Written by During the last couple of years cell phone costs have come down, whilst the price of monthly plans offered by the mobile network providers has remained pretty much unchanged having said that, you can get more inclusive text messages and minutes than you used to). This means that the cost of a mobile phone is proportionally less than it used to be when compared to the full cost of a phone contract. In the past cell phone retailers would offer free handsets by way of an inducement for consumers to purchase a contract. In the past some retailers would even charge a fee for the cell phone in addition to the cost of the contract. Cell phones were, at that time extremely expensive, {and often} seen as a luxury product or status symbol. Nower days with increasingly widespread use and resulting economies of scale even the best mobile phones are quite cheap.
Ironically this presents a bit of a dilema for retailers who are trying to market cell phone deals by way of of incentives offered to the customer. The result of this has been increases in the number of incentivised deals on offer, for example cell phones with a free broadband dongle, mobile phones a free televsion, mobile phones with free automatic cash back, and most popular of all mobile phones with free laptops.
Laptops are another example of a product that was once prohibitively expensive, but through more widespread use and resulting high production volumes are now relatively cheap. Because Laptops tend to need upgrading frequently, with a useful life that matches that of a cell phone, the chances are that by the time your mobile phone is out of date, your laptop will as well.
Hence cell phones with free laptop computers are becoming the most sought after deals available at the moment. There are many different deals available, but the most sought after are the ones offering budget laptops by brands like Toshiba, Acer, Fujitsu Siemens and HP. It is also possible to find a range of Sony laptops available as Sony have moved into the value sector.
When looking for a mobile phone with free laptop the essential thing to do is to find out the value of that laptop, and see how that compares to other incentivised deals available, in particular, find out whether there are any automatic cash-back incentives available on the deal. It may be that you can actually get a better deal if you take a mobile with automatic cashback, or a cash back by redemption offer and use the money to buy a laptop from a computer store.
Also do some background research into the laptop computers themselves. Try looking at some of the e-commerce stores that contain product reviews. For example, there are a wealth of consumer reviews of laptops on Amazon and a range of other online retailers. Weblogs and sites like Yahoo Answers are also another place you can look for customer reviews, but be aware that many of these customer reviews are subjective, so be sure to read as many as you can for a more accurate overall assesment of the product.
When looking into which free laptop computer to go for, you will soon realise there are many differences between the different brands. For example Acer produce highly specified machines at low cost, but, the build quality is poor. Toshiba and Fujitsu Siemens laptops are usually better build quality, but will not be as well featured as an Acer when comparing laptops within the same price bracket. There are lso some other less well known budget brands available such as E-Machines which may be worth considering. The main pitfall to be aware of with the lesser known low cost brands is the type of CPU installed. If possible stick with a machine equipped with Intel or AMD processors as these C.P.U’s are the industry leaders and you are unlikely to suffer problems when with these brands.
Whether you are looking for a new mobile phone, or a new laptop the incentivised cellphone deals with free laptops are well worth looking at. There are lots of fantastic offers to be had, but, you do have to be prepared to do a little background to get the best price.
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