Looking to get very 1st Smartphone. Low user. Don't want PAYG.

corbyboy

It is all down to personal preference. I have the Moto G. In my opinion it is the best value phone on the market.

Please don't worry about the battery issue. To say the battery is "unlikely" to last 2 years is a massive exaggeration.

grumbler

corbyboy wrote: »

To say the battery is "unlikely" to last 2 years is a massive exaggeration.

Don't misquote me. What I said was "unlikely to last more than 2 years". Of course, it will last more, but with normal usage after 2 years it's unlikely to hold charge long enough.

chaucer

corbyboy wrote: »

It is all down to personal preference. I have the Moto G. In my opinion it is the best value phone on the market.

For the extra £2.50 is Moto G that much better than Moto E?
I had a quick 4G coverage check and I don't live in an area with coverage.

redux

I'd forgotten the Sainsburys deal with Kelloggs. You might as well try that out for how much use is likely, perhaps alongside your current SIM and phone while you see how it goes.

Yorkie1

chaucer wrote: »

My reason for thinking I don't want PAYG is we are currently on an old Virgin PAYG that is expensive per minute & per text.
Are the new PAYG better value?

chaucer wrote: »

You are right about working from knowledge not assumptions.
I have just checked with my Virgin mobile account.
10p to text to another Virgin phone.
12p to text to another network.
25p / minute for a phone call.

Yikes!

I have an ancient, £3.49 phone from Carphone Warehouse which is on my original Virgin PAYG tariff similar to what you've outlined above.

I've now bought a Moto G from Tesco and got an unlock code over ebay for £2. It's on the 321 PAYG tariff from Three, which as others have said is 3p per minute for calls, 2p per text, and 1p per MB of mobile data. I thought I'd try it out for a few months to see what usage I'm getting.

I rarely switch the mobile data function on; usually, I'm using the internet bit when in Wi-Fi range at home or the office.

Very light calls / text user and haven't used more than £1 or £2 I think since getting the phone maybe three months ago?

I'll imminently be trying to port my original phone number onto my 3 tariff, which is so much better value than the Virgin number. :T

chaucer

Yorkie1 wrote: »

... got an unlock code over ebay for £2.


I'll imminently be trying to port my original phone number onto my 3 tariff, which is so much better value than the Virgin number. :T

Is the unlock legit?


Can an old number be easily kept?

grumbler

>> Mobile Unlocking

>> How do I keep my mobile phone number when switching provider?

chaucer

Back again ... my wife would like something with a good camera and the motorolas are not good here ... she is impressed with an ipahone 4 a family member just got for £15 / month

iphone 4 is not recommended due to going out of date
I have found iphone 5c for £14.50 / £15 respectively here
http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/contract_deal/2794824?page=%2Fmobiles%2Fiphone_5_deals%2F

and here

http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/contract_deal/2794768?page=%2Fmobiles%2Fiphone_5_deals%2F

not as cheap as the tesco motorola G (which is out of stock anyway) but any good? If we are prepared to pay a bit more?

balletshoes

£15 per month for 2 years (24 month contract) = £360, and locked to whichever provider you take the contract with.

Iphone 5c bought direct from Apple store, unlocked and sim-free = £319.

If your wife is a low user of calls, texts, mobile data etc, it may still be worth buying the phone outright from Apple, and then getting a separate sim deal. Only you and your wife know, based on your actual usage of your mobile phone up til now (not based on what you pay on your current sim, as thats very poor value compared to what you can get nowadays on payg).

Ms_Chocaholic

If you use Giffgaff then calls/texts to/from your wife and yourself would be free (as long as you top up every 3 months)