I Need A New Mobile But I'm Clueless

[Tilly2]

I need to be able to ring my best friend and chat for an 'hour'. Her OH has just insisted that they have the landline taken out.

I would ring her on the landline and it would cost me nothing. Now, I can only get hold of her on her mobile. I have a 'pay as you go' Samsung but I need a contract phone, I think. I don't know where to look or what to do.

I don't need all the gubbings that comes with phones. I just need to be able to ring her and chat, without worrying about the cost.

I feel as if I've lost her.

Any suggestions, please?

[pixie374]

Ok, ok.:-) everybody has a landline! Except me x

[Tilly2]

Well, my friend does not have a computer, so no WiFi, so..... no WhatsApp.

I'm going to Tesco tomorrow and I'll see what they've got. I'll take my current phone and see if they have a sim card for it.

[Tilly2]

I have a lndlinetoo. I prefer to talk on a 'proper' phone.

(I don't even know how to accept an incoming call on my mobile. I told you I was clueless)

[Tilly2]

lndlinetoo.....land line too!

[Psybbo]

Tilly, look at your contract with BT, landline, look at your list of family and friends, ours has one mobile

[-Talbot-]

It may be cheaper to each get a £5 sim from giffgaff, you can then talk to each other untill the cows come home.

giffgaff to giffgaff calls are free with no catches.

[Hopkirk]

If you are going to talk a lot, then pay as you go might be an expensive way to do it.

[Tilly2]

Perhaps we should go back to writing to each other. :-)

[melv16]

Do you use a quill to write with, Tilly. LOL

[Tilly2]

Sibs, I don't have family and friends. I have unlimited calls but only on landlines.

(I'll ring BT!!!!!! tomorrow and check.)

Thanks anyway.

Talbot, thank you too. I'll mention giffgaff to her and see what she thinks. (She's a bit set in her ways and might just want to stick with her Tesco triple top up thing)

[Tilly2]

Yes, Melv, I do. It's a feather from the back end of a swan. I love it. Grinding and mixing my own ink is a pain though.

[bednobs]

i still don't understand why she cant phone you?

[-Talbot-]

https://www.giffgaff.com/goodybags/5pound-unlimited-texts



"Calls, texts, call forwarding and video calls to other giffgaff numbers Free"

[Tilly2]

Thanks again, Talbot.
Bednobs, she can ring me but I thought that if someone on a mobile rings my landline, I get charged as well. I might be imagining that, though.

[ummmm]

You don't get charged for receiving calls on your landline, Tilly.

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Ummmm. I don't know where that idea came from. Does it cost the caller more, though?

[ummmm]

No. It only costs more when abroad but apparently that is changing. That's only mobile to mobile as far as I know.

[eanceoil]

I don't know your age bracket tilly, I can't believe you are still wondering about this, I thought I was seeing things with your answer there at 8.17, Tilly, my library has a day during the week when some of the secondary school children come in and show us the latest in what's going on with phones/computers/tablets [not medical pills] smartphones and androids, they show us tricks and shortcuts and answer any of our questions like you have, I would suggest you try your area and see if similar happens near you, I'm providing this link as I live in the midlands of Ireland and feel if we have such a service, surely you are more likely to have similar http://www.ageuk.org.uk/work-and-learning/technology-and-internet/computer-training-courses/

[Tilly2]

Thanks for that, Ummmm. I'll tell her to ring me on my landline until I get myself sorted.

[ummmm]

If you want to keep your PAYG Tesco triple your credit when you top up and it hasn't got a time limit. I used to top up £10 every couple of months.