Advice on these 3 phones from you kind experts (!)

DEBTMONKEY1A

Hi! Following on from my last post been looking at review. Bearing in mind I never use more than 1.5 GB data the smarty sim only, 1 month contract, 2g data on EE (my phonei is unlocked I think BT use EE if not???). @ £7.50 PCM. Unlimited minutes & texts..

Handset options are a), Nokia 3, over a 24 month period cost PCM Is around £11.50. Handset, many different t options but working on £99. The other 2 are moto g5 or samsung galaxy j5. Both handsets around £120. So we're talking over 2 years in real terms around £12.50 PCM. All sets are new with a 1 or 2 yr guarantee.....but NO long 2 yr contract, just a month. Considering I'm paying £12 PCM for SIM. Only with BT , admittedly with 6 GB data, but all other specs the same , bit of a no brainer,. Just to stress I never exceed 2gb data but unlimited calls/texts. If I renew to the cheapest BT Option , Nokia 3, we're talking £13+ PCM AND a 2 yr contract.

Will try my luck with BT but don't hold
out much hope!

From the review the. Motorola wins.....any expert feedback as my head is puddled! Sorry for typos.....need new glasses !OK! No bloatware/ability to use SD card for internal memory & A quick charger, under 30 mi s to 80%, seems selling point! Thanks in advance!:beer:

ballyblack

The Moto G5 is been replaced by the Moto G6 Play which has double 32GB memory and a battery which is 50% bigger than the Moto G5.

Its £130 at o2 PAYG

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DEBTMONKEY1A

Ballyblack, THANKS! Will check it still same great features& feedback???? A big battery is a bonus....presently using a samsung s3 old mini, recently bought an extended; battery for it, yes , increased usage by 1/2 day max. Will still keep it as a an emergency. Will get an urber cheap PAYG SIM for it.
Will have it in In glovebox phone but as its old starting to play up a little. Plus HATE the bloat ware on it that can't be erased or moved to SD card!

Frozen_up_north

I would try and stick with the £7.50/month on a SIM only basis. The data is rather on the low side these days, a smart phone on 4G can eat a lot of data in a very short time.

The current SIM only offers from EE, Giffgaff, Three, etc are way more expensive for unlimited minutes.

Can you keep the SIM and buy a SIM free handset elsewhere?

pmduk

If you go with Smarty, it's very cheap and easy to buy extra data as you need it @ £1.25 per Gb. Unlike other networks which cane you for out of bundle usage. I'll admit I'm biased I've used them since Sept without an issue.

boatman

I'd go with the G6 Play on O2, can be unlocked on ebay for £2.50, then choose whichever sim only deal that is suitable.
If you buy the phone from O2, choose any PAYG sim, doesn't really matter as they don't actually charge for it when it goes in your basket.


Virgin £6/month, 2500mins, unlimited text, 2Gb data

Frozen_up_north

boatman wrote: »

Virgin £6/month, 2500mins, unlimited text, 2Gb data

That £6/month deal with Virgin is £9/month if you are a new customer... it is still a good deal better than many though, unless you want to cap your spending or tether...

boatman

Frozen_up_north wrote: »

That £6/month deal with Virgin is £9/month if you are a new customer... it is still a good deal better than many though, unless you want to cap your spending or tether...

The £6 deal is available to everyone not just Virgin customers, it asks you if you have virgin or not lower down the page. You can get it in store and over the phone as well. Its a 12 month plan, if you don't use all your data it rolls over to the next month which can be handy.

ballyblack

doesn't really matter as they don't actually charge for it when it goes in your basket.

yes I have noticed that. But if you go into o2 shop they will insist on an £10 o2 top up so better on line

boatman

http://www.virginmedia.com/shop/mobile/exclusive-sims.html

You might get this deal, £5/month, 1500mins, 2gb data. It's aimed at current customers but you may well get it anyway, might be worth a try if it's suitable.


Virgin will be putting up prices in July by 3.3%, it doesn't apply to those taking out a contract now, so you are safe until 2019 at least.

harz99

DEBTMONKEY1A wrote: »

From the review the. Motorola wins.....any expert feedback as my head is puddled! Sorry for typos.....need new glasses !OK! No bloatware/ability to use SD card for internal memory & A quick charger, under 30 mi s to 80%, seems selling point! Thanks in advance!:beer:

Suggest you Google the model number and the word problems before you buy a Moto/Lenovo phone.


In fact do that for any phone you are contemplating.


The trouble with the glowing reviews is that they are all on brand new phones, nobody ever does a long term (12 months or so) user review which often reveals serious deficiencies.