Featured contract mobile phones for people with bad credit – Blackberry Curve 8520
Welcome back to another update on those mobiles that our website users are reporting good acceptance rates. At the moment the Blackberry Curve 8520 is definitely up there amongst the choices of contract mobile phones for people with bad credit records.
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Blackberry’s tend to be very popular where people want to be able to keep in touch via email when on the move. Blackberry’s currently dominate this segment of the market since they have made it really simple to integrate your PC based email with your mobile phone. The 8520 really focuses on effectively delivering the mobile email side of things rather than trying to add all of the features that many other phones have nowadays like high spec cameras, 3G, GPS positioning, accelerometers, etc.
The Blackberry Curve 8520 features Blackberry Mail via the mobile phone networks coupled with Wifi connectivity when you are near a hotspot or at home/in the office.
The 8520 also moved on from previous generations of the phone by using a trackpad instead of a trackball to control navigation through the menus and lists of emails/folders etc. Many people prefer this type of controller.
Remember to regularly check for the latest news on popular bad credit mobiles.
Featured contract mobile for people with bad credit – Nokia X6
This is the latest in the series where we update you on the mobiles that our website users are getting when they are applying for a contract mobile with bad credit. Amongst the phones that are standing out in terms of popularity is the Nokia X6.
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The Nokia X6 is a stylish phone with some great design features. The X6 is primarily aimed at people who want good access to their social media accounts and access to the Nokia music download service. The Nokia music download store service allows unlimited downloads of songs during the subscription period. The phone also includes an FM radio with RDS for those who like to listen to their favourite music station while on the move.
The camera is a 5 megapixel device with autofocus and led flash. It receives positive reviews for image quality and useability.
The phone normally comes with 16Gb of built in memory which gives you lots of space for music, photos and video. Some retailers offer the phone with 32Gb of memory capacity which is starting to look like serious storage space.
Other features include GPS positioning and Nokia Maps service and good connectivity options like Bluetooth and wifi.
The Nokia X6 is proving to be a hit at the moment for certain types of users. Keep coming back to the website for more updates on popular bad credit mobiles.
Featured bad credit contract mobile phones – Sony Ericsson X10
We have been reviewing the phones that people are successfully getting when they are applying for bad credit contract mobile phones. One of the popular choices at the moment is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. This is an Android based mobile and is a strong contender to the iPhone.
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Part of the reason for the X10’s popularity with our users is its high specification. For example, it comes with an 8.1 megapixel camera which means that it enters the territory where it acts as a camera replacement, eliminating the need to carry around a separate camera as well as your mobile. Nowadays most people have their mobile on them so when a photo opportunity leaps out at you then you can get that picture straight away. More features of the camera include autofocus, LED flash, touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging so that you know where you took the photo, plus face and smile detection. The camera also shoots 30 frames per second video.
It also has a large touchscreen which means that you can actually see what you are looking at like video streaming and other multimedia, including your photos.
The X10 has some seriously clever tech built into its software. It can even recognize up to 5 faces in a photo and automatically store them under your friends category on your phone. How about that for a cool feature?
This gives you a bit of info about one of the popular mobiles that people are choosing at the moment. Keep an eye on the site for more updates on popular bad credit mobiles.
iPhone Contract with Bad Credit
Good news for people looking for iPhones on monthly contracts! We are starting to see our website users getting iPhone contracts with bad credit records.
In recent months the number of successful applications for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 contracts via our website has noticeably improved. The pattern seems to be that Orange and Vodafone are the best places to apply if you want the latest iPhone on a monthly contract.
Apply for the latest iPhone with one of the major mobile phone companies listed below:
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Click here to visit the Orange website | |
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Click here to visit the Vodafone website | |
Historically it has been very difficult to get hold of an iPhone for people with a bad credit history. This was not helped by the fact that Vodafone were the main provider in the United Kingdom and they could set the credit scoring requirements very high due to the high demand for the iPhone. The impression that we are getting is that now that the iPhone is available from more providers that the credit scoring requirements have changed and so it is more likely that you can get an iPhone with a poor credit record.
Get a Contract Phone with Bad Credit
The reason that a lot of people use our website is because they are asking the question ‘how do I get a contract phone with a bad credit record?’
One major tip is to ‘cut out the middle man’. What most people don’t realise is that if they have a bad credit record and yet would like a contract phone is that the structure of the mobile phone industry is such that the best solution is to go direct to the major mobile phone companies instead of the retailers.
Apply for your mobile phone with one of the major mobile phone companies listed below:
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Click here to visit the T-Mobile website | |
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Click here to visit the Orange website | |
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Sometimes it seems that it can be more difficult getting hold of the mobile phone you would like than it is to get a mortgage. The problem is that the mobile phone companies have tightened their credit scoring processes over the years and it seems like you have to have a perfect credit score in order to qualify.
Often applying direct is more successful because the way the mobile phone market operates is that all the high street retailers such as Carphone Warehouse or the Link or even supermarkets like Tesco are providing handsets which are going to work on one of the major mobile phone networks. So if you go direct to the major mobile phone companies they make more profit so they can afford to take a different view when credit scoring for people with poor credit records who are looking for contract phones.
Mobile Broadband with a Bad Credit History
An increasingly common question that is cropping up nowadays is ‘can I get mobile broadband with a bad credit history?’
Our research indicates that this is possible, just like with bad credit mobile phone contracts.
The secret is to apply direct to the major network providers as their credit scoring systems are different from the other high street and online retailers that they normally sell through.
Note that 3 Mobile have a good mobile broadband option at the moment which is a rolling one month contract giving you 5Gb data allowance per month for £15 and you only have to give them 30 days notice to terminate if you want to, which makes it low risk for them and you.
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Click here to visit the O2 website | |
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Click here to visit the 3 website | |
However, you should note that you are highly unlikely to get one of the ‘mobile broadband with free laptop contracts’ that are selling very well at the moment. These contracts are a great way of getting online with mobile broadband and getting a modern laptop with a monthly payment instead of paying hundreds of pounds upfront.
Unfortunately the network providers do not want to take the risk of providing an expensive laptop to someone with a poor credit record, so you are going to have to go for one of their standard tariffs where you get a mobile broadband dongle plus between 1Gb and 15Gb per month of data allowances.
Want an iPhone on O2 yet have a bad credit record?
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As you are no doubt aware Apple signed a contract with O2 which made O2 the exclusive network provider for the iPhone in the UK. People are trying to hack the iPhone to enable it to work with other networks but as far as we are aware they have not been successful so far.
We have been asked about the probability of getting an iPhone contract with a bad credit history. I am afraid that the answer is not one you are going to like to hear…
Basically it is incredibly difficult to get an iPhone contract with O2 if you have bad credit. At the best of times O2 applies demanding credit scoring criteria for normal mobile phone contracts and we are not aware of anyone getting a bad credit iPhone contract so far.
You might want to consider going for the HTC Touch Pro or Xperia mobile phones as these are also receiving great reviews and are regarded as good alternatives to the iPhone.
If you have any experience or feedback to add about O2 and the iPhone then please leave a comment.
Successful bad credit contract phones
The Samsung Tocca Ultra Edition S8300 model is proving to be a popular model of phone that people are reporting that they are successful at getting even with a poor credit history.
Some of the key features of this phone includes a touchscreen + separate QWERTY keyboard for those who prefer real keys to touchscreen keyboards. The QWERTY keyboard slides behind the touchscreen when not in use, given a stylish and compact phone.
The Tocca Ultra also features a serious camera with 8 megapixels, music capabilities, bluetooth, plus onboard GPS, making this phone a challenger for the iPhone for those people with a bad credit history.
T Mobile increases acceptance of bad credit mobile applications
The feedback we are getting from our users is that in recent weeks T Mobile have noticeably increased the number of people with poor credit histories that they are accepting for new mobile phone contracts. This is then followed by 3 Mobile with O2 trailing well at the back with declining numbers of applications being accepted.
Our advice at the moment is that if you are looking for a mobile contract then start with T Mobile, then go to 3 Mobile if unsuccessful.
The most popular plans on T Mobile which our users are successfully buying are the FlexT plans.
We are seeing a broad range of phones being chosen including the Sony Ericsson W595, the Nokia N95 8Gb, the Samsung U900 Soul, and the LG Renoir.
Please tell us your experiences (by adding a comment) when applying for mobile contracts from the different networks. We are interested in knowing which ones are giving people with poor credit histories good deals and also those which are rejecting your applications (plus any reasons why). With this information we can help our users to get the mobile contracts that they REALLY want.