We’ve been here before with painful consequences, but Three UK has decided to return to the “unlimited” data claims that have caused so much controversy over the last year or two as our smartphone use has rocketed.
Claiming to have completely removed limits and fair use policies attached to contracts taken out using its One Plan bundle, the network confidently claims to now have the UK’s only genuinely unlimited mobile data plan. Here’s the ballsy statement from the Three Blog:
We’re calling it All-you-can-eat Data, and it’s not like anything you’ll see from anyone else. Unlike other data plans, there are no restrictions and no crafty ‘fair usage’ policies containing hidden data caps. We’re leaving behind the ‘old mobile’ world of limits and allowances in favour of a new world that gives you the freedom to use your smartphone to do everything it was designed for without the worry of cost.
Our new world has no data restrictions, you can use as much as you want and we’ll never charge you a penny more.
Also, in a comment on the Three blog, the administrator has confirmed this includes data use when tethering your phone to a PC or laptop. Crikey.
That’s a pretty bold claim. Three’s One Plan currently lets you have the likes of the HTC Desire HD for £35 per month if you fancy having a go at testing these new claims. The company’s site still has the 1GB allowance attached to its plans, mind, so make sure you check your small print before signing up to anything.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
David Chambers
/ December 15, 2010All well and good, but 3 are removing the Orange 2G fallback in areas where they consider they have a strong 3G signal. I help moderate another forum and we have pages of complaints from 3 customers who can no longer get a signal indoors. Many are getting out of their contracts.
All you can eat is fine provided you can get to the table.