Too expensive for me.

You are being ripped off.

I count myself lucky that I'm on a £15 a month contract that I signed up to in 2005 and is just rolling on, I rarely go over that. Every time I get one of those phone calls trying to sell me a new contract I tell them that I am not interested in paying more than £15 a month, as I don't use the phone enough to justify it. They never listen, they just start telling me all the great minutes and texts I'll have on a £35 a month contract if I decide by the end of the day.

I am sure I should be erased from the thread. Good god, how bad is this this thread now?

I've recently been using giffgaff and can't fault it. £10 a month for 250 mins, unlimited web and unlimited texts and no minimum term is fantastic compared to what I was paying with O2. I'll save around £300 a year using giffgaff compared to 02.

All told, mobile contracts are nothing more than bloody expensive rent-to-buy deals. If the likes of Brighthouse offered to sell you a £500 product and charge you close to £900 over 24 months, you'd tell them where to shove it, yet mobile phone companies do the very same to millions with the iPhone.

£180 of credit a month (for calls and texts) and unlimited (that's actually unlimited too, as my contract is pre-new limits) - HTC Desire (top of the range last time I renewed; cost nothing up front) - £17/month.