Posted 21 November 2023

Cheap phone and contract

Need a cheap smart phone and contact for my daughter. She had an iPhone 11 that she hasn't looked after so initially I refused to replace, but now she's walking home alone in the dark I feel she really needs something. Links please. Ideally aromd 10-20 a month including the sim plan, for 24 months.
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  1. 001Cisco's avatar
    AndyRoyd's avatar
    Respect.
    Excellent array of balanced options.
  2. cornishscouse's avatar
    Have a look at Tesco. They have some good deals on for clubcard members. If you don't have one, sign up for one. If you have a Tesco nearby, then well worth a visit. They use the O2 network, so good coverage.
    Iv'e been with them for over 12 years, and update my phone every 2-3 years.
  3. AndyRoyd's avatar
    now she's walking home alone in the dark I feel she really needs something

    That requirement can be most-simply satisfied by a dumb phone that only needs charging once a month,
    especially as walking alone in dark routinely using what may appear to be a phone of value (smartphone) may attract unwanted attention.

    Dumbphone example one-off £12 for handset
    hotukdeals.com/dea…210
    and your choice of cheap no-contract 30day airtime arrangements,
    which would provide future no-penalty option to convert to something more status-orientated (smartphone with/without contract) for special events such as birthdays, Christmas, achievement rewards, etc.
    Ferris's avatar
    Very much this. Battery and reliability are more important than specs for this use case.
  4. sydney871's avatar
    Get a cheap smartphone one of the Chinese makes usually are there is one almost daily in hukd and then go for a sim only deal like Lebara or Lyca usually about £48 per year for a decent contract again featured on this site....
  6. mutley1's avatar
    i would look on the deal section for mobile phones and choose one around £100 mark, read the comments in the post as i find this very helpful when trying to work out which phone is the better one to get.

    then get lyca or lebara PAYG sim, again have a look on deal section for these two mobile providers. i have the lyca one at the moment. where i am paying 45p a month for 3GB data and unlimited minutes and texts. lebara is around 99p a month at the moment. the lyca deals are expired as they have been banned from hukd since their cyber attack issue, but some of those deals are actually still active.
    RoosterNo1's avatar
    How are you getting those SIM prices please ?
    45p a month
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