Mobile Phones, Contracts, Services & Deals

[Fish]

As I close down a business which has quite a few contract phones, I am thinking as I will be reducing the phones down to 2, will I be best looking at a personal PAYG or still staying on a contract of sorts?

My wife isn't bothered about the phone itself as long as it rings and she can text her mum, however, I like to go on-line and I have multiple email addresses and do care how it looks.

I currently have a HTC Sensation which I love through Orange, would I be able to place a PAYG sim card in that and use it in that way?

If my phone wasn't compatible, what is the "in" phone currently and what deals are out their?

I've been with Orange since time began but don't mind moving for the right deal.

 

[pbrown7582]

If your phones are still good and working cheapest way is just to get a sim only deal, i think around £13 a month on orange would see you right and maybe a bit less for hid if shes not bother about the net. Also i think they do an offer of free calls between one designated number.

 

[BTatHome]

If the new sim matches the network of the original then swapping to payg is simply putting new sim in the phone.

Personally I have a OVIVO mobile, which uses the Vodafone network. £10 initial purchase and it gives 100 mins and 100 txt with 300mb data each month, and free ovivo to ovivo calls and texts. No further top ups required, obviously depends enormously on your own usage but effectively the £10 can be used for credit if I go over the limits, but I doubt I will .... If anyone decides to join please drop me a PM as I can get free credit for referrals)

There are lots of monthly contracts too at the moment and £10 gives you a good deal on a monthly contract too. If you decide you need a phone then you'll be looking at 24 month contracts now, lesser can be done but usually more money per month.

I won't even bother to list the phones as its very personal, and I'm sure I'd upset either the iOS, andriod, or WP8 guys

Btw. Could also be worth contacting orange as the upgrades are sometimes better than the retail offers.

 

[sajkox]

if u dont make too many calls (300mins) and dont need too much data (300MB) I would check Ovivo - would work ok with any smarthphone so HTC is ok and can save u a lot in long run

read T&C very carefully though as u might not agree with some of it
I used to have P&G card whihc i usually topped up 10 a month - now i paid fiver once and last 4 months didnt pay anything !

Let me know if you wanna join I can reccomend to get some additional credit

 

[Warbur]

If your phones are still good and working cheapest way is just to get a sim only deal, i think around £13 a month on orange would see you right and maybe a bit less for hid if shes not bother about the net. Also i think they do an offer of free calls between one designated number.

This is more or less what we've just done with HID's phone. She was at the end of the contract and happy with her current phone. Orange do either monthly simonly deals or, as we did, you can sign up to a 12 month sim only package that give more minutes/data etc.

We've signed up to the Panther £15.50 per month which gives 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500mb of data. You also get the magic numbers (free calls to designated orange phones), starting out with a single magic number and then they give you an extra one every 6 months. She's been with Orange for years now so has more magic numbers than people she knows on Orange.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I have an HTC Desire HD on Vodafone, my contract is up in April. I'm going to switch to the 3 network. They do sim only for £6.99 which gives loads of minutes, texts and 500mb of data.

My other half switched to them a year ago and she says they have much better coverage than Vodafone and her surfing speeds are MUCH quicker.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

The cheapest way by far is to buy the handset you want and get a rolling month-by-month contract.

Example man-maths from when I bought my HTC desire...
Best contract at the time was at least £25 over 24 months = £600
Handset at the time was £300, and I found a contract with Three that was a tenner per month (200 minutes, 3000 text messages, 2GB data) = £540

I'm changing soon so I'm waiting for the 16GB Google Nexus 4 to come back into stock, they're £279, and I'll be keeping the same contract.

 

[Fish]

If your phones are still good and working cheapest way is just to get a sim only deal, i think around £13 a month on orange would see you right and maybe a bit less for hid if shes not bother about the net. Also i think they do an offer of free calls between one designated number.

Ideally looking for sim only but want to come away from contracts.

If the new sim matches the network of the original then swapping to payg is simply putting new sim in the phone.

Personally I have a OVIVO mobile, which uses the Vodafone network. £10 initial purchase and it gives 100 mins and 100 txt with 300mb data each month, and free ovivo to ovivo calls and texts. No further top ups required, obviously depends enormously on your own usage but effectively the £10 can be used for credit if I go over the limits, but I doubt I will .... If anyone decides to join please drop me a PM as I can get free credit for referrals)

There are lots of monthly contracts too at the moment and £10 gives you a good deal on a monthly contract too. If you decide you need a phone then you'll be looking at 24 month contracts now, lesser can be done but usually more money per month.

I won't even bother to list the phones as its very personal, and I'm sure I'd upset either the iOS, andriod, or WP8 guys

Btw. Could also be worth contacting orange as the upgrades are sometimes better than the retail offers.

Been all over the Ovivo site like a rash, all looks good but don't fully understand how it works yet! If I go for it I'll come back to you as you were the first to highlight them so you can get your referral.

If you sign up, do you simply get a sim with a new number to put in my existing phone? I won't be able to transfer my number by looks of things as I'm still well into a contract but with closing the business the contract will cease and I'll lose the number I've had for over 12 years plus!

if u dont make too many calls (300mins) and dont need too much data (300MB) I would check Ovivo - would work ok with any smarthphone so HTC is ok and can save u a lot in long run

read T&C very carefully though as u might not agree with some of it
I used to have P&G card whihc i usually topped up 10 a month - now i paid fiver once and last 4 months didnt pay anything !

Let me know if you wanna join I can reccomend to get some additional credit

Hope my HTC is compatible.

This is more or less what we've just done with HID's phone. She was at the end of the contract and happy with her current phone. Orange do either monthly simonly deals or, as we did, you can sign up to a 12 month sim only package that give more minutes/data etc.

We've signed up to the Panther £15.50 per month which gives 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500mb of data. You also get the magic numbers (free calls to designated orange phones), starting out with a single magic number and then they give you an extra one every 6 months. She's been with Orange for years now so has more magic numbers than people she knows on Orange.

Ideally want to come away from contracts, happy to go PAYG for a while whilst between work.

The cheapest way by far is to buy the handset you want and get a rolling month-by-month contract.

Example man-maths from when I bought my HTC desire...
Best contract at the time was at least £25 over 24 months = £600
Handset at the time was £300, and I found a contract with Three that was a tenner per month (200 minutes, 3000 text messages, 2GB data) = £540

I'm changing soon so I'm waiting for the 16GB Google Nexus 4 to come back into stock, they're £279, and I'll be keeping the same contract.

I've got a handset so only looking to use a sim hopefully, non contract but cost effective. I'm not a big phone user, more incoming than outgoing but use it to reply to multiple email accounts I have and web browse.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

non contract but cost effective.

Rolling monthly contract is probably the cheapest way of doing it, rather than PAYG.

In my humble opinion

 

[BTatHome]

If you can get the PAC code from orange then you can transfer the old number.

Not too sure what your saying about your contract. If your still within the contract then they will only close the account if you pay up to the end of the contract, ie. 6 months into an 18 month contract then you will have to pay 12 months of line rental to close it.

If you never renegotiated your deal after the last contract then you will be ok to close and take the number.

 

[Fish]

If you can get the PAC code from orange then you can transfer the old number.

Not too sure what your saying about your contract. If your still within the contract then they will only close the account if you pay up to the end of the contract, ie. 6 months into an 18 month contract then you will have to pay 12 months of line rental to close it.

If you never renegotiated your deal after the last contract then you will be ok to close and take the number.

I have liquidated a limited company so the contract has ceased with no liability so I doubt they will give me the PAC code but, I purchased my phone hence just wanting a sim.

This Avivo looks OK.

I'll apply later so PM me any details they will ask regarding the referral.

 

[johnnyWilders]

If you use a lot of internet then you might aswell just stay on the contract or go on giffgaff costs a fortune otherwise...

 

[CliveW]

I found Tesco was hard to beat. http://phone-shop.tesco.com/tesco-mobile/