Dec
(6 Days Only)(Possible Total of £112) Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S White O2 – 21.50/month @ Dialaphone
(If this deal has already been posted at this exact same price with the exact same discounts, please let me know. I always do my best to make sure that I am not double posting. 
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If you vote Cold, please post your reasoning! I would love to know why.
Please make sure you read the full deal before voting, this doesn’t involve redemption. The work involved to get this price takes 1 hour maximum when you receive the phone and 10mins maximum after 9 months.
How To Get To The Deal
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Links won’t get you straight to the deal because of the menu system on dialaphone.
1. Follow the deal link. This takes you to the List of offers for the Arc S on Dialaphone.
3. Set the network as O2 only.
4. The deal is the second cheapest, based on effective costs.
Deal is 500MB Data, £110 Auto Cashback, 100mins, 500 texts for £21.50.
Calculations
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Basic monthly rate – £21.50
Remove Data Bolt on (-£6/month)
Downgrade contract after 9 months (-£5/month for last 14 months)
Payment for first 9 months – £15.50/month
Payment for last 14 months – £10.50/month
(15.5 x 9) + (10.5 x 14) = 297
Minus £110 “Automatic cashback”
Minus £50 Quidco
Minus £25 Sony Cashback
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Total Price – £112
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Work Involved
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1. Buy through Quidco
2. Remove Gadget Helpline (5mins, copy code from an email onto the website to unsubscribe)
3. Remove data bolt on. (10mins, talk to an O2 advisor online, say “Bought a contract with an internet bolt on, don’t want the bolt on anymore, I have not used any internet, please remove it”, they will ask for your security question (post code when you purchased the phone..)
4. Fill in O2 cashback forms and send in the post. (30mins)
5. After 9 months log in online at O2 and downgrade contract (5mins, is done with a couple of clicks online)
Questions and Answer
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Q. What’s the use of a smartphone without data, you’ve just removed the data so it’s not worth doing.
A. Look at this deal as buying a £350 phone for £112 and paying for it over 24 months, you would then use your Payg sim card in it. You also then get the upgrade offers after the contract has ended.
Q. O2 states you can only downgrade after half of your contract has finished, why do you say you can downgrade after 9 months?
A. The contract I received through the post states that you can downgrade after 9 months. There have been a lot of offers similar to this posted on here and everyone has had the same contract that states you can downgrade after 9 months. If they don’t allow you to – they are breaking the contract. In the unlikely event your contract states 12 months, this deal will be £15 more expensive.
Q. What is the Sony Ericsson Cashback?
A. Sony Ericsson are offering £25 cashback to anyone who buys an Xperia Arc, Xperia Ars S or Ray before the 31st December. Follow this link: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cashback/
Q. Are there any risks?
A.
1. Quidco cashback isn’t guaranteed
2. Being able to downgrade after 9 months isn’t guaranteed, if there isn’t a lower tariff to downgrade to in 9 months, you won’t be able to downgrade.
Both are very very unlikely, but possible.
Any questions, I will try to answer as soon as possible. I took this contract out a couple of months ago, although it wasn’t with the Sony Cashback, I successfully Removed the data bolt on, paid by Quidco and also received the £110 Automatic cashback via cheque, so if you have any questions about the process, let me know.
CB period extended to next year it seems. “To claim your £25 cashback, simply download your voucher, print out and fill in your claim form. Then send it to us by 31st January 2012, along with proof of purchase and your IMEI code.”
- siliconbits
