I Phone 4 deals

[Dan]

I always buy mine outright. Then you can upgrade the phone every year when the new one comes out, and get a good price for your 12 month old one. If you take out Apple Care you can even send it back when you've bought your new one, claiming the wifi drops out or something that's covered under the manufacturers warranty, and get a brand new one to sell on. Get a bit more then.

Then it costs me £10 per month for 'unlimited' 3G, and I get texts and calls I've never used since I've had it first time 2 and a half years ago. So it costs me £120 per year for all the gubbins. And I sell the old phone for £100 less than I bought it for. So £220 per annum and I upgrade every year guaranteed.

Doesn't make sense to get a contract IMO.

 

[Stef]

Dan, how much is Apple Care?

I bought the miss's a payg IPhone 4 last year, i never thought about sending it back.
I broke my 3gs 3 weeks before my contract was up & got a new phone, just sold it there for £200.

 

[Yorkshire Tiling Services]

That deal will cost you £720 over the length of your contract

I just signed back on with Tesco mobile, IPhone 4s
£235 up front,
12 month contract
750 mins calls
5000 txts
1GB
unlimited wifi
£35.00 per month.

this will cost me £655 for length of contract.

Try Moneysavingexpert.com, Martin Lewis, he will tell you the best deal out there just now.

Eeerm.. is not yours more expensive for 12 months ? If you multipy yours by 2, then more than mine, ok you get more internet, but less calls...
I want a phone with some internet access... I have a computer at home for most stuff. 750 mins of calls is very poor in comparison.

 

[Stef]

Its down to a lot of factors when you are buying a new phone, especially an IPhone.
The companies need to make back as much as they can because the IPhone is so expensive.
You have to consider the sell on value of the phone, the length of contract etc.
Depends what your needs are also, only you will know that.

Try Martin Lewis @ moneysavingexpert.com, he is good with tips & not just for phones

 

[Dan]

Dan, how much is Apple Care?

I bought the miss's a payg IPhone 4 last year, i never thought about sending it back.
I broke my 3gs 3 weeks before my contract was up & got a new phone, just sold it there for £200.

£60 - It extends your warranty by three years. Or 2 years on top of your normal 12 months or whatever. As it is per serial number you can't transfer it to your newer phone the next year, but what you can do if you sell your phone to a friend or aquatint is just keep the phone in your name and keep the warranty - therefore they too know that they have warranty for 2 years (or slightly less) therefore the phone is worth more still.

I've had a few iPhones now and so has the Mrs. We've not had problems with many but clearly don't keep them longer than 12 months.

A problem I had with my 4 and my current 4S was with the camera. Whenever I used the flash the pictures came out as if they were underexposed All purple and misty. I've had this problem with my 4 for about 6 months, about the time I swapped it due to "wifi dropping out" (screen being scratched a tiny bit) - then when I got my 4S I had the same problem!!!!!!

Turns out it was the protective cover thing they come with that I left on the back so the flash was lighting it up like an optic fibre cable would perhaps light up. Made the picture purple or blue and really dodgy. Fix was: remove the bloody thing.

haha - A mate named me flash for a week or so lol

 

[Dan]

Eeerm.. is not yours more expensive for 12 months ? If you multipy yours by 2, then more than mine, ok you get more internet, but less calls...
I want a phone with some internet access... I have a computer at home for most stuff. 750 mins of calls is very poor in comparison.

You pay a small premium to have just a 12 month contract. As you are out of it and can shop around after that period. In a 24 month case you're stuck - but they still only need to cover one phone, one customer support load of calls, one bill per month, one direct debit per month etc etc etc - so they do still profit moreso than a 12 month contract, they just charge you a bit less to counter balance that and keep you with them for twice the period.

 

[Yorkshire Tiling Services]

Eeerm .... this will cost me £720 for 2 years
If you take your deal and a similar deal after 12 months, then you would pay in comparison £1310 for 2 years !
Personally I would put up with an older model phone for 2 years !! Or buy a new one with the £590 I have saved.
Does yours include VAT ?
The £25 is plus VAT, so the £720 is spot on.

 

[Yorkshire Tiling Services]

I always buy mine outright. Then you can upgrade the phone every year when the new one comes out, and get a good price for your 12 month old one. If you take out Apple Care you can even send it back when you've bought your new one, claiming the wifi drops out or something that's covered under the manufacturers warranty, and get a brand new one to sell on. Get a bit more then.

Then it costs me £10 per month for 'unlimited' 3G, and I get texts and calls I've never used since I've had it first time 2 and a half years ago. So it costs me £120 per year for all the gubbins. And I sell the old phone for £100 less than I bought it for. So £220 per annum and I upgrade every year guaranteed.

Doesn't make sense to get a contract IMO.

Did like your post.... BUT .. how many calls and texts do you get for £10 a month ?

 

[Dan]

Once you've invested the initial outlay of the first phone, say £500, it's cost you £120 on top of that for the first year. You sell the phone for £400 so it's actually cost you £220 for 12 months.

You buy the next phone £500, you do the same.

You keep doing it each year.

The year you stop doing it - you sell the phone and get your £100 less than your initial £500 investment.

So once your first investment is out of the way, it's costing you £220 per year.

Texts I never run out of, 3G i never run out of, calls I ran out of in France this year. I used about 4 months worth of built up credit that week.

I make international calls, text a lot, 3G is going all day every day. I can't see a person every needing anything more.

If you need to make long distance calls, or contact a certain person via message, or whatever - there are other ways of going about that on such a phone. I couldn't imagine a person buying an iPhone and not using its full capability and ending up with even a mere £100 bill each month. If you're getting bills around £50 even - you're not using it right.

Just IMO buddy.
Clearly we all use our phones differently etc etc

 

[Stef]

Dan, laughed at that with the protective screen thing.

I got my 4s & i could hardly hear on it but the loudspeaker was ok, i hunted through the phone for different volume settings but couldnt work it out. I was just about to phone up & complain when the misses said about the protective cover, i whipped it off & then had to turn the volume down!! :mad2: