End of contract 18th Sept... switching to 5G Sim only

[Kippax]

I have purchased a 5G device through an employee scheme and which to switch to a 5G SIM only deal from 18th Sept. when my current O2 contract expires.

I seems really difficult to find a reasonably priced deal on the O2 website, yet there are plenty of O2 deals available when doing a simple Google search.

Why is this ? ...... and a I missing something ?

[Cleoriff]

@Kippax 

These are the sim only deals in the shop. Remember, they do 30 days, 12 months and 18months

https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/sim-cards/sim-only-deals#deviceType=phone&contractLength=Featured 

However, if you can find a cheaper O2 sim only deal, then go for that.

[gmarkj]

There are plenty of places to check - MoneySavingExpert, uSwitch, CompareTheMarket amongst others.

You can also try other retailers directly - buymobiles and mobilephonesdirect @Kippax.

[Kippax]

Yes, I understand that, but I have had problems in the past porting the same number to a different SIM card from the same provider.

Is this no longer an issue ?

[MI5]

It’s never been a problem with O2

[gmarkj]

So long as the device plan (if there is one) for the old contract is all paid up then there should be no issue @Kippax.

I and many others have done it a few times - just need to call customer services.