Advice please re: my iPhone contract on 3

herman2811

Hoping for some advice, as this is the 1st contract I've had:

Firstly, I'll just say that I'm happy to stay with 3 as my signal both at home and at work isn't too bad, and they seem to represent the best value over a 2 year contract.

Anyway, I have an iPhone 4 on contract with 3 that is due to finish shortly. I plan to upgrade whenever the new iPhone comes out, probably later in the year, but in an attempt to keep costs down, I intend to call them asking for a PAC etc.

I suppose my first question would be how likely are they to offer me a deal on a new model iPhone? (am guessing not very likely?!).

If whatever Apple releases for the new model doesn't inspire me that much, then I'd definitely consider upgrading to a 4S instead, so would 3 be likely to offer retention deals on that instead?

Now to complicate matters further, as I said my contract is due to finish very soon, so I'm considering downgrading to their 1-month rolling sim-only contract until any new model is released (currently £15/month). Would changing to this affect any possible retention deal I may get offered in a few months time? If so, then I'd be happy to wait. At that time, will they look at the total money I've spent with them over the last 2+ years, or would they just look at the current monthly spend at the time of requesting a PAC?

I may even phone up now requesting a PAC, as I see giffgaff do a similar thing for £10/month - thoughts?

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

DUTR

Your not going to get a retention deal on an iphone latest model, so put the difference between your monthly and sim only deal towards your next handset.

herman2811

Thanks, does anyone know if downgrading to sim-only now (either on their advertised £15/month, or via a retention deal) would affect my chances of getting a retention deal on the 4S when the newer model comes out?

herman2811

Any further thoughts anyone?

gjchester

herman2811 wrote: »

Thanks, does anyone know if downgrading to sim-only now (either on their advertised £15/month, or via a retention deal) would affect my chances of getting a retention deal on the 4S when the newer model comes out?

The deal you get depends more on your spend than anything else. On a £15 deal thats probably minimal.

Will they offer a deal to a new Iphone, maybe, but historically all the networks have been reluctant to offer any upgrade (unless you are spending a big chunk of change each month) to the latest iphone deals on any form of discount at least quite a while after the release. Remember the iPhone sells itself, they don't need to offer much of a discount to sell it.

herman2811

Thanks - I accept I won't get a retention deal on a new model iphone, but I was hoping someone could advise if getting a sim-only deal right now would jeopardise my chances of getting a decent deal on the 4S when a newer model is released?