SIM only tariffs

moonpenny

I have just bought a new phone (my first smartphone) and have been looking at Smarty SIM only plans.

The cheapest one seems to be £6 month which would do me o.k. but I was curious about the "Social" tariff at £12 a month! It doesn't  seem to offer any more for that price so I couldn't  work out the benefits.

I thought a "Social" tariff would be much cheaper or have I misunderstood  the meaning of this plan?  Could someone she'd some light on this?

born_again

Social in this meaning probably relates to Social Media, so might get you free date when using SM.

Penguin_

Voxi (Vodafone network) are pretty cheap - 80gb for £10 a month & your social media usage doesn't come out of that.

ETA VOXI – The Mobile Network with Unlimited Social Media | VOXI Mobile

Mark_d

I pay £4.50 per month on a 5GB 12 month contract with Lebara.

Rodders53

What network(s) work where you are / go a lot?  

Also what use will you make of it?  Mainly calls and texts, use on WiFi at home and in locations like stores, restaurants and hospitals?

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cheap-mobile-finder/sim-only/ has some pretty good deals.

You'll need to guess how much data you will use... I use very little.  The other month I went to a holiday caravan site with poor to non-existent wifi when I used it as a mobile hotspot for tablets etc.,. with my wife.  Then I nearly went through all the month's 5GB data allowance in the week away.

moonpenny

born_again said:

Social in this meaning probably relates to Social Media, so might get you free date when using SM.

That doesn't seem to fit as the plan requires you to be getting some sorts of benefits to qualify. That's why I found it odd as i expected it to be cheaper if you are on benefits!

TadleyBaggie

moonpenny said:

born_again said:

Social in this meaning probably relates to Social Media, so might get you free date when using SM.

That doesn't seem to fit as the plan requires you to be getting some sorts of benefits to qualify. That's why I found it odd as i expected it to be cheaper if you are on benefits!

The social tariff is an unlimited data SIM for £12, Their regular unlimited date SIM is £20. So it is cheaper based on the data.

dc_scotland

@moonpenny The £6 per month deal with Smarty is for 5gb of data I believe. 

From what I can see, this link is still working which offers 5gb of data with Lebara on the Vodaphone network at £1.35 per month for 6 months, thereafter £4.90 per month:
https://www.lebara.co.uk/en/msm/p/441174.html

If it's not working, then this link offers 5gb of data with Lebara for £1.48 per month for 3 months, thereafter £4.95 per month:
https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/sim-only-deal/0d975ece288063e41a38919291b0ace5684b2e3b/?position=3&list=compare/sim-only-deals/lebara_mobile&list_loaded_id=4971aae3-6a75-4a95-81ab-d9f838a47542&page=compare/sim-only-deals/lebara_mobile&retailer=lebara-mobile

tinker411

TadleyBaggie said:

moonpenny said:

born_again said:

Social in this meaning probably relates to Social Media, so might get you free date when using SM.

That doesn't seem to fit as the plan requires you to be getting some sorts of benefits to qualify. That's why I found it odd as i expected it to be cheaper if you are on benefits!

The social tariff is an unlimited data SIM for £12, Their regular unlimited date SIM is £20. So it is cheaper based on the data.

Yep, social tariffs are more about accessibility rather than price, although for a tariff to be classed as social one of the requirements is that it's cheaper than a regular package (some of the social tariffs out there are flying close to the wind with this one though granted).

Ofcom website has quite a bit of info about it: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/saving-money/social-tariffs/

moonpenny

Thank you all! Some food for thought here, I will take a look at all the deals mentioned.
I am a bit lost where phones are concerned as I have used a "none smart" phone for years on a Vodaphone payg so I will take a look at the Lebara plan.

missile

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