Cheap iPhone 4 Deals with O2, Orange and more
It’s about time, the iPhone 4 from Apple is finally with us and we have scoured the internet in search of the cheapest and best iPhone 4 deals currently available for you, the consumer. There is a huge range of choice when comes down to the iPhone contract you can choose. It’s all about finding the best deal for you and ensuring that the contract you sign is exactly the one you need, be it a sim free iPhone (contract free) or a monthly iPhone contract with O2. There is a huge variety and we are here to help you and make sure you get the best iPhone 4 contract suited for you.
This site is all about providing the best information on the latest and greatest deals to become available on the internet. With the iPhone 4 in such high demand, we decided it would be appropriate to form a simple guide to help find the best iPhone 4 contract for you.
This guide will take you through comparing the different types of iPhone to looking at which contracts are currently available from the major UK mobile network operators, including but not limited to: O2, Orange, Vodafone and T-mobile.
iPhone with or without a contract?
This is the big decision, is it worth it to buy the iPhone 4 contract free, also known as sim free, or tied to the mobile phone network. The biggest difference when going for a contract free iPhone is that you’ll have to stump up a larger sum of money up front. You have a lot more freedom as you are not tied down for 12, 18 or 24 months but often contracts can provide you with better value for texts and calls.
Sim free iPhone 4 deals
Looking at the Apple UK store you can quickly find out the prices of the contract free iPhone 4 as well as the contract free iPhone 3GS. Below is a quick summary of the prices of the different iPhone handsets:
Sim free 8GB iPhone 3GS – £419
Sim free 16GB iPhone 4 – £499
Sim free 32GB iPhone 4 – £599
Of course you have to first decide which model you will go for. The difference between the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 is not only 8GB extra storage but a whole new design. It would be a wise investment to spend an extra £80 to get the newer model with a higher capacity
Once you’ve got a sim free iPhone you are not tied into a contract and your monthly spend can be as low as you want it to be. You can use any sim card you like from any operator. However, please remember that the iPhone 4 takes the new ‘micro sim’ and so you may have to cut your old sim card using a cutting tool which is available from many places, such as eBay
Many of the networks provide sim only monthly contracts, such as T-Mobiles sim only £10/month deal. In the long run, with a contract free iPhone, you’ll be spending more on the calls and texts you make.
Contract iPhone 4 deals
This is where things start to get complicated. Not only do you have to choose which model and capacity of iPhone you get, you also have to choose which network to go with and which contract to go for.
The advantages of choosing a contract iPhone 4 are quite obvious.
The upfront cost of the handset is considerably less.
Texts and calls are cheaper.
The disadvantages of having an iPhone 4 on contract are:
It’s a long commitment.
Overall more expensive.
We would list the details of every tariff offered by the mobile networks but we don’t want to overcomplicate things for now. This is a simple guide outlining the basic differences between buying a sim free iPhone 4 and a contract iPhone 4. Once T-mobile release their iPhone 4 prices we will update this page so you can see the cheapest iPhone 4 deals and the best deal for you.
