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Giffgaff SIM card with £5 free credit

Lots of our readers have requested a dedicated page for ordering a Giffgaff SIM card as it’s easily our most popular offer. Remember, if you order by clicking on the banner below you automatically get £5 free credit to start using straight away as soon as you activate the SIM. And that £5 lasts a long time as our pricing chart shows.

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How cheap is Giffgaff?

Network Calls SMS Data MMS 0800 Voicemail
Giffgaff 10p 6p 1p/MB 16p 0p 8p
O2 25p 12p 1p/MB 25p 15p 15p
T-Mobile 20p 12p 6p/MB 30p 40p 20p
Vodafone 25p 12p 4p/MB 36p 0p 21p
Orange 25p 12p 8p/MB 40p 25p 25p
3 26p 11p 11p/MB 36p 0p 16p

For more details as to how Giffgaff’s prices compare, check out our full PAYG price comparison table.

How long does the SIM take to arrive?

Giffgaff are incredibly quick at getting the SIM cards out. They typically come in a couple of days but are usually shipped the same day and can even arrive the next day. If your SIM still hasn’t arrived after a week, you might want to reorder.

How do I bring my number with me?

It’s very simple to ask the agents on the Giffgaff website to port your old number over and it usually only takes one working day. For more information, check out our guide to PAC codes and porting your mobile number.

How do I activate my SIM?

To activate your SIM and start using Giffgaff and enjoying free calls and texts, all you need to do is top-up £10 worth of credit. You even have to option to directly top-up with a goodybag or to buy a goodybag with your credit. And don’t forget – if you order your SIM through the link here you’ll get £5 free credit meaning your £10 top-up will actually buy you £15!

Can you use Giffgaff on iPhones or iPads?

Yes. All Giffgaff SIM cards are now special hybrid SIMs which can be used either as a regular sized SIM or as a micro-SIM. Now that Giffgaff have launched data-only goodybags you are allowed to use data on iPads, tablets and with dongles so a micro-SIM is necessary in some cases. If you order a SIM card from this page it will work perfectly with your device no matter which type of SIM it takes and you’ll always get the £5 free credit if you order from this site.

2 Responses to “Giffgaff SIM card with £5 free credit”

  1. tinkerbell 20 July 2011 at 12:39 Permalink

    hi, i have recentley taken the plunge and joined giffgaff and i am sooo glad i did. i took my phone number with me and it was really easy to do and only took 24 hrs to swap over. If anyone is contemplating taking the plunge – do it! you can always swap back if you dont like it, but im sure you will. they have quite a selection of different bundles (goodybags) to buy and are very good value for money. I get the £10 one and it as saved me alot of money from what i normally get, for £10 i get 250 minutes, Unlimited texts AND Unlimited web Plus my partners switched to them so we now get free calls to each other:rotfl:

  2. james 19 October 2011 at 16:28 Permalink

    great offer! i got my sim just a day or two later and when i activated it that evening i automatically got £15 credit for £10. still got more than £10 left so it hasn’t even cost me anything so far!


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