The 99p Mobile Phone

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05-11-2010, 05:07 PM
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The 99p Mobile Phone

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It’s the mobile phone that is cheaper than a Big Mac.
Carphone Warehouse is introducing the ultimate throwaway accessory – the 99p mobile phone.
Available in a range of colours as long as it’s silver, the handset is the perfect Christmas gift for the hard-up shopper.
The retail chain claims the OT-209, which is made by French firm Alcatel, is the cheapest pay-as-you-go phone ever to be sold in the UK.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...#ixzz14QdZbuiZ

amazing! it doesn't actually look that bad either for less than £1
05-11-2010, 05:11 PM
Eoin247

This is going to encourage prank calls that are a criminal offences (to police, hospitals etc). People can now just buy a sim and phone, make the calls and then can throw it away for a pound.
05-11-2010, 05:13 PM
flatface

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Originally Posted by eoin247

This is going to encourage prank calls that are a criminal offences (to police, hospitals etc). People can now just buy a sim and phone, make the calls and then can throw it away for a pound.

People already do that regardless of the phone price, anyway you can pick up a phone now for £10 which is hardly breaking the bank and discouraging potential criminals from committing a crime.
05-11-2010, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by eoin247

This is going to encourage prank calls that are a criminal offences (to police, hospitals etc). People can now just buy a sim and phone, make the calls and then can throw it away for a pound.

i disagree, it was only £5 before
05-11-2010, 05:16 PM
Shar

I'd never thought there would ever be a phone available to purchase at just 99p :L

@Eoin, I disagree.
05-11-2010, 05:17 PM
Eoin247

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Originally Posted by flatface

People already do that regardless of the phone price, anyway you can pick up a phone now for £10 which is hardly breaking the bank and discouraging potential criminals from committing a crime.

I know people do it already but what i said was it will encourage this further. :)

10 times doing this at 10£= 100£

10 times doing this at 1£ = 10£

see what i mean?
05-11-2010, 05:25 PM
AgnesIO

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Originally Posted by eoin247

This is going to encourage prank calls that are a criminal offences (to police, hospitals etc). People can now just buy a sim and phone, make the calls and then can throw it away for a pound.

Hardly going to encourage it more.

ETA (Spanish Terrorists) buy cheap phones (oh my god 15 euros), phone the police alerting them they have put a bomb somewhere, eg. malaga airport, then throw away the phone and destroy it.

99c and 15 euros is hardly going to hurt the bank.
05-11-2010, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by eoin247

I know people do it already but what i said was it will encourage this further. :)

10 times doing this at 10£= 100£

10 times doing this at 1£ = 10£

see what i mean?

you need to buy credit don't forget
05-11-2010, 05:29 PM
Eoin247

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Originally Posted by Milestone

Hardly going to encourage it more.

ETA (Spanish Terrorists) buy cheap phones (oh my god 15 euros), phone the police alerting them they have put a bomb somewhere, eg. malaga airport, then throw away the phone and destroy it.

99c and 15 euros is hardly going to hurt the bank.

Read the calculation in my previous post please.

Look im not talking about terrorists, im talking about kids or teens that have a little bit of cash in their pockets and can now do this as some sort of sick hobby for near free.
05-11-2010, 05:30 PM
Recursion

Apparently most of the time shops will take your details even on PAYG sims now, whether they tell you or not if you pay by card or whether they ask you for ID if it's by cash anyways.
05-11-2010, 05:48 PM
Arron

My temp phone cost £2.49 from Carphone Warehouse :P
05-11-2010, 05:48 PM
Jake

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Apparently most of the time shops will take your details even on PAYG sims now, whether they tell you or not if you pay by card or whether they ask you for ID if it's by cash anyways.

I buy alot of pay as you go phones and not once been asked for any details.

No i aint a terrorist i resell :>
05-11-2010, 05:56 PM
Eoin247

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Originally Posted by Hollyoaks

I buy alot of pay as you go phones and not once been asked for any details.

Same here.
05-11-2010, 05:57 PM
matt$

not really 99p if u have to pay £10 top up.
05-11-2010, 06:31 PM
Chippiewill

You can already make prank phone calls with skype :/

I'd rather buy the big mac tbh..
05-11-2010, 06:49 PM
Eoin247

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Originally Posted by Chippiewill

You can already make prank phone calls with skype :/

I'd rather buy the big mac tbh..

I'm pretty sure there are ways to be traced using skype, however i could be wrong.
05-11-2010, 07:14 PM
Ed.

I think if you really want to commit a crime using a mobile phone, you'd do it anywa.y
05-11-2010, 11:38 PM
GommeInc

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Originally Posted by eoin247

This is going to encourage prank calls that are a criminal offences (to police, hospitals etc). People can now just buy a sim and phone, make the calls and then can throw it away for a pound.

People can do that on expensive phones, seeing as SIMs are given away like hot cakes :P
05-11-2010, 11:46 PM
myke

im buying one of these for my car to use in emergencies wooo

and might buy my nan one for xmas LOL

atleast then if she dont use it it dont matter
05-11-2010, 11:59 PM
Eoin247

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

People can do that on expensive phones, seeing as SIMs are given away like hot cakes :P

Police can trace to the actual phone id, if you used an expensive phone you'd have to never use it again if you didn't want to get caught.
06-11-2010, 12:23 AM
Conservative,

My mums Xmas present from me this year (she's been moaning about her touch screen so I'll have it).
06-11-2010, 12:26 AM
Eoin247

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Originally Posted by R0BB13G

My mums Xmas present from me this year (she's been moaning about her touch screen so I'll have it).

You're so thoughtful man. :D
06-11-2010, 12:53 AM
Mrs.McCall

I'm blates getting 10 and selling them on phone recycling websites. I could make like a quid profit.
06-11-2010, 12:53 AM
Conservative,

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Originally Posted by eoin247

You're so thoughtful man. :D

She's lucky in getting her anything in these hard financial times lol.
06-11-2010, 12:56 AM
Eoin247

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Originally Posted by R0BB13G

She's lucky in getting her anything in these hard financial times lol.

True dat :)
06-11-2010, 08:58 AM
Rapidshare

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Originally Posted by Mrs.McCall

I'm blates getting 10 and selling them on phone recycling websites. I could make like a quid profit.

I think they wont buy them for more than a quid lol
06-11-2010, 12:33 PM
Chippiewill

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Originally Posted by R0BB13G

She's lucky in getting her anything in these hard financial times lol.

We have to make cuts somewhere :P
08-11-2010, 08:21 PM
Casanova

keep in mind you need to buy top up in the uk. normally £10 by card (debit/credit) or £20 by cash. At it's cheapest that's £10.99, with full details of a buyer.

it's to stop something called boxbreaking. where someone purchases phones in the uk (which the network subsidises) and selling them abroad. defrauding the network of their 'investment'.
12-11-2010, 07:47 PM
Dean

99p for a phone, wow! Great for a back-up phone, like the article said.