coffrets opérateurs
English translation: box or packs including the cell phone and the acces to a fixed price
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box or packs including the cell phone and the acces to a fixed price Explanation: Hi, This is the description by the referenced web site: "Packs or boxes? The packs or boxes include/understand a mobile telephone and the access to a fixed price.+ : you profit from a telephone at a ... price compared to a purchase Disadvantage: some packs do not give access to all the fixed prices of the operator and the choice of the mobile telephones is limited." Reference: http://www.paroledhommes.com/guide/synthese.htm |
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kits Explanation: These simply mean kits . So mobile phones are like handheld kits. Just type mobile phone kits and you get lots of references on the net. |
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'pay as you go' packages Explanation: I'm relying on Hugo's answer here. If he's correct, then we'd call them 'pay as you go' deals/packages/boxes or something like that (in the UK). Pay as you go means you buy the telephone, which has a certain amount of airtime on it in the form of credit, when your time runs out, you buy a voucher for more credit. You don't get monthly bills. Each of the different providers call it something slightly different. e.g. Vodafone calls it 'pay as you talk', but I think PAYG is the most generic term. HTH Mary Reference: http://www.vodafone-retail.co.uk/ |
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please ignore my first answer ... Explanation: I'd only just got out of bed! Now I've had a cup of coffee I think I've got it wrong )-: I've actually read Hugo's reference now! And I'd go with 'with subscription'. 80 % of mobile phones are sold with subcriptions. The alternative is to buy the phone without a subscription, which means the phone is a lot more expensive but you are not tied to a particular operator. HTH Mary Woken up now! |
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2 hrs confidence:
Telephone providers kits Explanation: These "coffrets" are boxes where you find both the mobile telephone itself and the subscription to a telephone operator network, like Orange or Bouygues or others. French native and a customer of such a "coffret" |
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12 hrs confidence:
operator-subsidized kits (or packs) Explanation: These packs include the phone, a SIM card and a service plan which you usually have to subscribe for a minimum period (generally a year). The implied revenue of the service plan enables the operator to subsidize heavily the cost of the handset, which is sold at a fraction of the cost of a handset bought without a service plan. Reference: http://www.economictimes.com/110401/11tech33.htm Reference: http://www.security-informer.com/english/crd_operators_68386... |
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