I Phone 4 deals

[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:

 

[Dan]

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

Ill check for you. I think I get 500 texts. "Unlimited 3G" (it isn't actually unlimited - but I've never been charged for it). And some calls - I'll check on the calls thing for you.

It's an 02 tariff just for iPhones so you might be able to find the info on their website. There are a few options you can have more calls and no texts or no calls and all texts but clearly the 3G thing is needed on my part so I think I took a hit on calls and texts for taking that out as unlimited.

Will hit you back in the week though with my actual tariff info.

Try to look into it though. I've saved a fortune I swear to god. And times that by two as the Mrs has one. We're probably cutting out on about £50's worth of bills each month. And also get to upgrade yearly when as we're not in a contract.

 

[Dan]

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:

Mad aint it!

The covers you buy have all the right holes etc. But the covers that come with them clearly need to cover those too so that they're protected during transit.

I thought I'd save 99p though by keeping the one it came with on. It only screwed up about 300 photo's haha

The things you learn hey?!

 

[Stef]

Jesus Dan your nearly as tight as me trying to save 99p. :lol:

 

[Dan]

Tell that to the Mrs. She seems to have her 99p of my pound! I have to get clever with my 1p's - hence the screen cover and the working out of what phone and tariff to get! haha

 

[Dan]

You know I forgot to say too. If you're VAT registered clearly you can claim back all the VAT. Then offset the rest of the costs against your tax. Then in 12 months time when you come to upgrade just write the phones off. But then sell them cash. Buy the new phones with that but claim back the VAT and offset against your tax again and they end up nearly free.