recommendations for a very cheap mobile please

lonestarfan

I much prefer PAYG. OP make sure you don't end up with a pay monthly which is different to PAYG. Although you shouldn't end up with it my mistake as you have to set up a direct debit I think rather than top up. We moved to pay monthly for £15pm a few years ago before I realised that's not PAYG and we went over our text allowance and ended up paying £20 for texts.
Now we're with giffgaff PAYG and I know I'm not going to get any surprises.

BadBehaviour

Collabora wrote: »

The all charge, even on contract its not part of plans, so you get charged

With 3, on contract, I don't get charged for voicemail. It's free and doesn't use up inclusive minutes.

http://i61.tinypic.com/jk9f06.jpg

From one of my bills.

unclebumpkin1

just a pay-as-you-go, i think - i barely use it and its just more for incoming calls...

Collabora

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/pay-as-you-go/deal-finder

but you would need to topup by £20 to get a cheap PAYG phone

getting from a supermarket they wont ask for a topup when you purchase phone

unclebumpkin1

well if i can still use my old virgin mobile sim - i'll just buy the cheapest handset that'd work for it IF the voicemail is free and my sim has survived... but being as I can't use my phone it's a bit difficult to phone them at the moment.

unclebumpkin1

if i can get a mobile that it would work within...

unclebumpkin1

or maybe a very cheap pay-as-you-go which you can turn off the voicemail on...

macman

You can turn voicemail on or off on any service. Your Virgin SIM will work in any unlocked handset (or one locked to Virgin). There are plenty of new handsets for about a tenner, or for a pound upwards if used, on ebay.

unclebumpkin1

i'll probably buy a cheap new one then - if my sim will work in them.

unclebumpkin1

would my sim work in any of these?

http://www.tesco.com/direct/technology-gaming/pay-as-you-go-phones/cat3375958.cat?catId=4294959890&range=BTWN+1+20#&sc_cmp=TPS_PAYG+flyout_price_Under£20