Smartphones are becoming cheaper, especially with the likes of Android devices leading the way. Brand new SIM-free can be had for just a shade over £250 which is remarkable. Not too long ago this class of handset would be priced no less than £400 at initial availability. Even today, checking on the SIM-free sites the older smartphone still commands prices in the high £300s. And that is for an extremely dated handset by today's standards.

So should we expect the MVNO community to start offering smartphones? I'm talking about the likes of Asda, Tesco, Virgin and others. Surely it cannot be too much longer before one of these MVNO break the mould.

If there is anything that has put me off the MVNO it is that they typically only cater for voice and SMS - perhaps with a little MMS thrown in for good measure. But their data prices are prohibitively expensive, if data is available at all.

Now, with the main operators all producing inclusive data and add-ons it cannot be long before that filters down to the MVNO community who must be struggling in the face of competition from their host network operators. Or do the MVNO just cater for the person who wants simple [traditional] mobile function and cannot be bothered with all of this "computer in your pocket" stuff?

Our UK market is saturated, the pressure on pricing is ever downwards. So will the smartphone ever be seen from an MVNO?