Getting a phone on contract Question about cost

[ShiWarrior]

I have never really had a phone on a contract before, current one is sim only 12 month contract which ended a year ago
i just pay £10 a month and buy a sim free phone normaly

anyway, so im looking for a Samsung A70

Phone is £370 Sim Free
if I put my Sim card in it, its £10 a month,
so after 1 year it would cost me = £490

so i thought i would look at contracts to see see if i can get something cheaper

so i looked on CPW :

3rd one down for example says £360 minimum
i guess it means not including international calls and premium numbers, but otherwise it would be £360 for a year ?

or because its only a 1 month contract it would cost that in just 1 month ?


Over on USwitch i found this :

£467 for a year ?

Cheaper doing it this way ?

 

[Hyburnate]

The first screenshot will require you to pay £344 upfront to cover the cost of the phone then £16 a month thereafter (on the third one down).

Within the detail of the screenshot, the Tesco has no upfront cost and the total cost is over the term of the contract.

 

[Squink]

You can get a Mate 20 Pro with 5gb data on a 24 month contract at a total cost of £661 on affordable mobiles. However, Huawei are offering an additional £100 cash back on the Mate 20 pro and you’ll probably get some cash back going to the deal through topcashback.

The Mate 20 Pro is a far better phone than the Samsung A70.

 

[ShiWarrior]

You can get a Mate 20 Pro with 5gb data on a 24 month contract at a total cost of £661 on affordable mobiles. However, Huawei are offering an additional £100 cash back on the Mate 20 pro and you’ll probably get some cash back going to the deal through topcashback.

The Mate 20 Pro is a far better phone than the Samsung A70.

thanks but no thanks
sticking with The A70

 

[jpaul]

Monitor deals on hotuk ? .. samsung were doing £100 trade in, any android, + £60 c/b until last month, so potentially £200 for phone

 

[neoboy]

You generally get better discounts on 24 month contracts and since you'll be paying £10 a month for SIM only anyway why not look at those? Nothing stopping you from selling the phone after a year when you fancy a change and you just using the service.

Looking at uSwitch you can get the phone on a 24 month contract for £20 monthly without upfront with Fonehouse. That's £480 and only marginally more expensive than 12 month contracts you're looking for.

I don't know why people bother with Carphone Warehouse, it's very rare that they are remotely competitive with resellers.

 

[ShiWarrior]

just bought an A70, 12 month contract, 2Gb data a month, with 5000 TXTS and 5000 minutes, cost price was nearly £500, i got it for £310 all in for the whole year !

phone itself is £380 !

and i still have my other phone to sell on