How much are you paying for a mobile contract?
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I'm approaching the end of my current mobile phone contract, which is about £30 per month (give or take depending on how many out of allowance calls I make), it was a 24 month term. For that I got a HTC One M8 and unlimited mins/text and 10Gb data (EE).
I've just had a look around since I fancy upgrading to the HTC 10. The price starts from £50.99, then an additional £29.99 on top (for the exact equivalent above). The price of the top end contract is £74.99 per month!
Doing the calculations, it makes absolutely no odds to be locked into a contract since you can get the HTC 10 brand new for £510 and the price jump from £30 to £50.99 is almost the same over 24 months but you are locked into a contract and also there'll be a price increase in March...
It seems an awful big jump for me and it just got me wondering since I've seen a couple of lease deals for cars that are <£100 (per month).. it seems a bit detached from reality - is anyone really paying that much for just a phone?
I've just had a look around since I fancy upgrading to the HTC 10. The price starts from £50.99, then an additional £29.99 on top (for the exact equivalent above). The price of the top end contract is £74.99 per month!
Doing the calculations, it makes absolutely no odds to be locked into a contract since you can get the HTC 10 brand new for £510 and the price jump from £30 to £50.99 is almost the same over 24 months but you are locked into a contract and also there'll be a price increase in March...
It seems an awful big jump for me and it just got me wondering since I've seen a couple of lease deals for cars that are <£100 (per month).. it seems a bit detached from reality - is anyone really paying that much for just a phone?
£23 on o2 for unlimited calls and texts and 7gb data.
But I bought the iphone outright. In the end the costs are about the same as adding the phone to the contract.
If you split the £500 phone over 24 months it would be £43 I suppose. Sounds a lot putting it that way!
But I bought the iphone outright. In the end the costs are about the same as adding the phone to the contract.
If you split the £500 phone over 24 months it would be £43 I suppose. Sounds a lot putting it that way!
Edited by p1stonhead on Friday 17th June 07:36
Wife's phone out of contract, went with Life mobile, an EE company I think, £6 a month unlimited text, 1000 mins and 2gb data.
It was an offer on money supermarket
Put my Mum on there as well on a £5 a month deal, she had been payg. I think she gets 500 min and 1gb not sure on the texts but it's more than she will ever use.
It was an offer on money supermarket
Put my Mum on there as well on a £5 a month deal, she had been payg. I think she gets 500 min and 1gb not sure on the texts but it's more than she will ever use.
I was at £29 a month on Virgin with an I phone 5S that I hardly used for 3 months and then sold as I disliked it.
I did a deal and got a Samsung S6 sim free last late summer time.
Ive just kept the number and gone back down to a 30 day virgin sim only deal for a fiver.
500 minutes + 2gb Data unlimited texts
I'll source my own handsets as and when I feel the need to.
I did a deal and got a Samsung S6 sim free last late summer time.
Ive just kept the number and gone back down to a 30 day virgin sim only deal for a fiver.
500 minutes + 2gb Data unlimited texts
I'll source my own handsets as and when I feel the need to.
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 17th June 17:38
GT03ROB said:
randlemarcus said:
but if the 24 month contract (and I hate that, who wants to keep the same hardware for 2 years?)
Why would you want to spend a significant amount on a new phone to have the latest gimmick more frequently?? What a waste! I did upgrade eventually and have had it for nearly 2 years and don't envisage changing it for at least another 2. It does all I need and more that I don't need.
o2, sim only unlimited call and texts, 3gig data . £11.24 a month
All my family are on this, my daughter and I've got old Samsungs from previous contracts so were effectively free, my wife (who is a luddite) has a cheap (cost her about £15) nokia brick, my son has an i-phone 6 which he bought recently. We're all better off than if we were on a sim plus phone contract.
All my family are on this, my daughter and I've got old Samsungs from previous contracts so were effectively free, my wife (who is a luddite) has a cheap (cost her about £15) nokia brick, my son has an i-phone 6 which he bought recently. We're all better off than if we were on a sim plus phone contract.
Last time I brought new phones (all four phones were up at the same time a couple of years ago) we had a Samsung S5, Nexus 6, two Sony Z3s, each worked out at about £35 a month for ~5Gb of data with unlimited calls/texts for a 24 month deal. Had to pay £50 upfront per phone down as well.
This time I couldn't get anywhere near that for a mix of S7s and S7 Edges, all vendors wanting another £15 a month or so. So instead I brought the handsets off ebay (~£450 for the S7s, ~£500 for the S7 Edges) and went with Three's 12 Gb (5Gb has become painful to stick to), 200 minute, unlimited texts SIM plan. That works out as £8.50 a month for the first six months, then £17 a month for the final six months.
Vodafone offered me the S7 Edges at £52 a month with £15 down for 12Gb, or £1263. With Three and ebay I get it for £857. I've saved roughly £1500 across the four phones.
This time I couldn't get anywhere near that for a mix of S7s and S7 Edges, all vendors wanting another £15 a month or so. So instead I brought the handsets off ebay (~£450 for the S7s, ~£500 for the S7 Edges) and went with Three's 12 Gb (5Gb has become painful to stick to), 200 minute, unlimited texts SIM plan. That works out as £8.50 a month for the first six months, then £17 a month for the final six months.
Vodafone offered me the S7 Edges at £52 a month with £15 down for 12Gb, or £1263. With Three and ebay I get it for £857. I've saved roughly £1500 across the four phones.
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