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 top mobile offers listed below.
The contract deals are listed by the most popular offers. Use the drop downs to filter the mobile phone deals.
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The cheapest 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
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 included Average Cost/Month : £0.00
Does the iPhone need an introduction? Maybe not, but it's packed with features. Download apps from the Apple AppStore, flick and slide your finger around to control the device. It's got an exquisite screen, decent enough camera, Wi-fi, 3G technology and more.
Orange iPhone Extra £35 (£35/Month)
24 month contract
Free Mobile Phone
400 Minutes
Unlimited Texts 750MB data allowance included Average Cost/Month : £35.00
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.
Vodafone Your Plan 35 Text (£35/Month)
18 month contract
17 months free line rental
Free Mobile Phone
600 Minutes
Unlimited Texts Average Cost/Month : £1.94
The I9000 Galaxy S's flagship feature is 720p HD video recording at 30fps, coupled with a super slim body, 4 inch capacitive touchscreen and a heavily customised Google Android 2.1 OS, this is a great smartphone.
Orange Dolphin 25 (£25/Month)
24 month contract
6 months free line rental
Free Mobile Phone
300 Minutes
Unlimited Texts 500MB data allowance included Average Cost/Month : £18.75
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 included Average Cost/Month : £1.11
The Samsung Monte is a touchscreen feature phone. It's got the usual 3G HSDPA, GPs and Wi-fi found on all feature phones nowadays, plus a 3 megapixel camera and a decent web browser.
T-Mobile £25 Text 300 (£25/Month)
18 month contract
17 months free line rental
Free Mobile Phone
300 Minutes
Unlimited Texts Average Cost/Month : £1.39
The S5230 is an affordable touchscreen phone with a 3 megapixel camera (the camera also has smile detection). A decent MP3 player, Bluetooth and FM Radio complete the feature lineup.
T-Mobile £25 Text 300 (£25/Month)
18 month contract
17 months free line rental
Free Mobile Phone
300 Minutes
Unlimited Texts Average Cost/Month : £1.39
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 8520 Curve mobile phone features a full QWERTY keyboard. With Blackberry phones push email, the 8520 can send and receive emails easily. The 8520 features an optical trackball for a sensitive and highly accurate navigation. The 8520 Curve mobile phone features Wi-Fi connectivity for high speed web access.
Vodafone Your Plan 30 Text Internet (£30/Month)
18 month contract
12 months free line rental
Free Mobile Phone
100 Minutes
500 Texts 500MB data allowance included Average Cost/Month : £10.00
The X1PERIA X10 mini has all the key features of the full X10 but in a much smaller package. This is the Pro version, with a full QWERTY keyboard. It's also got a decent enough full QWERTY keyboard, a 5 megapixel camera and Android 1.6.
Vodafone Your Plan 10 Text (£10/Month)
24 month contract
Free Samsung 32 inch LCD HD TV
Free Mobile Phone
75 Minutes
250 Texts Average Cost/Month : £10.00
The mobile phone deals listed above are sorted by popularity, but it is just one page of offers, use the Next/Previous links to show more. To show popular mobile phones deals specific to each network then use the filters above. 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.
