Good, cheap basic phone/package?

stilltheone

MarkBargain wrote: »

90 minutes a week is a fair amount, so she's need an allowance of around 500 to be comfortable.

Three will offer 600 minutes, 3000 texts and 1GB internet for £15-a-month on a 12-month contract, but there are cheaper deals elsewhere.

T-Mobile sometimes offer 600 minutes, 500 texts and 0.5GB internet for £7.50-a-month, that is a promotion that sometimes comes up. This currently costs £10-a-month I believe on a 12-month contract, see www.chitterchatter.co.uk/simonly.php I suspect that is the best deal available currently, unless anyone can beat it?

As for the handset, just go into the Carphone Warehouse or somewhere like that and buy a T-Mobile PAYG handset that suits. That will work with SIM-only too.

Isn't that discount only applied for just one month? Looks like a tricky 'deal' to me. Perhaps not, but the terms and conditions don't confirm what is written on the main page.

cashferret

macman wrote: »

Sounds like the battery is short circuiting, have you tried changing it?-they're about a fiver on your local market stall.
Can't believe you've had it with that problem for a year without addressing it.

Hi macman - I'll ask her if she's tried that.

MarkBargain

stilltheone wrote: »

Isn't that discount only applied for just one month? Looks like a tricky 'deal' to me. Perhaps not, but the terms and conditions don't confirm what is written on the main page.

I see what you mean about the T&Cs, I just read "Please note all promotional credits (automatic cashback) will be paid directly into your bank account each month untill the end of the contract. " to mean that the discount lasts the whole contract. I don't know why they make it so complicated either!

The same package is £15.32-a-month here: https://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/sim-only/tariffs/ £80.80 cash back for taking that 12-month deal from Topcashback, so that's a better option perhaps.