[bagpuss102002]

can somebody please tell me when each quater actually is such as q3 for example :D

[Jon3G]

April - June Q1
July - September Q2
October - December Q3
January - March Q4

[bagpuss102002]

cheers john so does that mean that three should be releasing some new handsets soon due to it falling into q2 next month

[Jon3G]

You never know with 3, but anything is possable

[bagpuss102002]

cheers jon im waiting on three to see if they will release some new handsets in q2 but to be honest no handset they offer at the moment except the a1000 appeal to me and as i already have a a1000 im pretty much screwed untill something new comes into the market or i could just leave them but there prices are just so low! still waiting to see what comes out In Q2

[Jon3G]

The others that 3 come up with are good, but think about the service

[Ben]

April - June Q1
July - September Q2
October - December Q3
January - March Q4
Ok, I'm really confused:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quarter.asp
"You'll hear the following abbreviations:
Q1 - January, February, and March
Q2 - April, May, and June
Q3 - July, August, and September
Q4 - October, November, December"

[bagpuss102002]

thats seriously what i thought ben it seems more logical and more evenly spaced out, i maybe wrong but im with you on this 1 mate but im also confused lol :confused:

[Jon3G]

both are right. the one i refer to is financial quarters and I just persumed thats how the networks would work it out

[Ben]

I don't think the financial year has anything to do with quarters - all the financial reports I've managed to find on google refer to the quarters as Q1 being Jan, Feb, Mar. There can't possibly be two different meanings otherwise when companies issue Q1 results, for example, no one would know what period they actually reflected!

[Jon3G]

Well, I worked for Capita group and I am currently a board director and thats who we define it

[miffed]

A company might refer to Financial year quarters when discussing performance etc - but when talking about product launches etc , it'll most likely be calender years
If it was the financial year ,then the period would be referred to as the two years it covers - (i.e. Q1 2002-2003 )

[Jon3G]

Now this is were it gets confusing