Contract phone for my son with a xbox?

miamoo

Hi, I've had a quick look through the forum but can't see anything that helps. I'm looking for the very best deal on a mobile phone (any decent phone) on any network must have unlimited txts, doesn't matter how many minutes.
With a 'free' xbox360 I dont want any cashback offers as I don't understand them, monthly spend as cheap as possible but £25 max.
Which sites should I be looking at? Thanks for reading

miamoo

Also I have never used cashback sites before, but am signed up to a few, are there any good (new mobile contract )offers that you know of?

tomthered

why not spend £90 on a new Xbox 360? You wont pick up a phone and one of these for much less than £35 - £40 a month on 24 month deal. say £25 for your phone means you are paying £10 - £15 a month or £240 or £360 is this wise?

EDIT see here hxxp://www.billmonitor.com/mobile/results?unique_id=a4be97235e4265973ef0393d7c17961ab5898c60

£30.15 per month for Sony W595

miamoo

Thats a good point, I dont want to be ripped off, I will bare that in mind. I will check the link thanks

almillar

miamoo, these deals very rarely work out better value than just going and buying the item you want and the phone you want, on the contract you want. You need to research hard into one of these deals, and for the sake of £160, for the better XBox 360 with some games, it may not be worth it. £25 per month on an 18 month deal costs £450. £20 would cost £360. That £5 per month has already got you close to the price of the XBox.
If you're currently on a contract and at the end of it, it may be worth phoning your network and see what you can do about a reduction. I'm on an orange £35 contract which is costing me £10. That difference would buy loads of kit!

miamoo

Thanks to you both, yes after looking into it somemore, its not as good a deal as it seems. I will pick him a cheap xbox up and get a phone seperately, thanks again

almillar

Well done for digging deeper, doing your research and seeing through the guff! Not much shifting on the standard prices, so look out for packages with game(s) that your som would want.

Steer

http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!/gifts/xbox-360-pro-console-1/
some deals there, but the better phones look out of your budget