Mobile phone tariffs expensive?
 

Is it just me or are pay as you go mobile tariffs still expensive?:disturbd:

I've just been looking around for a new phone to continue using on Easymobile (my K700i has about given up the ghost) but I thought I'd take a look at the tariffs from the main providers.

Boy was I in for a shock, 40p per min this, 30p per min that, 10p for a text. I was hoping that the short time I'd been away from Orange they or one of the other providers would have brought their prices down. Doesn't look like it, unless I'm missing something glaringly obvious.

I'm a low (well I think so) user, my account gets auto-credited with £10 about once a month and I use that on texts and calls (if anyones a tarrif guru and thinks they can help I can provide my statements;) ). Looking around even with bolt-ons (O2), stop the clock(Voda), bonus top-ups(orange) and mates rates (Tmobile) not one of the main providers can come close to Easymobiles flat 15ppm calls and 5p texts.

Am I on the cheapest tariff for me or could I be saving money somewhere? Well after an hours extensive research I still can't tell you.

Anyone would have thought they do it on purpose.

Grrrr, that's an hour of my life I'll never get back!:mad: :mad: :mad:

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I've just been given an old Nokia phone & a Tesco sim card that charges 15p/min on calls & 5p/min for texts, the sim was £3.47.

- it will only call or text, though & is UK only.

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Have you looked at 3 ??? they seem quite reasonble and they even pay you to recieve calls and texts

http://www.three.co.uk/priceplans/PAYGwepay.omp

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Does this mean you actually have a mobile phone of sorts now Gaz????
Tesco mobile doesn't seem too bad for basic usage.

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:LOL: looks like it :blush: - if I can get it unlocked, anyway :dozey:

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virgin mobile is 15 p for the first 5 minutes of the day then 5p per minute thereafter to other mobiles and uk landlines or just 3p per minute to other vigin customers

http://www.virginmobile.com/mobile/s...ff/tariff.html

or you can buy a pay as you go bundle

http://www.virginmobile.com/mobile/bundles/index.jsp

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Looks like the same sort of tariff as Easymobile - still, it shows it can be done.

Edit - Although Tesco charge 20ppm for x netwrok calls, so again that's another one out of the window.

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but tescos and easy mobile are still dearer than virgin mobile

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I use "Fresh" from the carphone warehouse. Great rates too, and a sort of direct debit payg, so no need for a scratch card top up.

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30ppm - other network
15ppm - land line
10ppm - text

Again more expensive than Easy :(

---------- Post added at 18:14 ---------- Previous post was at 18:12 ----------

Trouble is what I save on calls (10ppm saving for every min over 5min) I'll loose again on the increased cost of texts (Don't know anyone on Virgin).:( :(

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T-Mobile?

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What about them?:confused:

---------- Post added at 19:25 ---------- Previous post was at 18:29 ----------

After a bit more poking around I've come to the conclusion that Easymobile have the cheapest tariff out there. Bummer, thought I'd be able to make a saving somewhere. :rolleyes:

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Are they cheaper?

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In short Wayne, no. :(

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Read post number 1 for a clue.... TMobile is mentioned ;)

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I overlooked it then. Sorry ;)

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where did you see that, shaun, my little book says 15p for all mobiles and landlines, day or night, but uk only? :)

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You are quite right, looks like the info I came across was for a different Tesco tariff.:confused:

Tesco's site : http://www.tescomobile.com/valuesim.aspx

Fresh comparison (bottom of the page) - (says 20p): http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/com....MAINPAGE.PAYG

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Virgin calls to other mobiles are 35p per minute, and still expensive on their bundles.

Tesco mobile offer bundles £2.50 per month for 25 mins of calls to any UK landline or mobile and then 10p per minute for rest of month, you can also have a bundle for text messages at 5p per message to any UK mobile. Rates for Tesco value SIM are different.

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You could try doing a comparison here Shaun.
Also, Martin Lewis knows his stuff over at Money Saving Expert

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This is one of the reasons I have held off from having a mobile, till now, I found all the different tariffs & deals really hard to compare.

That is why this Tesco 'value sim' is fine, for me, I only pay for what I use & know exactly how much it is costing.

- just as an aside, strictly speaking not 100% on topic, but related to mobiles and expense, I was amazed at the different charges I came across when looking to unlock my phone to use the Tesco sim. Talk about buyer beware, some places wanted £25, I sent off for a code for â‚ ¬9.99, yesterday, which still hasn't arrived although Paypal confirmed the payment. Eventually I found a code generator site & did it for nothing - which was lucky as both locks were set & the code I was waiting for will only release the first. :dozey:

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T Mobile's reception coverage is utter pants. I'm on it and won't be staying with them at the end of my contract, probably go back to Vodafone.