Comments on: 3 Launch Skypephone In The UK

By: Sergio

Sergio — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:50:21 +0000

@ceedee i hadn’t noticed that the skypephone was that reasonably priced

By: ceedee

ceedee — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:50:07 +0000

@Sergio – well I don’t think you’ll get anything like the N95 for Â£50 payg or free on a Â£12/month tariff!
But keep on looking!

By: Sergio

Sergio — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:02:05 +0000

I would say i would want a branded mobile phone. The sort of spec i would be interested in would be on a n95. sat nav. 5mp camera etc..

By: ceedee

ceedee — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:09:31 +0000

@Sergio – from what I’ve read, the Skypephone looks to be a pretty good 3G mobile phone. What do you want it to do that isn’t included?

By: Sergio

Sergio — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:55:19 +0000

i dony see the point of skypephone. I’d rather buy a proper mobile

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:06:34 +0000

A very wise choice too Everton – they give away an incredible amount of free minutes each month. I even managed to have 3 contract phones running at one point this year, although that’s a story saved for another time!

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:29:49 +0000

I’m the same Matt – I don’t need VoIP as my T-mobile plan covers my needs

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:24:34 +0000

The phone looks good, but I’m not a fan of the 3 network at all. I’m not sure if they just have poor coverage down here on the South Coast of the UK, but any friend of mine who has signed up with them has ended up regretting it within a few months.

Personally I have a T-Mobile contract with a ridiculously large amount of free minutes/texts – and barely manage to use 30-40% of them each month.

By: Ryan at LG

Ryan at LG — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:49:59 +0000

Yes you can make regular calls with this phone as well so you wouldn’t need two phones at all .
3 are offering a Â£5/unlimited data package to go with it so that’s the cost per month of making the free calls with Skype.

You can get Skype as an application on phones already but what marks this out is the integration in the handset – this will be attractive to skype users. Plus contrary to Serg’s comment Â£50 for a 3G pay as you go handset is incredibly cheap.

Agreed though this will mainly be of interest to teens and the parents of teens looking to reduce billing costs and it looks like an excellent option

By: ceedee

ceedee — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:31:31 +0000

I’m confused — why would you need to carry a second mobile?
Just place normal GSM calls through the SkypePhone. After all, isn’t that what you’re paying the Â£10/Â£12 per month for?

By: Marcus The Lover

Marcus The Lover — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:07:58 +0000

My intuition tells me it may fizzle after a year. Like the sat phone that died in 99′

By: Micah

Micah — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:07:58 +0000

It sounds like a pretty neat phone, although more geared towards teens. It does sound like a cheap alternative to other Wi-Fi models, etc.

By: Sofna

Sofna — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:30:10 +0000

Nothing in the US huh? I dont see how this service will work out unless they can grab a pretty large market share.

By: Serg V

Serg V — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:50:38 +0000

Interesting ofer, but imho Â£49.99 expencive price, because most people skype use for reduce phone costs.

By: horisly

horisly — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:09:43 +0000

that’s great phone to allow users to make free calls to other Skype users, as well as free instant messaging.

By: Harishankar

Harishankar — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:27:34 +0000

wow, something that I have been waiting for. But I still got to wait for it to be launched in our country.