Mobile phone stuff

[Desert Orchid]

Just looking for advice from people who are more savvy than me about this stuff.

I want to change my mobile sim. I'm with EE and don't like them. I'm also paying about £15pm for my mobile, which I think is a lot considering how little I use it.

To clarify..

I use my mobile to:

make and receive calls/texts
make and receive whatsapp calls/messages
check the internet occasionally when I'm out and about

I plan to get abroad more often (I've been advised by a good source not to buy a property in Spain) and would want to use my mobile for whatsapp stuff and maybe getting bets on. I'd have my laptop with me and the bulk of internet stuff would be via that. But I also to be able to make/receive non-whatsapp calls/messages from within any country I happen to be in (for emergency purposes, etc.

What would people advise?

TIA.

 

[simmo]

I use my mobile for much the same things as you mention. I took out a SIM only deal with Lyca mobile which costs me £5 a month for unlimited texts/calls and 2GB of data.

In my recent visit to Spain it was good for calls and texts. WhatsApp was fine through hotel WiFi but I can't vouch for the efficacy of this aspect away from the hotel as I didn't take my phone with me when out and about.

I believe Lyca specialise in use abroad, so they are definitely worth investigating.

I have used other suppliers at similar prices in the past, ID mobile and Lebara. I moved away from them because the mobile signal at my remote country mansion was very poor.

So another thing to consider is coverage which you can check online. Lyca use EE, Id use Three and I think Lebara use Vodafone.

 

[simmo]

PS when I'm driving through your gaff on my way to work, the signal on my phone is good in strathaven and Stonehouse - not so good in between or past it.

 

[Desert Orchid]

That's really good to know, simmo, although I can tell you the EE signal is somewhere between very poor and non-existent around the Common Green, definitely non-existent in the pubs or bookies. Might be the thick stone walls.

Thanks again. I'll check them out.