iD, a budget 4G mobile network, will launch in the UK in May

[HEXUS]

Carphone Warehouse to bring 'greater flexibility' and offer 12 month contracts with phones.

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[cheesemp]

Hmmm. Looks interesting. Been increasingly struggling to find deals recently that suit what I want (100 mins, 500 texts, 500Mb). In the end I bought a Nexus 5 and tmobile sim only deal this time (Which works out at ~£15 a month divided over 24 months) but it wasn't easy getting such a low usage sim only deal at £6.80 a month. Hopefully this will cover me when I need the next deal as EE are doing no new tmobile deals and the EE plans start at a higher price point... (Just wish I got better coverage where I am - no voda, poor o2 and no idea on 3).

[silent]

good, we need more competition especially with the deals around the corner and buy outs etc.

[Jowsey]

Hmmm. Looks interesting. Been increasingly struggling to find deals recently that suit what I want (100 mins, 500 texts, 500Mb). In the end I bought a Nexus 5 and tmobile sim only deal this time (Which works out at ~£15 a month divided over 24 months) but it wasn't easy getting such a low usage sim only deal at £6.80 a month. Hopefully this will cover me when I need the next deal as EE are doing no new tmobile deals and the EE plans start at a higher price point... (Just wish I got better coverage where I am - no voda, poor o2 and no idea on 3).

Perhaps a little late and probably not quiet cheap enough for you, but for low usage phones (parents, people visiting from abroad who need a phone to contact me in the country...) I've found 3's PAYG to be extremely effective. But only for really low usage.

[Smudger]

Hmmm. Looks interesting. Been increasingly struggling to find deals recently that suit what I want (100 mins, 500 texts, 500Mb). In the end I bought a Nexus 5 and tmobile sim only deal this time (Which works out at ~£15 a month divided over 24 months) but it wasn't easy getting such a low usage sim only deal at £6.80 a month. Hopefully this will cover me when I need the next deal as EE are doing no new tmobile deals and the EE plans start at a higher price point... (Just wish I got better coverage where I am - no voda, poor o2 and no idea on 3).

Have you looked at Virgin mobile? They piggy-back on EE and you can get 1000 mins, unlimited texts and 500Mb for £8 a month rolling if you're already a VM customer, 12-month if you're not.

[cheesemp]

Perhaps a little late and probably not quiet cheap enough for you, but for low usage phones (parents, people visiting from abroad who need a phone to contact me in the country...) I've found 3's PAYG to be extremely effective. But only for really low usage.

Have you looked at Virgin mobile? They piggy-back on EE and you can get 1000 mins, unlimited texts and 500Mb for £8 a month rolling if you're already a VM customer, 12-month if you're not.

Cheers for the suggestions. I've got a couple more months on the tmobile deal but when thats up i'll take a look. Just wish I knew what the 3 signal was like at my house. Voda doesn't work at all and o2 is strong but data doesn't work for some reason for my wife (which isn't a big issue until your broadband switch over screws up for 2 weeks...).

[Millennium]

I'm interested in 4G, but the spectrum was sold for far too much and so the inclusive data plans are still a little 'spensive.

If they can do something like the 1000, 1000, and 1gb I get at the moment (especially the gig) for £10 a month from Chitter Chatter (it's a depreciated plan, don't think we can buy it now) I'll check it out. That was sim only. I have the 4g phone, after all, why not if they can be that scrazy competetive

[McEwin]

"We're catering for people who are tired of the one size fits all plans so we've introduced a plan which echo's every other plan out there which includes standard phone standard data and standard price" which is how I read it.