Free laptops offers from 3 and T-Mobile
Mobile phone companies seem to be giving away a lot of free laptops these days. Here are two of the latest offers from 3 and T-Mobile.
If you sign up to one of T-Mobile’s mobile broadband services (Mobile Broadband Plus), you get a snazzy new 15.4″ screen Acer TravelMate laptop on the house (worth £349.99 – Windows Vista platform – 120Gb hard drive). Also included in the package are 3 downloadable gigabytes a month, a free USB modem stick, 200 texts and automatic access to all of T-mobile’s WiFi hotspots.
All in all, it costs £30 a month and there’s a 24 month contract involved. Saying that, T-Mobile is purported to have one of the fastest networks in the UK (in Pc Pro magazine’s view). You also won’t get charged extra if you go over your monthly limit; however, your broadband usage could get restricted if you continue to exceed that amount every month. Read full story
Three (3) is offering a free laptop with its mobile broadband package. Cleverly called ‘Lock, Stock and Laptop’, the package includes broadband speeds of up to 2.8Mb, a monthly download usage of 5Gb, a free USB dongle and last but not least, the all important laptop (which is a Hewlett Packard one, by the way. 1Gb RAM, Minimum 120Gb hard drive, Vista Home Basic platform).
The catch is that the offer has to be taken up on a minimum 18-month contract. There are 3 different HP models available depending on which contract you decide to sign up to (18 or 24 months). Monthly payments start at £30.
Things for you to consider:
- do you already own a laptop? Is it fairly new/ old?
If you do need a new laptop, is 3’s deal worth it, or would it be cheaper to buy a laptop elsewhere and then take out a cheaper no-laptop package with 3? - can you commit to a contract of that length? Read full story
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I just got T-Mobile about a month ago and so far so good…
Awesome article!