Phone contracts

[chloej92]

Hi

Just wondering what do you pay for phone contracts per month and which provider. I used to have the full contract but started buying the phone outright and just having a SIM contract but it's now got to a point where I'm paying £30 for a SIM only with about 50GB data but even reducing the data won't reduce the price much after a phone call with EE so want to look at my options as all networks work well where I live.

I also wanted abit of advice regarding children having phones, DS is asking for a phone contract now he is 14 and has always looked after his phones up to now but I just wonder what other parents views on it are. He's always been on a pay as you go but says using a network like Giffgaff and Smarty is embarrassing because "they aren't proper networks" I do worry about him running up a bill but I also want him to always have the ability to call someone for safety reasons when he is out

But 1 GB of data is not very much these days, never going to be enough for a teenager or most adults tbf.

To be fair I’m also weirdly snobby about this and wouldn’t have those networks (accepting it’s totally irrational) - but I pay £7 a month for 10GB with 3, but have had the deal for a while. You can usually get a reasonably amount for data for £10-£15 with a mainstream network. No idea why your pay £50 for SIM only unless you have some specific and expensive need.

So I pay 31.29 with Vodafone for unlimited data and an iPhone 15. I have an iPhone 11 the 15 went to DS as a gift. The kids contracts are like £5 with limited data. I use my data to power the Wi-Fi so no broadband / landline.

I've got Voxi, which (my daughter said) is Vodafone branded for the youth 😄

it's sim only, super cheap and a rolling contract. I had Vodafone before because it was the best network where I was living, otherwise I'd have gone for the Superdrug one.