Many people like to manage the costs of their mobile by purchasing a Pay as You Go phone and topping up with credit to their phone.

Amazingly, that is now no longer always the most cost effective way to purchase and run your phone and you need to research the market carefully.

Onestopcompare.co.uk is a mobile phone price comparison website targetted to the UK where deals may be compared across many retailers and networks.

Onestopcompare has recently identified trends where retailers are prepared to share the commission that they receive from the network ... and pass on those benefits to the customer. The retailer is happy to do this in order to win a customer and the customer is happy because they get a great deal.

At the time of writing, the amazing Nokia C6 costs a minimum of £229.90 on Pay as You Go ... and of course rthere are no calls or Internet data included at that price.

BUT ... you can have a Nokia C6 Free on an 18 month contract with a monthly allowance of :

• 100 minutes to any network and 100 texts.
• Unlimited internet (1GB fair use policy)

and the total you will pay over 18 months is £179.90 saving £50 + the call costs saved via the allowance versus paying as you go. This is dependent upon you claiming your cashback at the right time, but is indicative of the savings that can be made via contract.