Mobiles

Thousands of 1pMobile users who signed up to the pay-as-you-go provider before 1 January 2021 will need to spend at least £2.50 worth of credit on calls, texts, data or other services every 30 days from today. Fail to meet this spending limit, and you'll have a fee of up to £2.50 deducted from your credit.

Tech giant Apple has just unveiled its new handset range, the iPhone 13, 13 Mini, 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max, while cutting the price of the now-older iPhone 12, 11 and SE. Buying a new iPhone is never MoneySaving and early adopters usually pay the most. We've got some tips on how to cut costs below.

Three is to start charging new and upgrading pay monthly and Sim-only customers roaming fees of £2/day to use their monthly allowances in Europe from 23 May 2022. In addition, the mobile provider will ditch a core deal that allowed many customers to use their inclusive minutes, texts and data in 22 non-European destinations and instead charge customers £5/day.

Three mobile customers who make calls or send text messages outside of their standard allowance will see prices hiked from 1 July. Some pay-as-you-go costs are also rising. But mobile users who regularly use these services can cancel contracts penalty-free as a result. 

Virgin Mobile is to hit millions of mobile customers with price hikes of 1.5% from 1 July. The provider has confirmed it started to notify affected customers about the increase in early May - but you won’t be able to cancel penalty-free unless you are out-of-contract.

Jobseekers claiming certain work-related benefits can once more get unlimited mobile data, minutes and texts for £10 a month. If you need that much data it's a cracking deal and you could even use the Sim to temporarily replace your home broadband – but you can get cheaper deals if you need less data.

EE mobile customers with 5G contracts and compatible handsets can now access the faster service in 35 more locations across the UK, including Brighton, Swansea and York. It's the latest expansion in 5G coverage by one of the major networks - we've details below on how to check which areas are covered by all four of the major providers. 

Mobile companies will be banned from selling 'locked' phones which only work with their network, under new rules coming into force at the end of next year. 

Millions of BT customers will see their monthly bills for broadband, landlines and mobiles rise by 1.3% in March even if they're still within their minimum contract term, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

Millions of EE customers on monthly mobile contracts will be hit by a 2.2% price rise next month, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.