PAYG data for occasional use

babybookworm

Wondered if you forum experts could help - my sister lives in France but has to come back to UK for a few days every few months to visit our mum, who is in a nursing home. We are wondering what is the cheapest way for her to keep in touch with emails via her phone while she's here - should we buy her a cheap mobile with a bit of PAYG data, or would it be cheaper to get her iPhone unlocked and buy a SIM that she can just use when she's over here? I have no idea where to start with these things! (Apart from mobilephonechecker which is brilliant)

tyllwyd

I take it she's got a mobile phone contract with her French phone provider? Do they do any deals on roaming data in the UK? Does she stay somewhere with wifi while she is here? - if she can get onto wifi, using that is probably the cheapest and easiest solution.

grumbler

babybookworm wrote: »

We are wondering what is the cheapest way for her to keep in touch with emails via her phone while she's here - should we buy her a cheap mobile with a bit of PAYG data, or would it be cheaper to get her iPhone unlocked and buy a SIM that she can just use when she's over here?

It's always worth having a phone unlocked, at least for using abroad.
With an unlocked phone the best tariffs for occasional use are
https://www.three.co.uk/Support/Free_SIM/Order
http://www.delightmobile.co.uk/pay-as-you-go/rates/uk-rates.aspx

Both charge just 1p/Mb and 3p/min.

That said, a decent spare smartphone can be bought for as little as £25 and unlocked for ~£1: Vodafone Smart First 6 Android mobile phone, black or white, £25.00 delivered from amazon

diamonds

What network is she using ?