It’s clearly taken them a while to get their calculator working, but T-Mobile have finally released their pricing tariffs for the Apple iPhone 4.
The network is late to the party – O2, Vodafone, Orange and Tesco Mobile already offer the handset – and we guess they’re hoping that the ongoing ‘Antennagate‘ fiasco isn’t going to dent sales too much (we suspect not: iPhone 4s would probably still shift by the bucketload even if a big spring periodically burst out of the back).
Any colour you like
With Apple still struggling to produce the white iPhone 4 in a timely fashion, the new handset is currently available in any colour you like, so long as it’s black.
Apple iPhone 4 16GB prices:
The 16GB model can be picked up for free if you fancy committing to a hefty £60 per month for the next two years (making a total ownership of – gulp! – £1,440), and for that you’ll get internet capped at 1GB, 500 texts and unlimited calls.
Here’s the full lost of tariffs for the 16GB model:
Apple iPhone 4 32GB prices:
The cheapest a 32GB handset can be picked up for is £49 on another beastly two year deal.
For that outlay, you’ll need to commit to emptying your wallet to the tune of £60 per month, and you’ll be gifted 1GB capped internet per month, unlimited minutes and 500 texts in return, adding up to a total ownership price of £1,489.
If you can afford the £500 up front for an unlocked Iphone, and 600 mins a month is enough, you could get an Iphone from Apple then go Sim only.
£15 a month gets you 600 mins plus 500 texts and ‘unlimited’ (i.e. 1gb) internet if you choose that booster. That makes a total cost over 2 years of (24*15)+500= 860 quids.
I reckon that’s about as cheap as you can buy and run an Iphone for 2 years.
The link for that is here. You do need to sign up for 12 months minimum for that deal.
No it’s not, it’s here http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/sim-only/tariffs/
(if the mods can sort this mess out I’d be truly grateful- I’m off to lie down in a darkened room!)
Go for Tesco mobile
http://direct.tesco.com/p/inc/specials/iphone/tariffs.asp
12 month contract
1gb internet
If you work out number of months X monthly cost and compare it to other providers you will see that it is cheaper over 2 years to pay a higher handset price. Can be as much as £200 cheaper.