{"id":18587,"date":"2025-04-21T10:38:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/be-a-sim-only-saver-could-you-join-the-phone-users-shunning-bundles\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T10:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:38:33","slug":"be-a-sim-only-saver-could-you-join-the-phone-users-shunning-bundles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/be-a-sim-only-saver-could-you-join-the-phone-users-shunning-bundles\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a sim-only saver: could you join the phone users shunning bundles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More people are switching to deals with greater flexibility and value, and there are a growing number of providers<\/p>\n<p>People are rejecting mobile \u201cbundles\u201d that include a new phone and data contract, and are increasingly turning to sim-only deals that offer better value for money.<\/p>\n<p>A growing number of consumers are not getting a new phone when they change their mobile \u00adcontract and are instead holding on to their existing handset or \u00adbuying a \u00adsecondhand one, according to analysts.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2025\/apr\/21\/how-to-join-phone-users-shun-bundles-sim-only-savings\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9e70700c4187b9e39cceda6893953d89e33a68de\/0_25_5647_3388\/master\/5647.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b4d2059ae9f077a0033167c27335fc95\" title=\"Be a sim-only saver: could you join the phone users shunning bundles?\" \/>More people are switching to deals with greater flexibility and value, and there are a growing number of providers<br \/>\nPeople are rejecting mobile \u201cbundles\u201d that include a new phone and data contract, and are increasingly turning to sim-only deals that offer better value for money.<br \/>\nA growing number of consumers are not getting a new phone when they change their mobile \u00adcontract and are instead holding on to their existing handset or \u00adbuying a \u00adsecondhand one, according to analysts. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More people are switching to deals with greater flexibility and value, and there are a growing number of providers People are rejecting mobile \u201cbundles\u201d that include a new phone and data contract, and are increasingly turning to sim-only deals that offer better value for money. A growing number of consumers are not getting a new &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/be-a-sim-only-saver-could-you-join-the-phone-users-shunning-bundles\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Be a sim-only saver: could you join the phone users shunning bundles?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18587"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}