About Free Deals & Cheap Mobile Phones...
The basic nature of the UK market is mature and the things are no different with the mobile phone segment. The avenues for expansion are limited and in order to survive retailers and merchants are trying their level best to woo the merchant towards their site, be it online or ‘offline’!
Online retail shops are mushrooming all over the web world for the simple reason that running costs of a brick and mortar shop is something that most of them can’t afford! Such is the competition now that mobile phones that cost us a bomb till about half a decade ago are now available free of cost with various contract deals! Few aggressive retailers (actually most of them fall in this category) go on to the extent of offering gaming consoles, iPods/video iPods as free gifts with contract mobile phones.
Such deals to pander to the whims of the consumers are more of a norm than exception nowadays and with the advent of new players almost every second day, the competition is getting fiercer. The most popular way of luring the customer is to offer 12 month free line rental contract, where the customer gets the reimbursements of all the paid bills along with the free handset! And mind you a bulk of most popular handsets in the UK market like Sony Ericsson’s W850i and W810i, Samsung’s D900 and E900, and LG’s KG800 Chocolate are sold via this route.
To further ease the pressure on the all important ‘customer’, service providers offer a fixed amount of minutes (talk-time) and text messages free of cost on a monthly basis. I’ve to admit that we are a pampered lot!
Not too long ago a mobile phone was symbolic of living a good or a luxurious life but in today’s time and age they have become a necessity for most of us! With the cost of most of mobile phones nose diving, when purchased along with a contract deal, they are accessible to all strata of society. The best, the latest and the most technologically advanced handsets can be all yours for free. A free mobile phone contract is always a click away!
