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Possibly but you can get unlocked handsets with monthly payments from giffgaff for example. Or you can just save up like we used to have to do. Or sling it on a

• JosephRedfern 11y ago
  That's true! Still, in some cases, a contract doesn't offer bad value. My Mum ordered an iPhone 6 this week, on contract. £90 up front, then £25 for 24 months, so £690 in total over the 2 years. To buy the phone outright from Apple would be £539, leaving £151 over the 24 months (£6.29/m) for a sim-only plan, which wouldn't have offered as much data/minutes/texts as the contract did. However, if you're buying an iPhone straight after launch, there's a much stronger case for outright purchase, as the contracts are initially much less competitive.