SIM Only deals give increased benefits over regular pay monthly mobile handset contracts and comes with the added flexibility of leaving you free to choose whatever network you want to use. Find Pay As You Go SIM Cards, 30 Day SIM Only, 12 Month+ SIM Only and iPhone SIM Only deals.

Orange, Vodafone, O2, 3 Mobile, Virgin Mobile are the best mobile networks for SIM Only contracts and you can find them all here...

Get a PAYG Sim and have total control over how much you spend. Just top up your account as and when you need more talktime, texts or browsing. Best for simplicity

Get a Pay Monthly Sim and get the benefit of great pay monthly allowances with the added freedom of choosing your own phone. Just add a sim free phone

You don't have to go for a budget network to get budget international calls. All the major networks now offer great sims and add-ons to bring you cheap calls to other countries Best for calling home

Why Choose Sim Only?
Monthly rates start from as little as £10, and almost all Sim Only deals come with plenty of allowances and extras in the form of top-up bonuses or free internet. Sim Only tariffs offer special 30 day deals as well. These provide all the benefits of free minutes, texts or bonuses that you normally get from pay monthly contacts, but with the added bonus that you are only committed for one month. This means that if your situation changes you can cancel at just a month notice without incurring any charges or penalties. So Sim Only deals are all about freedom. You no longer have to tie yourself into long contracts or limited phone choices. If there is a tariff that you have always wanted, but the network doesn't offer your desired phone, well Sim Only deals give you the solution. The freedom to choose the right SIM Only deal for you is now just a few clicks away.
Why choose PAYG?	Why choose 30 day?	Why choose 12 month+?
With Pay As You Go, you get total control over how much you spend. There is no messing about with monthly bills, just pre-pay for however much talktime, texts or internet you reuqire. With Sim Only PAYG deals, you get bonuses every time you topup, such as free minutes, free texts or minutes	With a 30 day rolling contract, you get all the benefits of great talk and text allowances without having to commit to a long contract. With 30 day contracts you can cancel at any time with just a months notice.	If you are looking to get a great pay monthly deal but want the freedom to choose your own phone then a 12 month+ Sim Only contract is for you. With some excellent deals out there, you can make the most of your minutes, texts or web allowance every month from the comfort of a phone you have handpicked yourself.

Simbasics Sim Only Deals

Without a sim card a mobile phone is worthless.

At Simbasics we know that the sim is everything for a mobile, and with our help you can find the best deals out there.

We search through all the best offers on these networks to bring you all the information you need to choose the right sim to suit you and to save you money.

T-Mobile

Choose them Because: T-Mobile are probably the best all-round network out there. They have some headline deals such as the 'free texts for life' offer on their PAYG tariff, but generally give good coverage, offer a good range of phones and have a good selection of tariffs. Their new 'T-Mobile Night In' is a nice little bonus and gives some interesting competition to Orange Wednesdays.

Best For Texters

Best Deal: Free Texts for Life on PAYG

Vodafone

Choose them Because: Vodafone is generally seen to have the best network coverage of all UK networks, so you won't lose your call or find yourself cut off just when you need to make that vital phonecall. Vodafone rarely miss out on the latest phones to be released and offer very competive tariffs. A good online bill management and topup service, as well as support forums make the general Vodafone experience a very good one.

Best For Talkers

Best Deal: 600 minutes, 3000 texts +1GB of mobile internet – 12 months only £20/month.

Orange

Choose them Because: Orange's simple animal-based tariffs make it easy to choose a tariff that suits you. Whether you prefer to talk, text or surf, Orange make it simple to pick out the deal that will save you money. Orange Wednesdays make Orange the wise choice for film lovers everywhere.

Best For Choice

Best Deal: 200 minutes, unlimited texts – 18 months only £10/month.

O2

Choose them Because: O2 often get exclusivity deals on the latest handsets. Their tariffs won't blow you away, but it is the add-ons the their basic packages that make O2 great. Bolt-ons and boosters give you plenty of flexible options so if you want a basic tariff that gives great minutes, but also want a big browsing allowance, then there's a bolt-on for that.

Best For Add-ons

Best Deal: 100 minutes, unlimited texts – 1 month only £10/month.

3 Mobile

Choose them Because: They offer the best bargain tariffs out there. While their network coverage might not be great, 3 can offer deals that will make your draw drop. They are rarely beaten for value on their tariffs, as low monthly costs don't mean stingy allowances with their tariffs matching the best other networks have to offer. As a dedicated 3G network, their mobile browsing is amongst the best as well.

Best For Budget Offers

Best Deal: 100 minutes, unlimited texts Unlimited 3 to 3 calls Free Windows Live Messenger chats & Free Skype-to-Skype calls – 1 month only £10/month.

Virgin Mobile

Choose them Because: With Virgin Media running alongside your phone, you are never far away from some fantastic multimedia experiences. Whether it is films on demand or music, Virgin offer unrivalled mobile internet capabilities. Virgin cannot always match other networks for budget tariffs, but mid-range tariffs are highly competitive and allowances provide you with plenty of minutes and texts alongside your fantastic mobile browsing.

Best For Media

Best Deal: 100 minutes, unlimited texts Unlimited 3 to 3 calls Free Windows Live Messenger chats & Free Skype-to-Skype calls – 1 month only £10/month.

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International Sims

There are some great networks out there dedicated to offering you cut-price calls abroad.

With the main UK networks parenting them, you still get great coverage, but because these companies don't worry about anything other than offering great calls abroad, you can make calls to the other side of the world as cheaply as calling the other side of the street,