Android phones for under £10 a month
Monday 16th August 2010, 17:00
Google Android phones are some of the hottest handsets on the market and we were really surprised when we recently looked to see how affordable they were. We just used our search facility, specifying that we wanted to see only Android handsets that cost under £10 a month.
Around a dozen handsets appeared - From the low end Samsung Galaxy Europa and LG Optimus Swift, to the Sony XPERIA X10 Mini and the HTC Wildfire.
Most of the deals are cashback offers, where you initially pay the line rental, then claim it back from the retailer.
For example, the XPERIA X10 Mini is available from mobiles.co.uk (part of the Carphone Warehouse) on Orange Racoon 20. This gives you 200 anytime minutes, unlimited calls to landlines and 300 texts per month, on a 24 month contract. The offer is for 14 months free line rental, giving you a total monthly cost of £8.33.
There are lots of similar £10 Android deals out there, just use our search facility and have a look!
The Nokia C6 is a decent spec. touchscreen phone, with a 3.2 inch resistive touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, slide out QWERTY keyboard, Wi-fi and GPS (with assisted GPS for faster location finding). It comes in black or white.
At the moment, you can get the black version of this from mobiles.co.uk with 100 minutes, 100 texts and 1Gb of data a month on an 18 month contract for only £9.99 a month after cashback. If you'd prefer, you can swap the 1Gb of data for unlimited texts instead, for the same price.
Similar deals are available on Orange. A 24 month contract with 100 minutes, unlimited texts and 500Mb of data a month is £10.83 - Again from mobiles.co.uk.
Use the menu on the left to search by mobile phone, network, monthly cost, or browse through the cheapest offers listed below.
The contract deals are listed by the lowest price on all networks, click the operator logo for the cheapest deals on each network.
Remember to use the Next/Previous links to show more mobile phones!
Most of the cheap offers include a free mobile phone and free line rental as cashback, you pay for the contract as normal and are then refunded this money by the retailer. To see how the deals work then please read our Frequently Asked Questions
Cheapest 18 month contract deals for each mobile phone:
The Nokia 2730 classic mobile phone lets you take advantage of fast 3G internet access to stay on top of events, keep up with email, and stay connected with friends.
T-Mobile £30 Web 600 (£30/Month)
18 month contract
18 months free line rental
Free Mobile Phone
600 Minutes
500 Texts
1GB data allowance includedAverage Cost/Month : £0.00
The WX160 handset is designed as a no nonsense easy to use phone. Because there are few added features, the battery lasts a long time - Motorola quote 8 hours talk time and upto 400 hours standby.
T-Mobile £35 Web 900 (£35/Month)
18 month contract
18 months free line rental
Free Mobile Phone
900 Minutes
500 Texts
1GB data allowance includedAverage Cost/Month : £0.00
The Samsung E1170 is a stylish phone that keeps things simple. Weighing just 72 g, the E1170 boasts a smooth back panel which fits comfortably in your hand
T-Mobile £20 Text 100 (£20/Month)
18 month contract
18 months line rental at 99p
Free Mobile Phone
100 Minutes
Unlimited Texts Average Cost/Month : £0.99
The no-nonsense Nokia 1661 is a great basic phone that does all you need without the frills. It's got a built in FM Radio, organiser, flashlight, colour screen, a decent enough 1.8 inch colour screen and has upto 18 days of battery life.
T-Mobile £20 Text 100 (£20/Month)
18 month contract
18 months line rental at 99p
Free Mobile Phone
100 Minutes
Unlimited Texts Average Cost/Month : £0.99
A touchscreen phone, the LG KP500 Cookie bears a striking resemblance to the Apple iPhone. It also has an Active Flash user interface and haptic feedback.
T-Mobile £20 Web 100 (£20/Month)
18 month contract
£340 cash back
Free Mobile Phone
100 Minutes
100 Texts
1GB data allowance includedAverage Cost/Month : £1.11
You can use the mobile phone deals listed to compare the cheapest prices, but it is just one page of offers, use the Next/Previous links to show more. To show the cheapest mobile phones on each network then click the operator logo. Alternatively use the menu on the left to find the exact mobile handset you are looking for.
If you are not sure which mobile phone is for you then go to our phone list page by clicking on 'Show all Phones', where you can view pictures and brief specification of each mobile handset so you can do a comparison.
