o2 SIMplicity

Essenchill

I currently have one of the 'old' o2 pay and go genie SIMs which gives me 300 free texts when I top up £10 a month.

I have seen the SIMplicity idea advertised, but I am a little confused by the wording.

I don't use my mobile phone a lot, and cope fine with 300 free texts a month, rarely use the mobile for making actual calls so when I do it uses up some of the £10 credit applied per month, which is also fine.

The SIMplicity deal I have seen offers unlimited free texts and 100 minutes on any network for £10 a month, but the wording suggests the £10 is taken from the applied credit, so in my head I work that out to mean I pay £10 to top up the phone and have credit on the phone and then o2 take the £10 off (leaving no credit on the phone) in order to pay for the unlimited texts and 100 minutes.

Have I confused the issue, or am I on the right lines? If I am thinking this through right, I'm probably actually better off not moving to SIMplicity?

barjam_2

i think you are on the right lines that they take your money when you top up , the thing with unmlimited texts though it does not include picture messages, where as your present tariff will (not sure if thats relevant to you)

parallax_20

Simplicity only works out cheaper if you fully utilise the inclusive mins and text, which works out good value for £10 a month. But if you don't make anywhere near 100mins, then stick with the free texts for topping up. Think about moving over to O2 Text & Web, as this gives you free 300mins and Internet too for the same £10 topup on your old PAYG tariff and save the £10 credit for the occasional call/mms. If you are a low user, your credit will slowly accumulate over time, rather than having Simplicity deduct it each month leaving you with £0 balance.