract or PAYG SIM with 4G AYCE data (genuinely unlimited).
Install FoxFi app and buy FoxFi key at around £6.
Tether as much 4G data as your location allows (or 3G data if using non-4G handset).
Job done.
3 network KFI dated Feb 2017 here.
Foxfi app here and key here.
PAYG AYCE 4G data options at http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM/Pay_As_You_Go
or SIMO AYCE 4G data options at http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM/Plans_for_phones