PAYG mobile phones

Cressy I find it cheaper overall not to have a phone on contract. I prefer to buy the phone on 2 years interest free credit and use a cheap 30 day rolling sim. My current phone is almost 3 years old and I bought it in the Apple Store on 2 years interest free instalments. So it’s fully paid up and my only expense is the £6.99 sim which I’m about to downgrade to £5 as 5GB of data is more than enough because I’m mostly on WiFi.

At the time Currys were also doing 2 years interest free on a variety of phones.

I did the same with my previous phone which lasted over 5 years and hopefully this one will last another few years.

pably15

I have a PAYG mobile, £10 last me ages ,I tried to topup today, on line but couldn't and I couldn't understand because it's always so easy to do, I'm with Tesco and have found out that they've stopped PAYG now...they want you to take a bundle...you pay monthly, I don't know yet what it costs but I can imagine it will work out dearer then PAYG, just something else that folk have no control over, I'll have a look around other providers ...or maybe they're all getting rid of PAYG

You will have to download the Tesco app (yes, another flipping app). They've changed their system <<<sigh>>>

Like you, I didn't want a 'bundle' but was forced to, so I got the cheapest which is £5.

Once you've registered you can keep a check on your balance by texting the word "Balance" to 282 and it will ping the amount back to you.

Then you will have to top-up when necessary via the app.

It used to be so simple didn't it - but companies will always try to find ways to make more money from their customers... 's Capitalism, innit!

I switched to a monthly bundle as I felt it was wasteful to dump a perfectly good phone after two years. I think I pay £10 a month but anything I don’t use rolls over to the next month. My aim is to try and get three years out of a contract phone before replacing.

I have a £6.99 a monthly sim only deal with Lebara. It’s a 30 day rolling contract which can be cancelled at any time. They use the Vodafone network.

I have unlimited mins and texts. 15 GB data and 100 free international mins per month.

They do a £5 sim with all of the above but with 5GB data instead of 15GB. I’ve had 2 problem free years with them.

I think you will find monthly contracts at less then that a month.
About £7 upwards?
Of course I don't know how long your £10 lasts...

I haven't checked this out but a "sim only" deal is quite affordable.

www.moneysavingexpert.com/cheap-mobile-finder/sim-only-all/