How much are you paying for a mobile contract?

[AJB88]

colin79666 said:

Three Sim Only
£15/mo
200 mins
unlimited texts and data (4GB tethering cap)

Don't think the deal is available now but my price is locked in unless they completely discontinue the package.

Actually think I'm on this rather than £20 p/m

[technodup]

£12, Virgin. No contract.

Unlimited calls, some texts and 2GB.

Jumped off the 24 month merry go round, I prefer choice.

[talksthetorque]

PF62 said:

T-Mobile (yes they still exist), 250 mins, 500 texts, 500 MB for... 30 pence per month.

It has gradually increased over the last few years, as originally it was 2 pence per month and yes they did collect the direct debit for 2p.

Is there a reason/story behind this?

[PF62]

talksthetorque said:

Is there a reason/story behind this?

T-Mobile messed up (or decided to do a crazy promotion) where they offered an £8 per month contract, with an £8 per month discount. It lasted about 12 hours on their website, when quite a few people bought it.

There was a bit of 'will they, won't they honour it' but apparently they had made a similar mistake the year before when they had after some argument, which also prompted some to think it was some kind of crazy promotion.

Although it was £8 less £8 their accounting software rounded it up to 1p, so for the two contracts I signed up for they billed me 2p.

Over time their RPI increases have slightly increased the base cost of £8, but the discount has remained the same, so has increased from 1p to 30p.

I don't make a huge number of calls and rarely send texts, so those limits are fine, and although the data is getting a bit tight now it is not unworkable.

[Alucidnation]

p1stonhead said:

Coincidentally I just changed my sim only contract with o2 this morning.

It's now £20 a month, unlimited calls and texts and 20gb data.

These are getting cheaper and cheaper now.

20gb is effectively unlimited for me; I'll never even have to slightly worry about going over the limit.

Just done this today for exactly the same reason.

[Blanchimont]

Samsung Galaxy S6 (a year old now)
unlimited minutes/texts.
3GB data.

£27 a month.

[Mr Will]

TheGreatSoprendo said:

Out of interest, how did you get that so cheap? According to their website it's £55.99 a month plus £29.99 upfront and that's for only 20gb of data.

It's technically one of their business tariffs, but they are available to the general riff-raff (such as me!) as well. That's the price once the VAT is added on.

[srappy]

Mr Will said:

It's technically one of their business tariffs, but they are available to the general riff-raff (such as me!) as well. That's the price once the VAT is added on.

Don't you mean £40+VAT on top? Just had a look myself and I cannot see your plan. Closest equivalent is £8.33 up front for the phone, then £40 per month and then VAT on top of all that (so £10 up front, then £48 per month after that).

[OllyMo]

Three

Unlimited Data, Texts, and 600 mins. £20 per month. Think it costs a touch more now

[oilydan]

I have an old iPhone 4S on EE PAYG.

Just sorted the wife a 6s Plus on 90 per month for 24 months. unlimited calls and txts, 50GB data. My 2 kids and I use the hotspot when we need data.

Free upgrade at 12 months, and I get to keep the 6s Plus.

[FuzzyLogic]

Just had a retention deal with Vodafone (sim only):

- unlimited calls (roaming in europe comes out of allowance for no charge)
- unlimited texts (roaming in europe comes out of allowance for no charge)
- 4G data
- 2G data roaming in europe
- free spotify premium

£10/month for 12 months (and no obligation cancellation within 30 days)

[Slow]

Vodafone unlimited minutes + texts, 4gb data and a iPhone 6+ 64gb for £48.50. Locked into a 2 year contract which is when I upgrade anyway.

[DervVW]

When the nexus 4 was new about 3 years ago I managed

A nexus 4
Unlimited data
Unlimited texts
300 mins
£20 for 24 months.. so 12 months ago I was quite sad and frustrated that I couldn't get a deal to match that. (this was with 3)

Now its £32
For unlimited calls & texts
5GB of data
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact and a kindle fire.

Need to revisit here in 12 months I think!

[jaimiep]

O2
iPhone 6S 16gb
Unlimited texts
Unlimited calls
1gb 4g data
£0 up front
£29.26 pm

I have access to wifi all the time and have paid for work phone if needed.

[Mr Will]

srappy said:

Mr Will said:

It's technically one of their business tariffs, but they are available to the general riff-raff (such as me!) as well. That's the price once the VAT is added on.

Don't you mean £40+VAT on top? Just had a look myself and I cannot see your plan. Closest equivalent is £8.33 up front for the phone, then £40 per month and then VAT on top of all that (so £10 up front, then £48 per month after that).

It was a deal done in store - I cannot see it on their website either.

[CaptainHogseye]

Mr Will said:

srappy said:

Mr Will said:

It's technically one of their business tariffs, but they are available to the general riff-raff (such as me!) as well. That's the price once the VAT is added on.

Don't you mean £40+VAT on top? Just had a look myself and I cannot see your plan. Closest equivalent is £8.33 up front for the phone, then £40 per month and then VAT on top of all that (so £10 up front, then £48 per month after that).

It was a deal done in store - I cannot see it on their website either.

I have the same deal, it's called " ticks all the boxes" a special deal running to 14th July.
Unlimited calls, text, here and Europe, 25 Gig Internet, also free MMS picture messaging and 500Mb data when in Europe per day.
It was in the small businesses section and is 40.00 + vat

[thecremeegg]

I pay £15 a month with 3, then £40 a month over 12 months for my handset. This means that it's all paid off in 12 months and I can keep going at £15 or change phone

[TheGreatSoprendo]

Just taken a new contract with EE through CPW. Unlimited calls and texts, 5gb of data, Samsung Galaxy S7 with free VR Gear (virtual reality headset jobby). £33.49 per month. Seemed to be the best deal around by some margin.

[Hilts]

FuzzyLogic said:

Just had a retention deal with Vodafone (sim only):

- unlimited calls (roaming in europe comes out of allowance for no charge)
- unlimited texts (roaming in europe comes out of allowance for no charge)
- 4G data
- 2G data roaming in europe
- free spotify premium

£10/month for 12 months (and no obligation cancellation within 30 days)

That's a great deal if Vodafone suits. Spotify premium is a tenner/month alone.

I pay BT a £10/month for 500 minutes and 3 Gb data. I bought my G5 outright this time.

[Accelebrate]

£12 to Three for unlimited mins/texts and 4GB of data.

Used to pay £15 for the same with unlimited data, but they wouldn't let me keep that.

Spent £330 on a 64GB iPhone SE recently. So I guess about £26 a month all in if I keep it for a couple of years.

My employer spends £60/month with Vodafone on a 6+ for me. I prefer the SE and generally get better coverage with 3.