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Leaving Vodaphone - Is it easy enough?
Come this May. I’ve decided to give notice on my daughters Vodafone number and transfer her to unlimited data tariff. Vodafone don't do unlimited data and not prepared to take the chance again on another limited data plan. I will be staying with Vodafone, as found the coverage ok. Have Vodafone improved on issuing the PAC…
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BT Phone Shop rip off
I recently moved my SIM only mobile account to BT Mobile, as a welcome I was given a £50 discount voucher at the BT Shop (hurrah!), following the link in the welcoming email, I searched for a Samsung Galaxy S8 64GB phone – price £719 with the discount voucher - £669. I decided to search the same BT Shop directly (not…
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New phone contract v sim only with a huawei P9
Hi I have a Huawei P9 which I like, its nearly 2 years olden Im coming to the end of my contract, Im a mid 50s person who doesn't use it anywhere near its potential. I can get a sim only deal from Plusnet for about £10.00per month, orI have been offered a Samsung A3 or A5 for under £20.00 per month I tried to look at the…
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MSE News: O2 to slash pay-as-you-go prices
O2 is slashing the price of calls, texts and data on its pay-as-you-go tariff by up to 80%...Read the full story: 'O2 to slash pay-as-you-go prices' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Keeping a UK mobile phone account active when moving within Europe
I am looking at moving to another European country and wonder whether I can keep my UK mobile phone account active and use it overseas as I would like to keep my UK number. Does anyone know if there are good deals out there for this; whether this is actually do-able or whether there is a limit for usage? Thank you!
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Three Downgrade Queries
I'm currently on a 24 month contract with Three. I pay £52 a month for my iPhone 6S 64gb (I know - expensive!) My minimum term ends on the 9th of May and my account states that I can upgrade on the 2nd of April. However I don't want to 'up'grade as I am happy with my phone as it is and if I do decide to get a new one in…
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Si only deal but must not allow more data
Hi I'm after a SIM only deal for my son , he is with BT at the moment, but I want one that once the monthly allowance is reached does not allow him to use and thus be charged for more. His present one allows him to use more to a max of £5 per month on top and obviously he always does so its costing an extra £60 pa. i don't…
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Orange Mobile Overseas Charges from 2014
Hi All, Bit of a longshot I know but I was in Kenya in 2014 and ended up in hospital there. Whilst there I contacted Orange and asked for the best tarriff to use data with whilst in Kenya and even mentioned that I was in the country and in hospital there. I was given offered a package over the phone that said it would…
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Vodafone contract
Is it possible to get out of my Vodafone contract without paying a massive charge? Basically, my daughter took out a contract last May for £34 pm which includes 24gb data as she used to watch TV on it . She then decided in July to go to Australia for a year or so. She couldn't find anyone to take her contract and Vodafone…
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Moto e4 plus
Hi. I want buy this phone Moto E4 plus . Its around £130 .. any opinion ? The most thng i like about this phone its 5000 mAh battery url]http://www.three.co.uk/motorola/moto_e4_plus?featuretab=Go Binge&memory=16&colour=Iron Grey[/url]
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Three £13 SIM only via Topcashback
Hi all, I've been loyal to One2One/T-Mobile/EE but with my 10GB tariff @ £15 ending in March was considering switching to Three's £13 SIM only plan possibly and wanted to ask if the £60 cashback from Topcashback would be likely to work as well as being able to port my number across? I've not changed providers since 1997 so…
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Is buying from a 3rd party provider riskier re. price increases?
Hello! So I recently broke my phone so am planning to move from my sim only deal to a contract. I found a great deal for the Samsung Galaxy 7 with 3 on a third party site. I called up my provider and asked them if they could match it, and they said they couldn't, because it wasn't an actual provider deal, but a third party…
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Samsung update difficulties
I have a Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016). It has recently updated its operating system to Android 7.0, and I'm having trouble with text messages. I prefer to have my contacts sorted by surname, so I have the settings that way. It's fine in the native Android Contacts widget. It's fine if I go to Phone and then tap Contacts. But…
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Unlocking Samsung J5
Hi, My sister has given me her old Samsung j5 phone but i think it's locked to Vodafone (her network provider) and I'm on o2 PAYG. When I put my SIM card in first it went through the phone set up, got to point to select network and I selected o2 PAYG, all seemed fine but when trying to make a call it says 'Not registered…
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Does anyone have experience of Future Comms?
My brother has asked me to look into this. Future Comms have offered to buy him out of his 3 contract if he commits to them on a SIM only deal for 3 years. He likes the sound of the deal, but the contract they would be buying him out of effectively includes the cost of his S8 and he'll want to replace that phone in, say, 1…
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O2 Classic Pay as You Go - cheaper from 18th Jan
O2 is slashing the price of calls, texts and data on its pay-as-you-go tariff by up to 80%...Thanks to Kim_13 for flagging the changes. Read the full story: 'O2 to slash pay-as-you-go prices' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. --- Mum is a customer and just had a text saying that…
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Moving data and apps to new phone
I've a MotoG4 running Android 5.1 and will be moving to a G5 soon which I think runs v7. Can anyone give me advice on how best to transfer data and apps to the new phone? I have a gmail account with back up my data and automatic restore enabled but I'm not sure how complete this is. What does this actually save for…
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O2 Early Upgrade Fee Complait
I have been a member of O2 since 1989 (When it was originally called Cellnet). I have had many phones, and many contracts, and I have stayed loyally with O2 since that date. However, on Christmas Eve I went into an O2 shop looking to buy a iPhone for my brother as a Christmas present. I was persuaded to upgrade my own…
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New phone upgrade help
Had my Note 4 for a few years, looking to upgrade. I dont do iPhone's or phones with similar features (such as no headphone jack/no memory card slot etc) that's just me, please don't flame me! The Note 8 is just way too big for me, Note 4 with a protective case is enough lol. I would prefer a removable battery. I know it's…
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So frustrated, I could scream.......
Following on from my previous post: I contacted Virgin Mobile about getting an unlocking code, which the did provide. They said I need to put in the sim card from my new provider and then put in the unlocking code. Tried about a dozen times, but just get the message SIM not valid:mad: Phoned Virgin three times and went…
