The HTC Touch Diamond is now available on Orange contracts as  of now with the best deal coming with 12 months half price lin rental thrown in!

The HTC Touch Diamond has been one of the most eagerly anticipated new mobile handsets of 2008 and the first opening contract offers have appeared on Orange contracts with the best release deal being with 12 months half price line rental (saving £210) and line rental working out £17.50 per month for 12 months and £35.00 thereafter.

You’ll receive £210.00 cash back from the retailer, paid in four stages of 52.50 at months 9, 12, 15 and 18. You have up to 60 days to send off each claim.

With this Orange contract you will get 600 anytime, any network minutes and unlimited texts per month.  Also you will get free calls to one Orange number of your choice and 2 for 1 cinema tickets with Orange Wednesdays

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Posted: July 4th, 2008 under Deals, News.
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Do you know your USB dongle from your USB data stick? Have you seen the adverts for something called “mobile broadband” but not understood what it’s all about?

Well mobile checker have added the following page to make the comparison of mobile broadband packages a whole lot easier:

Compare over 130 different mobile broadband deals available in the UK

We are planning to add the following explanations to the deals pages too but for now read on for everything mobile broadband related….

USB Stick, USB Dongle or Data Card?

Well, the most popular method of getting mobile broadband currently is the usb stick which is like a USB data (memory) stick in terms of size and ‘plug and play’ functionality and these are available on each of the following networks in slightly different designs which can be seen here:

3’s USB Stick, Orange’s USB Stick, Vodafone’s USB Stick and T-mobile’s USB Stick

A USB dongle is the older method of getting online where the dongle is the name of a slightly larger, plastic device with a lead trailing from it - it does exactly the same job as the usb stick but it’s a little bulkier.

The oldest mobile broadband devices are the data cards which, unlike the other 2 USB options, fit in the PMCIA slot of a laptop (note these will not work with a desktop PC!) - they are the size of several credit cards stacked together.

What if I don’t want to have to buy a new USB stick?

Well, what a lot of the current broadband literature and advertising doesn’t tell you is that you can use ANY 3G mobile phone connected either via bluetooth or a usb cable to surf the internet at broaband like speed. Yes, this is a little more cumbersome but you save the cost of the usb stick / dongle / data card and you will probably have your phone with you anyway wherever you are wanting to surf using mobile broadband!

For those of you that want to get the highest possible speeds using a mobile phone rather than a standalone USB device then look for a 3G device that has the newer and faster HSDPA technology (nicknamed 3.5G) connectivity.

Is mobile broadband really like the broadband I can get in my house?

The speeds you will get using USB style mobile broadband will vary based on the same factors that affect your current mobile phone - signal strength. If you are using these devices in a strong 3G signal area then you will likely not notice much difference in terms of speed compared to an existing home broadband connection. However if the 3G signal that your new USB mobile broadband connection you are planning to use is weak you will invariabally notice some speed issues.

Where you will likely notice a difference between standard home broadband and mobile broadband is download limits - there are restrictions that the networks place on the amount of web pages / files you can download for the price you are paying each month. The typical allowed usage is 3GB which should easily be enough for 95% of people that use the web to browse sites and download the odd music tracks etc but if you are planning to use mobile broadband as a permenent replacement for your home connection (losing your landline at the same time to cut bill costs maybe?) we would advise you to get the largest amount of bandwidth you can each month.

Want to know more?

Leave the Mobile Checker staff a comment at the end of this post and we will answer questions / queries here and if we get enough interest put together some help guides

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Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Deals, Mobile-Phones, Site news.
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A brilliant new deal on our best-selling mobile phone the Nokia N95 8gb is now on the site on a 12 month contract!

The deal is straight forward and involves no cashback - get a free Nokia N95 8GB on a standard 12 month contract for £35 per month on O2. The o2 tariff comes with 400 any time any netwrok (xnet) minutes and 500 texts per month.

The Nokia N95 8GB is an updated version of the standard N95. It has a larger screen – now 2.8 inches, 8GB memory and an improved battery life. Despite being a larger phone it feels surprisingly light to hold.

With a 2-way slide mechanism, a numeric keypad slides out from one end while dedicated media keys slide out from the opposite direction, converting the display into full screen landscape mode. With built-in GPS and Nokia Maps application you can locate your current position at any time, find specific routes or locate services such as restaurants and hotels and covering more than 15 million points of interest.

The 5 megapixel camera is one of the best cameras ever seen in a mobile phone and the N95 has a TV out port, enabling users to easily view photos and videos on a TV screen. The N95 is a 3G phone, which means fast web browsing, video streaming and music downloads.

Cheapest Nokia N95 8GB deals

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Posted: June 18th, 2008 under Deals.
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The Motorola ROKR E8 has just been released and is free on all pay monthly contracts from Orange.

The Motorola ROKR E8 is a much needed return to form for Motorola after seemingly not producing a decent, stand out mobile phone since the original v3 Razr. The E8 is a dedicated music phone with cutting-edge, easy-to-use controls that allow a smooth transition from phone to MP3 player to imaging device. Motorola’s breakthrough ModeShift technology presents you with the only the controls you need, at the time you need them, instantly transforming from music player to phone to imaging device with the touch of a button. Simply move your thumb across the FastScroll navigation wheel.

The face of the ROKR E8 is a sleek, seamless panel that features the first haptic touch pad from Motorola, which provides vibrating, tactile feedback when you touch the virtual buttons. It’s light too, just 100g and 10.6mm thin. Primarily a music phone, the device lets you load songs from multiple sources and is compatible with standard connectors, software and accessories.

There’s 2GB of memory, which can be expanded to 4GB using a microSD card. The ROKR E8 also has a built-in FM radio, a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, a 2 megapixel camera and a full HTML web browser.

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Posted: June 17th, 2008 under Deals, News.
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The UK mobile market seems to be moving away from cashback type incentives and more towards giving customers free gifts to get people to sign up to new mobile phone contracts.

We have come a long way from the original free Apple iPod nano deals  a few years back to the current ever expanding free gift with a mobile phone contract market where laptops, HD LCD TV’s, GPS units and even hair straighteners are being given away by the various retailers we compare to get people signed up to new contracts.

With the above in mind and also as a result of listening to users feedback we have created the following page which will show you all the free gifts currently available with mobile phone contracts and by clicking on any that tickle your fancy you will get taken to the standard, clear and easy to use mobile checker deals comparisons for that free gift

So whether you are after a present for someone or just want to spoil yourself when you are shopping for your next mobile deal have a look at our new Phones with Free Gifts page.

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Posted: June 6th, 2008 under Deals, Thoughts.
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Beepy Mobile Phones have a limited stock of Sim free (unlocked) 8GB Apple iPhones that they are giving away on over 50 of their contract deals alongside various handsets like the Samsung M110 Solid, Samsung D900i and the Nokia 6300 starting from only £25 per month!

The 8GB Apple iPhone is one of the most desirable handsets on the market and with o2 have having sold out of their 8GB models we have been inundated with people trying to find anybody with any iPhone stock on contract but these guys are now giving them as gifts - a UK first.

To get your iPhone you will need to do return your free gift claim form signed to Beepy, along with your “first paid” mobile phone bill.(This will be the 2nd bill you receive from your chosen network or a copy bank statement showing this payment along with your first bill). Claim documents will be processed 7 days after delivery and must be received within 90 days of connection.

Who are Beepy Mobile Phones?

Beepy Mobile Phones have some incredible opening offers that we haven’t seen before and are a part of the Shebang Distribution group, which is one of the largest independent suppliers of mobile phones in the UK dispatching over 250,000 phones in 2007.

Compare FREE Apple iPhone, sim free gift deals now…

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Posted: June 6th, 2008 under Deals.
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The Motorola Z10 is now available for free on O2 contracts with the pick of the current deals being the o2 tariff with 400 minutes and 1000 texts for only £30 per month.Motorola say their MOTO Z10 is a complete, pocket-sized, mobile filmstudio packed with next-gen 3G technology into a unique ergonomic slider design. It certain has some exciting video capabilities. Budding directors can capture high quality video at 30 frames per second, edit footage, and add a soundtrack, commentary and visual effects, all from the phone itself.

The MOTO Z10 has a 3.2 megapixel camera with instant launch and auto-focus. Ideal for capturing photos in a second. It has an intelligent auto-save feature, which automatically names and saves images directly to a media gallery. Photos and video can be instantly published to web sites such as YouTube, Yahoo! and Google without having to connect to a computer. The Z10 also has 3G and HSDPA for high speed downloads and streaming video over the web.

Compare Motorola Z10 deals

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Posted: April 30th, 2008 under Deals.
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Today we have managed to find the Nokia 6300 with 500 anytime minutes and 500 texts on Vodafone with 12 months FREE line rental on a 12 month contract

The Nokia 6300 is one of the best selling mobile phones of the last 12 months and has the following features:

• Ultra-slim - measures just 106 x 44 x 11.7mm and weighs 91gm
• FM Radio
• MP3 Player
• Bluetooth
• 2 Megapixel camera

This deal involves cashback which means you need to send in claims at different stages of your 12 month contract and you will receive £480 paid back to you at months 6, 8, 10 and 12. You have up to 60 days to send off each of these claims but if you follow the terms and conditions exactly then you will effectively have 500 minutes and 500 texts for free over the 12 months of your contract with your FREE Nokia 6300 phone.

Compare this Nokia 12 months free line rental 6300 and other 12 months free line rental deals now

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Posted: February 13th, 2008 under Deals.
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The stylish Giorgio Armani fashion phone (by Samsung) is proving to be a popular handset and it has just been reduced in price which will surely make it even more popular.

The phone itself oozes style and class and has the following features:

• iPhone-style touchscreen interface
• 3.2 Megapixel camera with 4x digitalzoom and LED flash
• Bluetooth
• MP3 Player

The best deal currently availabe is:

• Free Samsung Armani phone
• 3 Months Half Price line rental (You will recieve £52.50 cashback)
• 400 anytime minutes
• 500 texts
• £35 per month (£30.63 average over 12 month contract)

See this deal and compare all Samung Armani mobile phone deals

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