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Cheapest way to get mobile...

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  • 22-06-2010 12:34pm
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    gears
    Registered Users Posts: 758 ✭✭✭


    I need a mobile for receiving calls only. It must be O2 or Vodafone and I'm looking for the cheapest way to get this. I have an old phone I can use if it would need to be a SIM only deal and I hope some one can point me in the right direction as I'm getting a bit confused with the offers out there.


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    jordainius
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    Nokia 1208, Tesco prepay, €14.99.

    http://shop.tescomobile.ie/phones/displayPhone.aspx?p=60

    Cheapest you'll get unless you go billpay; plenty of free phones on billpay but on the flipside you'd be tied to a contract for 12 months.

    I know you said it must be O2 or Vodafone (mind if I ask why?) but Tesco "piggy-back" on the O2 network so you'd have no issues with coverage at all!


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    gears
    Registered Users Posts: 758 ✭✭✭gears


    The reason is that I'm on Vodafone and my GF is on O2 both with long contracts and we talk a lot.... We both have frees call to the same network so a second phone for one us seems to be a cheap option. We dont really need a new phone just a SIM maybe so I'm looking for the cheapest way to keep a phone connected to a network.


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    Kenny Powers
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    Get a prepay sim and stick it in your spare phone


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    jordainius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭jordainius


    Oh right, I get you now!

    You can get free SIM's from O2 here https://sim1.o2online-media.ie/SimOrderDetail.aspx

    And free SIM's from Vodafone here https://www.vodafone.ie/df/shop/review.jsp?handsetselected=22228&offerSelected=prepayporting&sim=true&action=buy

    Not sure about Vodafone's terms but to keep the SIM active on O2 you have to top up every 6 months, even by just €5


    Also, she might be able to get out of her long O2 contract if that's any help to you both!


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    gears
    Registered Users Posts: 758 ✭✭✭gears


    Thats what i was thinking of, but do you not have to top up the credit to keep the phone live or will it work as long as there's credit on it.


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    jordainius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭jordainius


    gears wrote: »
    Thats what i was thinking of, but do you not have to top up the credit to keep the phone live or will it work as long as there's credit on it.

    If I top up today, the account will remain active for six months. O2 will suspend an account once six months pass from the last top up.

    This might help; copied and pasted from O2.ie
    Please note we are changing our prepay terms and conditions. If your prepay mobile is not topped up or a chargeable use has not been made in a 6 month period then, following notice from us, your prepay service will be suspended. Any credit will be removed from your account 2 months later. However, you still have 7 months from the time of suspension to reactivate your number and reinstate your credit.


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    gears
    Registered Users Posts: 758 ✭✭✭gears


    jordainius wrote: »
    Oh right, I get you now!

    You can get free SIM's from O2 here https://sim1.o2online-media.ie/SimOrderDetail.aspx

    And free SIM's from Vodafone here https://www.vodafone.ie/df/shop/review.jsp?handsetselected=22228&offerSelected=prepayporting&sim=true&action=buy

    Not sure about Vodafone's terms but to keep the SIM active on O2 you have to top up every 6 months, even by just €5


    Also, she might be able to get out of her long O2 contract if that's any help to you both!

    Free SIM and top up by €5 every 6 months couldnt get better than that, sound like the way to go. Thanks..


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    Kenny Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭Kenny Powers


    vodafone you need to topup o2 you just need to make one chargeable call every 6 months


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