Ben
30th March 2005, 07:08 PM
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21463
Get a Nokia 6330 for nothing
By Tony Dennis: Saturday 26 February 2005, 23:49
YOU CAN BUY a 3G mobile handset from T-Mobile in the UK right now, but you cant have 3Gs video calling or high data speeds yet. How soft a soft launch is that?
It turns out that T-Mobile is anxious to let its customers get their hands on Nokias 3G compatible 6630 handset. So it is offering price plans that enable you to purchase one, even though the operator has yet to launch a full 3G voice network. It has been offering 3G data cards for a while, though.
Labelled as its online offer of the week, you can get the 6630 absolutely free and pay half the line rental cost (£21) for six months. Itll then go up to £42 per month.
What that seems to suggest is that T-Mobile wont bother to offer a full 3G service until September 2005. Why is T-Mobile offering the handset now when the 6630 will only support 3G services when they launch?
The answer seems to lie with the fact that it has 10MB of internal memory as well as a 64MB MMC card. So purchasers can store loads of pictures, games and videos too. And the phone is future proof.
Dont lose the 6630, though, because youll have to pay £370 to replace it without insurance. Thats rich coming from an operator which is insisting that subsidies on pre-pay phones are unnecessary.
Get a Nokia 6330 for nothing
By Tony Dennis: Saturday 26 February 2005, 23:49
YOU CAN BUY a 3G mobile handset from T-Mobile in the UK right now, but you cant have 3Gs video calling or high data speeds yet. How soft a soft launch is that?
It turns out that T-Mobile is anxious to let its customers get their hands on Nokias 3G compatible 6630 handset. So it is offering price plans that enable you to purchase one, even though the operator has yet to launch a full 3G voice network. It has been offering 3G data cards for a while, though.
Labelled as its online offer of the week, you can get the 6630 absolutely free and pay half the line rental cost (£21) for six months. Itll then go up to £42 per month.
What that seems to suggest is that T-Mobile wont bother to offer a full 3G service until September 2005. Why is T-Mobile offering the handset now when the 6630 will only support 3G services when they launch?
The answer seems to lie with the fact that it has 10MB of internal memory as well as a 64MB MMC card. So purchasers can store loads of pictures, games and videos too. And the phone is future proof.
Dont lose the 6630, though, because youll have to pay £370 to replace it without insurance. Thats rich coming from an operator which is insisting that subsidies on pre-pay phones are unnecessary.