January 24, 2011
Free Cellular Phone Upgrades: How Can You Know If You Are Getting The Greatest Deal? By Rolanda Vang
Mobile phone upgrades are easy to do - if you know where and how to do it. See more here: Make it happen
A "mobile phone upgrade" is where an existing user of a network (eg T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange, O2, 3G, Virgin and many others), who has been with that network for about 1 yr since getting their last mobile phone, gets a brand new mobile phone from the network at a free, or cheap discount price, in return for agreeing to stick with that network for one more year, with a 12 month contract agreement. The client keeps his or her current mobile phone number, and stays with the same network. This is called a "mobile phone upgrade" - usually it is a free mobile phone upgrade!
To get the very best offer for a free or cheap mobile phone upgrade, you should understand this. The mobile phone networks pay a mobile phone dealer more for a brand new user (new mobile phone contract) than they do for a mobile phone upgrade customer. This odd situation has been the same for many years. The only network that seems to pay mobile phone sellers almost as much for an upgrade user as for a brand new free mobile phone user is Three (also known as three or 3G). The other mobile phone networks simply do not seem to value their existing customers as much!
For further reading from the same author click here: Is this for you?
The craziness of this example is that it encourages you to be disloyal to your present network.
What does this mean to you? How are you going to get the best deal from knowing all this, so you may get a free mobile phone upgrade AND get other benefits? Read on …
The amount that a mobile phone dealer can give to you will depend upon how much money he's making. If he's making more money from a 'new' mobile phone contract customer than for an upgrade user, then he will be able to give the 'new' mobile phone contract user a much bigger discount or a free mobile phone or possibly more!
Now, do you know that as an alternative to upgrading your telephone on the same network (where you probably will not get such a good deal or a free mobile phone and many others), you'll be able to switch to a NEW and different network AND maintain your existing mobile phone number? This is true.
Now, understanding that you may maintain your mobile phone number, and that you can normally get a greater deal as a 'new' user on another network, what are you going to do?
You'll be able to simply turn into a 'new' user on a different network … this new network then treats you as a brand new user, offers you all the free mobile phone bonuses and gifts, and so on, AND you keep your mobile phone number!
So by simply looking around at all the offers available to you on all the other networks
Before you are taking the jump and switch to a different network for your free mobile phone upgrade, think about this …
Imagine you call your present network to inform them that you are considering leaving them to switch to another mobile network. Typically, that individual you talk to will be on a commission to keep your business: ie they'll earn a bit of cash if they'll convince you to stick with that mobile phone network.This means that you can use this to your advantage.
Tell them that you have had a fantastic offer from another network (and don't lie - they'll most certainly know exactly what you can get with another network). Merely ask them if they'll equal or better the deal offered by this other network.
If they'll equal it, then it's most likely not worth the hassle of switching mobile phone networks and the paperwork. It isn't too much hassle to do the switch, however, clearly it's simpler to stick with your present mobile phone network.
Free mobile phone upgrades can be got in this way quite simply by understanding how the system works and how the money works in cell phones and free mobile phone upgrades.
So the next time, just ask your present mobile phone network if they are going to better the free mobile phone offer from another network.
Brought to you by Rolanda Vang




