My venerable and well serving Nokia 8310 is becoming a little senile these days and doesn’t like receiving calls. I’ve had it for over two and a half years so I decided it was time to change up a gear and get myself a spangly new phone. After a few hours of searching I happened across this paradox:

e2save.com have this deal where you get a new SonyEricsson S700i and a 12 month supply of 200 cross-network anytime minutes + 100 texts for just under ?200 (after cashback). At the same time that phone is selling for ?200-?250 on eBay. That means that if you’re willing to put up with an older phone you can get all your calls and texts free for a year and make up to ?50 in the process!

Combine that with easy mobile number portability and it’s a wonder anyone stays with the same network for longer than a year.