MOBILE PHONE DEALS

[mikal83]

S6PNJ said:

3's PAYG SIM, 1p per Mb data, 2p per text, 3p per min for calls. £10 initial top up then £5 min for subsequent top ups. A tenner is probably all you'd need for emergency use on a foreign holiday.

I hate 3...........I mean really really hate them. We stayed in the USA for 5 months last year and I wrote to 3 to get the unlock code, It took 4 months of wrangling to get it, by then we had only 1 month left so wasn't worth signing up for a month and we had already bought a cheapie with a payg thrown in.
I read that virgin use E's network.
I could sign up for a monthly plan and we would use the phone occasionally when we had to, but the reason we gave up the phone 2 yrs ago was we weren't using it, (we had a 5pcm contract with those barstewards 3 see). I would be happy with a fiver a month contract and the virgin one sounds fine. We don't need data and minutes/text wise at the most 100/50 pcm

[Craikeybaby]

Find the deal you like from any network, then call EE and ask to speak to the retention team, they easily beat the 3 price I quoted at them when I renewed.

[geek84]

Thanks for all your advice

[mikal83]

geek84 said:

Thanks for all your advice

Same here.

[anonymous-user]

Avoid Virgin at all costs, I've spent an hour on the phone trying to cancel the contract and been passed from pillar to post and back again.

[sgrimshaw]

AJB88 said:

Read it on Techradar the other day

There is a catch however, we're afraid. We've taken a look through Virgin's acceptable use policy (a real page turner) and found that after you've used up your first 3.5GB in a calendar month, your data use will be restricted to 3G speeds. According to Virgin Mobile, 3.5GB is the equivalent of around 16 hours of high quality video. So you'll have mountains of data, but without the sheer speed of 4G.

https://www.techradar.com/news/sim-only-mega-data-...

There is no traffic management on the Virgin 4g plans:

https://help.virginmedia.com/system/templates/self...

The techradar article quotes something that applies to 3g plans which were capable of getting HSDPA and HSDPA+ which are higher than 3g.

[anonymous-user]

All of the mobile carriers do great sim only deals which change daily. Just go for the right one at the right price.
Rather than getting a loan via a mobile company to buy a phone, buy the handset via other means as usually cheaper.
EG an iphone via apple loan + sim only is less than a contract phone..

[geek84]

Thanks folks

[geek84]

Thanks folks

[mikal83]

And thanks from me as well and to the OP for letting me piggyback his thread