iPhone 5s - buy outright or on contract..?

daniellaoxox

I've wanted an iphone 5s for a while now but couldn't bring my self to pay nearly £600 for a phone, but now the price has dropped I've decided to buy one in the next few days.

My question is - is it best to buy outright for around £459 and pay £10 a month on a sim only deal or go for a 24 month contract with tesco for £33 a month?

Also does anyone know if contract iphones still come with the 1 year Apple warranty?

Thank you xx

balletshoes

definitely in your case, buy the phone outright from Apple then put your choice of sim in it.

daniellaoxox

Thank you for the reply I will probably do that, I've just heard a lot of different opinions from friends who mainly say I should get a contract, who knew getting aiPhone could be so confusing, haha !

balletshoes

daniellaoxox wrote: »

Thank you for the reply I will probably do that, I've just heard a lot of different opinions from friends who mainly say I should get a contract, who knew getting aiPhone could be so confusing, haha !

theres absolutely no need to get a contract for an iphone, if you know what calls/texts/data use you need, and you've found a payg or rolling sim to give you what you need, then the sensible thing is to buy the phone outright from Apple (not Carphone Warehouse) and then you can use any sim you like in your new iphone.

frisbeej

A 16Gb iphone is a bit small and you'll probably need to faff around when you updated the OS.

grumbler

daniellaoxox wrote: »

I've wanted an iphone 5s for a while now but couldn't bring my self to pay nearly £600 for a phone, but now the price has dropped I've decided to buy one in the next few days.

My question is - is it best to buy outright for around £459 and pay £10 a month on a sim only deal or go for a 24 month contract with tesco for £33 a month?

Paying 24x£23 for £459 phone means borrowing £459 for 24 months at 20% APR. You decide.

Also does anyone know if contract iphones still come with the 1 year Apple warranty?

No.

cklass

Apple provides a one year limited warranty for all their products. It doesn't matter if it's a contract iPhone or not.

d123

frisbeej wrote: »

A 16Gb iphone is a bit small and you'll probably need to faff around when you updated the OS.

Or just update via iTunes and there is no need to worry about size requirements to unpack the update.

cklass wrote: »

Apple provides a one year limited warranty for all their products. It doesn't matter if it's a contract iPhone or not.

Many people are now finding buying direct from Apple is giving you 2 years of "warranty" (Apple as the retailer seem to be treating their SoGA obligations as if it was a 2 year warranty if you mention SoGA in month 13-24 for warranty issues).

grumbler

cklass wrote: »

Apple provides a one year limited warranty for all their products. It doesn't matter if it's a contract iPhone or not.

They call it "Coverage provided at no additional cost", not "warranty", but who cares? In practice it's 2 years if bought directly from Apple and 1 year if bought elsewhere.

http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/

Unlike Apple, all other companies do their best to fob you off after a year.

d123

grumbler wrote: »

They call it "Coverage provided at no additional cost", not "warranty", but who cares? In practice it's 2 years if bought directly from Apple and 1 year if bought elsewhere.

http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/

Unlike Apple, all other companies do their best to fob you off after a year.

Thanks :beer:, I couldn't remember the term they were using for year 2.