Page 1 of New Orange 12m free offers (April 2006) - 15 handsets, 7 tariffs, 5 retailers!!!

Updated to include the latest set of 12 month free Orange contracts from The Mobile Outlet, including the Sony Ericsson W550i, Sony Ericsson K750i and Samsung D500

Now that the mobile retailers have had a few days to digest the new Orange tariffs and commission structures offered by the network a whole new set of 12 month free deals have finally emerged:

The retailers that currently seem to be competing in this area are as follows (including a brief synopsis of their cashback T&Cs):

Phones2U Direct (P2U)
Non-affiliate link: http://www.phones2udirect.co.uk

cashback claimable in 3 equal parts after 6, 9 & 12 months
claims required within 14 days of relevant bill date
cashback claims processed within 28 days of receipt
all claims depend on the success of all previous claims
only original bills will be accepted


Phonebox Direct (PBD)
non-affiliate link: http://www.phoneboxdirect.co.uk

cashback claimable in 5 equal parts after 4, 6, 8, 10 & 12 months
claims required within 28 days of relevant bill date
cashback claims processed within 14 days of receipt
all claims depend on the success of all previous claims
only original bills will be accepted


Cool New Mobile (CNM)
non-affiliate link: http://www.coolnewmobile.co.uk

cashback claimable in 5 equal parts after 4, 6, 8, 10 & 12 months
claims required within 28 days of relevant bill date
cashback claims processed within 14 days of receipt
all claims depend on the success of all previous claims
only original bills will be accepted


Buy Mobile Phones (BMP)
non-affiliate link: http://www.buymobilephones.net

cashback claimable in 3 equal parts after 4, 8 & 12 months
claims required within 28 days of relevant bill date
cashback claims processed within 28-56 days of receipt
all claims depend on the success of all previous claims
only original bills will be accepted


The Mobile Outlet (TMO)
non-affiliate link: http://www.themobileoutlet.co.uk

cashback claimable in 2 equal parts after 6 & 12 months
(second payment requires two separate claims after 11 & 12 months)
claims required within 21 days of relevant bill date
cashback claims processed within 28 days of receipt
only original bills will be accepted


and the 12 month free line rental deals on Orange currently on offer are as follows (abbreviations for each retailer in brackets are used below for ease of reading):


£30/month


Dolphin 30 [100 xnet anytime mins + 100 texts]
Siemens C72 (P2U)
Nokia 6030 (P2U)
Nokia 3120 (P2U)
LG F2250 (PBD, CNM, BMP)
Motorola L6 (TMO)

Racoon 30 [200 xnet anytime mins + 100 fixed line anytime mins]
Motorola L6 (TMO)
Sony Ericsson W550i (TMO)

Canary 30 [200 xnet anytime mins + 75 texts + 50 Off-Peak Orange mins]
Motorola L6 (TMO)
Sony Ericsson W550i (TMO)

OVP O2 200 [200 xnet anytime mins + 50 texts]
Motorola V3 (pink) (TMO)
Motorola V3 (black) (TMO)
Samsung D500 (TMO)
Sony Ericsson W550i (TMO)
Sony Ericsson K750i (TMO)
Motorola L6 (TMO)
Motorola L7 (TMO)


£35/month


Racoon 35 [240 xnet anytime mins + 120 fixed line anytime mins]
Samsung X660 (P2U)
Motorola L6 (P2U)
Nokia 1600 (P2U)
Nokia 6021 (P2U)
Nokia 6030 (PBD, CNM)
LG F2250 (PBD, CNM)


£40/month


Canary 40 [300 xnet anytime mins + 100 texts + 75 Off-Peak Orange mins]
Orange SPV C550 (PBD, CNM)
Motorola L6 (PBD, CNM, TMO)
LG F2250 (PBD, CNM)
Samsung X660 (PBD)
Nokia 1600 (PBD, CNM)
Nokia 3120 (PBD, CNM)
Nokia 6030 (PBD, CNM)


£45/month


Panther 45 [400 xnet anytime mins + 100 texts + 100 extra xnet anytime mins with 3G handsets]
Motorola V3 (Black) (P2U, TMO)
Motorola V3 (Pink) (TMO)
Samsung E350 (P2U)
Motorola L6 (PBD, CNM)
Motorola SLVR L7 (P2U, TMO)
LG F2250 (PBD, CNM)
Nokia 1600 (PBD, CNM)
Nokia 3120 (PBD, CNM)
Nokia 6030 (PBD, CNM)
Samsung X660 (PBD)
Sony Ericsson W550i (TMO)


As usual, a more detailed explanation of the financial structure of each of the above deals can be found on my website, along with a choice of both affiliate (green) and non-affiliate (blue) links direct to each of the deals. simply cut and paste the relevant link into your browser address bar.

All Cool New Mobile deals: http://www.reestitmutton.co.uk/MOBILES/index.php?query=retailer&value=29
All Phonebox Direct deals: http://www.reestitmutton.co.uk/MOBILES/index.php?query=retailer&value=64
All Phones2U Direct deals: http://www.reestitmutton.co.uk/MOBILES/index.php?query=retailer&value=65
All Buy Mobile Phones deals: http://www.reestitmutton.co.uk/MOBILES/index.php?query=retailer&value=63
All Mobile Outlet deals: http://www.reestitmutton.co.uk/MOBILES/index.php?query=retailer&value=56

Don`t forget...you can also go via a cashback site (e.g. RPoints, Quidco etc...) to claim some extra cash back. Alternatively, if your favourite charity maintains a list of the necessary affiliate links on their website, you can also effectively gift the commission to charity by using their affiliate link prior to placing your order.


HtH
RM

This item was edited on Friday, 7th April 2006, 15:52

I`ve just joined O2 via Cool New Mobile, and they also state that you must send original bills to them to claim, and suggest photocopying them incase they get lost in the post.

Since the subsiquent cash backs rely on previous successful claims I SERIOUSLY advise you to copy or scan them before posting them off.

New 12 month free deals from The Mobile Outlet (including Sony Ericsson W550i & Samsung D500) have now been added to the mix and the format of the OP has been tidied up somewhat to make it more readable.

There is now an amazing choice of 14 handsets across 7 different Orange tariffs from 5 separate retailers.

HtH
RM

The Mobile Outlet have now added the Sony Ericsson K750i on OVP O2 200 (12 months) to their list of 12 months free deals.

The OP has been updated to include this deal.

HtH
RM

These look like great offers, but am i right in thinking that those of us who are just ending the cool D500 orange offer wouldn`t be able to transfer our number and get these cool offers???

Isn`t there something daft where to get the good offers and keep your number you have to get your pac code and transfer to a different operator?

Quote:

Isn`t there something daft where to get the good offers and keep your number you have to get your pac code and transfer to a different operator?


Short answer:
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yes, porting your number is only possible when you change your network

longer answer:
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There is a way of keeping your number when resigning with the same network. Basically, you port your number onto a PAYG SIM on a different network and then a few weeks later request another PAC code from your PAYG network and pass this on to the network administering your new contract.

However, there is a big caveat with this...in some cases the network requires the PAC at the point of purchase (some O2 and Vodafone SPs are notorious for this) so you would have to live with your PAYG SIM for a while and wait for a good contract deal on your preferred network to come around. In this instance it would mean that you would have to accept that by the time you have your PAC and are ready to choose a new contract the current set of 12 month free deals may no longer be available.

HOWEVER, In the case of the Orange network, it is rumoured that they will accept a port in request any time up to 6 weeks into the contract. This was the case last time I asked (a while ago) so it is worth reconfirming this with them via your current contract customer services number rather than taking it as gospel. If this is indeed still the case you could purchase your choice of new contract (with new number) now while at the same time instigating your number port to PAYG on another network for your old number. By the time you`ve got around to rerequesting the PAC to port your number out of the PAYG and back to Orange you will still have time to pass the new PAC on to Orange to replace your new number.

In the meantime you will have to live with two numbers but, if you have two phones, you could just use your new Orange number for outgoing calls (against your free minute allowance) and only use the PAYG for taking incoming calls from friends/family/colleagues who can happily remain oblivious to your change in circumstances.

Complicated, I know...but it`s a solution nonetheless

HTH
RM