Mobile networks - next stop, Voodoofone?

[denny]

I'm considering moving away from Orange... they used to be pretty good for new handsets, but lately they seem to be well behind on offering the shiny toys I want. They also keep putting their own firmware on them (Orange Homescreen), which is incredibly poor quality crap which destroys the UI, but I think most networks do similar these days from what I hear. Firmware flashing seems to be the way forward where that problem is concerned.

Anyway, I'm thinking Vodafone is probably the next network to check out for reliability and coverage (two things that I've never had a problem with on Orange). Unless anyone has either recent Vodafone horror stories to offer, or better networks to pimp?

I'm probably looking to get either a Nokia N95 8GB, or an N82 if anyone is offering those yet. I'll want a data package, quite a few texts per month, and a relatively low amount of minutes (use a phone to talk to people? What a strange idea!)

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[mr_magicfingers]

750 mins, 3000 texts, unlimited data (in reality 120mb which is enough) + free N95 8Gb, £45/month.

Vodafone coverage is much better and more reliable than T-mobile's ever was and that nice Mr. Whatley will flash your phone and get rid of the silly vodafone branding if you ask him nicely.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

The difference between 'unlimited' and '120MB' is so incredibly rude that it's one of the things biasing me against them presently. Everyone else at least puts their lying 'no limits oh except that one' limit somewhere in the GB range!