iphone upgrade

User_Name_Linlew43185

My student daughter went into ee today and the best upgrade they could offer her was £38 per month for an iphone 8 with 20gb! They said apparently all the cheap deals online are refurbished phones that sell your info to third parties

A. Is there a better deal for her out there preferably with EE or O2?
B. Is it true about online deals?

Your advice would be appreciated.

Cisco001

User_Name_Linlew43185 wrote: »

They said apparently all the cheap deals online are refurbished phones that sell your info to third parties

Lies!
If the phone are refurb, you know it before you sign up to it. Or you can send it back item not as describe.
They can't pass/ sell your info to third parties without your consent.

Frozen_up_north

Don’t fall for the “upgrade” con, buy a phone separately and look for a SIM only deal. More choice and less costly. The phone shops love to sell packages, more commission for them.

pmduk

User_Name_Linlew43185 wrote: »

They said apparently all the cheap deals online are refurbished phones that sell your info to third parties

Phone shop staff are sales reps who will lie whenever their mouths move.

[Deleted User]

I love the word 'upgrade'. Because the phone you have now is utter pants and only has a 16 mega pixel camera even though it cost you £700 2 years ago.

User_Name_Linlew43185

Deleted_User wrote: »

I love the word 'upgrade'. Because the phone you have now is utter pants and only has a 16 mega pixel camera even though it cost you £700 2 years ago.

Not sure I understand the reply. I didn't mention what phone she has now.

System

Deleted_User wrote: »

I love the word 'upgrade'. Because the phone you have now is utter pants and only has a 16 mega pixel camera even though it cost you £700 2 years ago.

Pointless bitter post!

pmduk

But true all the same, the whole concept of upgrades is to keep customers permanently in a contract with a network.

parking_question_chap

The obvious question to ask to the student is, do you even need an "upgrade"?

longwalks1

not sure if still running, but i got a new iPhone X with vodafone with 100Gb a month and unlimited everything else for £34 a month with only £75 upfront, through mobiles.co.uk


Not sure if the offers still on, but worth a look on their site anyway (beware as some people did say their cashback offer can be a pain to get, luckily mine isnt a cashback one)



Worth a look

vacheron

In the vast majority of cases, contracts and upgrades with free or reduced price phones will charge you a lot more for getting your phone on the never-never.

The less you pay for the phone (with correspondingly higher monthly payments), the more over the odds you'll pay.

Except in rare cases (combining cashback and vouchers etc.) you will always pay less by buying the phone outright and getting a sim-only deal.

I've done this with my last 3 iPhones buying them direct and unlocked from the Apple store at their current list price and have always saved at least £120 over the best "upgrade" or other contract deal this way when totaled up over the contract term.

"Upgrade" should read "Opportunty to sell a phone at more than list price overall to someone who hasn't been able to save up or compare the rest of the market and tie them into a new contract for another 24 months".

...however I doubt they'd sell as many "upgrades" that way