Mobile Phone

[emmie]

i might be interested in buying a new phone - first off it has to be
samsung, i don't want to pay oodles for it, has anyone a recommendation.
if you have a samsung what model do you have.?
it will need to be at least 64 gig.
do they come with sim card?

[barry1010]

They only come with a SIM card if you buy it on contract from a mobile service provider. I prefer to buy mine outright and put a sim of my choice in, it’s always the cheapest way

[emmie]

I am on a sim only contract with EE, pay 11 quid a month,
do you simply transfer the sim card from the old phone?

[emmie]

i am obviously not tech savvy, especially around mobiles.

[emmie]

would it be easier to buy it from EE, as i went round to my phone shop EE, and he said that i should buy the phone from Argos?

[Samuraisan]

If you want to use the sim card you already have you have to buy a " free" phone. ( We call them free here, maybe you call them something else, meaning a phone that id not affliated with any provider). I have just bought an iPhone SE 2020 and am delighted with it. 128 gig.

[emmie]

i want to stay with EE. My last phone i bought from EE is running out of storage, its only 8 gig.

[barry1010]

Emmie, buy a SIM free phone from the cheapest place you can find (reputable sellers only, please!) and put your existing SIM card in. No problem with that at all

[emmie]

Barry, if i buy a new phone and put in old sim card, will that be the same 8 gig, as i said im not much use with this.

I definitely want at least 64 gig.

[ubasses]

It may be worth looking at the Samsung site under offers. They have a trade in deal, Mr U just upgraded but also wanted to keep his old Samsung, so sent in my old motorola, no longer in use, and got £150.

[emmie]

how does this seem, compare, how do i know they are reputable sellers?

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[emmie]

i don't want to spend 500 or more... more like 150, how would i know how old the phone is....

[barry1010]

The sim card is nothing to do with the phone storage capacity. It is simply the bit that connects you to the services such as phone calls.

[barry1010]

I've had a thought. What do you mean by 8 GB? The amount of storage on the phone itself for apps, photos, music, files OR the amount of data your service provider allows you to download each month?

[barry1010]

Why does it have to be Samsung?

[emmie]

i have 8GB on current phone. not what's allowed.
samsung because they have proved to be reliable.

[emmie]

barry did you look at the link? does that look right, i don't know whether to go to argos as the guy in EE suggested, or buy from amazon.

[barry1010]

See if you can get this any cheaper Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[emmie]

trouble is there is so much choice, how do i know how old the phones are?

https://www.argos.co.uk/search/mobile-phones/?clickOrigin=searchbar:home:term:mobile+phones

[emmie]

that's half the 8 gig i have now.....

[emmie]

that recommendation barry says 4gig..