Best place to buy a phone outright?

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Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by Fretters » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:00 am

My contract comes to end soon and I'm looking to go sim only, putting a new phone on an interest free credit card. I thought you could buy phones outright from the networks but that doesn't seem to be the case. Would the best place be Amazon/Ebay? Or can anyone recommend another site?

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by Leisure » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:25 am

Argos.

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by Clevedon Claret » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:31 am

You can do a lot worse than buying from the manufacturer direct.
Cash back for your old device, unlocked also.

Samsung will give you up to £150 for your old device, you could get something like anA70 for just over£200 + your old phone as an example.
The 3 network are doing unlimited data, calls and text sim's for 20 quid a month, half price for the first 6 months.
Hope this helps.
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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by Bosscat » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:35 am

Fretters wrote:My contract comes to end soon and I'm looking to go sim only, putting a new phone on an interest free credit card. I thought you could buy phones outright from the networks but that doesn't seem to be the case. Would the best place be Amazon/Ebay? Or can anyone recommend another site?
I bought my Samsung S9 Plus (unlocked) from Amazon (it was 1/2 the price of Carphonewarehouse) and have a sim only contract.

3gb data, unlimited minutes and texts with BT £8 a month have had it over a year and reckon its paid for itself..... as I sold my old S6 Plus on Ebay and got £300 quid for it because the wife didn't want it.

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by Bertiebeehead » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:36 am

Music magpie have some good deals

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by tarkys_ears » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:51 am

What are you after?

I'd check hotdealsuk for one.

I got a Pixel 3 from O2 on a 1 month contract for £379. I know they've had good deals on it but this was the best by far.

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by BertiesBeehole » Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:44 am

Try gifgaff. They do phones outright and were a good price when i bought an iphone a year or so ago

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by damo_whitehead » Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:47 am

I got a decent smart phone for £150 SIM free from Argos

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by Rick_Muller » Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:00 pm

Amazon - especially if you have Prime. Got my iPhone 8 256GB on Prime day for about £570

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by ClaretFan1994 » Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:02 pm

Bought both my iPhones off Argos

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by CombatClaret » Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:05 pm

Have used Amazon and Ebay in the past.

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by Fretters » Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:39 pm

Thanks for all the responses!

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by Local cricketer » Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:50 pm

Download the vova app. Get a I phone from China for about 30 quid

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by IanMcL » Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:25 pm

Gibraltar.

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by Granny WeatherWax » Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:28 pm

Apple store ?!

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by karatekid » Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:23 pm

I've just renegotiated my Sim only contract with BT as my 12 months were up. I quoted sky doing 8gb/unlimited txt&mins for a tenner. They offered me 10gb faster data/unlimited txt and minutes for a tenner with free BT sport app on my mobile which I can mirror to my TV. Happy days.
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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by bfcmatt » Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:31 pm

A Oneplus 7 pro direct from Oneplus

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by theroyaldyche » Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:46 pm

Dhgate.com

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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by Fretters » Tue Aug 13, 2019 6:05 pm

Update, if anybody cares: Decided to get a new battery and new crack-free rear glass for my existing S8 using http://www.wefix.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (amazing service) and dropped down to a SIM only contract - £15 a month for 20GB data and unlimited texts and minutes with EE.

Job done!
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Re: Best place to buy a phone outright?

Post by superdimitri » Wed Aug 14, 2019 4:18 pm

Fretters wrote:Update, if anybody cares: Decided to get a new battery and new crack-free rear glass for my existing S8 using http://www.wefix.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (amazing service) and dropped down to a SIM only contract - £15 a month for 20GB data and unlimited texts and minutes with EE.

Job done!
Good decision. Amazing to think the main reason people change their phone is because of battery degradation.

The manufacturers make it hard to replace batteries for a reason.

But when phones are as expensive as they it's a complete farce.
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