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colin79666

Consider the Nokia Lumia 530 or 630. Well built for the price (< £100) and available in bright colours.

yangptangkipperbang

robin61 wrote: »

Yeah I think I am going to go with the Tesco option. £7.50 a month with a £2.50 cap should mean the bill doesn't go over £10 which is going to be her limit.

I have found Tesco to be excellent, that is the package I use. Their user account website is very clear and easy to see how much you have left for the rest of the month. I have just replaced my elderly Samsung with a new Motorola Moto G - a very good phone for the money.

Techhead_2

giraffe69 wrote: »

And if it is capping and calls/texts are made abroad and take a while for the bill to get to the domestic operator. Does it work then? PAYG gives protection from unexpected big bills.

Perhaps a few years ago, what you say was true. Things have moved on since then.

sillygoose

My son who is 11 tells me there are massive numbers of kids on the bus and at school with the same phone as his mums.. a Moto G. Not only a really good phone but its apparently reached sufficient street cred level to be acceptable to the kid scene without the kid being picked on for having a lame or cheapo phone. These things (sadly) do matter these days. Fortunately the Moto G is brilliant value too.

robin61

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

I have found Tesco to be excellent, that is the package I use. Their user account website is very clear and easy to see how much you have left for the rest of the month. I have just replaced my elderly Samsung with a new Motorola Moto G - a very good phone for the money.

Yes well I sorted the phone out today. Motorola Moto E and the 2 year £7.50 per month package and set the cap at £2.50. I must say the chap at Tesco was good and so is their website. Anyway my Daughter is really pleased with it and I reckon it is really good value for money. Thanks to everyone for their advice.