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Who on earth takes out a £30 (or over) 24 month contract these days ?
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darkjedimaster
28-04-2016
My Note 4 Tariff is £48 per month for unlimited calls / texts 7gb Data. It does however include Spotify Premium which I use at home every day, as well as saving offline to use on train journeys. Before I subscribed to my current tariff, I was a Spotify Premium subscriber, for which I was paying £10 per month, so in reality I am just paying £38 per month for the Phone / Calls / Texts / Data.

My contract comes to an End in October, so will see what is out then to upgrade.
d123
28-04-2016
Originally Posted by konebyvax:
“OK, Android. What's the other spec on your 2012 phone? You seem to be majoring on LTE but if your network doesn't work on the Meizu you simply don't buy it. But AFAIA the only 4G network that doesn't work on it is 02 and who would want 02 4G anyway? ”

You might want to check again which networks use 800Mhz...
Roush
28-04-2016
Originally Posted by pete137:
“When I first got my iphone many years ago it was on a 12 month contract, £18 a month”

£216 for a iPhone and 12 month service contract? Clearly you had access to some incredible deals back then.

When the iPhone first launched in the UK it was £269 up front and £35 a month.

When the 3GS launched late in 2009 it was £96 up front and £44 a month on O2.
d123
28-04-2016
Originally Posted by Roush:
“£216 for a iPhone and 12 month service contract? Clearly you had access to some incredible deals back then.

When the iPhone first launched in the UK it was £269 up front and £35 a month.

When the 3GS launched late in 2009 it was £96 up front and £44 a month on O2.”

There were some cheap deals around the £20 a month mark iirc, if you didn't mind a 2 year old handset like a 4s when the 5s had already launched or a reconditioned second hand phone like the 5c 8gb from the likes of o2.

Though I think even those were still 24 month contracts when I think about.
Lyceum
28-04-2016
Originally Posted by Roush:
“£216 for a iPhone and 12 month service contract? Clearly you had access to some incredible deals back then.

When the iPhone first launched in the UK it was £269 up front and £35 a month.

When the 3GS launched late in 2009 it was £96 up front and £44 a month on O2.”

There were some deals to be had. Especially through retentions. I got a 4s on a 12 month contract for £21 a month. That's £252 over the life of the contract. The year before I bought the 4 outright and paid more than double that. I also got the 3GS for £20 on a 12 month contract.

I then got the 5 the year later buying it second hand for £400.

Back when I used to upgrade every year that was. There were deals to be had especially when you'd call up and ask to leave. Back then they'd throw all sorts of deals at you to keep your custom. They doesn't seem to be the way now.

If you frequent HUKD you seen the 6s around £26-£28 pop up every few months. Which is cheaper than buying outright and going sim only.
John_Patrick
28-04-2016
Originally Posted by daleski75:
“I second that my mate has a S6 from EE and is stuck on 5.1.1 with the November security patch.”

But to be fair, he could flash BTU (unbranded SW) on until EE release their own version of it and then flash back.

Would lose wifi calling though.
daleski75
28-04-2016
Originally Posted by John_Patrick:
“But to be fair, he could flash BTU (unbranded SW) on until EE release their own version of it and then flash back.

Would lose wifi calling though.”

He went from having a nearly full signal at home to barely a signal or no service on EE so relies on wifi calling 100% when at home so losing that for my mate would be a huge deal.
plymouthbloke1974
28-04-2016
To be honest I was on sim only for a few years and bought some phones outright but went onto 2 year contracts again when our staff offer improved. That's the only reason.
gillyallan
29-04-2016
No doubt still shite but on o2 your phone tariff is separated from your device purchase and the device is 0% interest.
JasonWatkins
29-04-2016
Originally Posted by gillyallan:
“No doubt still shite but on o2 your phone tariff is separated from your device purchase and the device is 0% interest.”

Virgin are the same. Your phone tariff is also locked in to the contract length as well, so whatever you choose at the start of your contract is what you're stuck with for the length of it.
plymouthbloke1974
29-04-2016
Originally Posted by gillyallan:
“No doubt still shite but on o2 your phone tariff is separated from your device purchase and the device is 0% interest.”

Actually over 2 years my iPhone 6 Plus costs about half the price of a sim free one this way. But like I say, it's the only reason I went back to a 2 year contract. If I left my company, I'd go back to sim only.
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