The 99p mobile

[vanman]

Carphone Warehouse is introducing the ultimate throwaway accessory – the 99p mobile phone.

Customers, who are not tied to an expensive contract, will be connected to the Virgin network.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...#ixzz14gwZTx6m

ive bought a couple of 99p mobiles before and when ive used Topcashback I ended up getting the phones for less than free. I explain 99p mobile £10 topup £8 back off Topcashback = £10 credit for £3 plus a phone

[dragon]

Not bad to keep in the car, or if you're not embarrassed in doing so one to take with you on a night out and not worry so much about losing or breaking it.

That's just a marketing gimmick. It doesn't cost 99p any more than any handset on a contract costs nothing. The network, or the retailer, subsidises it because if we had to pay out the true cost of a handset, mobile phone use would never have spread at anything like the pace it has done since the mid 90s.

The fact that retailers and networks are becoming more willing to subsidize PAYG handsets to a similar level as contract ones simply betrays how much of a kicking the industry has taken in the recession. Clearly, people are cutting back on their phone use and PAYG is where its at.

Me, I ditched my last contract phone many years ago. It's a mug's game.