IPhone Orange cognoscenti

[steveo]

I've got an IPhone 4 on Pay as you Go which barely gets used - maybe a couple of texts a week and a couple of short phone calls a month.

I don't use Data roaming whatever that is.

Somehow this costs me about ten quid a week.

I don't think I can get an itemised bill.

Should I go back to writing letters?

[StraferJack]

Do you send any photos?

They can cost a few bob

[StraferJack]

And you are saying you never ever browse internet on it ? Not even the forum?

[steveo]

OK I do send the odd photo but if I do that as an email via wifi, surely that's free?

And I never use the forum

[El Pibe]

do you have insurance as part of the package?

I actually cancelled a contract and the insurance continued until i complained. got a full refund, but still...

[steveo]

No contract, no insurance. I think it's banditry

[El Pibe]

have you thought about a contract? you can get them for about 12 quid a month

[El Pibe]

better than here. 30 bloody euro for sim only!?!?!

[KalamityKel]

No clue about IPhones so forgive me if functionality doesn't operate the same as "normal" smart phones :-) BUT are you sure you haven't got data roaming switched on? Are you fooled (fooled by which I mean the app doesn't need to be update as often as it says it does) by the "this app needs updating" and press ok to update which might then be connecting to data roaming to complete the process?

[StraferJack]

email via wifi should be free yeah

back when I had a nokia basic basic phone 15 years ago, it was costing me about a tenner a week as well to be fair

KK might be onto something when she says you might have data roaming switched on somewhere in settings tho