Which mobile phone/provider? Please help, am bit clueless...

[Pannacotta]

I need to sort out my mobile - at the moment I'm paying way over the odds, am on an Orange pay monthly contract (£15/month for 100 mins/300 texts) and have an old Nokia which starts to heat up after 5 mins use!

I'd like to upgrade my phone but only need a basic Nokia for calls/texts/camera, no internet access etc.
I'd like around 400 mins and unlimited texts and to keep my number.

I have googled but get bogged down by all the options and huge choice of phones.

Any advice on good providers/phones/deals?

TIA

Ring Orange first. Tell them What you want. They will try and help. Failing that. Go to a price comparison website.

I'm with Tesco mobile, as are most of my family. I found the website relatively easy to use, plus when I rang with a query the person on the phone was really helpful & sorted me out there & then.

Seem cheap with good coverage

Tesco have a great deal at the moment a sim free basic nokia for £15 and a sim only 12 month contract for £7.50 which includes 250 mins and 5000 texts, or £10 a month for 500 mins and 5000 texts, which I think is brilliant.

Thanks.
Sorry to sound ungrateful but I try and avoid Tesco - they are taking over the world where I live and am quite keen not to given them more custom.
I have called Orange but am bit fed up with them and their customer service.

Is it worth staying with a monthly plan or a better bet to buy a phone and have a SIM only deal? Any thoughts?

You'd have to work out the costs. Probably the former if you want a basic Nokia.

If you want a high end phone like a iPhone then it makes sense money-wise to walk into carphone warehouse or similar and get a contract phone. But for a basic phone I suggest that you buy a PAYG phone and get a sim from gidgaff. They offer the best sim deal IMO and they use O2 service. £5 top up a month (no contract) will get you the minutes you want. £40 for a basic phone off the Internet and away you go.

Do you want to stay with a Nokia phone? There are a bunch of deals listed here:

Nokia

What about this one? It has 500 mins and 5000 texts (and 1 GB free data!), it's £17 pcm BUT you get £160 cash back so that works out to just over £10 per month

Have a look at giffgaff.com/. They are part of O2.

I'm paying £10 per month for iPhone - limited texts and phonecall but unlimited data. Much cheaper than Tesco Mobile I was with previously.