Missing features on PAYG
I'm probably not the first to ask this but I didn't find it in the search.
I am currently on PAYG with O2, and considering switch to pay monthly as I will be stopping work in the next couple of years and this will become my only phone.
However looking into it, on a pure cost point of view it doesn't make sense - I am currently paying £10 per month for more than I need, and the cheapest Pay Monthly is £12 a month and locks me in to an frankly outrageous price increase of RPI+3.9%
Therefore the only reason to do this would be on missing features. I am aware of a few but is there a list anywhere?
- Wifi calling - seems like most UK networks don't offer wifi calling on PAYG and this might be the clincher as the signal is not great in my house. Do any UK networks offer wifi calling on PAYG?
- Call forwarding - not available on PAYG but not sure if I need it anyway.
- Ability to add apple watch mobile on the side (again don't really need this at the moment).
- Other?
I am currently on PAYG with O2, and considering switch to pay monthly as I will be stopping work in the next couple of years and this will become my only phone.
However looking into it, on a pure cost point of view it doesn't make sense - I am currently paying £10 per month for more than I need, and the cheapest Pay Monthly is £12 a month and locks me in to an frankly outrageous price increase of RPI+3.9%
Therefore the only reason to do this would be on missing features. I am aware of a few but is there a list anywhere?
- Wifi calling - seems like most UK networks don't offer wifi calling on PAYG and this might be the clincher as the signal is not great in my house. Do any UK networks offer wifi calling on PAYG?
- Call forwarding - not available on PAYG but not sure if I need it anyway.
- Ability to add apple watch mobile on the side (again don't really need this at the moment).
- Other?
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Three and EE have wi-fi calling on PAYG tariffs (along with some of their MVNOs eg 1p, Smarty (1 mth contracts) (with all the usual caveats about your particular phone being able to use them).
I guess I can just port my current PAYG O2 number to EE then.
Don't know enough about your call/data usage to make direct comparisons but you might look at 1p mobile (uses EE network).
Switching to 1P Mobile (EE network) on PAYG and immediately the wifi calling option appeared in the phones menu and it works.
Also both Sky mobile and O2 directly offered unlimited calls, unlimited texts and 2GB data per month for £6. I would have stayed with either if only they had got wifi calling to work for me.