When you are in this line of work, you tend to get a lot of emails asking for advice.
Yesterday I got an email from a reader from India, he is going to UK for further studies and was disheartened to know that out there one had to go into a contract to get a connection.
Now, us Indians don’t have that system here. We prefer to buy our handsets and change them when we feel like, and do what we want with it. The operator’s job is only to provide the service and not the handset. That’s how we work in India and it’s pretty good that way. The growth of cellular service providers is proof of that.
So keeping this mentality in mind I set out to see if what my friend said was true or not. A few clicks here and there and I found out that it was not so. One could easily pick up only a SIM card and use the phone of his or her choice. This stands true for not only pre-paid (pay as you go) connections but also for a post-paid connection.
But you will be wondering what’s so good about it. Well let’s say you have gone to UK. You need a connection for a phone that you have and don’t want to throw away because you just bought it, or you like it or because you simply don’t get these phones this side of the planet. Then in this case a SIM card is enough, you don’t need to pay for the handset. Also the monthly fee might work out cheaper.
Another scenario is if you have just moved to UK and you don’t know which connection to take, you can pick up only a SIM card and check it out. if you don’t like it, at least you won’t be left with a bundled handset contract for x number of months or years.
Now let me tell you about this site that allows me to actually buy a SIM card of a provider (O2, Virgin Mobile, T Mobile, Vodafone, Orange) in UK. http://www.simonlyoffers.com offers you the option to buy SIM cards of any of the above mentioned providers. The site lists down the offers of all the providers listed, you then only have to choose which offer is best suited to your needs and click the “Buy Now” button against that offer. The site also clearly lists out the benefits of having a SIM card only connection, you will see it is cheaper than a plan with a bundled handset which is locked by the operator.
These kind of deals are also available for business users, so if think you need something different, just click the “SIM Only Business Deals” and it will show you plans tailored to meet the needs of the business user.
Additionally you can also segregate the offers based on a particular carrier. This site is simple to use and very effective. It loads fast, so annoying ads or anything.
So if you are going to UK and need a SIM card, you know where to go. This site gives the best sims only, so you can be assured you’ll get a great deal!
Go ahead and find your plan!