Cheap Monthly Contract

TC1 · 11 Jan 2007 at 09:03

Are ther any nice cheap Monthly contracts about? Say around £10 a month. I only use the phone for Texting.

Hen_Dawg · 11 Jan 2007 at 09:08

£310 a month!?!? :eek:

Nah, I see you mean £10. Contracts for £15 are common, not sure about 10. Probably

TC1 · 11 Jan 2007 at 09:11

I spend £10 a month now so want to keep it the same if pos.

BeatMaster · 11 Jan 2007 at 10:07

Just use 02 or Orange PAYG and put £10 a month on. This will get you 300 free texts and you'll still have the £10 available for calls and such

BeatMaster

TC1 · 11 Jan 2007 at 12:06

Thats what i am doing now. Just wanted to get a contract now.

unwashed potato! · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:05

TC1 said:
Thats what i am doing now. Just wanted to get a contract now.

if the only reason you want to get a contract is to be on a contract i wouldn't bother if i was you as you now have tp spend £10 per month atleast where as before on PAYG it wasn't compulsory (sp?) and say one or 2 months you can't afford to pay it for some odd reason, uyou don't have to.

If you want a contract for a free phone i don't really know how much of a phone, if one at all, you will get on a £10 contract. like i said though i don't know for sure

stoofa · 12 Jan 2007 at 02:12

By going contract you are basically going to double your monthly bill (lowest contracts I know of are £19 from orange & O2) and decrease you monthly text allowance at the same time.

So if you're planning on doing that just to get a new phone then at least make sure you get a good one.
Otherwise you'd be far better remaining on PAYG.

Raymond Lin · 12 Jan 2007 at 03:08

BeatMaster said:
Just use 02 or Orange PAYG and put £10 a month on. This will get you 300 free texts and you'll still have the £10 available for calls and such

BeatMaster

Best way, and you get free calls to orange phones starting 28th of Janurary too.

v0n · 12 Jan 2007 at 04:10

stoofa said:
(lowest contracts I know of are £19 from orange & O2)
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The cheapest network contract available at the moment, I believe is T-Mobile's Flext 20, which at the moment costs £15 for life (min 18 months). 170 minutes or 340 texts or any mixture of. It's not a bad deal for the money and if you're talker it works out better than any payg arrangement.

TC1 · 12 Jan 2007 at 07:37

Thanks. May stick with PAYG for the mo.

TC1 · 12 Jan 2007 at 10:54

I might go to a £15 a month contract if i can find one with a nice phone! Any ideas?

basmic · 12 Jan 2007 at 12:50

TC1 said:
I might go to a £15 a month contract if i can find one with a nice phone! Any ideas?

Why not just go with O2?

I got a Nokia 6233 on a 12 month contract, which is £25/month. Another bonus, is that the phone appears to be unlocked - or at least it takes my Virgin simcard, too! :cool:

TC1 · 12 Jan 2007 at 13:01

£25 is too much for me at the mo.

basmic · 12 Jan 2007 at 13:15

TC1 said:
£25 is too much for me at the mo.

So are you looking at just getting a £10/month sim card?

Or are you one of these people who want 1,000 minutes and 10,000 texts every month, with the latest and greatest phone for say £1/month?

garyh · 12 Jan 2007 at 13:18

basmic said:
Or are you one of these people who want 1,000 minutes and 10,000 texts every month, with the latest and greatest phone for say £1/month?

I think thats pretty much half this forum :rolleyes:

To the OP; you get what you pay for, no sensible provider is going to give you a handset with a higher value than your contract will produce them in profit over a given period of time. Quite simple really.

Spamalot · 12 Jan 2007 at 13:19

basmic said:
So are you looking at just getting a £10/month sim card?

Or are you one of these people who want 1,000 minutes and 10,000 texts every month, with the latest and greatest phone for say £1/month?

As pointed out he can get a £15 p/m T-mobile flex'd with a free phone. Thats a much better deal.

TC1 · 12 Jan 2007 at 13:22

Spamalot said:
As pointed out he can get a £15 p/m T-mobile flex'd with a free phone. Thats a much better deal.

That looks good, i will check that out. Cheers

Macabre · 12 Jan 2007 at 14:17

£25 a month here.

jmc777 · 12 Jan 2007 at 15:15

If you've got Telewest TV you can get a Virgin mobile deal for £10 per month.

DanMc07 · 12 Jan 2007 at 15:26

I'm on 02 PAYG

What I do is, top up £15 which gives you 500 texts
You then have £15 + £1.50 to spend on what ever you like (£1.50 is for the 10% back end of the month)
Would be pretty hard for a contract to beet that