Best sim free phone deal

Motorola phones are usually well reviewed, and specd, for their price bracket

Vodafone have this prepay at €149 if you have an old sim number to avail of the switch and save offer

Definitely the A17 5G. It's a great phone.

It's €150 with 3/Vodafone or €180 with eir. Just pay €10 for a prepay simcard from a different network and port that number over to get that price. You could even try with a free 48/Lyca simcard, but sometimes networks don't accept them for porting offers.

All Samsung phones are sold unlocked.

It's probably 4GB RAM

4GB+4GB. 4GB actual RAM plus 4GB virtual RAM.

Gomibo is usually got good pricing for phones.

Pixel 9a....got it for €200 on Vodafone.

From AI,

Quick Answer:The Pixel 9a is the most premium with Google’s Tensor G4 chip, excellent cameras, and 7 years of updates. The Galaxy A17 5G is the most affordable, with expandable storage and Samsung’s ecosystem but weaker performance. The Honor 400 Lite offers the best display brightness and a huge 108MP camera at a mid-range price, though software support is shorter.

If call quality is your main issue, I’d also move away from the Redmi and towards something like the Galaxy A17 5G or Pixel 9a, since both are already being found close to your €200 target on switcher or prepay deals. They’re not perfect, but in real use they tend to handle voice and VoLTE better than a lot of lower‑end Xiaomi models.

For anyone juggling phone + network upgrades, it helps to think the way some telecom guides do: they show that once your SIM is on the right plan, bands, and registration profile, call stability improves a lot—check here if your current provider even supports all the calling features (VoLTE, Wi‑Fi calling) on your exact handset. Pairing a decent mid‑range like the A17 5G with a network that actually has strong indoor coverage where you live will usually make a bigger difference than obsessing over small spec differences between mid‑range models.

I got a poco'redmi' M7 pro 12g-256gb last month, amazon for e193 posted, reviews were v good after searching for a month i settled on this one…ps, dual sim and unlocked.

What is the best offer available right now on 9a?

Global Version POCO M7 

seems cheap

What's best SIM free phone deal currently? My son needs a new phone

I assume that will also work with a Clearmobile Sim given it works in phones locked to Vodafone ?

I was in the Three shop in Waterford this morning and they told me that their phones are locked to Three. Now i didn't believe them but they were adamant. I'm wary as I'm buying an A17 for an elderly relative and it's complicated enough already.