Talkmobile Deals & Offers

how? thinking of joining but heard bad things about the usual Huawei routers they use

I had three different issues with Talktalk across the 1.5 years I have been with them. They handled them all extremely poorly. Can't wait to switch away from them.

Remember TalkTalk have blocked VPN, remote access programs such as TeamViewer etc from their end so you will have lots of trouble if you want to get those unblocked.

You would be better with a bit of string and some empty cans than you would on TT. Every year consistently voted the worst provider.

Sounds like my sky account to me .

Loved my Plusnet mobile until I went into hospital in the outskirts of Crewe and it wouldn't work. Bloke next to me had Plusnet also the same problems. The wifes 02 network and my sons Vodafone worked fabulously! Must admit I was scratching my head wondering why no signal when it piggy backs on EE/ORANGE/BT etc?

Just got a Talkmobile upgrade yesterday from £10 a month for 4Gb to £12 for 12 GB . Beat that .

Mine changed before Christmas. 50% off Vodafone standard plans IIRC.

They change their deals every 1-2 weeks.... Hold off until they do 4-5gb for £10

They don't offer that 4gb @ £10 per month at the moment, but I have found with plusnet 3GB data - 1000 minutes 2000 texts for £8.00 per month on a 1 month contract - might just go with that. I am with talktalk and they are changing my plan to 500MB data 400 minutes unlimited texts @ £14.50 per month - even with the op's offer its a no brainer really.

I've just rang twice and only been offered iPhone se 32gb for £16.80 a month with 1gb data or £21 with 4gb data. The half price was in Huawei p smart at £16.10 a month for 4gb and Samsung j3 at £15 a month 4gb, also some sim only plans were half price.

OK just phoned them back. P20 24m contract ul calls/txt 1GB data £23.20pm + £16.70 up front Not sure it's worth it. EDIT... (Another coot story time LOL) They called me yesterday and offered me the p20 for £16 per month!!!! YAY ETC I was out at the time so had to call them back today. Needless to say there is no such deal and the operator had no idea what I was talking about. So I asked for my PAC code.

My contract ran out last month and they phoned me today offering various deals but I was out so didn't get writing them down LOL. The operator told me she thought the best deal was on the Huawei P20 lite for £15 per month for 24m 4gb data, unlimited minutes and texts. A new phone would be nice :-) as I'm using an old LG Nexus which had an overheating problem so is running a custom rom to slow it down. I will phone them back and ask about the P20.

Two year contract finished 10 April 2018 wanted to keep phone and get a low use sim. Moved to a 30 day SIM with 500 min 5000 text and 1.5gb after rejecting the half price Vodapnone offers. This is a result for me.

Have talk mobile gone bust then?

they offered me to transfer onto Vodafone with 5gb data and unlimited mins and txts for £9 per month on a 12 month contract

I’m in Talkmobile Customer .. Will try ringing them tmaro.. thanks

Regarding the billing situation, I popped my sim in today and left it to go through the motions of registering on the network. Then opened the My Vodafone app on the phone and it popped up straight away with my next bill of £19.60 and the 6gb data allowance. I guess they just had to get all the accounts updated.

Yes DPD rescheduled for tomorrow apparently at my request 👹 Contacted them and they said they had been overloaded due to Black Friday and some delivered were being delayed of which mine was one

Anyone else had a DPD delivery issues? Given 2 days both cancelled late in the day wife not to happy waiting in all day. Rang Vodaphone to complain they were great took details and will call DPD tomorrow and call me back. Vodafone service much better than I expected DPD on par with Yodel

My Purple Orchid Grey one is being delivered tomorrow. \o/

There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to cancel again. You have a statutory 14 day right to cancel

Is the 50% off just on Vodafone Sim Only contracts or phone contracts too?

And some Vodafone/Talkmobile PAYG malarkey.... http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-4958344/Will-Talkmobile-closure-mean-lose-unused-credit.html

I wonder why that is happening.... https://www.standard.co.uk/business/vodafone-shares-shoot-up-as-it-cuts-off-talkmobile-a3593371.html

Does certainly seem that way - Vodafone reducing TALKMOBILE signal /service quality for some reason.

A network can prioritise itself over MVNOs, or the other way.

Thanks, seaniboy. I didn't know that. Just looked at Wikipedia which states, "Vodafone bought Talkmobile from Carphone Warehouse in 2015. In May 2017 Talkmobile stopped selling new contracts and PAYG SIMS, and is currently in the process of migrating existing customers across to Vodafone.[citation needed] The PAYG network will close completely on 31st August 2017."

Voda bought TM from Carphonewarehouse years ago, this allowed CPW to then set up ID Mobile some time later after the sale. Just to complete it I expect CPW next venture will be o2 led lol Fresh - T-Mobile TalkMobile - Vodafone ID Mobile - Three

Another mvno bites the dust! If you have have a phone locked to voda its all you have is libra mobile and talk talk and thats it

... and it's about time they had 4G! I have a free sim (calls and data) from them and maybe they will offer 4G to me?

What phone do you have maybe see about getting a unlock code from eBay??? Then you can use any network

Where do the rate tarts go. My phone is locked to Voda. I can only think of Lebara but that is expensive. Do Voda do a 5p classic rate like o2 . What is their basic payg rates

Hi guys. Thanks for your response on this page. I actually decided not to go for the contract, called them and cancelled. Ended up going for one of the S7 edge deals from Mobile phones direct. £28 a month, phone included, 30gb data, unlimited calls, unlimited texts. Bargain

I actually spoke to a woman the other day to cancel the contract i'd arranged after the negative feedback on here. She basically said they'd be ringing customer on Talk mobile in order to get them to switch. I imagine they'll eventually give you a call to inform you that they'll be stopping them.

any news on what will happen to existing contracts?

It does seem mad, but i guess voda bought then to get a few more customers, it looks from the page that PAYG is finishing for talkmobile, i have been looking at delight, they seem fairly good, using EE, I was after a voda package but they all seem too costly. I believe voda charge more for their network as they are "upgrading" the system, but to be fair they seem to be the only ones still putting up towers, and they even have a "report a poor signal area" program. If someone can actually put out actual figures on coverage i would be very interested as this 99% is a load of rubbish, either that or I'm extremely unlucky, living in the cotswolds several areas have no signal at all. if only someone like pebble or jump was cheaper, they could soon get a huge client base. but then 5p a minute 5p a text and 5p per Mb is probably cheaper than most PAYG networks

Will the contracts end soon too! Voda ate idiots if they think having one brand they are going to keep all their customers then they need to think again! Think how many mvno EE have how much network they rent out and making money off! Surely to have someone like sky mobile or something would make them more money

if you do a search on talkmobile they are closing down the PAYG service in august https://talkmobile.co.uk/payg/closure so not such a good deal, Have been looking at freedompop and their £6.99 deal of unlimited calls and text, with 2gb data. but have heard mixed things. does anyone know a cheap monthly service with either EE or vodaphone as three and o2 have poor signal quality in my area

Patcho I wouldn't port my 200 gbp gold number into a data reward sim as you may not be able to leave no legal requirement and withdraw the international rate in the UK. That makes the usual 321 deal the best for me.

I spoke with TalkMobile (TM) this morning to ask why their website is not showing the detail of the £7.50 per month SIM. The man I spoke with said that Vodafone is going to take over - has anyone else heard this? I did wonder why we hadn't seen any good TM deals recently...

The price is very good, shoo!

​Price is not bad for a mug.

I have another theory - idiots & sheep - if the first 3 people vote cold, the idiots pile in & follow the crowd - deal is iced before the masses see it. I saw it proved once when a repost of the exact same deal went mega hot after the original went sub-zero.

I'll cry ya a river if you can show me the deal cheaper anywhere else, toots! When posting I simply thought "this isn't a bad price for the tariff alone, never mind having the phone along for the ride too" Thanks for playing though :)

Nah I'm good

- https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.talkmobile.co.uk ; a TrustPilot score of 3.4/10 tells you everything you need to know about these cowboys - https://www.aspokesmansaid.com/telecoms/company-2302/talkmobile I forgot to post the two links to TalkMobile reviews that I found. I'm sure there are more out there.....

As you can see, I don't normally post but I feel that I really have to warn people based on my experiences with TalkMobile.... p.s. the deal itself is quite good but only if it wasn't on the TalkMobile network I left a contract with TalkMobile at it's natural end in early 2015 and they continuously kept charging me line rental despite me contacting them (or at least trying to - it is notoriously difficult to get through to them: calls dropped, phone calls and emails not answered) several times to ask them to stop billing. About a week ago, I purchased a TalkMobile phone contract through MobilesPhoneDirect (first time with this retailer, I usually go with mobiles.co.uk). I thought I would try them again to see if things had changed but it looks like things have not improved. Please tell me if I am over-reacting or got things wrong but after purchasing the phone, I ported my old EE number to TalkMobile but since the port happened, I have been unable to make any calls or texts but I seem to be receiving them (not sure if any have not come through though!). Has this happened to anyone else on this or any other network? I would be interested to know. I have called them, emailed them and chatted to them but their attitude stinks. Their "customer service" don't seem to care and just tell me to wait 72 WORKING hours for the port to happen - possibly. This seems utterly ridiculous to me. I have never ever experienced this kind of porting problem with any of our family's phones.

I was told by my friend that the iphone have short battery life too. I've got a contract for this Samsung for another 18 months. Think I will get rid and keep sim. I've heard samsung aren't good battery life but one does have a quick charge.

Stick to iPhone.

Anyone with these knows how good their 3g is ? As they don't offer 4g yet.

to be honest this looks a great deal but it's too big for my daughter to have a first phone.... Anyone have any ideas for a reasonably priced decent android phone that can handle a few apps without being out of memory???

​to be fair some the z range are 3x the price

just had a look in town but it's too big! where are the decent small android phones these days!

battery on the phone is really bad!

It's a very nice looking phone but slightly mediocre spec (and quite annoying Sony have removed the water-proofing from some of the X range whereas the Z all had it) - with the included deal it's very good though, still undecided on the network, my Mum uses it and it feels a bit flaky compared to direct networks.

​where?

why cold cheaper elsewhere

Or if your not keen on the gift card, go via topcashback and claim £51.75, if it pays out of course.

​it's a great deal majority of areas don't have great WiFi heat

effectively £7.83 yes its 3g but not much difference in speed where i am

As you can see, I don't normally post but I feel that I really have to warn people based on my experiences with TalkMobile.... - https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.talkmobile.co.uk ; a TrustPilot score of 3.4/10 tells you everything you need to know about these cowboys - https://www.aspokesmansaid.com/telecoms/company-2302/talkmobile I left a contract with TalkMobile at it's natural end in early 2015 and they continuously kept charging me line rental despite me contacting them (or at least trying to - it is notoriously difficult to get through to them: calls dropped, phone calls and emails not answered) several times to ask them to stop billing. About a week ago, I purchased a TalkMobile phone contract through MobilesPhoneDirect (first time with this retailer, I usually go with mobiles.co.uk). I thought I would try them again to see if things had changed but it looks like things have not improved. Please tell me if I am over-reacting or got things wrong but after purchasing the phone, I ported my old EE number to TalkMobile but since the port happened, I have been unable to make any calls or texts but I seem to be receiving them (not sure if any have not come through though!). Has this happened to anyone else on this or any other network? I would be interested to know. I have called them, emailed them and chatted to them but their attitude stinks. Their "customer service" don't seem to care and just tell me to wait 72 WORKING hours for the port to happen - possibly. This seems utterly ridiculous to me. I have never ever experienced this kind of porting problem with any of our family's phones. p.s. the deal itself is quite good (although I think there is a better EE SIM Only deal for £4.50 a month on mobiles.co.uk, MobilesPhoneDirect and e2save) but only if it wasn't on the TalkMobile network

yes you will need your pac

can you keep your number moving it from different provider?

How do u get tcb?

seems good deal. but it's Talk mobile... don't bother.

Ports go through the Vodafone port team, so that sounds about right for Voda! Really TM aren't accountable for their naughty partner, we all know how hard it is as a customer with Vodafone customer care, imagine dealing with them all day in a TM call centre...the Egypt call centre used to handle Voda customers so they have had it from both ends. For everyone's reference Ofcom like I advised them to make statutory registers complaints & gives a Ofcom reference to then start your telcos Complaints Code of conduct - you only need have called your telco first and the matter has not been addressed not that you have started the Complaints Code of conduct procedure for your telco. I have always done so, the woman gave me a reference number without asking, I enquiried and was told it was now recording all complaints at the point of contact - something I had pointed out to 2 Ofcom Chief Executives - that they were not recording complaints correctly by not giving out a ref no as standard, and the Communications Act that started Ofcom required them to do so. A complaint does not need you to instigate the Complaints Code of conduct policy of your telco, a call or letter with no suitable contact or resolution is enough to register the complaint with Ofcom then follow the telcos Complaints Code. Ofcom in many cases will also email your telco the complaint, but you should always follow up Ofcom with Complaints Code either way yourself. This is how the system was designed not just telcos paying ADR companies to rule in their favour, ex Chief Executive Graham Howell has a lot to answer for he is guilty of many Breaches of Public Office with UK&EU legislation - when I started rocking the boat he stepped back, he is a registered lawyer so there is no excuse for not knowing UK&EU law and running Ofcom in conjunction with such, as Ofcom CE law degree or not it was his job to know and implement as required for circa 15 years. Thankfully Ofcom seems to be starting to act as a regulator for consumers not just business.

Sadly I had the opposite - whilst the egyptian CSR's are very polite they are unable to assist when anything goes wrong (porting my number in a 2 minute job entailed turning my phone off for an entire day) theis then resulted in "an escalation" and another 72 hour wait - bear in mind they had killled my phone number by transferring it into talkmobile BUT failed to assign it to my sim - no one could call me for almost 2 weeks on my number which i've had for 2 decades - EVERY SINGLE TIME you call you get "i'll escalate it please wait 72 hours" and it doesn't get fixed. I finally opened a case with resolver and eventually obtained a PAC code and ported it back out, they finally managed to fix it the day before i left. Not only this but they "claimed" on one of the phone conversations that i switched tariffs to a higher priced tariff (same minutes texts and data allowance and requested paper billing. I will never go near them again :\

Some of us like to jump ship as soon as a better promo comes up on another 30 day sim ;) People vote based on cost en masse and well Plusnet is doing a stonking £7.50 deal via Uswitch - its all fine in cites, but alot of people have to go with particular networks & its resellers, EE is a no go for me or a £7.50 Plusnet/Virgin £15 20GB sim/ would be en route to me ;) I am considering this for myself because 4G at home is a no go on any network, it cant penetrate my apartments walls :(

CS has been great for me. Only had to contact them twice, all sorted in minutes.

Terrible company, worst customer service I have ever experienced.

No! Some people can't afford to pay for the handset up front. Thats just your opinion. At least I post deals and not just comment on peoples posts.

So you need to apply for a credit card as well, to make this a hot deal?? This is the coldest deal I've seen in years

There is if you can get an interest free credit card for 24mths. Works out Cheaper that way.

Not much point in a contract that is £416.99 up front :(

Try this link instead and select the phone you want. https://www.mobilephonechecker.co.uk/bespoke/

quidco offer cashback on talkmobile

As sad as I am to hear this I'm not surprised in the slightest. Lenovo should change their name to Lenodon't.

I have a useless Moto G4. Presently raising a Section 75 claim because Motorola are refusing to refund me after 2 failed repairs for 'ghost touch'. Worst customer service I have ever had the misfortune to deal with

I agree, re Lenovo/Motorolo customer support is shocking, one of the most incompetent I have ever come across. All they do is tell you to phone, but then you can never get through on the phone. They fail to deal with anything that is asked. The option to request a call back is broken.

thanks op, going to investigate

That's sad to hear as this and the 'Huawei Honor 7' are the only two phones that remotely come close to ticking my boxes... such a shame it's a common issue as they are apparently "fixing" the notification issue but haven't mentioned anything about the 'phantom touching' issue - which, with your reply (and frankly, Lenovos / Motorolas APPALLING 'support') I'm totally put off the Moto G4...... On a side note; can anyone suggest a good phone (Android, GPS, good battery, gyro, compass, tempered glass etc - basically something to beat the S5 / Moto G4) would be very grateful as I'm clueless and broke (not trying to be intentionally cheap!). Happy holidays & a great new year to all!