Monthly Contracts Versus SIM Only Contracts

Introduction to Contracts

In the last two decades technology has become an inescapable part of who we are and how we interact with the world. We have been driven by the want to have information as soon as possible and the ability to communicate it with immediate effect. The mobile phone has been one of the devices that have evolved over the last few years to reflect this relationship we have with technology.

However, mobile phones are not a cheap product to get your hands on as they cost a lot to manufacture and the materials used in them can be quite expensive. Also, you have to be pay to use the mobile once you have your hands on one. This means that for the average person to get hold of the latest ones they need to have access to long term contracts, or to have enough money to buy one outright. This article will go through the best qualities about two types of contract: monthly and SIM only.

Monthly Contracts

Monthly contracts are self explanatory in a way. They are contracts which are set for a predetermined set of months ranging from 12 to 24 months. As part of these contracts you pay for the handset and the cost of using it which includes text, calls and data usage.

This type of mobile phone contract is quite good if you don't necessarily have the funds to buy the handset that you want outright. The mobile phone operators give the user a number of different options depending on how they are going to use the phone (i.e mainly texting etc) and how much they can afford to pay every month.

There are two possible bad points to having a monthly contract. One is that the monthly contract means that you are stuck with the handset that you have chosen until the contract runs out or until you choose to pay off the rest of the contract. This can be quite annoying for some people as they find that they have to wait longer than most to get hold of the handset that they want because they are stuck in a contract that they don't want anymore. Another bad point is that the amount of minutes, amount of texts or amount of data allowed by the terms of the contract might be either too much or too little for what the user requires. This means that some users may be on the wrong monthly contract for what they want and are either paying too little or paying too much.

SIM only

SIM only contracts are also quite self explanatory in that they are contracts that are for just the SIM card and not the handset.

This type of contract is low cost and short term, which is great for people who like to have the freedom to be able to change their mobile phone every other month. They generally range from a month to 12 months and give users access to texts, minutes and data the same way that a monthly contract does but at a lower price.

There aren't many bad points to a SIM only contract other than you will have to pay for the handset in full without the luxury of having the payments spread out over a longer period of time.

Conclusion

The two types of contract are very similar and in the long run offer the same thing which is the use of a mobile phone. They cater to both those with high disposable income and those without. Depending on what handset you are after and how much are able to afford the best contract would be SIM only.

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