Mobiles renewal time

Jessabelle25

My early option renewal date come in mid March. So I usually start researching and shopping Dec/Jan time. I found the phone I want and saw some good deals, however been looking today and monthly amounts seem to have gone up by £20 a month and upfront costs have suddenly jumped from £25-50 to ridiculous amounts of £100 - £300. I'm with ee and would really like to stay. However, I refuse to pay more monthly because I'm already a customer and upgrade deals are always rubbish and more expensive. Last time I had to leave ee and go through a third party online deal to get the phone and deal I wanted back with ee, so also had to get a new number. I would rather avoid this this time round, I have kids and have to give number to schools, doctors etc all over the place a hassle. I understand that phone companies do good deals at Xmas for obvious reasons, but my contract is not up then and I am now very cross to find that these jumps in cost I have been monitoring this month and ridiculous upfront costs. I don't need a lot of data, which also seems to have jumped on these extortionate contracts of £40+ a month and 200 up front. I don't need 10-40gb and refuse to pay extra for stuff don't need. Anyone else noticed this jump in prices and any advice.

mobilejunkie

It's called a market. You pays your money and takes your chances. Just as you can research and try to time the best deals, the opposition can and will do the same - but in their favour.

Frozen_up_north

SIM only prices haven’t increased, much more choice too if you forget the package deals.

DCFC79

Just get a sim only contract.

You can get 1 for £8 which gets you 3.GB of data, unltd texts and 2000 minutes.

eDicky

Yes, buy the phone of your choice independently, SIM-free and unlocked, forget about bad value 'upgrades/renewals'. Look around for the best SIM-only deal to suit your needs, if it's not EE then call them for your PAC and they will probably match or do better than the deal you found (they'll ask you about it).

esuhl

As above, buy the phone, then get a cheap network contract.

I looked a few days ago and Three were offering 4GB/month data and unlimited minutes/texts for £10 a month, and there was £40 cashback from Quidco (making it, effectively, £6.67 a month for a year).

What's wrong with your current phone? Will a repair or factory reset fix things?