O2 upgrade early

Edd93

I got an iPhone 4 on a 24 month contract from O2 on 11/05/2011
I really don't like this phone and have spotted a Sony Xperia arc s that is cheaper than the iPhone and would prefer that phone O2 say I cannot upgrade til 11/05/2013 which is 16 months away the iPhone is in perfect condition with not a single scratch could I not trade it for the Xperia and keep the same contract O2 have been my favourite network for many years now but I am not happy with the way things work with upgrades
The iPhone is £42 a month the Xperia is £27 but I would happily pay £42 for xperia
Is there any way around this ? ? ?

spiro

Sell you iPhone and buy a sim free Xperia.

grumbler

Then downgrade your contract to the next cheaper one after 11/05/2012. It's madness to pay £42 p.m. for a mobile toy.

robbies_gal

dont think you can downgrade anymore on o2 can you?

as others have said sell the iphone and buy the one you want

timberflake

As everyone else is saying, sell the phone and buy the one you want. No mobile operator will allow you to trade your phone in against a new one when you've still got over a year left simply because you don't like the phone.

laughingcow81

You can reduce your contract, but only to the next tariff down. And I think you can only reduce it after a certain amount of time spent on the contract i.e. I was told after a year on O2 I could reduce my tariff to the next cheapest option.

robbies_gal

i know orange do it halfway through maybe o2 still does that