I would guess that if you were leaving Telstra it would be a lot more I'm guessing that they have charged you for the handset and seeing as you're staying with them and upgrading then they have taken that into consideration.
Just to let you know that the iphone gets a bit hot with a long call too but I ear the earpiece a lot
i have left a contract with 3.. to a new contract with 3. only had a few months left and from memory they just charged me the monthly $$ that we spend each month x how many remaining months there were.
i would say telstra is different because they are generally more expensive than anyone else. (not a fan of telstra)
with telstra they have two levels of breaking contract. a pen1 (or first teir penalty) is when you are breaking your contract and paying it over the duration of the contract term. a pen2 (or total penalty) is where you're paying it all out in a lump sum. the bulk of contracts now have the pen1 (monthly installments) and pen 2 (lump sum) adding up to the same - and it can work out less than the value of the contract remaining (is usually worked out to cover the value of the phone - if you got a less expensive phone it will be less). if you got your phone in july last year, you'd have a fair amount of time left still.
do you have a cap phone plan (phone free) or a cap plan with phone replayment option (MRO) and were they doing the penalty for breaking the cap plan or the phone. if you have an MRO, all you'd be doing is paying out the value of the handset - your plan would be able to be recontracted without penalty
Re heating up - my iPhone does get quite hot, but generally after about half hour of talking or games, or any other constant use.
Something else to note with iPhones, and this is really my only complaint, is that the battery runs down SO fast! I charge mine every night, because if I don't it'll run out the next day. If you're playing games or making calls, it'll run out in a day. If you're not using it, it'll run down in about a day and a half.
Apart from that, I don't know how I lived before my iPhone
We broke one about 9 months early and only had about $100 to pay out That was due to a stolen phone Was also through T at the time, but we are with 3 now and I am really happy there and at the moment only playing for our plans as out phones are paid for
if you have an MRO, you can opt to continue paying your phone, and add the iphone mro on top of it. i'm not sure exactly what the options are as i don't work there any more (and haven't done for ummmm over five years), but you can definitely have more than one mro on the go at any given time.
Umm I'd be telling them your current phone is stuffed! I had my E51 for almost 2 years (broke my contract yesterday, 2 months early, they waived fees) and NEVER had an issue with it at all EVER. I only got a new phone because DP needed a new phone and I was closer to the end of my contract than he was. So he got my phone and I got the new one (score).
If the phone is heating up that much then it may be a faulty phone issue - handsets have a 12 month warranty.
Found this on Whirlpool:
Does anyone find that the E51 gets hot after a few minutes of use?
Good question. I find it doesn't get hot unless it's charging and I speak on it for a few minutes. It doesn't get hot while just charging and it doesn't get hot while just speaking...weird.
Yep
The bugger does get hot
You'll need a cover just for insulation.
Damn fine phone although I'd like to change the front on the front screen so i can read it.
And yes, BG is correct. The monthly repayment of the phone either as one-off payment, or as a recurring monthly. If you're upgrading the phone but staying on the monthly access contract (if you chose one) then that will continue until it ends.
The phone payment is separate from the monthly access contract (which isn't mandatory).
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Anyone broken a mobile phone contract early?
I'm guessing that they have charged you for the handset and seeing as you're staying with them and upgrading then they have taken that into consideration.
That was due to a stolen phone
Was also through T at the time, but we are with 3 now and I am really happy there and at the moment only playing for our plans as out phones are paid for
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