You have just seen an advert for a mobile phone and decide that you really want it but do you decide to go on contract or pay as you go. The decision can be based on several things but normally the main one is the cost, with pay as you go phones you have to buy the phone outright and then top up whenever you run out of credit. However, on contract you simply pay a fixed monthly fee to your provider and don’t have to worry about topping up.
Pay as you go can be advantageous for people looking to restrict their spending because you control how much credit you put onto your phone. This allows you to budget each month and there may be months where you do not really use your phone, for example, if you go on holiday that will likely be 2 weeks of the month when you use your phone sparingly (if at all). With pay as you go your monthly expenditure may fluctuate and depending on your circumstances this may be a good or bad thing.
As mobiles phones vary in price and one way to pay for an expensive phone is to go on contract. With contract phones, you have a fixed monthly fee and you have a set allocation of call minutes and texts that you can make. As long as you stay within your allocation you bill will be the same each month. However, as many people have done in the past, they have over consumed and end up paying a considerable amount more. It is something that is easily done because you don’t always realise how much you have used.
When looking for cheap mobile phones always check online and compare the best deals from the UK’s leading providers. Shopping online will go a long way to finding you the most suitable offers available.
By: Karl Bantleman
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Mobile Phones – Pay As You Go Versus Contract
February 26th, 2010Mobile Phones – Tracking Systems
February 7th, 2010
We keep joking about ‘Big Brother’ watching us, it seems that wherever we go we are either caught on camera or have someone knowing every little detail about us.
Indeed, now it is parents who have now have access to GPS-style technology that allows them to check where their children are, without having to phone up and ask them.
With children now having access to cheap mobile phones from an early age, many are now using the popularity of mobile phones on the playground in order to ensure that their children are there in the first place.
By making use of their mobile phones and paying a small monthly fee to one of many different services available, it’s now possible to identify the last known position of their phones, and indeed the child.
There are many companies out there offering such services, both for contract and pay as you go mobile phones. And such services can be useful for parents who want that little extra piece of mind when it comes to knowing where their children are.
Upon request of the registered account holder, usually through a unique ID on the website itself, it is possible to track mobile phones using a credit system in order find out the last known location of the handset.
If there is a mobile phone mast in close proximity, the position of the handset is calculated through receivers on the mast, then shown on an Ordnance Survey-style map on your computer screen, showing where the handset was last located.
For some this can be a welcome alternative, as for some (especially teenagers) there’s nothing worse than having your parents call to check on you when you’re out with your mates – even if they mean well.
By: David Collins
