iPhone upgrade time...

BusError · 13 Jan 2012 at 21:23

In a week or so my contract will arrive at renewal time, and I'm considering changing to P&G and actually /buy/ the phone myself from Apple. I don't use it a lot (maybe 120 minutes, 100 text max) and the data is now mostly email since the rest is done on the iPad.

Had anyone done that ? If I downgrade to something around 25 quid a month it will save me a bunch over 24 months... and I can resell the 4S in some time to upgrade, again...

Caseh · 13 Jan 2012 at 21:41

Buy the phone sim free, and go with GiffGaff on a £10/month deal. 250 mins, unlimited texts and unlimited interwebs.

BusError · 13 Jan 2012 at 22:04

Sound great; how come they are cheaper while being on the O2 network ?? There must be a catch somewhere ? :-)

Caseh · 13 Jan 2012 at 22:17

BusError said:
Sound great; how come they are cheaper while being on the O2 network ?? There must be a catch somewhere ?

They don't have call centres, all the support is done online. So far though, that's worked absolutely fine for me.

DIABLO · 13 Jan 2012 at 23:45

There is no catch as said, they have very little overhead and are owned by O2 so can offer the best deal.

Vonhelmet · 14 Jan 2012 at 19:34

So is giffgaff payg? And is there any fup on their internet usage?

DIABLO · 14 Jan 2012 at 20:27

Vonhelmet said:
So is giffgaff payg? And is there any fup on their internet usage?

Yes, you buy a googdie bag and it lasts a month. I've heard that that they do winge a bit once people start using over 2-3 gigs.

Caseh · 14 Jan 2012 at 21:04

Vonhelmet said:
So is giffgaff payg? And is there any fup on their internet usage?

I used almost 7gb last month, and they didn't say a dickie bird.

nigel1210 · 14 Jan 2012 at 21:08

Never heard of giffgaff, just signed up that has saved me £5 a month! cheers

Skyboat · 14 Jan 2012 at 21:14

I trialled for a month on Giffgaff before finally deciding to back to Three after over a year of being on Vodafone. I didn't find O2's network all that great still, and Three allow tethering without having to JB your phone so it was a win-win situation for me. Getting much better signal coverage overall, especially 3G.

BusError · 14 Jan 2012 at 21:49

I don't understand the "pay as you go" thing. Since you have to pay every month, whats the point ? The original Pay&Go thing used to be that you bought credit, and spent them on your on time (over X months).
Now it's pay-as-you-go-as-long-as-it's-monthly. Whats the point, apart from of course making money for the cartel ?

WatchTower · 14 Jan 2012 at 22:18

I ordered a Gifgaf Sim last week. My Orange contract is up the end of this month. Thank god. I had a BlackBerry 9700 Bold 2 years ago and it's the worst phone I've ever owned. Constantly losing single and crashes more times than an old Windows OS.

Vonhelmet · 15 Jan 2012 at 09:07

BusError said:
I don't understand the "pay as you go" thing. Since you have to pay every month, whats the point ? The original Pay&Go thing used to be that you bought credit, and spent them on your on time (over X months).
Now it's pay-as-you-go-as-long-as-it's-monthly. Whats the point, apart from of course making money for the cartel ?

It's pay as you go with a free amount which last a month and then further usage eats into your credit. My wife is on that sort of deal with O2 and usually only tops up every two months.

And I'm not sure I'd call the mobile operators a cartel. They're actually fairly competitive on most things.

Pug · 15 Jan 2012 at 09:22

its not.

You have two options - one option is proper PAYG, where you load credit on and it lasts forever, unless you spend it.

The other option is a goodie bag, which gives you an allowance, that expires in one month. The goodie bags offer better value.

Should also add you get free giffgaff to giffgaff calls.