Phone-tastic failure

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

See that phone? Right there, yes that’s the one, the one I want. Isn’t it pretty? It’s all the rage and it’s got so many cool features and things about it that just makes it so appealing. I can’t say no, I can’t and I don’t want to. So why don’t I own one? Well, let me tell you.

I have been on the lookout for a new phone for a while now and I want one that’ll serve me as an mp3 player as well since I don’t have one of those at the moment. And I found this, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. It seemed perfect and with a contract from O2 it would only be £15 a month. I’d get 100 free minutes and unlimited texts to any network. Sounds pretty sweet, doesn’t it? Well that’s what I thought at least, so I went to O2 and told them what I wanted, we were about to finish the transaction, but then! Then, they tell me that they want a £200 deposit because I’m not a UK citizen. So I try ordering online. They now want a £100 deposit that would be refunded after 3 months because they can’t “verify my address”. Fuck that, thought I and went to a 3rd  party retailer, thinking I’d have better luck there. I was wrong. O2 stopped that transaction as well in the end. Now they wouldn’t let me sign up for a contract at all. I wasn’t even offered to pay a deposit. Apparently O2 are rejecting 90% of new customers that wants to sign up to a contract. I suppose they have a lot of people owing them money already.

So I thought, screw it! and decided to leave it for now. In the end I think it would be more beneficial if I saved up and bought the phone and got a pay-as-you-go sim. I’d end up paying less and I’d have more control over my phone bill. Or I could just stick with the phone I have and get a nice mp3-player instead. I really miss having one, so I’ll have to come up with some sort of solution soon.