Hi all
I am after a SIM card for parents phone and tablet. They don't use them much and most pay as you go sims, you have to still pay a price each
month which they wouldn't get the benefit from. Previously they where with ovivo but they gone out of business now.
Currently phone is locked to Vodafone but tablet can use any.
Ideally I am after a sim for the phone where ideally you top up with say £10 then you don't need to pay again until that is used up. Tablet just
cheap as poss. Not much data required.
I have looked on web but can't seem to find anything that fits the bill so Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance
Steve
Not sure if you have to top up each month, but Sainsburys are doing a deal at the moment of a free SIM and if you put £10 top up on you get 11p off a
litre of fuel.
http://www.phoneshopbysainsburys.co.uk/save-on-fuel
Is giffgaff still going? They seemed quite cheap.
My t-mobile 3g dongle doesn't seem to have a 'minimum' login, I topped it up recently and my last top up was from 2012. Still seemed to
work fine.
I've got rid of my contract and changed to giff gaff. Been brilliant so far, all the advantages of pay as you go while costing less than contract.
Tesco do a good £10 contract.
Check the Tesco mobile shop..
giffgaff works for me (you don't need to buy goody-bags, I just use it as PAYG).
Free to other giffgaff, pretty transparent charging and nice ethos. Data is expensive if you use lots but I run "Data Lock Lite" which
limits it.
I use Giff Gaff as well. In most respects an excellent service, apart from their carrier which is O2 who have pretty dire 3G coverage.
[Edited on 26/3/14 by MikeRJ]
I've been with Ovivo for 6 months now and was really enjoying paying nothing to run a mobile phone. I only found out this morning they had gone
down the tubes. I was looking at the '3' sim card as a replacement. Their 3,2,1 PAYG tarrif where it's 3p per minute, 2p per text
and 1p per MB of data looks like the best deal. You don't have to pay every month, when you top up it lasts until you use it all up.
I think I could run this cheaper than paying Giffgaff a tenner a month.
[Edited on 26/3/14 by Scuzzle]
Asda mobile pretty cheap as a payg sim. Both of my parents use them.
trouble with tablets is that most sims bundle minute etc with the data.
Thanks for all the responses.
Will look into giff gaff sim and see how that will work for them.
The tablet has no USB so can't use a dongle. What is coverage like with 3? Could maybe use their sim for their tablet. 1p per mb seems ok. They
only use for Facebook and General google searches so shouldn't use much
Thanks again
Would definitely recommend taking a look at Tesco's offers.
I have recently switched to a tesco monthly contract which was the cheapest I could find with decent minutes etc.
I didn't want PAYG but I had a quick look at what they offered at the time and I'm sure it seemed very reasonable. With the monthly
contracts you could choose exactly what was included in your contract - minutes/texts/data depending on what you particularly need and you can opt to
go up to 4G at any time. Would imagine their PAYG should be similarly flexible.
(mobile phone contracts are a huge rip off but it looks like we're not ripped off half as much as people in some other countries; one benefit of
a small island I guess! But there are a few cheaper options out there.)
Have a look at Samba mobile for the tablet, pay an initial small fee for the sim card, after that its free you just watch adverts to earn allowance. At one time you got the sim at a discounted price if you went through the moneysavingexpert.com website, not sure if that is still valid.
giff gaff, excellent coverage from the O2 network in most places including Hsdpa+ fast data in some
Thanks again. Will go to tesco and check what they have to offer. Samba sim looks perfect. Very similar to ovivo like they had. Just hope they don't go under too
With Samba make sure you watch the adverts on WiFi, you would very quickly use up the allowance you have earned by watching the ads over the mobile broadband. I have them on in background while I am doing other things.
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Originally posted by chris-g
With Samba make sure you watch the adverts on WiFi, you would very quickly use up the allowance you have earned by watching the ads over the mobile broadband. I have them on in background while I am doing other things.
These guys are about cheapest for data £5 for 500Mb, 150 minutes, 150 texts use them for dongle and for calling abroad in the UK and for UK calls and
data when in France (with a French sim)
They are O2 same as giffgaff and Tesco, cant seem to find Tesco's data charges.
linky
Cheers,
Bob
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Originally posted by Scuzzle
I've been with Ovivo for 6 months now and was really enjoying paying nothing to run a mobile phone. I only found out this morning they had gone down the tubes. I was looking at the '3' sim card as a replacement. Their 3,2,1 PAYG tarrif where it's 3p per minute, 2p per text and 1p per MB of data looks like the best deal. You don't have to pay every month, when you top up it lasts until you use it all up.
I think I could run this cheaper than paying Giffgaff a tenner a month.
[Edited on 26/3/14 by Scuzzle]
http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Welcome-Join/How-long-does-top-up-credit-last-for/td-p/4718934
All the big providers have a Pay As You Go Sim which you only need to top up when your credit is low. My wife has an Orange Sim and we only top up
once in a blue moon as she never uses it. The Sims are normally free, just ring them and they will send you one.
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Originally posted by steve8274
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Originally posted by chris-g
With Samba make sure you watch the adverts on WiFi, you would very quickly use up the allowance you have earned by watching the ads over the mobile broadband. I have them on in background while I am doing other things.
That could be a problem. They don't have wifi/Internet at their house which is my they need sim. Suppose I could bring tablet here and watch some. How many would I have to view so it would last say a week? As I say, they only use it for Facebook etc.
Thanks