Why not just buy the phone so it is not locked to a provider then you can pick and choose the best scheme?
There is a company here that unlocks phones on plans and sells them to you with branding still on the phone but it can be used with any network. Undoubtedly you have someone similar.
By being able to shop around you can pick the best for you The company I am with offers 1Gb data, unlimited texts and calls for $10 a month (5 pounds a month) and no plan.
Personally I think buying the phone outright is the way to go.
That restriction is changing in December 2021. Mobile phone companies will not be allowed to sell mobiles locked to their service. I feel they are now doing something else which is to put all SIM only deals on a contract, that’s what’s happened to me with EE. I had a SIM only deal of free calls and unlimited texts with a small amount of data as I don’t use that anyway. That cost £12 a month with no contract but then that changed and there were no SIM deals without at least a 12-month contract. I had the ‘choice’ of either taking that contract or leaving! I am just waiting for the time when we can legally get them to sign a contract, in the way we have to with them, that would be interesting!
I do skype from home computer to friends and family, I see more & more people out on the street talking into their phones, the way to go. So what’s required is “data”. Plus, boy in EE shop said I could use 1GB in a few minutes when on YouTube. How can I get loads of data cheap? Unlimited calls & text sounds good but who really needs it?
It connects with my wifi automatically, I’m sure all phones can do that. When I go shopping, it connects to the supermarkets wifi, which means I can use Smart Scan.
1 GB is enough if you don’t plan to watch films or videos when you are not in range of your own wifi. You can set your phone to remind you if you are getting close to your limit and even then, you can ring the supplier and add a top up for that month. The only time I have had to do this is when my Home internet was down, so I was using Samsung internet via Tesco mobile.
No. You pay by direct debit. Go to the Giffgaff website (link supplied by Barry above) and order one of their goody bags. There’s a few different ones available.
I spend around three hours a day surfing using my phone and there’s still plenty of data left at the end of the month.
Between 10th April and today, I’ve used 4gb. My goody bag starts again on 10th of May.
You can always check your usage which will then give you a good indication of what your needs actually are, I use the phone for internet so rarely it doesn’t even move the scales…
Absolutely agree, I get 30Gb, at the end of the month there is usually 29.3Gb left, it really annoys me but that’s what I get with my plan (I need the unlimited overseas calls)
The only time it really comes in handy is when I am travelling but even then i might only use a gig or two more.
Ironically this month they gave me an extra 15Gb because it is my birthday so at the end of this month I will have 44.3 Gb left
