So as well as paying Giffgaff £15 or whatever a month for service, you also pay £50 - £200 up front, then set up monthly repayments for the handset + the APR of 9.70%.

I can't help thinking why you wouldn't just take out a contract and get customer support and the full package from somebody else! To me this seems like a step backwards, in the 1990's Vodafone used to sell you the airtime separately.

http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/News/27...set_range.aspx

This...
The deals are not that good tbh

The LG G2, you pay £50 up front for the phone and then pay £30.46 a month whilst you can go on three and get the exact same deal only you pay £29 a month instead of £30.46 and you also get more minutes....

You have to take into account though that you are most likely to get better customer service with three etc....

Don't forget the APR of the credit they charge too!

whats that

I agree, giffgaff is somewhat overhyped.

Giffgaff to me is ok if you using for a specific purpose such as PAYG inbound calls only.

If it gets to the point you have the finances to buy a phone on credit, then one should go with a proper provider with full support.

9.70% APR

And in 2012 their parent network, O2, started doing it as "something new".