Looking for recommendations please :)

xxJudexx

Hi

So my contract with O2 ends next month. I have already phoned up an received my PAC code but I'm looking for some recommendations of what to do next.

I have an iPhone 4S 16gb. It's in perfect working order so would like to keep using it.

I need a new phone for my business as the £9 Nokia I bought from tesco is a bit hit and miss with receiving text messages!

For my personal phone I would need at least 100 mins, 500 texts (would like unlimited) and at least 1gb of data.

My work phone I would also need approx 100 mins, unlimited texts and no need for data.

Can anyone recommend my best course of action? I was going to go for the offer from EE for a 32GB iphone 5c for £24.99 per month with no upfront cost and then use my current phone as my business phone but the deal expired yesterday and they won't make any exceptions

I'd like to pay no more than £15 per month for the personal and no more than £12 per month for the business but its a minefield trying to figure out what to do!!

mobilejunkie

You could cover one contract for £1.50 using a cashback deal, leaving plenty to get another cashback contract with a decent phone. Of course, you have to know what you're doing with such contracts, but both I and the people I order for wouldn't do any other type.

[Deleted User]

Checkout the Tesco Mobile website for deals - there are some good ones! Also you would still be on the O2 network so you already know what the coverage is like.
Tesco Mobile call centres are all in the UK too.
Their sim only deals are here - http://shop.tescomobile.com/pay-monthly/sim-only

slenderkitten

my orange contract ends in september i pay about £30 as i have some discounts applied. unlimited cross net minutes, unlimited texts 1.250gb data.

Should i go for the free gifts that come with the carphone warehouse offers if i go for another contract. are the free gifts really FREE?

slenderkitten

or do they bump up the price a bit ?

J_B

If your phone is locked to O2 (?probably?) then you will need to get it unlocked, by O2 *before* you leave them, if you wish to continue using it.

macman

Not if the OP uses a MVNO running on o2, such as Tesco Mobile as was suggested in post 3

xxJudexx

J_B wrote: »

If your phone is locked to O2 (?probably?) then you will need to get it unlocked, by O2 *before* you leave them, if you wish to continue using it.

I will be ringing them today to unlock it. I was under the impression they did this for free, is this right??

macman

Yes it's free if you are still in minimum term. No need to ring them, do it online.
http://www.o2.co.uk/help/phones-and-devices/unlocking-your-iphone-and-using-it-on-another-network