Smart phone for a user who never phones.

MillicentBystander

RainbowDreamer wrote: »

Havent looked into ovivo.. so cant comment on if its cheaper than what I use.
But I huse giffgaff. I pay £10 a month for 250 mins, unlimited wed and unlimited texts.

As my phone downloads things in the background like most.

I use a HTC wildfire s which I got second hand for under £100.

Also.. if you do not want free mins as you do not make phone calls.. then giffgaff may even have a cheaper tarriff?
Btw giffgaff is payg not contract.

After you have paid the initial £5 for the sim the ongoing monthly cost is nothing/free so i would assume it is . Who knows how long it will last, though And a second hand HTC Wildfire S at £100 imo just doesn't compete with a £67 brand new Huawei Ascend G300

The G300 is Techradar's 13th best mobile in the world today

wallbash

Ok the offer on the ovivo is the winner. But I see that to make it REALLY simple I should get the Huawei G300 from Vodafone , but that is coming up at £99 ?
Still in budget.

MillicentBystander

wallbash wrote: »

Ok the offer on the ovivo is the winner. But I see that to make it REALLY simple I should get the Huawei G300 from Vodafone , but that is coming up at £99 ?
Still in budget.

Follow the instructions here to the letter and it should be yours for £67! Worked for me. An absolute no-brainer imo. No matter where you buy it from it will be locked to Vodafone (they have a 3 month exclusive on the phone). But as ovivo piggy back on Vodafone you don't even need to get it unlocked.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/huawei-g300-ascend-smartphone-102-95-72-95-with-credit-acct-down-possible-67-01-1283781?page=1

grumbler

wallbash wrote: »

... I should get the Huawei G300 from Vodafone , but that is coming up at £99 ?

Did you bother to read the thread that I posted a link to? The second post in that thread was

grumbler wrote: »

HUKD: Huawei G300 Ascend Smartphone - £102.95 to £72.95 with credit acct, down to possible £67.01 (incl cashback) Delivered @ isme.com

wallbash

Did you bother to read the thread that I posted a link to?

Yes but was confused with the earlier advice about the Vodafone 'phone' did not need to be unlocked!!
As in #1 advice has to be really really simple or will have to get the daughters to hold daddies hand .

Kernel_Sanders

wallbash wrote: »

Will not be offended...

Hope you also won't be offended for telling you that no word is pluralized by using an apostrophe. Nouns ending in y (if more than one syllable) usually have it changed to -ies, hence emergencies.


OK, the OP has reiterated here that he does not need the phone function!

wallbash wrote: »

So my PAYG will in practice cost me £30 a month just to have the phone on ?? ( just to check my emails , at a free wi fi area)

So why all the advice on PAYG/call plans? The smartphone suggested has n wi-fi, which is all he says he needs.

MillicentBystander

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

Hope you also won't be offended for telling you that no word is pluralized by using an apostrophe. Nouns ending in y (if more than one syllable) usually have it changed to -ies, hence emergencies.


OK, the OP has reiterated here that he does not need the phone function!So why all the advice on PAYG/call plans? The smartphone suggested has n wi-fi, which is all he says he needs.

edit: [STRIKE]Decided you really aren't worth my time.[/STRIKE] I've decided you really aren't worth my time (just so the OCD doesn't kick in again).

Kernel_Sanders

grumbler wrote: »

Originally Posted by grumbler View Post
HUKD: Huawei G300 Ascend Smartphone - £102.95 to £72.95 with credit acct, down to possible £67.01 (incl cashback) Delivered @ isme.com

I think cashback has since been reduced to something like 6%, pushing that £67.01 figure up to over £70.

Kernel_Sanders

MillicentBystander wrote: »

edit: [STRIKE]Decided you really aren't worth my time.[/STRIKE] I've decided you really aren't worth my time (just so the OCD doesn't kick in again).

That makes little sense; what are you talking about? I am trying to help the OP.

MillicentBystander

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

I think cashback has since been reduced to something like 6%, pushing that £67.01 figure up to over £70.

Nope, the £67 is based on the new rate of 6% cashback. I got the phone for £63 due to the cashback rate being 10% at the time. It's simple, really.

£102.95 delivered. £30 discount/refund reduces it to £72.95 then the 6% cashback reduces it by a further £5.94. Net cost = £67.01. A no-brainer, basically. What may have confused you is the OP on HUKD has edited his thread to reflect the reduced cashback rate. It originally stated the net price as £63.05.