On Feb 18, 2:21 pm, "Hays" <hay...@madasafish.com> wrote:
> Drop your existing contract to O2's lowest offering (I think about £7.50)
>
> Take out a new contract with O2 for an orbit. You can get it free for £35
> over 12 months from O2 shops (they also give you £30 for ANY old phone)
>
> If your number is really important to you, just swap the sims from old to
> new handset
>
> It's about your cheapest option
>
> The orbit is excellent and you won't regret it
>
> Hays

The contract is 6 or 7 months old, so can't be downrated yet. In any
case, the lowest tariff will be probably be about £10 more than you
reckon, so the new phone would effectively cost about £200

The number is on the SIM not the phone, so most outgoing calls would
be on the new number