21-10-2014, 06:03 AM
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Re: Mobile phone.
I have a Basic phone, like me I'd recommend you buy a SIM free phone, then you can get a SIM to go in it, choosing from the vast choice of tariffs out there either pay as you go or monthly. I have a Virgin SIM card in mine on a £5 a month tariff which is ample for calls and texting. I don't use my phone for internet browsing.
21-10-2014, 12:43 PM
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Re: Mobile phone.
Originally Posted by carol
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My hubby has never used a mobile phone in his life - he says he doesn't want one but I think he ought to have one for emergencies. I think he'll accept one if I get him one but it will have to be dead basic and simple. - Oh and cheap!Any suggestions/recommendations/ gratefully received.
I am amazed at the number of seniors at my club who pay over $50 a month for their land line and a mobile phone 'just for emergencies'. They could get a mobile phone for $39.95 a month with unlimited calls and unlimited texts as well as 4Gb of Internet access. Makes no sense at all. It is even more absurd now that the NBN is coming.
For me my phone is also my shopping list, my calendar, my appointments book, my email, my street directory, my GPS, my alarm clock, my camera, my ferry, bus and train timetable, TV Guide, weather forecaster and much more. Wouldn't leave home with out it
21-10-2014, 03:38 PM
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Re: Mobile phone.
Originally Posted by Bruce
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Personally don't understand your hubbies attitude - it was OK when mobiles were expensive to run but nowadays they cost peanuts. Reckons he's managed all these years without such things.
21-10-2014, 07:55 PM
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Re: Mobile phone.
Originally Posted by Bruce
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Personally don't understand your hubbies attitude - it was OK when mobiles were expensive to run but nowadays they cost peanuts. Better to ditch the landline or get VOIP and use the mobile as your only phone because it is much cheaper and it goes where you go.I am amazed at the number of seniors at my club who pay over $50 a month for their land line and a mobile phone 'just for emergencies'. They could get a mobile phone for $39.95 a month with unlimited calls and unlimited texts as well as 4Gb of Internet access. Makes no sense at all. It is even more absurd now that the NBN is coming.
For me my phone is also my shopping list, my calendar, my appointments book, my email, my street directory, my GPS, my alarm clock, my camera, my ferry, bus and train timetable, TV Guide, weather forecaster and much more. Wouldn't leave home with out it
Yes, my land line is getting ridiculous, but it's a necessity.
23-10-2014, 03:20 AM
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Re: Mobile phone.
Jazzi, I am on Virgin for my Internet and I don't have a phone connection. I think they are the only ones (at the moment) who have this service..I also have a basic Nokia that I've had for years, it's a great wee phone if you don't want it for anything other than an emergency phone. Mine has been in the drawer for a while now as I have my daughter's old Iphone 4 and once I got used to it I loved it. I use it all the time, for just about everything.
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