{"id":3785,"date":"2015-12-19T13:59:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T06:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/be-a-smart-phone-user-follow-our-five-steps-to-cheaper-mobile-bills\/"},"modified":"2016-02-05T18:56:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T11:56:24","slug":"be-a-smart-phone-user-follow-our-five-steps-to-cheaper-mobile-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/be-a-smart-phone-user-follow-our-five-steps-to-cheaper-mobile-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a smart phone user \u2013 follow our five steps to cheaper mobile bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nNine out of 10 people are paying too much for the wrong mobile phone contract, but there are ways to save moneyMobile phone users in the UK are wasting about \u00a3160 a year by being on the wrong contract, according to a new report. Furthermore, 90% of those with a mobile are losing out this way.Overpaying subscribers tend to either be on contracts that give them more minutes and data than they use, or on contracts with limits they regularly exceed, which means they rack up extra charges each month. The latter group tend to be the biggest overspenders. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2015\/dec\/19\/smartphone-five-steps-cheaper-mobile-bills-wrong-contract-save-money\" target=\"_blank\">Be a smart phone user \u2013 follow our five steps to cheaper mobile bills<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Nine out of 10 people are paying too much for the wrong mobile phone contract,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Z3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":95951,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-chinas-mobile-leasing-platforms-have-made-renting-a-home-cheaper\/","url_meta":{"origin":3785,"position":0},"title":"How China\u2019s mobile leasing platforms have made renting a home cheaper","date":"August 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Renting an apartment in one of China\u2019s major cities is becoming easier. 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