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Orange will launch 24-month contracts on three key tariffs next week, just as many retailers and manufacturers complain that 18-month contracts have slowed the market by trapping customers into long deals.
Orange has added extra minutes and texts to the 24-month deals in a bid to lure customers and keep them for longer. Meanwhile, Virgin is moving the other way, by launching six-month deals.
Orange is offering a new Racoon 24-month online deal with 1,200 minutes, 150 texts and unlimited landline calls on weekends for £35. Racoon 35 currently offers 800 minutes and 100 texts and landline calls on an 18-month deal.
The deals will be aimed at consumers looking for value in their deals and who do not mind keeping the same handset for at least two years.
How the 24-month deals stack up
Dolphin 35 - £35
24 months 900 minutes Unlimited texts Unlimited landline calls
18 months 600 minutes Unlimited texts £100 credit
12 months 300 minutes 300 texts Unlimited weekend texts
Racoon 35 - £35
24 months 1,200 minutes 150 texts Unlimited landline calls
18 months 800 minutes 100 texts Unlimited weekend landlines + £100 credit
12 months 400 minutes 50 texts Unlimited weekend landlines
Canary 40 - £40
24 months 1,400 minutes 450 texts Unlimited Orange calls
18 months 950 minutes 300 texts Unlimited Orange calls + £100 credit
12 months 450 minutes 200 texts Unlimited weekend Orange calls
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Posted: 2007-04-04 01:07:25
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I would never sign up to something that long. I mean not only are you stuck if your circumstances change but also if you wanted to upgrade i am sure Orange will charge a huge fee. I lost my job after ten years and with not much luck afterwards i declared myself bankrupt though i was living with my dad. But 2 of my creditors were mobile contracts and the official reciever said they are not worth the paper they are written on. I think contracts are a rip off never again.
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Posted: 2007-04-04 10:43:27
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24 months has been fairly standard in Australia for a while now
I think this will be the maximum though as I cannot imagine the operators introducing anything longer than that
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Posted: 2007-04-04 10:47:48
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....and 6 month-ers from Virgin! A great change
Orange'll be lucky tho; who'll wait 2 years before upgrading their handset??
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Posted: 2007-04-04 10:57:51
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voda tried this out a long while back if u remember where they offered an extra 10% off the line rental and some extra mins and txts and it flopped like a big wet kipper... thats when they brought out 18mthers lol...
J.
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Posted: 2007-04-04 11:08:46
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