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Went into Poundstretcher (Instore) today and they are selling Motorola F3 mobile phones with a virgin Pay as you go SIM card. The phones are 'unlocked' so will take any SIM (except '3' network ones).

Whilst not a brilliant phone I recon it's ideal for taking camping/caravanning or as an emergency phone to keep in the car in case of breakdown.

At the price it wouldn't matter if it got lost, stolen or dropped in a puddle! 

Quote: Originally posted by daveyhairbear on 10/8/2008

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Went into Poundstretcher (Instore) today and they are selling Motorola F3 mobile phones with a virgin Pay as you go SIM card. The phones are 'unlocked' so will take any SIM (except '3' network ones).

Whilst not a brilliant phone I recon it's ideal for taking camping/caravanning or as an emergency phone to keep in the car in case of breakdown.

At the price it wouldn't matter if it got lost, stolen or dropped in a puddle! 

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All SIMs have an expiry date by which they have to be registered and first top up made. If you don't register it then it will expire by said date.

However, some (Not all) SIM's need to be topped up by £x per month to remain active. Whether Virgin SIMs are like this or not I don't know.

My Tesco Value SIM doesn't need a regular top up. Put £10 on it and the £10 is still there six months later (Assuming I don't use it!)

Cheers daveyhairybear - will check it out.  I suppose for £6.99 (and a fiver credit) its worth a gamble on it remaining active!