Communication Articles - The Smart Buyer's Guide to Pay as You Go Mobile Phones


by PANDORA DEVINE - Date: 2010-07-27 - Word Count: 312 Share This!

When you choose to "pay as you go" or "prepay", you provide a handset independently and then buy credit to make calls, send texts and browse the web. When your credit runs out, you will be unable to make any more calls or messages out without topping up your credit further.

There are some great reasons to choose a pay as you go phone deal. The strongest of these is the ability to control completely your mobile phone spend. Here, you always know how much you have spent over time and there is no risk of a shock at the end of the month when the bill arrives . Additionally, you are not restricted to paying a fixed monthly sum through the end of your contract as you would be on a pay monthly mobile phone contract. For these reasons, pay as you go deals are popular with parents providing a new phone for teens - it can restrict their mobile phone costs whilst also teaching them fiscal responsibility.

Unfortunately the flip side is that pay as you go phone offers don't tend to have the same range of call minutes and texts freebies that monthly contracts do. It's worth thinking hard about how you use your mobile before shopping around and choosing the best pay as you go tariff that includes the features you need.

Check out the following prepay tariffs from the UK's major network providers:

O2 - Calls 25p - Texts 10p - Web bundle £7.50 per month - Stand out feature: Top up £30 and get unlimited free minutes

Orange - Calls 20p - Texts 10p - Web browsing £1 per day - Stand out feature: Dolphin tariff gets you free access to Facebook, Bebo and MySpace and unlimited texts with £30 top up

T-Mobile - Calls 25p - Texts 10p - Web browsing £1 per day - Standout feature: Free weekend texts when you top up £10 Monday to Friday


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