Find Out If You Can Really Save Money On A Pay As You Go Phone.

By Richard Akin.

                                                                                                                                               Prepayment phones, aka pay as you go phones are nowadays becoming very popular amongst many of us. This kind or price plan can be a good way for some of us to budget the spend on our phone calls. The reason is because your calls are limited to the amount of credit available on your phone and as soon as your available credit runs out no more calls can me made until the phone is topped up.

The rates on pay as you go phones differ from the various networks, and also tend to be more expensive than a phone on a contract. If you are someone who finds budgeting a task, then I recommend that you take a look at the various pay as you go contracts, but not before going through my check list within my previous posts.

Some operators attach conditions to pay as you go phones in the sense that some require you to use the available air time within a set time frame otherwise you may loose it. Others may require you to top up your phone within a certain time frame otherwise the Sim card becomes inactive. I also advise that if you intend on going for a pay as you go phone that you ensure that you find out whether there are any conditions attached.

Based on some peoples, experience it can be said that prepayment mobile phones can be a good thing for some of us to have. This all depends on individual circumstances.

In this post I will highlight the reasons why a pay as you go phone can be beneficial to some of us. Please read the reasons below:

• You can budget easier, as with a prepayment phone you cannot go over the air time which your phone is credited with. With a contract phone the operator might give you a credit limit which is above your means, which means if you make call on your contract phone to the tune of £200 the network will request for that bill to be paid or you might end up being threatened with disconnection or whatever action is deemed fit. A prepayment phone allows you to have more control over your mobile phone budget. 

• With a pay as you go phone you are not tied into a lengthy contract. This means you do not have any monthly payments to make unless otherwise stated by the network. 

• You can also use a pay as you go phone as a second phone without having to pay any form of line rental. I advise you to check out promotional offers on pay as you go phones. 

• Individuals with a not so good credit rating for one reason for another are able to own a mobile phone thanks to the pay as you go alternative. A while ago, before the introduction of prepayment phones you could only have a mobile phone if you had a good credit rating or where able to pay a deposit to the network or ask a member of the family to obtain one for you in their name. Things have changed now.