Why hope it doesn’t come out until November just because you’re not eligible for it until November? You’d be better off hoping it comes out in September so that the initial demand surge has fallen and stock levels recovered by the time you’re ready.
I agree that it won’t level out as the top seller, but there will be a big demand surge at launch for it because there’s a significant base of Plus fans who have held back for it.
That’s the thing you can’t just pay the months payment as you would need to buyout The contract not one month so you’re looking at £950 odd right now
Yeah that’s what they are saying as technically it’s a 24 month contract so upgrading after a year has to be 12 months to the day so 2nd November I can get the new phone and not a day sooner.
The problem with the annual upgrade plans is that you’re essentially stuck in a merrygoround of perpetually paying the highest price they charge and the only way to get off is to to suck up a loss by either buying it out or letting it run its full course - by which time you’d have paid £2000 for the phone and airtime/data.
Was into December last year before the 256GB X became readily available. However I am referring to buying outright from Apple or John Lewis (for example), as I’ve been SIM only for 5 years so never take much notice of the Carrier (contract) stock levels.
This is the issue though to do that with the iPhone X you are still need to what £500 once you get payment of the old device. This is what I did each year and just didn’t want the hassle to do it so decided go with EE on contract. It’s not an issue as I get a lot of data and get stuff like BT sport free which is good. A high monthly payment isn’t a big deal for me as I don’t waste my money on weekends out or on cars or bikes like a lot of my friends do. Technology is my hobby and spend a crazy amount on it.
I’ve got to contact o2 and ask them if I can pay off what’s left to get to 12 months but I’ve been reading the terms and it seems as though it has to be 12 months too. I guess the only thing is that by the time November comes they should have stock of the phone we want. Getting an iphone on launch day on O2 is a nightmare.
Not worth buying the whole contract out for the sake of waiting a few months. I have £833 left to pay on mine. Would be £784 at the time of iphone pre orders. The whole point of me going on the yearly upgrade programme was so I didn’t have to keep buying the iPhone outright or buying out my contract just to start a new so I could get the iPhone on launch day so I’m trying to wait.
Same reason I stopped buying out right when they brought out the yearly upgrade plans. You can upgrade for free every year. I would pay for the data anyway and you get other perks. Selling your phone every year and taking a hit just seems like a waste and you have to go through the hassle of selling the phone as well.
