New Phone Advice

[Lowbankclaret]

Got the link to that site Lowbank?

I can’t decide wether to just grab a sim only deal and stick with the phone (works bob on) or get a new one. I enjoy getting a shinny new one but saving £25 a month for 12 months is sounding nice too.

Apologies, been gardening.

[Lowbankclaret]

Got the link to that site Lowbank?

I can’t decide wether to just grab a sim only deal and stick with the phone (works bob on) or get a new one. I enjoy getting a shinny new one but saving £25 a month for 12 months is sounding nice too.

This is on uswitch. It was a different one I used but you can find good deals and get the matched.

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[Zlatan]

My iPhone 11 was £150 upfront and £29/month for two years. That’s £846 over the contract. Given that the price to buy is £729 I don’t think that £117 for 24gb/month and unlimited texts/minutes is bad for 2 years. It works out at £4.88/month for the airtime/internet etc.

Edit to say that it’s on EE

That is a good deal. Good luck at the end of your 2 years getting a good deal, haggle with them, that’s how I got my loyalty bonuses from EE - my monthly bill is less than a fiver too, been buying phones outright for the past 6 years or so.

[Enty1974]

My iPhone 11 was £150 upfront and £29/month for two years. That’s £846 over the contract. Given that the price to buy is £729 I don’t think that £117 for 24gb/month and unlimited texts/minutes is bad for 2 years. It works out at £4.88/month for the airtime/internet etc.

Edit to say that it’s on EE

Will do. Aitime costs the networks f all
I sell phones for a living and the majority havent a clue how much they get ripped off or pay out more than they should.

[superdimitri]

Keep with what you have an install custom firmware to speed it up. Samsung are notorious for bloat.

I'd personally avoid a contract at all costs and deal with the phone until you can buy one around the 400 mark outright. If you can't pay for it in one go you're much better of taking finance for the phone itself than being locked down to a network.

As far as which phone to go for, you can buy Xiaomi phones in the UK that have the same specs as flagships for almost half the price. If you want cheaper again just go for the model before the latest. The cost to performance ratio will be so much better.

I've never bought a phone on a contract and my phone I bought back in 2017 is still going strong today. I paid about 300 for it.

[Claretmatt4]

Keep with what you have an install custom firmware to speed it up. Samsung are notorious for bloat.

I'd personally avoid a contract at all costs and deal with the phone until you can buy one around the 400 mark outright. If you can't pay for it in one go you're much better of taking finance for the phone itself than being locked down to a network.

As far as which phone to go for, you can buy Xiaomi phones in the UK that have the same specs as flagships for almost half the price. If you want cheaper again just go for the model before the latest. The cost to performance ratio will be so much better.

I've never bought a phone on a contract and my phone I bought back in 2017 is still going strong today. I paid about 300 for it.

Where were you when i needed you last week ive never heard of xiaomi!