unlocked payg phones to buy

sva19

I keep a spare phone and top up £10 each time I need to but now considering buying a very che new phone say acatel £5 with £10 top up each time I need to top up and this eay I get a cheap phone each time.

But I want to know which network is best to get so that the phone are already unlocked so when I pass the phone to someone its unlocked for them to use any sim?

thanks

lucylucky

Not sure in what regard you mean "best network".

As regards signal coverage?

grumbler

sva19 wrote: »

... say acatel £5 with £10 top up each time I need to top up and this ...

Why pay £5 if you can get it for 19p plus extra £6 cashback through quidco?:think:

mobiles.co.uk/pay-as-you-go-mobile-phones.html

Am not sure that it's unlocked though.

sva19

lucylucky wrote: »

Not sure in what regard you mean "best network".

As regards signal coverage?

Meanging best network phones to buy where the phone most likely to be unlocked.

grumbler

Why are you so concerned about unlocked? For many phones free unlocking is not a problem.

Guys_Dad

Most CPW phones at the lower end come unlocked. You can buy one instore from 1p + £10 top up, or online.

Mobiles.co.uk are a CPW outlet, so should be unlocked.

Don't buy from network direct.

emerald21

I went to CPW a week ago for a cheap unlocked phone just to use up my various sims. I had 3 with approx £40. Wasn t just going to throw away or put in a drawer. I bought an alcatel ( the cheapest on offer in the shop ) for £3 plus i had to pay £10 for a sim. However i took it back a couple of days later as i cudn t get text messages to work nor could i work out how to add contacts - the girl in the shop couldn t either. So i paid another £2 and exchanged it for a samsung which is much better. Hth

Does anyone know if a sim stops working after a while if its not being used or do they last forever so to speak ?

JJ_Egan

CPW but they are not a network .
O2 have some high end phones unlocked dont know about low end .
Networks tend to lock their phones to themselves .

jje

grumbler

emerald21 wrote: »

Does anyone know if a sim stops working after a while if its not being used or do they last forever so to speak ?

I think this depends on the luck and the provider:

d123 wrote: »

...Some will cut a line after 6 months on non-chargeable action (outgoing call or SMS, data use or top up). Incoming don't count towards chargeable actions (obviously).

sva19

Guys_Dad wrote: »

Most CPW phones at the lower end come unlocked. You can buy one instore from 1p + £10 top up, or online.

Mobiles.co.uk are a CPW outlet, so should be unlocked.

Don't buy from network direct.

Thanks bought mobile Nokia 1800 for 1p + £10 on vodaphone Total £10.01. Hope to get £6 quidco cash back.

Also the phone as unlocked I was able to put another sim (Lyca) in it and works fine.

Thank for all help.

I will buy another phone when the £10 credit runs out.