Author Topic: Cheap Mobile - What type??? (Read 10333 times)

Ian · « **on:** April 24, 2006, 23:23:42 PM »

I know this topic has been "sort of" covered - but in readiness for our first real holiday in our apartment I started to look at the old mobiles we had in order to - get it unlocked - put a Turkish sim card in and leave it there permanently.

However my cheap Motorola T191 won't unlock - according to the websites I have visited.

So I thought - never mind - buy one over there - went onto Migros website - couldn't believe it - mobiles from 246YTL to 1000YTL

So can anyone tell me which cheap "pay as you go" phone I can buy in the UK and take over to have "doctored" accordingly?

legless · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2006, 23:54:43 PM »

try and get an old/new nokia that has been on vodafone it will be already unlocked to all networks if you get stuck give me a mail
Ron

Ian · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2006, 00:17:22 AM »

Ron - found a "new" Nokia 1600 at £39.95p at Phones4u - will that do?

webbstar · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2006, 00:23:17 AM »

I'd agree with you legless on that.A nokia 3310 or 3330 are very reliable and easy to use and most second hand ones are pay as you
go and on vodaphone.Best bet is to look in the free ad papers I
find for cheap stuff like mobiles.Im not sure how it is working
out in Turkey now with sim cards in uk mobiles as there was talk
of having to be registered. I'm sure someone on here will know
though Ian. Good luck.

Ian · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2006, 00:43:59 AM »

I have found lots of Nokia 1100 on ebay at roughly £20.00 sold as "fully unlocked" but with a "free" Orange / O2 / T-Mobile sim. (not as easy to find a vodaphone sim)

Will these do if they are "unlocked" or do I have to get one that was originally set for vodaphone?

Sorry I have never understood unlocking / sim cards etc

Scunner · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2006, 10:12:43 AM »

If you really want a vodaphone sim, check out their special offers page at their website. A PAYG sim can be picked up for anything from £2 to nothing, depending on the promotion.

Scunner

Anne · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2006, 10:19:21 AM »

Why the vodaphone Sim? What's the difference?
Anne

Scunner · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2006, 10:27:30 AM »

It's red

Anne · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2006, 10:30:58 AM »

pmsl.............can you be serious for once please!

Scunner · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2006, 10:36:49 AM »

I really don't know, Ian noted that you can't easily get a good deal at ebay for a phone with a vodafone sim, I was pointing out that you can get one for next to nothing anyway.

I have a UK sim for when I go to England, but why vodafone would be better I just do not know.

Scunner

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