Honest Mobile Smart SIM

robj20 · Monday at 06:43

Anyone using this?

I'm with Smarty(Three) and a few places i visit often, Llandudno and Tenby in wales give me very patchy to zero signal, i looked at swapping provider but then home coverage might be patchy. So Smart SIM would seem to be perfect but does it work in practice, doesnt seem bad for £3.75 a month on top of my £6 a month for Smarty.

Semple · Monday at 07:11

robj20 said:
Anyone using this?

I'm with Smarty(Three) and a few places i visit often, Llandudno and Tenby in wales give me very patchy to zero signal, i looked at swapping provider but then home coverage might be patchy. So Smart SIM would seem to be perfect but does it work in practice, doesnt seem bad for £3.75 a month on top of my £6 a month for Smarty.

Depends what you use it for. Looks like their smart sim only provides data, and only to the apps that they list.

Just had a look at their classic sim and it's quite on the pricey side unless you pay for 3 years upfront.

Oh also as with typical marketing, it's only £3.75/mth if you sign up for 12 months. Which isn't great if you want to test the thing to confirm it'll work for you.

robj20 · Monday at 07:16

Semple said:
Depends what you use it for. Looks like their smart sim only provides data, and only to the apps that they list.

Just had a look at their classic sim and it's quite on the pricey side unless you pay for 3 years upfront.

Oh also as with typical marketing, it's only £3.75/mth if you sign up for 12 months. Which isn't great if you want to test the thing to confirm it'll work for you.

Thats all id need it for, Parking apps, Banking Google Maps that sort of thing.

vail3r · Monday at 11:13

I've been thinking about this recently too. Although restricted the £3.75 doesn't seem too bad

Orcvader · Monday at 11:35

Looks like it uses all 4 3 networks. Should work but it also assumes EE and/or O2 offers better coverage than Smarty on 3/Vodafone. Might want to have a look at their coverage maps to get a rough idea how it compares.

Kyle009 · Monday at 14:29

Am I to assume on the smart sim the data only works on the apps they've specified?

Won't work for any other apps? Can't find anything on their website about data allowances.

robj20 · Monday at 15:53

Kyle009 said:
Am I to assume on the smart sim the data only works on the apps they've specified?

Won't work for any other apps? Can't find anything on their website about data allowances.

Unlimited on those apps, all the main ones are covered.

Kyle009 · 2025-11-11T08:05:19+0000

robj20 said:
Unlimited on those apps, all the main ones are covered.

Yeah I understand that but YouTube is not on there for example. Would that only work if you had another sim or was on Wifi? No data allowance apart from unlimited on the selected apps?

robj20 · 2025-11-11T16:45:57+0000

It looks like EE has better coverage than Three in the areas I want but what are Spusu or Lyca like.

A2Z · 2025-11-11T20:36:39+0000

Kyle009 said:
Yeah I understand that but YouTube is not on there for example. Would that only work if you had another sim or was on Wifi? No data allowance apart from unlimited on the selected apps?

Yep, you would need another SIM/Wifi. It's only meant to be a backup e-sim to use alongside your normal one. It's really only useful for those with bad coverage. For the other 99% of the population, it's pointless as it's complete trash being limited to apps, there are loads and loads not on the list.

Semple · 2025-11-11T20:51:31+0000

Kyle009 said:
Yeah I understand that but YouTube is not on there for example. Would that only work if you had another sim or was on Wifi? No data allowance apart from unlimited on the selected apps?

Not surprising. Without looking I imagine other video streaming apps wouldn't be on there either. Their business model is catered to lower data use apps, ideally for backup/emergency if you find yourself somewhere with iffy signal.