For 20 years or so, I have used an old "lozenge" shaped Nokia mobile phone, using Pay as you go with T-Mobile. When the Nokia finally died, I decided to upgrade to a Samsung Galaxy S7 from Carphone Warehouse. I was determined not to sign up to a monthly contract, but to stick with PAYG, only topping up as and when I needed to, so I bought the S7 outright for about £520. It came with £10 credit already available to me.
For technical reasons I don't fully understand, I could not use the Nokia SIM card (too big for the S7), nor could the old T-Mobile phone number be used on the S7 because, apparently, I needed to switch from T-Mobile to EE as my new provider.
My T Mobile to-pup card was changed to an EE top-up card.
At my local Co-Op I used my new EE card to put £50 more credit on my S7.
Today, I have been told by a friend, that I will be required to "top up" every month, even though I haven't signed up for such a scheme.
For the past 20 years or so, I have only topped up my Nokia with about £20 or so when I am running low on credit and, because I don't do a great deal of phoning or texting, my £20 would last for months and months, sometimes as long as 9 months or more.
Does any of the above make sense to those who are more used to using this modern technology and the contractual requirements or otherwise involved with its ownership than I.
Thanks in anticipation. D.
For technical reasons I don't fully understand, I could not use the Nokia SIM card (too big for the S7), nor could the old T-Mobile phone number be used on the S7 because, apparently, I needed to switch from T-Mobile to EE as my new provider.
My T Mobile to-pup card was changed to an EE top-up card.
At my local Co-Op I used my new EE card to put £50 more credit on my S7.
Today, I have been told by a friend, that I will be required to "top up" every month, even though I haven't signed up for such a scheme.
For the past 20 years or so, I have only topped up my Nokia with about £20 or so when I am running low on credit and, because I don't do a great deal of phoning or texting, my £20 would last for months and months, sometimes as long as 9 months or more.
Does any of the above make sense to those who are more used to using this modern technology and the contractual requirements or otherwise involved with its ownership than I.
Thanks in anticipation. D.



