iPhone 5 worth the upgrade?

Dalglish

I'm on a rolling month long contract with Tesco mobile 750 mins 5000 texts and 1gb data with my iphone 4. Tesco offered me a 24m 1500 min contract with 5000 texts and 2gb with an iphone5 costing £250 handset for £25pm.
I was also offered a sim only deal worth 1000 mins 5000 texts and 2gb on a rolling monthly contract if I wanted to keep my current iphone 4.
Is the upgrade worth it? Tesco say its an offer that beats what a new Tesco customer would be offered.
Worth spending the £250? Not sure if Tesco would take the iPhone 4 in cash.

grumbler

An obvious question: how many minutes do you actually need? How much data?

Do you actually use your 750 minutes, so that it's worth paying for 1000 or even 1500?

Dalglish

Very true ... I'm using 600 odd mins but tend to discipline use of the mobile and use work phone as well for personal calls so I do t really need anything more than 750. Think I've answered my own question lol

grumbler

In this case 1200m+1Gb are available at Virgin (EE) for 1x£12. What's the point in paying twice as much?

M4RKM

TCO is £850 over the 2 years.

Three do 500 Mins, 5000 Texts, All you can eat data - £34 per month and a £79 upfront cost. TCO is £895

O2 do unlimited mins/texts 1gb data - £26 per month, £250 handset cost, TCO = £874

It isn't a bad deal, that up front cost is high, but the lower monthly payments make up for it.

The other way to do it is buy the phone £529, plus then choose a cheap monthly rolling contract, like the Virgin one above, that give £817 as a TCO if you kept the phone 2 years.

M

malcumms7898

Personally, I wouldn't. I don't think the iPhone 5 is much better than the 4. Most of the changes are software which you can get on the 4 anyway, so the question is whether you want to spend £250 for a slightly taller phone. How much does the current Tesco contract cost per month?

Buzby

Having actually upgraded from a 4 to 5, the upgrade IS worth it, but less so if you have the 4S. The increase in screen size is superb, as is the new camera - both of which I appreciate every time I use it. The processor too is very fast, considerably so - so it is more than a cosmetic upgrade for vanity!

grumbler

malcumms7898 wrote: »

...so the question is whether you want to spend £250 for a slightly taller phone....

It's closer to £500 in fact if the OP doesn't need 1500m and 2Gb. However, selling the old 4S can significantly reduce the actual cost of upgrading.

Dalglish

Thanks to all for replies so far. My current sim only is for 750mins at £22 pm but Tesco can offer 1000mins for £17.50 plus 2gb data and 5000 texts. Tempting just to get the sim only and keep e iPhone 4 but they are calling me on Thursday -will tell them £250 is too much for up front cost can they reduce to £200 and I'll take a hitbn texts which don't exceed 400 pm.
iPhone 5 is tempting but I hear also 5s will be here in six months!

bobster999

Buzby wrote: »

Having actually upgraded from a 4 to 5, the upgrade IS worth it, but less so if you have the 4S. The increase in screen size is superb, as is the new camera - both of which I appreciate every time I use it. The processor too is very fast, considerably so - so it is more than a cosmetic upgrade for vanity!

increase in size is superb?? its only added an extra row of icons and the cameras not that special.

i was thinking of selling mine when i wasnt very impressed then all the reports of bugs and fragile paint didnt give me much confidence so i sold it for an xperia T and im so glad i did and got out of the iphone cycle. its overpriced and overhyped. i now realise that there's a whole load of great phones available. i'll never get another one.