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2 years ago, I got a sim-only plan for unlimited minutes, unlimited sms and 10GB data for £15/month. 1 year ago, I renewed with the same provider, who offered
by oarsinsync 6y ago
2 years ago, I got a sim-only plan for unlimited minutes, unlimited sms and 10GB data for £15/month.
1 year ago, I renewed with the same provider, who offered me the same plan for £10/month.
1 month ago, same provider offered me 12GB data for £10/month. Shopping around indicated I could get 15-20GB for below £15/month if I jumped networks, and stuck on a sim-only plan.
Instead, I got an iPhone SE 2020 128GB (RRP £449) and 40GB monthly data for £70 up front and £26/month.
Total cost of ownership over the two years is £694.
Cost of the iPhone if I purchased it from Apple is £449.
That remains the remaining spend is £10.21/month for 40GB data.
I definitely got something discounted.
- read_if_gay_ 6y agoThe discount cones at the cost of being locked in to the SE and your data cap for the next two years, which may not at all be a bad thing to you, but may be for someone else.
- oarsinsync 6y agoI failed to note that I wanted to buy an iPhone SE this year, which is why I looked for bundles. The last time I bought a phone (2016) there was no bundle that was cheaper than buying the phone and a sim-only plan. This time around, the inverse is true. The only thing I’m locked into is my plan for 2 years. I can do whatever I like with the handset, and intend to offload it in a year assuming Face ID is seamlessly usable in public again by then.
- alliao 6y agowho knew a bunch of shrewd financial wizards and well functioning market will get consumers more shit than otherwise! here in NZ 12GB is good for 6 months at the cost of £50 a typical iPhone plan for 24month is £80 or thereabouts.