Iphone 7

GTR_King

is this a good deal for iPhone 7 I am with o2 at moment this contract is on Three

Monthly cost
£44 (32GB)
£51 (128GB)
£58 (256GB)

£99 upfront cost

Unlimited calls/texts
30GB Data

at moment I pay £43.18 (£99 up front start of contract) iPhone 6 64GB Silver

£25 (Device Plan)
£18.18 (Data/calls/texts plan)

Unlimited calls/texts 2GB Data (Most month I nearly go over but don't)

£75 to upgrade/go sim only contract or wait till 10th December when contract ends

forgotmyname

3 have a Unl Min, Unl Txt and 4GB for £9 a month. So £18 seems steep unless you cannot get a signal with 3 etc.

Kim_13

Doesn't seem so to me. You are paying more money per month to downgrade your storage capacity.

Frozen_up_north

At the end of the day, only you can decide if spending more per month is worth it. I think the OP is foolish to scrap an existing contract early in order to tie themselves into another 2 year contract in order to buy on a two year finance deal, the most expensive iPhone yet offered.

Can you not stick with your existing phone, get it unlocked (if necessary) and go SIM only? Only replacing the phone when really needed?

I appreciate that we are bombarded with adverts for new phones at only £xx per month and cars for only £xxx per month. The winners are the networks/shops and someone has to pay for that, I guess there are people around who fall for it.

Don't forget that new phone at £xx per month ties you to a network for 2 years and a lot can change in 2 years...

jon81uk

Walk into an Apple store and get the phone on the iPhone payments plan. You'll pay the cost of the phone interest free over 20 months.

Send your old phone to a recycling service or sell on eBay.

Then when your current contract ends, call up Three and switch to a cheaper SIM only deal.

Buying the phone as part of a contract is very expensive, as in this MSE article http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/phones/2016/09/new-iPhone-7-interest-free-deal

AndyPK

Yes it's stupid to pay £75 to get one 3 months early !!!

Wait till Dec, when they will have ironed out the early bugs with the hardware.

GTR_King

I decided to pay £75 now would of waiting till December but my iPhone 6 is playing up and the battery is rubbish and charging port is fried and won't charge unless I used Ipad charger so gonna go to three tomz on lunch break and see what deals they can do for iPhone 7 32gb Silver

20aday

I'd imagine you won't get any decent deals with Three U.K. at the moment as the device is still too new.

You might if you shop around.

Having a look around there are contracts out there for a "free" handset but the monthly line rental is a couple of pounds higher.

GTR_King

I have seen 2 deals I like..

Carphonewearhouse

o2
£48 a month
10GB Data
Unlimited calls/texts

£29.99 32GB
129.99 128GB

Can have phone tomz if order by 8pm

I am already with o2 & can Upgrade with carphone & keep same number

so what should I go for 128GB Or 32GB

I listen to loads of music which is on my iPod classic at moment

20aday

It depends if you'd wish to store music on your iPhone as/when you upgrade.

Whilst 32GB is much better than the previous offerings of 8/16GB I'd personally opt for the 128GB variant.

When the time comes to upgrade again you should receive more money *but* it depends if you're willing to fork out £129.99 upfront?

GTR_King

I bought 32GB Just received it about 40 mins ago at work, I use my 120GB Ipod classic for my music