iPhone 6 suggestions - buy outright vs contract

corf999

I've pre-ordered from Apple (64gb iphone 6) to pair with my Three oneplan sim only (£18) - Totally monthly cost spread over 24 months will be £43.80

Cheapest new 4g contracts over 24 months:

Voda: £48.88 (4gb of data) CPW cheaper than voda direct
Voda:£43.88 (1gb of data) CPW cheaper than voda direct
o2: £46.34 (2gb of data) CPW
o2: £49.25 (5gb of data) CPW
ee:£49.82 (4gb) P4U or CPW
three: TBA

CPW and P4U both appear cheaper than using Voda or EE direct.


I am managing to screw up these figure lol. Pretty sure they are right now. Minutes usually unlimited or 1000 with unlimited texts.

dellboy102

How many mins and texts for the £41 EE contract?

corf999

I screwed it up, it doesnt exist, i had the wrong upfront price in my spreadsheet.

cool4kaz

dellboy102 wrote: »

How many mins and texts for the £41 EE contract?

Just pre ordered mine through Phones 4 U

Unlimited Texts
Unlimited mins
4gb Data
4G
24mth contract
FREE phone
£43.99 pr mth

EE Network

ja11mes

d123 wrote: »

With the iPhone it's always been better to buy outright, I've bought them that way every year and use them with sim only. It's a large saving over the year or 2, when compared to contract.

My sim only on Three costs me £15 for 2000 minutes, 5000 texts and unlimited data.

how you get that deal on 3 d123?

i pre ordered handset off apple this morning and signed up for three PAYG - 3000 txts, 300 mins and unlimited data. probably wouldn't use the minutes anyway and definitely not the texts, just curious how you receive considerably more

corf999

Its a legacy tariff (one plan)

cool4kaz, did you get that deal instore as the website says the phone (64gb) is £139.00 upfront or if you referring to the 16gb version that is still £50 upfront.

cool4kaz

corf999 wrote: »

Its a legacy tariff (one plan)

cool4kaz, did you get that deal instore as the website says the phone (64gb) is £139.00 upfront or if you referring to the 16gb version that is still £50 upfront.

It's the 16gb phone, I registered interest with them yesterday and
They rang me this morning. There is a similar plan on Voda phone
Which is £43.50 but their signal is none existent in my area so stuck with ee.

kstar85

I'm looking at the Vodafone 4G plan that has 10GB of data, unlimited minutes and unlimited texts for £48.50/month - handset is free.

You get £5/month off the price when you send them your old iphone - plus you get Spotify premium free for 24 months. I already pay for this just now at £9.99 a month - so I figure it effectively works out at £33.51 per month. I don't actually get 4G where I live so it will be 3G, but it works out much cheaper for me than the 3G contracts as I use a lot of data!

pie691

Aaaargh, I'd convinced myself to get a Galaxy S5 next week but shiny gizmos and man maths have taken over my idle brain tonight

I can get NHS benefits, O2 understandably exclude the iphone 6 however Vodafone seem to be cool about this, Im also a Spotify addict so can deduct an automatic £10 per month as Voda bundle it with their 4G tariffs

Im looking at the Vodafone website:

64Gig iphone 6 for 79.99 then 53.50 a month
Minus 20% then another tenner off = 33 quid a month

Best S5 tariff Ive found would be an equivalent of £27 a month after Spotify and Quidco from an intermediary

Aaaargh, Ive never owned an iphone and wasnt about to start however Im now tempted

Is the Vodafone 20% as good as it appears?

Cheers

MrJester

pie691 wrote: »

Aaaargh, I'd convinced myself to get a Galaxy S5 next week but shiny gizmos and man maths have taken over my idle brain tonight

I can get NHS benefits, O2 understandably exclude the iphone 6 however Vodafone seem to be cool about this, Im also a Spotify addict so can deduct an automatic £10 per month as Voda bundle it with their 4G tariffs

Im looking at the Vodafone website:

64Gig iphone 6 for 79.99 then 53.50 a month
Minus 20% then another tenner off = 33 quid a month

Best S5 tariff Ive found would be an equivalent of £27 a month after Spotify and Quidco from an intermediary

Aaaargh, Ive never owned an iphone and wasnt about to start however Im now tempted

Is the Vodafone 20% as good as it appears?

Cheers

Well £33 a month recurring sounds alright to me for the new iPhone man. Let's assume it's 24 month?
So 33 x 24 + 79.99 = £871.99 paid in total for phone & service
That phone costs £619 up front so effectively over the term you're paying £252.99 (or £10.54 a month) for the mobile service. Sounds like a good deal to me.