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Cancel contract + sell 5 now? Buy new 5S outright from Giff Gaff?

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  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    Works fine for me and all those i know on Giffgaff .
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    moneysal wrote: »
    Do you like wasting money on the latest shinny toys? Yes!!
    For this there is no need to pay huge money for getting the contract cancelled early.
    Waste money just on the new toy and use it on the old contract until the minimum term expires. If the allowances are insufficient try either switching to a more expensive tariff or buying some extra bundles.
  • neil40
    neil40 Posts: 753 Forumite
    You can buy the phone on giffgaff but you won't be tied to them as all handsets they sell including iphones are sim free totally unlocked to all networks.
  • Quiet_Spark
    Quiet_Spark Posts: 1,093 Forumite
    moneysal wrote: »
    Can upgrade in August & leave in September
    If you upgrade in August, you won't be leaving in September as the upgrade will be the start of a new contract.

    neil40 wrote: »
    You can buy the phone on giffgaff but you won't be tied to them as all handsets they sell including iphones are sim free totally unlocked to all networks.
    iPhones lock themselves to the network of the first SIM that is inserted.
    Understeer is when you hit a wall with the front of your car
    Oversteer is when you hit a wall with the back of your car
    Horsepower is how fast your car hits the wall
    Torque is how far your car sends the wall across the field once you've hit it
  • MikeWhite
    MikeWhite Posts: 626 Forumite
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    iPhones lock themselves to the network of the first SIM that is inserted.
    Not all iPhones do that. Apparently giffgaff supplied phones don't, CPW phones do.
  • MikeWhite
    MikeWhite Posts: 626 Forumite
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    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    Works fine for me and all those i know on Giffgaff .
    For calls and texts I'd agree. For data speed, expect a shock.
  • Handsome90
    Handsome90 Posts: 505 Forumite
    By the way, OP Apple may release a few phone in a few months time (possible September). I think it's a better idea to wait and get the iPhone 6 (or whatever it's gonna be called).

    At one point Giffgaff did have problems with slow 3G speed. I'm not sure whether that has been fixed as I mostly use 4G. What I can tell you that my data speed is a lot better than my friend's EE data speed in London.
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