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"Affordable Mobiles" website
spiidey
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Hi
Has anyone used Affordable Mobiles for their mobile phone?
First and foremost, are they legitimate?
Has anyone tried to claim cashback (with success)?
I've seen the following iPhone on their site:-
http://www.affordablemobiles.co.uk/contract-mobile-phones/vodafone/band_1_4s6a5ma33_yp600/apple/i_phone_5_s/68395674.html?source=webgains&source=webgains&siteid=22087&utm_source=webgains&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6986
linked to by moneysupermarket's price comparison tool:-
http://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/brands/apple/iphone-5s-16gb-gold/
This reduces the cost from £33/month to £27.38/month but only through claiming the cashback. With 600 mins and 500mb.
The cheapest I can find elsewhere in that sort of mins/data range is £28.86/month for 500 mins/250mb (actually its £404.99 upfront and £11.99 monthly over 24 months, but that gives the £28.86 equivalent). So slightly more expensive for slightly less but carries with it the certainty of not having to try to claim cashback (although with only 250mb data carries the risk of using more data per month than allowance which could reverse that back again).
What are FM's thoughts on these two deals?
Is there any other deals cheaper on websites that I've maybe missed that do 300 mins (min) and 250mb data (min) for less than £27/month equivalent (for 24 month contract)?
Has anyone used Affordable Mobiles for their mobile phone?
First and foremost, are they legitimate?
Has anyone tried to claim cashback (with success)?
I've seen the following iPhone on their site:-
http://www.affordablemobiles.co.uk/contract-mobile-phones/vodafone/band_1_4s6a5ma33_yp600/apple/i_phone_5_s/68395674.html?source=webgains&source=webgains&siteid=22087&utm_source=webgains&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6986
linked to by moneysupermarket's price comparison tool:-
http://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/brands/apple/iphone-5s-16gb-gold/
This reduces the cost from £33/month to £27.38/month but only through claiming the cashback. With 600 mins and 500mb.
The cheapest I can find elsewhere in that sort of mins/data range is £28.86/month for 500 mins/250mb (actually its £404.99 upfront and £11.99 monthly over 24 months, but that gives the £28.86 equivalent). So slightly more expensive for slightly less but carries with it the certainty of not having to try to claim cashback (although with only 250mb data carries the risk of using more data per month than allowance which could reverse that back again).
What are FM's thoughts on these two deals?
Is there any other deals cheaper on websites that I've maybe missed that do 300 mins (min) and 250mb data (min) for less than £27/month equivalent (for 24 month contract)?
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I wasn't claiming cashback though, so I can't comment on that.
T-MOBILE
500 Minutes
Unlimited Texts
Unlimited Mobile Internet
£28.99 a month
http://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/phone/iphone-5c-16gb-blue#pay-monthly
Basically any T-Mobile or three deal is good as they both offer truly unlimited data. Three are also offering 4G for free
With just 500mb allowance you may as well not get a smartphone IMO!!
1gb is plenty for most usage patterns. All depends if you listen to radio or iplayer a lot whilst on the move
With my galaxy S4, they simply supplied an unlocked handset with a simcard, not sure about an iPhone but I don't see why not.
iPhones aren't sold locked. They lock to the network of the first SIM card you put in it after you buy it, except for ones bought directly from Apple.
IMHO you are wrong.
most people have wifi at home, at work, at their friends houses.
500MB will not be enough if you stream a lot away from wifi. but for email, twitter and browsing it's fine.
+1
Use wifi most of the time and most people dont have time to faff about watching youtube or stream movies when at work
I believe Apple has two stock codes, ones intended for subsidised sale will lock to first SIM, and the other is intended for unsubsidised sale and won't lock. CPW and similar stores only have the first ones, so even sold SIM free they lock to first SIM.