Comments on ‘Bic punts 'disposable' pre-charged phone’

Bargin 

only twice the price of a cheap PAYG nokia!

Well... 

Heart

...Hopefully this will differ from their razors and wont rip the face off you.

Heart because using bic's results in blood loss

49 EUR?!? 

Unless France's market is dramatically different from Germany's, this sounds like a recipe for failure. I've never walked into an electronics store here without seeing some Vodafone or T-Mobile PAYG handset for 10-20 EUR (including 5-10 EUR starting credit), rechargeable at any grocery checkout counter or ATM nationwide.

Though 60 min * 0.39 EUR = 23.40 EUR, so let's say that the thing comes with 20-25 EUR credit.

They're still asking a 15 EUR premium for a charged-up battery.

overcharged 

Coat

No, not the battery. Yeah, yeah I'll get it in a minute.

Just the other day I managed to pick up a (surprisingly) decent little Sagem on one of the better UK networks for £20 (including £10 mandatory top up). The battery was roughly 50% charged too.

Looks a helluva lot nicer (and smaller) than that colourful (-blind?) monstrosity.

What exactly are we paying for here? The convenience of a pre-fitted SIM?

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