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iPhone 6 - buy sim-free or on bill pay??

  • 23-09-2014 10:05pm
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    Chorus_suck
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    ShaneU
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    Chorus_suck wrote: »
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    What?? It's €99 + €59 x 24 (€1416) = €1515


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    Chorus_suck
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    Dades
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    Chorus_suck wrote: »
    Doh!!! You are correct ... op changed.

    Please ignore as it would seem there is no difference between bill-pay and sim free.
    There will be differences but it depends on what you need from your plan as to which might be cheaper.


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    BBMcQ
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    Think O2 are 1499 for a comparable plan.

    Three with a sim only phone on the 20.33 deal is 1186.
    Three with bill pay works out at 1204.

    You may want to buy a bigger barge-pole!


  • #6
    slookie
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    Vodafone dont have prices on their website for 6. ANyone any idea? Im due an upgrade..


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    Mimikyu
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    shamelessidiot
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    Have always personally bought them unlocked. If you can afford to, I'd say but it unlocked. But then you're more reliant on Apple if it breaks after the 1 year warranty, as you can usually contact your carrier after that. Never been a personal issue though. Plan on buying my 6 unlocked on Friday from the web.


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    TommyGun
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    The Vodafone prices are mad. For the one i want it's €449(+ 64g) on Vodafone and €350 on meteor.


  • #10
    squonk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭squonk


    I've gone unlocked this time. I've been stuck on a crappy o2 plan for years but it's far better than their newer plans. With the acquisition by 3 recently it looks like 3's EDGE capability will improve once they start to use the o2 network so I'm going to go PrePay SIM only with 3 I reckon.


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    BBMcQ
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    squonk wrote: »
    I've gone unlocked this time. I've been stuck on a crappy o2 plan for years but it's far better than their newer plans. With the acquisition by 3 recently it looks like 3's EDGE capability will improve once they start to use the o2 network so I'm going to go PrePay SIM only with 3 I reckon.

    Bare in mind O2 will give you 15% discount on your monthly bill if you re-sign...


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  • #12
    squonk
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    True but €20 compared to €45 > 50% discount!


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    Chorus_suck wrote: »
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    If you you can link to a eircom landline you can get it on emobile unlimited calls/texts + 5Gb of data.

    24 euro*6 months + 39 euro*18 months = 846 (average of 35.2 euro a month) + 199 for the iPhone 6 16g total = 1045 euro over 24 months. You will struggle to get it that cheap buying sim free and getting a sim only or pre-pay plan and you are not forking out 700 up front.


  • #14
    cramp
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    Chorus_suck wrote: »
    OK, so I'm thinking about getting the new iPhone 6.

    Initially, I was going to buy directly from Apple... The cheapest iPhone 6 16gb is €699 and if I get a Meteor sim-free deal for €35/month the total cost of ownership (tco) over 24 months will be €1539.

    If I get the same phone on contract for Meteor from €99 and the bill-pay plan of €59/month the tco will be €1515.

    Have I got that right? It seems like NO difference between the two. So sim-free better then I suppose?

    Similar figures for Vodafone, and wouldn't touch Three with a very, very long bargepole.


    (Note: I know the deals are not directly comparable, but close enough to be very similar)

    Buy outright 699
    48months sim @ 20e a month x 12 240
    (Or similar) =939 =12 months
    Sell Fone next year for 350
    Buy new iPhone 6s for 699(less 350)
    Cost of new Fone = 349
    48 months x12 months 240
    Total total for year 2 589
    Total over 2 years 1528

    Running cost after year 2 would be approx 590 per year
    Which would include new Fone every year which also be unlocked.....48months also have a 10euro a month sim could reduce costs even further or if u get more for ur 1 year old iPhone ....
    Don't bash me over these figures if I haven't added them correct ........


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