Im on orange PAYG - what can Virgin offer me?

[colinuk]

Tried to find info on the web site about phones, cant see anything about them, i can find sims as im on the XL package with them so thought about upgrading my phone ive had for 4 years with a sim as well, 300/300 a month sounds good.

But cant seem to find anything to show me phones with sims from virgin, anyone help out?

TYIA

ColiN

[southwell]

You need to go here: http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/home.do Your Virgin cable services are separate to mobile plans, although you can get sims in a bundle i believe.

[chickendippers]

Here's the special tariffs for Virgin Media customers: http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/mobile/existing.html

[m419]

Tried to find info on the web site about phones, cant see anything about them, i can find sims as im on the XL package with them so thought about upgrading my phone ive had for 4 years with a sim as well, 300/300 a month sounds good.

But cant seem to find anything to show me phones with sims from virgin, anyone help out?

TYIA

ColiN

Virgin Mobile Daily Bonus Tariff:

Calls to UK landlines: 15p per minute
Calls to UK Mobile Networks: 15p per minute
Calls to UK Virgin Mobile phones: 15p per minute
Calls to 084,0870 and 0871 numbers: 15p per minute
Texts to another Virgin Mobile: 5p
Texts to another Network: 10p
VoiceMail: Free
Call Waiting: Yes!
Call Hold Yes!
Customer care: 10p per call
Mobile Internet on your phone: 30p per day
Free minutes: 5 minutes everyday
Free texts: 5 free texts everyday

Compare that with.....

Orange Racoon Pay as You go:

Calls to UK landlines: 15p per minute
Calls to UK Mobiles: 15p per minute
Calls to Orange UK mobiles: 15p per minute
Texts to all networks: 10p per message
Calls to 084 and 0870 numbers: 25p per minute
Calls to 0871 numbers: 35p per minute
Answerphone: 10p per minute
Mobile internet on your phone: £2 per day cap
Customer care: 25p per call
Free texts: No!
Free Minutes: No!
Call Waiting: Yes
Call hold: No!

If you are on Dolphin,Camel or Canary then UK inland calls cost 20p per minute with a minimum charge of one whole minute.

So Virgin Mobile is definately cheaper than Orange pay as you go for making phone calls.

[grimlea]

on the daily bonus after 5mins of calls, the next 5 mins are free - even better!! same with texts, after 5 the next 5 are free

[colinuk]

Still waiting for Orange to offer me a good deal on the HTC HD. i want the phone but i know i will use the internet a fair bit, part of my job, but cant get a good deal of them with say 500mb internet, 500mins, 100 text a month... cant pay £45 a month at the mo, so still looking...

[TheNorm]

...a good deal on the HTC HD. ...

How about this from T-Mobile?

Combi 30 + Web N Walk – 18 Month Contract:
Monthly Rental/Charge £35.00
Contract Term (months) 18
Inclusive Minutes 700
Inclusive Texts Unlimited
Inclusive Data Unlimited
Voice Call Cost (per minute) 30p
Text Cost (per text) 12p
Voicemail 12p

Bundled with the HTC HD for £140 incl.

http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=175204

[grimlea]

virgin - sim with phone deals

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/bundles/virginmobilehandset.html

you'll need 2 put in your account details 2 view the phones

[colinuk]

Arr thats why i never seen any phones on offer... Do they have the HTC HD as one for offer???

[ruddock08]

Arr thats why i never seen any phones on offer... Do they have the HTC HD as one for offer???

no, only basic phones or some middle class ones for the £20 option.

[jamieclarko]

I get 300 texts and calls are 15p/min to all networks for £10/month payg Im on orange, but you have got to remember virgin mobile (t-mobile) have alot less coverage. its not about how much it costs but also about how reliable the network is, i was with t-mobile for 18 months and around Lancashire there signal is very poor!

[etccarmageddon]

yeah I was in Cheadle cheshire recently (reasonably densely populated area) with someone who had a T mobile phone and she had NO SIGNAL - what a joke - my orange phone never has no signal except when I go out way into the countryside.

[jamieclarko]

yeah I was in Cheadle cheshire recently (reasonably densely populated area) with someone who had a T mobile phone and she had NO SIGNAL - what a joke - my orange phone never has no signal except when I go out way into the countryside. Yeah you always know when someone rings you from a t-mobile mobile, it sounds crap and breaks up all the time :D

[yorkshireborn]

tesco payg offer better value for money if u put £10 they will add double so u get £30 of credit.

[Gary L]

tesco payg offer better value for money if u put £10 they will add double so u get £30 of credit.

I think you have to spend that within a certain time.
even at 10p a minute calls it works out at 300 mins.

[howden]

I've already got the 3 for £30 (V+ etc) - is there any discount on the £8.50 pay monthly deal for VM customers ?

Thanks

[JethroUK]

tesco payg offer better value for money if u put £10 they will add double so u get £30 of credit.

Thats not right

If you buy £10 they add £10 = £20

If you buy £15 they "add double" £30 = £45

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[Micky Finn]

I've already got the 3 for £30 (V+ etc) - is there any discount on the £8.50 pay monthly deal for VM customers ?

Thanks

No there isn't. In fact the cheapest tariff is £12, albeit with 50% more minutes. I think there's a 'three months free' promotion on as well at the moment. I always found this anomaly a little odd, so much so that I just went for the £8.50 tariff completely separate to my VM account. Nice phone (Samsung G600) and the minutes are fine for my needs.

[die5el]

Thats not right

If you buy £10 they add £10 = £20

If you buy £15 they "add double" £30 = £45

.Also thier coverage is terrible my m8 just switched over to tesco mobile and his last phonecall to me was so pathetic he kept cutting out i told him to go and use a phone box .Yes the deal looks good but it is no use if you cant hear what is being said by the person ringing from tesco mobile btw i live in swansea

[JethroUK]

spose coverage varies on the network

Tesco use O2

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[howden]

No there isn't. In fact the cheapest tariff is £12, albeit with 50% more minutes. I think there's a 'three months free' promotion on as well at the moment. I always found this anomaly a little odd, so much so that I just went for the £8.50 tariff completely separate to my VM account. Nice phone (Samsung G600) and the minutes are fine for my needs.

Thanks Mickey - just that's exactly what I'm looking at (100 texts and 100 mins also suits my needs)

[grimlea]

Virgin are releasing a new PAYG tariff on 1st April 2009 - & no its not an April fools joke

Sim Cards are going to free of charge - with free delivery if you call into the call centre - 0845 6000 789 - 97p delivery charge if ordered online. Sim cards available to order from today.

Top & get part of new tariff

Top up by £20, £15 & £10 throughout the month & get the following benefits the next month

£20 and get unlimited free texts* - plus free unlimited web access**

£15 and get 600 free texts and unlimited web access for just 30p a day***

£10 and get 300 free texts and unlimited web access for just 30p a day***


Standard Call Charges
Calls to landlines, virgin mobiles & other networks - 20p
All texts - 10p

*Fair usage policy 3000 texts
**Fair usage policy 1GB
***Fair usage policy 25mb per day

[JethroUK]

Virgin are releasing a new PAYG tariff on 1st April 2009 - & no its not an April fools joke

...£15 and get 600 free texts and unlimited web access for just 30p a day***..

No free call time

If they had followed Tesco £15 + £30 free credit (to use how you want) i would've switched

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[grimlea]

No free call time

If they had followed Tesco £15 + £30 free credit (to use how you want) i would've switched

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Yeah Virgin looked at that, did a massive consultation with customers who said that they would prefer a text deal. Keep eyes open over next few months for other options on the addict tarrif, such as airtime

[JethroUK]

i'm looking to change back to Virgin - Tesco charge £zillion for data and Tesco/O2 dont support sms read receipts

i just need an excuse.