iPhone 5 contracts?

[Stu_350z]

Hi guys

Anybody able to tell me the best network to offer me the following:


Unlimited data
unlimited texts
not fussed by amount of minutes

Obv I will have to pay for the phone but less is better

Im a long time customer with O2 so they may offer me a better deal than most if I threaten to leave

Ta for any replies

 

[Joe#]

This looks good to me.

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/iphone/

 

[BYRON]

3 look pretty good. I did pre-order with t-mobile but they cancelled on me?!
i am currently with O2 and will be leaving

 

[guysy]

Any decent 18m contracts? or are they all mainly 24?

Tesco do 12 but the price is too high for me.

 

[Stu_350z]

Yeah just looked at 3...price is good with the phone cost
Not unlimited texts but a good amount still.

Coverage any good?

 

[r900smp]

3 have more masts than any other provider in the country I believe?

 

[Joe#]

The coverage is awful from 3. That's why their contracts seem to be good. I no a few people who used to be with them, and they all said the same thing.

 

[Stu_350z]

If I say to o2 that I want to leave will they match the 3 deal you think?

 

[Addicted]

Ring up and find out!

 

[Ben]

o2 offer unlimited calls, texts and 1gb of data for £36 a month with a phone price of £99. 16gb version.

 

[Alex5]

I just got one on 3 and no regrets. Very good prices and signal is fine. The 3G is faster then my Vodafone on iPhone 4

 

[guysy]

Threes ultimate internet 300 tarif on 24m at £35pm and handset £139 (32gb) looks the best for me so far, so 3 are ok or terrible as a network?

Edit: just seen Alex's post, I will hold on for a bit if theres a change of networks dropping to 18/12m soon?

 

[Harpham]

Tesco do 12 but the price is too high for me.

Tesco's seem decent tbh. I'm going to go with one of their 12 month deals when I finally bite the bullet.

 

[Al_G]

I went 02.

36 per month x 24.
200 for the 32gb iPhone.
Unlimited usage.

 

[domjolly]

if you live in a big city or town three are fine i had no issues. the second i went near a field no signal what so ever or if i went in a building lol

 

[Stu_350z]

After reading online reviews 3 seem widely hated......

The orange contracts, do they allow tethering?

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I get better reception with 3 than any of my colleagues do on Voda/Orange. People that say they have overall bad coverage are talking nonsense tbh.

 

[DrR]

Buy the phone sim free then get giff gaff.

 

[jenic]

Tesco's seem decent tbh. I'm going to go with one of their 12 month deals when I finally bite the bullet.

You think?

£400 for a 16GB phone, then £30 for 500/5000/1GB

The price is so close to sim free you might aswell do that, and then get a cheap sim only from three/giff gaff

 

[Harpham]

You think?

£400 for a 16GB phone, then £30 for 500/5000/1GB

The price is so close to sim free you might aswell do that, and then get a cheap sim only from three/giff gaff

Hassle changing networks again though.

Quick sum for the year:
£400 phone
£30 x 12 = £360
Total cost = £760
(Minus the cost of selling my 4 ~ £170ish?! Id say £600 for the total cost of the contract)


Sum for keeping my current Tesco rolling contract (£15pm - 500mins/5000texts/1GBdata - Although, if I tie myself in for 3months, it becomes cheaper iirc EDIT: I could tie myself in for a year and get a deal good enough for me for £10pm):
£520 phone
£15 x 12 = £180
Total cost = £700
(Again minus the cost of selling my 4)

So yeah, you're right. Ill just buy a 5 outright from Apple. I may just wait to see if they do the 0% finance over Christmas though, as I don't want £500 going out my account atm.

 

[jenic]

Depending how many mins/data you need, mine works out at:

£520 phone
£6.90 x 12 = £82.80 (200 mins/5000 texts/500MB) - £50 Quidco = £32.80

Total cost - £552.80

Most might need more data though, depends how much of your time is spent close to wifi.

 

[Harpham]

Tbh, 200 probably suffices for me. I doubt that I hardly even touch the texts since iMessage came into play aswell.

Most of the time, i'm on wifi too. I doubt that I hardly touch my 1GB limit.

Ill roll with the Tesco £10p/m deal I think and get the 5 in a month or so, after i've paid off a few things.
Really cba with changing networks again, just for the sake of a few pennies. Id get more than value for money for a tenner anyway.

 

[GBH14]

DO NOT GO WITH 3!!!!

2 years ago I paid 3 £185 to end my contract early with them as they are a bunch of incapable pricks.

The customer service is nonexistant, I never spoke to a brittish person once and all 3 handsets i had fell to bits (ive never had a problem with any other provider, may just be coincidence). I was with O2 before i went to 3 and I wish i never left (back with them now)

 

[Stu_350z]

Can you tether on an orange contract?

 

[sgtbash999]

529 for 16gb iPhone 5

giff gaff £10pm 250 mins / unlimited txt / unlimited data
base it on 24 month contract to compare is £240 which is total of £769

(get interest free credit card on purchases to spread cost of phone over 12-15 months if needs be) job done

 

[Goodj]

The customer service is nonexistant, I never spoke to a brittish person once

Oh you lot don't even know you're born.

If we roll back the clock to when we had 100% Uk call centres and customer services that you could contact then the companies will have to roll back their pricing.

50p a minute x-network?
100 on-net landline minutes
12p per sms
£1 per MB

£25 per month.

Pays your money, takes your choice. And the nation decided it wanted cheap, so that's what we're all saddled with

 

[Owen]

Can you tether on an orange contract?

£1 a day charge for tethering when I looked. Page 11 of the PDF:

http://www1.orange.co.uk/service_plans/downloads/PAYM-PG-20120813.pdf

 

[Gouldy]

I've had a look what it would cost me to upgrade and its cheaper than I thought.

£529 for the handset, £150 ish trade in for my 4 = £379

giffgaff £10 a month goodybag for 12 months = £120.

Total cost for 12 months = £499.

 

[Bobby.]

Depending how many mins/data you need, mine works out at:

£520 phone
£6.90 x 12 = £82.80 (200 mins/5000 texts/500MB) - £50 Quidco = £32.80

Total cost - £552.80

Most might need more data though, depends how much of your time is spent close to wifi.

What sim only deal is that?

 

[jenic]

Three essential 200 I think it's called. It's the only one that cheap anyway.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

The giffgaff method is definitely the way to go if you can afford the iPhone upfront. The fact it's not a contract and you can just change month by month depending how much you think you'll use. Unlimited data is unlimited too (unless you literally take the piss, there was a story on their forums about someone getting cut off without warning because they were suspected of tethering (over a gigabyte in a few hours of usage).

That said, I'm on 3 with my phone and love them because you're allowed to tether. I've done on average 1.3GB per month since I got the phone.

 

[sgtbash999]

Is tethering actually any good if you're phone is not connected to wifi? Is a 3G or Edge signal sufficient for decent browsing on a laptop using your iPhone to tether?

 

[Jaff.]

Works well when tethering an iPad. Not sure on a laptop though.

eats battery though

 

[jenic]

Is tethering actually any good if you're phone is not connected to wifi? Is a 3G or Edge signal sufficient for decent browsing on a laptop using your iPhone to tether?

Yep.

I can get around 8 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up through 3G on three, on O2 it was about half that but still usable. When I used to take my laptop into work it was quicker to tether to my phone than to use the works wifi. Same went for college.

 

[Gouldy]

The giffgaff method is definitely the way to go if you can afford the iPhone upfront. The fact it's not a contract and you can just change month by month depending how much you think you'll use. Unlimited data is unlimited too (unless you literally take the piss, there was a story on their forums about someone getting cut off without warning because they were suspected of tethering (over a gigabyte in a few hours of usage).

That said, I'm on 3 with my phone and love them because you're allowed to tether. I've done on average 1.3GB per month since I got the phone.

From November, giffgaff's pricing and data allowance will change.

 

[sgtbash999]

Do you know what the new giff gaff tariffs will be? Also will everyone on giff gaff be subject to the new tariffs as they are not entered into a set contract period?

 

[Bobby.]

From November, giffgaff's pricing and data allowance will change.

For better or for worse?

 

[Gouldy]

The £10 goody bag now has a 1 gig data cap but tethering is allowed.

Also there is now a new £12 month goody bag, this is the same as the old £10 but it has unlimited data but tethering is not allowed.

 

[Bobby.]

Not too bad then as I can see me using more that a 1gb in a month

 

[Josh220]

What are people's thoughts on this? Been with O2 for years now but don't want to be tied into a two year contract so have two options. Firstly I can sell my 32gb for £300 minimum.

Option 1.
Buy iPhone 5 for £599 sim free
O2 simplicity for 12 months. £20 a month for unlimited mins, texts and 1gb data.
Plus O2 have agreed to reduce my home phone and broadband from £22 a month to £13.

Option 2.
Switch to Vodafone, pay £359 for the phone.
£46 a month for 12 months for 600 mins, unlimited texts and 1gb data.
Broadband and home phone would obviously remain at £22 a month.

They both roughly cost the same over the twelve months when you factor in the reduction to my broadband and home phone too but it's just a lot to drop on a phone up front. I'm leaning towards option 1 at the moment.