Any tips to get a good SIM only deal?

[a_hcir]

I'm a new-ish contact customer, my wife also wants to join o2 on a SIM only contract. Looking at the prices on the o2 website and all the usual suspects like CPW, SIM only on o2 seems rather expensive, especially compared to our old network. I'm going to try calling o2 tomorrow and asking if they do any deals on second contracts, but does anyone else have any tips for getting a good deal? She'd probably want at least 600+ minutes and a jiggerbyte of data a month.

[Anonymous]

https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/simplicity/

the one for £16/month looks good

you get 

600minutes

Unlimitedtexts

750MBdata

but if I'm honest I would look for giffgaff, good deals cheap

http://giffgaff.com/goodybags

I guess you could say you will go somewhere else if o2 won't match the cheaper deals out there but that don't mean they will match it

[a_hcir]

The simplicity deals are still a bit too pricey... That £16 deal is double what she's paying now for the same number of minutes and less data :(

I was hoping for around a tenner a month.

A bit depressed that o2's SIM only deals are better from the MVNOs using their network! My wife pointed out that we could get a reasonably cheap contact with a galaxy s3 from CPW, sell the phone on eBay and better o2's SIM only deals overall. I'm hoping we don't have to go through that hassle!

[Anonymous]

May I ask why does your wife wants to change her tariff? What network is she on?

[Anonymous]

Tescomobile use the o2 network and offer up to 1000 mins 5000 texts and 1gb of data for £10 per month. 12 month contract.

You will need to check if her handset needs unlocking, even if it is on o2 now would need unlocking to work on Tesco most likely.

[Anonymous]

https://giffgaff.com/sim-only?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=500%20mins%20-%20only%2010&u...

giffgaff also uses o2 network

[Anonymous]

On that Tescomobile version, if you didn't want to commit to 12 months on a sim only then you 500 mins 5000 texts and 500mb for £10 pm on rolling contract

[a_hcir]

Arianna: we are both exiles from virgin mobile. An absolutely fantastic network (read: cheap as hell, possibly unbeatable price wise) which has been blighted by EE's mast consolidation programme which has left our phones virtually unusable at our workplaces. Now I've confirmed the o2 signal is great, she wants to jump ship.

Piper: thanks for that, that's exactly the kind of deal we'd like. I'll check if o2'll match/beat it tomorrow on a second contract.

[Anonymous]

If o2 won't match the deal and you decide to go with tesco mobile/giffgaff, get a free pay as you go sims first to check if you in fact will get coverage at work, nothing worse than signing to 12months sim only deal or a rolling contract and find out there is no signal at your work place after all

[Bambino]

I had a flyer put through my letterbox yesterday from Virgin Mobile. They're offering a one month rolling sim only contract with unlimited calls, texts, and web for £15/month. I personally wasn't interested, but I thought it sounded a good deal.