Its still £1300 in the bin (if you choose to upgrade and i havent factored the cost of the upgrade handset)
A sim only deal, assuming you sold the phones would be £600 tops over 3 years. iPhone 4 is £510?
No brainer.
Yes but that £1300 is based upon an iP4 at £45 a month plus the VAT over 24months I assume with a small outlay for the device? Lets compare it to the option you prefer; Buying the phone for lets say £510 outright then sticking it on a 30 day rolling tariff. A basic 30 day O2 Simplicity is £20 +VAT a month so that makes the initial cost high but it does offer a long terrm saving. To me the saving isn't that much if you drag it out over the same duration so say 24months - that works out as £576. Now add the cost of the phone making the total outlay £1086 so you've saved yourself £300 over 2yrs which is a mere £12.50 a month
(Not that you'd have the same handset on a monthly simplicity for 24months as thats crazy).
I see your arguement but nothing in life is really for nothing and the general population must have one of those damn iPhones in their pockets which, again generally speaking, the customer can't actually afford to buy outright so you're on to network credit terms which you'll get raped for on the more "must have" devices that apparently make your life better ormake you more poplular with your circle of friends.
I took out my O2 Business contract in Jan and payed £70 upfront for my BB Torch then £23 +VAT for the next 24months so the cost of my 2yr contract is just shy of £600. At the time the tariff was 300mins a month + 200 bonus minutes, free calls to 10 UK landline numbers, 500Mb data and unlimited text messages and the 12month break point mentioned earlier. As I added a rolling month by month mobile broadband option for my business Netbook for an extra £5 +VAT a month I also get free unlimited WiFi access via the Cloud and BT Openzone making it not a bad deal, or so I thought.
Mick