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Buying a Mobile Phone

Help please

So I've got a couple of oldish mobiles on payg, rarely use them. But I envisage using a phone more in future.

Went to EE:

Samsung Galaxy A12, unlimited calls & texts, with 1 GB data = £15.20 . Or with 4 GBs = £20/month over 2 years. Nowt up front.

The phone is new tech, 3 front cameras. Is this a good deal? I'm not sure what I'm missing, what Qs to ask when I go back on Friday.

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04-05-2021, 05:42 PM
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https://www.online-sciences.com/mobi...ages-features/

I've looked at this page, pros & cons.
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04-05-2021, 05:55 PM
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I have a similar deal with Tesco, I think it is around £12 per month for 2 years then the phone is mine. I don't make excessive calls or texts so I have never had to pay any extra and I use my own wifi at home. That's on the Samsung A10 which is fine except the camera is not the best quality.

Would the camera quality bother you, probably something to check on the Galaxy A12.

One thing I can say is that I have never had any connection problems with Tesco so far.
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Help please

So I've got a couple of oldish mobiles on payg, rarely use them. But I envisage using a phone more in future.

Went to EE:

Samsung Galaxy A12, unlimited calls & texts, with 1 GB data = £15.20 . Or with 4 GBs = £20/month over 2 years. Nowt up front.

The phone is new tech, 3 front cameras. Is this a good deal? I'm not sure what I'm missing, what Qs to ask when I go back on Friday.

Cheers.
I recently bought a Samsung A12 on Amazon, then took out a month on month contract with Speedy who use the 3 network. Unlimited calls and texts, 1gb data (I rarely use the phone for internet) all for £6 month, cancel anytime. I couldn't find a better deal anywhere close.. Oh, and the camera's not bad either, even got a macro lens...
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04-05-2021, 07:01 PM
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I have a similar deal with Tesco, I think it is around £12 per month for 2 years then the phone is mine. I don't make excessive calls or texts so I have never had to pay any extra and I use my own wifi at home. That's on the Samsung A10 which is fine except the camera is not the best quality.

Would the camera quality bother you, probably something to check on the Galaxy A12.

One thing I can say is that I have never had any connection problems with Tesco so far.
Thanks LD.

No I'm not concerned about the camera, just might be fun to see what it can do. I'm secretly hoping it's crap.

I've been offered unlimited minutes (calls?) and texts. Pretty extreme for someone that doesn't do that.

I'm just thinking .... we are moving home shortly (hopefully), will be using the car more (satnav might come in handy), there are all these apps required nowadays: from booking a GP to paying for parking .....

When you say you use your own wifi at home, do you have to remember to connect? And how much is 1GB? And can I sign up to 1GB, find it's not sufficient and change to (next level) 4GB?
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Originally Posted by Barry ->
I recently bought a Samsung A12 on Amazon, then took out a month on month contract with Speedy who use the 3 network. Unlimited calls and texts, 1gb data (I rarely use the phone for internet) all for £6 month, cancel anytime. I couldn't find a better deal anywhere close.. Oh, and the camera's not bad either, even got a macro lens...
Thanks Barry ... blimey .....

Was there an up-front cost?
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Ah! you bought the phone outright, then got a Speedy sim?
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IPhone all the way
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IPhone all the way
erm ... Why?
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Hello Dood I have PAYG £6 a month with Giffgaff who came out top in WHICH review
That buys me unlimited calls and texts and 500 MB data which I don't use with my basic mobile phone.

https://www.giffgaff.com/sim-only-de...caApUGEALw_wcB
 
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