Paying for 2 mobile phone contracts...? Advice please

[macs]

I'm coming towards the end of my current mobile phone contract (due upgrade in approx 1 month and contract ends in 3) but the phone I have (Sony Xperia J) is complete rubbish now: apps crash constantly, can't get gps reliably, really slow at opening apps etc etc. I also find the 250mb of data that my contract has is a little on the tight side as I often get close to the limit towards the end of the month (500mb would be better and 1gb would be great).

My work mobile is a Samsung Galaxy S3 and I think it's great. It's not got too many apps on it to slow it down but it does everything at a speed I expect it to. It found gps signal in about 2 seconds the other day, my Xperia J struggles to find it in 2 mintues. So because of this, I'm thinking I'm going to try to find a deal with the S3 as the phone.

I've had a look around and have found some deals which would work for my requirements in terms of minutes, texts and data all with the S3 phone that I'd like and all at prices i'm prepared to pay (i'm currently on £15/month and don't want to spend more).

Would I be silly to get a new deal now whilst my current deal is ongoing? Would I be able to take my current phone number now? Should I wait until my current deal is up? But would that risk not being able to ge the S3 on a deal I want. Are better deal going to be avilable just before or after Christmas?

I'm sorry if the questions above are very basic but I know nothing about the mobile phone market and what the trends are etc. I just know what I want from my phone and the apps on it.

 

[Tigger.ufo]

Have you talked to your current provider to see if they will give you what you want?

 

[neil_g]

shouldnt be a problem, just ask for a PAC or PUC (i forget which it is to transfer your number) code. when your number is transferred you should just get a number from the pool assigned to the old phone.

 

[srichards]

Phone is possibly running short on memory. It's worth going through the reset options starting with the least destructive but be prepared to wipe it and start afresh. Then load it with only the most important apps.

If you take your current number by getting a PAC you usually automatically disconnect from your current contract so you'd have to pay the remainder off now. Check your contract small print to see whether you can do the pool number thing.

 

[macs]

Phone is possibly running short on memory. It's worth going through the reset options starting with the least destructive but be prepared to wipe it and start afresh. Then load it with only the most important apps.

I did that about a month or so ago using the master reset option and only installed 5-6 apps but it's still really slow.

Thanks for all the other advice guys. I think from the advice here and friends maybe waiting til the end of my current contract to be able to negotiate the best deal with my current provider but failing that I'll buy the s3 sim free then get a sim only deal for what I want for peanuts. Does that sound like a decent idea?

 

[seriousrikk]

Personally I would live with it for a month then see what 3 can offer.