SIM Only Guides & Advice

In the beginning, there was the mobile phone. And it was good. So good, in fact, manufacturers began packing more and more features into each handset. Over time, basic handsets evolved into web-enabled and app-powered smartphones. In 2010, ...

If your first name is Sheikh, or your idea of jumping in the car involves summoning a chauffeur, overseas data roaming costs probably aren’t much of a concern. For most of us, however, the costs of using our phones abroad can be quite fri...

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It might be hard to believe, but we’re already a third of the way through summer. Despite endless rain (and even a tornado at the Isle of Wight Festival in mid-June), we’re approaching the time of year when millions of people head off o...

There was a time when checkouts and cash desks echoed to the sound of shoppers rummaging around in their purses for coins and notes. Today, you’re more likely to hear the confirmatory beeps of contactless payment processing systems. From ...

For many people, the only protection their smartphone needs is a leather case, or a cheap plastic screen protector. However, some phones lead tougher lives than others. If you work on a building site or as a coastguard, the inherent flimsin...

When desktop computers represented our only link to the wider world, it was inevitable they would be targeted by miscreants and troublemakers. Annoying worms and corrupting viruses soon mutated into more destructive forms of malware, includ...

It’s a measure of how crucial smartphones have become that we’ve invented a term to describe the fear of being without them. Nomophobia sounds like a name Charlie Brooker or Armando Iannucci might have come up with, but it’s a conditi...

There’s a popular misconception that mobile networks don’t have blackspots in urban areas. The reality is often different, as many frustrated customers will readily acknowledge. Even in city centres, a traditional building with thick st...

Although it represents a quantum leap from the dial-up speeds of 3G, 4G connectivity isn’t really fit for purpose any more. Meteoric growth in demand for internet-hosted entertainment, communications and other services has seen 4G network...