Ovivo update their plans, now get more for £0 per month

You lot are great, so I’m having a good ‘ole dig around for some bargain deals at the moment. Christmas seems to be the “crazy time” where we spend huge chunks of money, so I’m on a mission to get some cheap deals.

Ovivo are an MVNO using the Vodafone network and, as we’ve shown before, they charge a big fat ..

..per month. Yes, nothing. Mental huh? How does that work?

Well, they get a bit of money back by showing you an advert every now and then when you’re using mobile data. Their Freedom 0 plan now has more call-time added – 200 minutes per month. This is up from 150 minutes, and 200 minutes is around 3 an a bit hours – enough for many. There’s also 300 texts and 500MB of data.

If you want a bit more, you can get the same amount of calls and texts, but 1GB of data for a fiver a month. There’s a couple of other tariffs for £10 and £20 respectively (see more on those below), which adds more call time and texts.

There’s no contracts or ties to worry about, but you do need to spend a bit for the SIM itself. For example, the “Freedom 0? plan you’ll need to spend £20 for the SIM, and Ovivo will stick in £15 of credit for you. Not bad eh? Have a look at the small print for more, check their website, or watch the video here to explain how they do this..

Giffgaff phone range announced – Buy yours this month

The network famed for hassle-free SIM-only plans has now announced their very own range of handsets and you can buy them later this month. The initial list includes the following handsets, and there’s a good mix of Android, iPhone and Windows Phone devices..

Samsung Galaxy Young
Samsung Galaxy Fame
Samsung Galaxy S3
Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini
Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Nokia 301
Nokia Lumia 520
Nokia Lumia 625
Nokia Lumia 925
Nokia Lumia 1020
Sony Xperia E
Sony Xperia M
Sony Xperia SP
Sony Xperia Z
Sony Xperia Z1
HTC One
BlackBerry Q10
LG G2
iPhone 4 refurb
iPhone 4S refurb

Popular high-end handsets like the HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S4 and Sony Z1 are on the list, although the iPhone 5 and 5s are sadly nowhere to be seen. Apple fans will instead have to make do with refurbished iPhone 4 devices.

Some 5300 members helped to shape the range and giffgaff will be selling these handsets before the end of the month. They say that prices will be “competitive” and it looks like they’ll be splitting the phone payment and the service plan costs. Phones can be paid for out-right in one hit or in 6 to 24 month payments through a finance deal. You buy a goodybag (which is one of their monthly bundles) seperately if you want.

The network, which uses O2 infrastructure, has also said that you can adjust your monthly phone payments at any time and that handsets won’t be locked to giffgaff. You also won’t need to buy a goodybag with a phone, but if you do then this can also be adjusted as and when you wish.

It seems a pretty good offer, but we’ll have to wait to see the handset prices to compare more.

Head over to giffgaff now for your free SIM or follow us on Twitter to find out when you can buy the phones above.

Droidcon kicks off next month

 

This October marks the return of Droidcon London. The Android developer conference is your chance to get down and dirty with the OS and to gain development skills from experts.

Gradleware, Evernote, Funky Android and I Fight Bears will be there and, during the two days, there’ll be stacks of conferences for you to enjoy and over 1000 developers to mingle with.

Tickets are £300 but you’ll have to be quick as they’re only available for another two weeks. The event will take place at the Business Design Centre in Islington and features workshops, a hackathon, sessions and a party or two. You can get the full lineup here. It kicks off on October 24th and runs until the 27th.