I'm looking for a good cheap deal and came across this...pretty decent allowance and a saving of £1.50 pm if you go via the Uswitch link. Life Mobile uses the EE network... ...only downside is it's 3G rather than 4G, that may bother some.
...is this a good deal?
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aloalotebetrazim to ramraideruk
5 May 1612#9
True.. i switched to them last month and 3G speeds are very decent actually (downloads round 20mbit, upload 2). Enough for Facebook, instagram and stuff
JoolsG4
6 May 165#44
My wife switched to LIFE a few months ago and everything was so much better than TalkTalk Mobile (running on Vodafone) that I also switched to LIFE last month from EE and am equally as happy.
Here's a few observations/things to bear in mind:
- Customer service is UK-based, very good and quick to answer the phone.
- Customer service via Twitter also very good.
- There's currently no mobile app for managing your account or checking usage, and their account web-site is not mobile-optimised. Apparently, a mobile app is in the works, although no date yet.
- You have to phone them up to turn voicemail off/on. Can't be done yourself online, or via your handset.
- 3G speeds are great (>20meg down). To be honest, I haven't noticed any difference between them and my 4G EE contract, although I don't download huge files or stream lots of video on mobile data.
- You have to contact customer services to turn roaming on for sending international SMS. Takes 2 hours to become active.
- You can port your number from EE, although depending on the origin of your number, it may take longer than the usual 2 business days. If your EE PAC number starts with the letters "ONE" you'll be ok. If it starts with something else, you may need to contact customer services and it could take a few days longer.
- EE Wi-Fi calling on iPhone and compatible Android handsets is not supported, even though on iPhone it can be turned on in Settings.
- 4G data is supposedly "coming", and is already available to a few customers who had 2 year handset contracts carried over from when LIFE was owned by Phones4U - however, 4G is not available yet to new customers.
Overall, I'm very happy with LIFE.
DonkeyKonk
5 May 163#12
I think I will take out a Life Contract for the mother in law.
silps
5 May 163#22
Life have excellent customer service, I bought this deal last month and they always picked up the phone on one ring.
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roflll
5 May 161#1
This deal was previously £5 and included 1500 minute, but it's still a pretty good deal
Krinkle to roflll
5 May 16#2
Blimey, when was that?
...may go for this as 3 want to 'keep' me with 600 mins, unlimited texts (...which, once you get over a thousand is neither here or there) and 1 GB data for £11 :disappointed:
b1g1an to roflll
5 May 16#3
Think you'll find it was £6 and with unlimited texts, the £5 one was for a lot less.
ramraideruk
5 May 162#4
It's only 3G though. :disappointed:
aloalotebetrazim to ramraideruk
5 May 1612#9
True.. i switched to them last month and 3G speeds are very decent actually (downloads round 20mbit, upload 2). Enough for Facebook, instagram and stuff
tissot22 to ramraideruk
5 May 162#14
I have life mob on galaxy s3 and download speed at day time is about 12-15 mb. My Mrs has iPhone 6s with Vodafone and it's 2-3 mb. I measured speed at the time for both phones.
I-Like-That
5 May 16#5
It was £6 for 1500 min, unlimited texts and 1GB data. If you don't want to go through uswitch just phone Life and ask for that deal - That's what I did...
murkymango
5 May 16#6
^^That was the package i got when It was on here a month ago... yeah! I know the tardis is broken at the moment and all that.:stuck_out_tongue:
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Opening post
...is this a good deal?
Top comments
Here's a few observations/things to bear in mind:
- Customer service is UK-based, very good and quick to answer the phone.
- Customer service via Twitter also very good.
- There's currently no mobile app for managing your account or checking usage, and their account web-site is not mobile-optimised. Apparently, a mobile app is in the works, although no date yet.
- You have to phone them up to turn voicemail off/on. Can't be done yourself online, or via your handset.
- 3G speeds are great (>20meg down). To be honest, I haven't noticed any difference between them and my 4G EE contract, although I don't download huge files or stream lots of video on mobile data.
- You have to contact customer services to turn roaming on for sending international SMS. Takes 2 hours to become active.
- You can port your number from EE, although depending on the origin of your number, it may take longer than the usual 2 business days. If your EE PAC number starts with the letters "ONE" you'll be ok. If it starts with something else, you may need to contact customer services and it could take a few days longer.
- EE Wi-Fi calling on iPhone and compatible Android handsets is not supported, even though on iPhone it can be turned on in Settings.
- 4G data is supposedly "coming", and is already available to a few customers who had 2 year handset contracts carried over from when LIFE was owned by Phones4U - however, 4G is not available yet to new customers.
Overall, I'm very happy with LIFE.
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...may go for this as 3 want to 'keep' me with 600 mins, unlimited texts (...which, once you get over a thousand is neither here or there) and 1 GB data for £11 :disappointed: