Iphone tarrif - can I cancel

Boobydoo

I'm trying to cut my outgoings down and much as I love my Iphone I think £40 odd per month is a little excessive.

My contract doesn't end for a good few months yet, but is there anyway I can drop down to a normal phone contract? I have an old mobile which I could use.

Guys_Dad

Unless your contract states that you can, you can't (in law).

The network are the people to answer this point factually. You could, of course, look at your paperwork and their web site t&c.

llyamah

Your contract probably isn't just for the service they provide - i.e. you are paying for the cost of the iPhone handset in your contract. So you can't just say to the network "I want to start using a phone without internet, so please start charging me less". It doesn't work like that.

maginot

You could see if you could sell your iPhone on eBay, and then just use your other phone on the same contract. This should help reduce your contract costs!

MsBlonde

o2 allowed me to change my priceplan half way through my contract, and I downgraded too. But I had the highest price priceplan and there was other cheaper priceplans which allows you still to have the phone for free.

Troutface_x

Service providers will usually let you downgrade your tariff to a lower price plan after a minimum of 6 months has passed in your contract. Saying that, most networks are sympathetic tocustomers if you explain your financial situation, and on that basis they may allow you to change tariff before the 6 months period. from my experience, as long as keep your contract and pay your monthly bill on time you should be fine. so give em a call, tell em you can no longer afford it and hopefully they downgrade you. good luck

grumbler

Troutface_x wrote: »

Service providers will usually let you downgrade your tariff to a lower price plan after a minimum of 6 months has passed in your contract.

It's half of the minimum term, not 6 months actually. And only some of service providers.

Saying that, most networks are sympathetic tocustomers if you explain your financial situation, and on that basis they may allow you to change tariff before the 6 months period.

Most are not sympathetic. They just can't care less abut your situation. And this is understandable, because they need to recover the cost of the 'free' (or heavily discounted) phone. They are not charities to be sympathetic.

so give em a call, tell em you can no longer afford it and hopefully they downgrade you. good luck

Yes, luck is what the OP really needs.

simax

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What he said....