Looking for basic 3g phone

KxMx · 5 July 2015 at 2:11PM

As above, i'm looking for a very very basic 3g phone to use as a spare in the event of moving to Three which is looking likely. As cheap as possible.
Doesn't need a camera or touch screen for example.

Currently paying 8p calls & 4p texts with Tesco Lite, Three at 3p&2p offers a real saving, but i'd need a new spare phone as current one isn't 3g capable- CeX will give me a fiver for it though which helps offset the cost of a new one.

Any ideas? I have done research but still slightly clueless

grumbler · 5 July 2015 at 2:39PM

Samsung S5611 Utopia, £30

This is the only 'basic' 3g phone I know. An alternative is only a cheap smartphone that you can get for as little as £15 at CPW on PAYG upgrades if you qualify.

d123 · 5 July 2015 at 5:59PM

I have a Nokia 6220c in the car as an emergency phone.

I see CEX sell them from around £18 so it's at the really cheap end of what's available.

https://uk.webuy.com/phones/product.php?mastersku=SNOK6220C#.VZlw1EqkqK0

Kernel_Sanders · 5 July 2015 at 9:30PM

You don't need 3 or 3G. 3 doesn't allow completely free calls to same-network users but Delight does, whilst having the same tariff as 3-2-1. You can also ring the landlines of 23 countries for 1p/min, which is rather odd as minutes to this country cost 3p.
It will work in a £4 Nokia instore at Asda (on EE), which I think also comes with LED torch, radio and ultra-long battery life.

KxMx · 6 July 2015 at 11:50PM

I don't have any friends on Delight nor do I need to dial internationally so not really suitable.

Thank you all for the handset suggestions. I hadn't found those ones.

I think the plan is if I move to Three go to CeX or eBay for a used basic 3g handset because as a light user £30(or £25 after selling current spare) is a significant outlay; and would be sometime before I've cleared the cost in use age to finally be saving which is the point of moving.

grumbler · 7 July 2015 at 9:54AM

KxMx wrote: »

Currently paying 8p calls & 4p texts with Tesco Lite, Three at 3p&2p offers a real saving, but i'd need a new spare phone as current one isn't 3g capable...
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I don't have any friends on Delight nor do I need to dial internationally so not really suitable.

Why not suitable - if the prices are the same as at '3' and the handset doesn't need to be 3g?
You can keep using your current 2g phone, but there are 99p handsets at CPW on O2 PAYG upgrades that you are likely to qualify for.