At last, the CHEAPEST & BEST mobile phone company in the UK

4 Nov 2011

After trying several mobile phone network companies such as Orange, Tesco and Vodafone I’ve finally discovered the best mobile phone network company in the United Kingdom. It’s called GiffGaff (strange name but keep reading) and it is by far the cheapest and best of them all. Better than T-Mobile, O2, Orange, Vodafone, Tesco, Three, Lebara and so on…

Let’s have a look at the green goodybag. For just £10 a month you get unlimited 3G Internet (there is a flexible limit of 6,000 MB per month which is much more than you can use in a mobile phone), unlimited texts to any UK mobile phone, 250 minute calls to any UK mobile or landline phone and unlimited free calls to other GiffGaff mobile phones (get your friends and family to switch to GiffGaff and you can call them for free).

Already convinced? Click here to receive a free GiffGaff SIM card now

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the network coverage quality?

It uses the O2 network so it is by far the best in the whole United Kingdom.

Is there a permanent/fixed-term contract required?

None at all! If you don’t like it you can switch to any other mobile network company whenever you want. Period. No need to tell them or anything.

Can I keep my old number?

Yes! You can try GiffGaff and if you like it transfer your old number whenever you want so you can keep using it seamlessly. To transfer it you need to ask for a PAC code to your current company and then GiffGaff will switch your number during the night so you don’t have any downtime.

Are there any hidden fees or small print?

Transparent as water! GiffGaff has proven to be a serious company, not like other dodgy mobile companies that say you pay X and at the end of the month you end up paying two times what they promised because you forgot to read the small print in the contract.

Can I get a phone with it?

Nope… for that cheap and without contracts they can’t offer free phones but with the money you save you can buy an unblocked phone and still save money. I bought an unlocked iPhone and have been using GiffGaff for the past several months so saved quite a lot of money.

Can I go on a contract mode instead of Pay-As-You-Go?

If you are looking to not have to worry about topping up: Yes! You can set up auto-topup so that every month (or whenever you run out of credit) your SIM card gets more credit and you never run out of it. It is better than a “contract” since you can cancel it or pause it through the website at any time.

What if I have any problems with it? How is the support like?

Here comes the best part, GiffGaff is mostly web based (you still have a support phone number) but I hugely prefer its web based support. The good thing of being web based is that the support is completely free for you and it is also immediate since other expert giffgaffers earn free credits for answering questions successfully so there is always people there helping you out in a few minutes instead of calling and waiting on the line for a useless operator to come available and drive you nuts.

How about roaming and international calls?

Great! They are also surprisingly cheap compared to other mobile phone network companies and they keep lowering the prices every now and then:

• All EU countries, Australia, Andorra, Croatia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, India, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Vatican City: 8p/min landlines, 16p/min mobiles, 8p/text, £1.50 per MB
• USA and Canada: 8p/min landlines and mobiles, 8p/text, £5 per MB
• Other countries: £1/min, 20p text, £5 per MB

250 minutes is not enough for me, is there anything else?

I’ve been using the £10 (250 minutes) for the past several months and never reached the limit but if you speak a lot on your phone you can pay £15 a month and get 400 minutes, or for £20 you get 800 minutes per month, for £25 you get 1500 minutes… which is insane! All of these are with unlimited Internet, texts and GiffGaff calls included so you may want to get your frequent callers to switch to GiffGaff and then you don’t waste any minutes.

YEAH! Where do I get my free SIM card?!

Use the link below to request your free SIM card and get an extra £5 credit thanks to my recommendation. Important: Fill in the form there and in the next step top up £10 of credit but make sure to get a Goodybag, goodybags are the best!

Click here to get a free GiffGaff SIM card

Once you request the SIM it should arrive home in about 3 days (it can take up to 5, don’t stress out). Use it for a few days and let me know your feedback, I am pretty sure you will LOVE THIS COMPANY, personally, it changed the way I saw mobile phone companies, for me they where money suckers, now GiffGaff changed that. Wish we had the same in Spain…

Disclaimer: I’ve done extensive research. If there is a better option post it in the comments and I’ll update this post. I do not work for GiffGaff or anything similar, I just get free credits when someone asks for a free SIM thanks to my recommendation, the asker also gets free credits so it is a mutual win-win. You can get to recommend other people once you get your GiffGaff SIM card too! :)