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February 18, 2014
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Although it sounds as an unrealisitc promotion, I took advantage of it one year ago. 

I needed urgently a new laptop, since the old one was severly broken and unable to help at work, so I stepped to a Vodafone shop and signed for a 2-year contract for an Asus X55A, estimated at 55EURO along with an extraoption of 15EURO and the job was doneLaugh

February 23, 2014
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by laptop do you mean 3g dongle as an entire laptop for 50 ish euros seems insanely cheap.

http://www.joolo.net - better than this hole for mobile devices.

February 24, 2014
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Krisstoffer said
by laptop do you mean 3g dongle as an entire laptop for 50 ish euros seems insanely cheap.

Apparently, it was cheap, but that contract was a 2-year one, so 55 EURO per month, which kind of making me wonder what was in mindLaugh

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there in the philippines, promotions like that are tie-up with service providers and not the laptop brand manufacturer.  either you sign-up for 2-year contract and get a laptop or tablet with wifi device, etc. 

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23and14and20 said
there in the philippines, promotions like that are tie-up with service providers and not the laptop brand manufacturer.  either you sign-up for 2-year contract and get a laptop or tablet with wifi device, etc. 

at least, you know from the start that are you signing for, I was quite amazed to see that things weren`t as I expected, but hopefully for me time elapsed so fast that I didn`t notice when my contract was over. 

a lady from Orange called me to offer me a similar promotion for a tablet and I said No. It`s wiser to buy it from a traditional retailer and use a wifi connection on the go, rather than buying an expensive package for internet connection

April 26, 2014
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55 euros for a fully working laptop? Surely this isn’t the best of laptops?

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Costin said

23and14and20 said
there in the philippines, promotions like that are tie-up with service providers and not the laptop brand manufacturer.  either you sign-up for 2-year contract and get a laptop or tablet with wifi device, etc. 

at least, you know from the start that are you signing for, I was quite amazed to see that things weren`t as I expected, but hopefully for me time elapsed so fast that I didn`t notice when my contract was over. 

a lady from Orange called me to offer me a similar promotion for a tablet and I said No. It`s wiser to buy it from a traditional retailer and use a wifi connection on the go, rather than buying an expensive package for internet connection

I prefer to own the device outright gives me more to work with when looking at a package.

http://www.joolo.net - better than this hole for mobile devices.

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Brad said
55 euros for a fully working laptop? Surely this isn’t the best of laptops?

No, it was a common Asus netbook with a single-core, reliable Intel graphics and Windows 7 Starter. But the 2-year contract for it was the bombLaugh

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Costin said

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55 euros for a fully working laptop? Surely this isn’t the best of laptops?

No, it was a common Asus netbook with a single-core, reliable Intel graphics and Windows 7 Starter. But the 2-year contract for it was the bombLaugh

A touch too pricey for myself.. I am kinda cheap in that regards .. not overly keen on contacts unless required.

http://www.joolo.net - better than this hole for mobile devices.

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