From MoneySavingExpert.com:
Buy £20 worth of Orange PayAsYouGo credit and get a free phone!
What's the deal?
Go to an Orange shop, and while stocks last, buy £20 of Pay-As-You-Go credit and you'll get a free Motorola F3 or Alcatel OTE 230 pink.
Who's this good for?
This is primarily a 'granny in the glove box' phone; i.e. one that's just kept and used for emergencies. It's also useful for those with an existing Orange PAYG who plan to top up £20 anyway.
To keep the sim active you need to top it up by at least £10 every six months.
Simply buy your credit in an Orange store to get one of the free phones which you could either keep, give-away as a gift, sell or Recycle For Cash.
The shop window may say £30 top up required
These are old posters - we've had confirmation from the Orange press office that £20 is all that's required plus MSE Andrea popped into a store to confirm this.
What are these phones like?
Both phones are very basic models.
This is bog standard pay as you go deal; it's only the free handset that makes it cheap. So if you're planning to use it for lots of calls, don't getit. Instead read the Cheap Mobile Deal System.
Call & text charges
On Orange's 'Speak Easy Bonus Top-Up' PAYG plan, calls to any network or landline are charged at 15p per minute and texts 10p each, plus you'll get some free bonus texts around 30 days later for topping up by £20.
Can they be unlocked?
Many phones can be easily unlocked (see the Free Mobile Unlocking article), so you can just plonk any sim card in it and it works. Sadly these two phones can't be unlocked for free.
Go to an Orange shop, and while stocks last, buy £20 of Pay-As-You-Go credit and you'll get a free Motorola F3 or Alcatel OTE 230 pink.
Who's this good for?
This is primarily a 'granny in the glove box' phone; i.e. one that's just kept and used for emergencies. It's also useful for those with an existing Orange PAYG who plan to top up £20 anyway.
To keep the sim active you need to top it up by at least £10 every six months.
Simply buy your credit in an Orange store to get one of the free phones which you could either keep, give-away as a gift, sell or Recycle For Cash.
The shop window may say £30 top up required
These are old posters - we've had confirmation from the Orange press office that £20 is all that's required plus MSE Andrea popped into a store to confirm this.
What are these phones like?
Both phones are very basic models.
- Motorola F3. The Motorola F3 (note:this link's for picture purposes only, as the offer isn't available online) is a simple phone but is dual band (you can use it overseas) has a speaker phone, monophonic ringtones and comes in black.
- Alcatel OTE 230. The Alcatel OTE 230 pink (again, the link is just to show you what the phone looks like) is a flip phone with polyphonic ring tones, Java™ games and applications and up to 10hrs talk time.
This is bog standard pay as you go deal; it's only the free handset that makes it cheap. So if you're planning to use it for lots of calls, don't getit. Instead read the Cheap Mobile Deal System.
Call & text charges
On Orange's 'Speak Easy Bonus Top-Up' PAYG plan, calls to any network or landline are charged at 15p per minute and texts 10p each, plus you'll get some free bonus texts around 30 days later for topping up by £20.
Can they be unlocked?
Many phones can be easily unlocked (see the Free Mobile Unlocking article), so you can just plonk any sim card in it and it works. Sadly these two phones can't be unlocked for free.
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