MSE News: Want an iPhone 5S or iPhone 5C? Here are the cheapest deals

You-kip

We both got the 5s yesterday the phones didn't have no upfront cost & our contract is £42 a month. £1008 for the 2 years.

theblagger

karlie88 wrote: »

MSE....you've actually forgotten the cheapest method (overall) to buy the iPhone 5S.

Buy it from the Apple Store @ RRP and stick a SIM only deal of your choice into the phone (anything from the Ovivo 'free' SIM to Three's One Plan SIM).

Granted there's a few weeks wait....but if you haven't managed to get one this morning from your 'local' then you're unlikely to get one in the next few weeks.

(Unless you buy it from eBay with a 100% mark up).

My route...the cheapest...so why is it not promoted...

NFH

You-kip wrote: »

We both got the 5s yesterday the phones didn't have no upfront cost & our contract is £42 a month. £1008 for the 2 years.

These figures don't tell us anything on their own. For the monthly allowances you're receiving, how much would the monthly charge be if you didn't have an iPhone bundled with it, i.e. SIM-only?

karlie88

You-kip wrote: »

We both got the 5s yesterday the phones didn't have no upfront cost & our contract is £42 a month. £1008 for the 2 years.

So it did have an upfront cost!



Minutes, number of texts and data allowance per month would be relevant...

rwalton159

redux wrote: »

The mystery of why MSE promotes iPhones so much (is it 4 or 5 new threads this time around?) continues.

If someone is intent on spending £1000 to £1200 on an iPhone and contract, then saving £20 or £30 probably makes no difference to them at all. Which network is likely to be of as much or more interest to them. So do prospective iPhone owners need MSE's help?

I couldn't agree more.

People really do buy into this brand and pay well over the odds for it. Suckers!

50Twuncle

I am waiting for the iPhone 6 to come out - I hear rumours that it will work on 5G, That's a "time" dimension built in !!