There are currently a large range of monthly sim only contracts offered by Orange, Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, 3 and Virgin Mobile. These can range in price from £10 up to £35 per month and at each price point, there can be a staggering difference in the number of free minutes or texts offered by the networks.
We have compared all of the sim only deals offered by all of the major mobile phone networks and provided you with the best sim only deals on offer at each of the main pricing points. Our opinion is completely neutral with regards to the actual mobile network – we have simply compared the actual deals on offer at £10 per month, £15 per month, £20 per month, £25 per month and £30 per month.
Criteria that we have judged the sim only deals upon are free minutes, free texts, free internet and additional customer offers.
BEST £10 SIM ONLY DEALS
| Network Operator | Package Name | Contract Duration | Included Minutes | Included Texts | Added Extras | Monthly Cost | More Info |
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SIM Only 10 | 30 days | 100 | 100 | Choose your FREE Flexible Booster* | £10.00 | see deal |
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O2 Simplicity 10 SIM Only | 30 days | 100 | unlimited | N/A | £10.00 | see deal |
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£10 SIM Only | 30 days | 100 | 500 | N/A | £10.00 | see deal |
BEST £15 SIM ONLY DEALS
| Network Operator | Package Name | Contract Duration | Included Minutes | Included Texts | Added Extras | Monthly Cost | More Info |
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O2 Simplicity 15 SIM Only | 30 days | 300 | unlimited | Choose from your free O2 Bolt-On* | £15.00 | see deal |
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SIM Only 15 | 30 days | 350 | 300 | Choose your FREE Flexible Booster* | £15.00 | see deal |
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£15 SIM Only | 30 days | 300 | unlimited | N/A | £15.00 | see deal |
BEST £20 SIM ONLY DEALS
| Network Operator | Package Name | Contract Duration | Included Minutes | Included Texts | Added Extras | Monthly Cost | More Info |
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SIM Only 20 | 30 days | 600 | 500 | Choose your FREE Flexible Booster* | £20.00 | see deal |
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£20 SIM Only | 30 days | 600 | unlimited | Free Mobile Internet | £20.00 | see deal |
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O2 Simplicity 20 SIM Only | 30 days | 600 | unlimited | Choose from your free O2 Bolt-On* | £20.00 | see deal |
BEST £25 SIM ONLY DEALS
| Network Operator | Package Name | Contract Duration | Included Minutes | Included Texts | Added Extras | Monthly Cost | More Info |
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£25 SIM Only | 30 days | 900 | unlimited | Free Mobile Internet | £25.00 | see deal |
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O2 Simplicity 25 SIM Only | 30 days | 900 | unlimited | Choose from your free O2 Bolt-On* | £25.00 | see deal |
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SIM Only 25 | 30 days | 900 | 500 | Choose your FREE Flexible Booster* | £25.00 | see deal |
BEST £30 SIM ONLY DEALS
| Network Operator | Package Name | Contract Duration | Included Minutes | Included Texts | Added Extras | Monthly Cost | More Info |
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£30 SIM Only | 30 days | 1200 | unlimited | Free Mobile Internet | £30.00 | see deal |
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O2 Simplicity 30 SIM Only | 30 days | 1200 | unlimited | Choose from your free O2 Bolt-On* | £30.00 | see deal |
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Racoon 30 SIM | 30 days | 1200 | 500 | Free Mobile Internet (500MB per month). 2-for-1 cinema tickets with Orange Wednesdays | £30.00 | see deal |
| * Choose one of the free O2 Bolt-On options |
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| Unlimited O2 to O2 calls |
| Unlimited landline calls |
| * Choose one of the FREE T-Mobile Flexible Booster options |
| Inclusive Flexible Unlimited Text Booster |
| Inclusive Flexible Internet Booster |
| Inclusive Flexible Unlimited Landline Talk Booster |
| Inclusive Flexible Unlimited T-Mobile Talk Booster |
| Inclusive Flexible Euro Talk and Text Booster |
| Inclusive Flexible Europe & Australasia Talk |
| Inclusive Flexible USA and Canada Talk Booster |
| ** Choose a FREE T-Mobile flexible extra (can be swapped each month) |
| Unlimited texts |
| 1GB of mobile browsing |
| International calling |
| Calling while abroad |
| Blackberry email |
Benefits of a sim only contract
The sim only offers featured on Sim Only Deals are generally 30 day contracts and this means that you are only tied to the contract for 30 days, which gives you the flexibility to terminate the contract quickly if you need to. On the other hand, you can continue to get the sim only deal for as long as you like because the contract will continue to roll month by month until you choose to stop it. Some other sim only contracts are for 12 months or even 18 months and the benefit of these is that you typically get a better deal if you commit for a longer period – these long-term sim only deals typically include more (or unlimited) texts, more inclusive minutes and better deals on mobile data and internet browsing, and may also be cheaper than shorter contracts.
You can continue to use your existing mobile phone if you take out a sim only contract, so you don’t have the expense of having to buy a new phone or the inconvenience of having to migrate your old data and learn how to use a new phone. If your phone was on a previous network you may have to have the phone unlocked, however, this is easy to do and simply involves the input of an alpha-numeric code into your handset to unlock it.
Even at the lowest price points per month, there is still a wide range of sim only deals to compare from all of the major mobile phone networks. Deals include O2 Simplicity sim only, Orange raccoon or dolphin sim only, Vodafone sim only, T-Mobile Solo sim only, 3 sim only and Virgin Mobile Liberty sim only. At the higher price point you can expect to see up to 1,000 free minutes and a combination of free texts, and/or free mobile Internet.
Sim only deals offer the best value for texts and inclusive minutes of any mobile phone tariffs with the flexibility of not being tied into a 12, 18 or 24 month contract unless you choose to be.