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Keeping Iphone 3GS - best sim only deal for it

Next month I come to the end of my contract on my Iphone 3gs. Think I am going to use phone on a sim only month by month contract basis for a while. I currently get 800 mins and unlimited text and data(it seems, never been charged for any) for £35 per month with T mobile, this cost obviously included a new Iphone when I took it out. Any ideas on who best to go to for a sim only deal with similar min/texts etc.
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  • boxst
    boxst Posts: 454 Forumite
    The best deal is with Three, but coverage is an issue in some places.

    (Only T-Mobile, Orange and Vodafone work in my house unfortunately)
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    edited 28 October 2011 at 1:06PM
    Well, if you insist in 800 minutes and unlimited texts/data, then it is £20 at giffgaff(O2).
    Otherwise you may want to check also chitter-chatter (t-mobile), '3' and talkmobile (vodafone).
  • DUTR
    DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite
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    Have you looked at T-mobile sim only?

    You mention never been charged, it looks like when a user reaches the FUP, the data is blocked until the next billing cycle

    "
    Is there an allowance?
    You can browse and email as much as you want.
    There is a 500MB allowance for streaming videos and uploading and downloading files. If you hit this limit during the month, you won't be able to do this stuff again until the next month."
  • diamonds
    diamonds Posts: 6,048 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Avoid GiffGass with 3G, its the worst 3G as its o2 - in Edinburgh my calls would go to voicemail & hop between 2G, 2.5G, 3G & 3.5G and battery dies quick as !

    T-Mobile or 3 have the best 3G. T-Mobile has a more stable 2G to roll back on as 3 is limited to which Orange 2G it will let you use.
    SO... now England its the Scots turn to say dont leave the UK, stay in Europe with us in the UK, dont let the tories fool you like they did us with empty lies... You will be leaving the UK aswell as Europe ;)
  • jenniewb
    jenniewb Posts: 12,840 Forumite
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    diamonds wrote: »
    Avoid GiffGass with 3G, its the worst 3G as its o2 - in Edinburgh my calls would go to voicemail & hop between 2G, 2.5G, 3G & 3.5G and battery dies quick as !

    T-Mobile or 3 have the best 3G. T-Mobile has a more stable 2G to roll back on as 3 is limited to which Orange 2G it will let you use.

    Think that pretty much sums it up: it depends where you are.

    I live in an area where aside from my mum on 02, no one can get a signal! And thats only partially- I'm in a black spot (our own fault, we all campaigned to have the mobile phone mast taken from our roof and the three schools surrounding us all joined in).

    It differs in central London where I'm based in the week day time where mainly 02 can be picked up from a wifi point of view and from my previous experiences, 02 has the better coverage swiftly followed by Orange/TMobile and then 3 (not sure about Vodaphone). I'd bet it would differ still in other parts of London alone, an area connected to a single phone mast seems to vary in distance but doesn't seem that big in terms of space being that the one less then 15 mins walk from my home could not do anything for my signal when I had a 3 mobile phone.

    Maybe check your signal first, ask around, see which would suit you best.
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