T-Mobile has finally announced its iPhone 4 prices ahead of the forthcoming UK launch - and it's pretty pricey.
We're sure you've read a number of the iPhone 4 pricing stories we've published about the other networks, so we'll try and be gentle without hammering you with numbers.
So, if you're after an iPhone 4 16GB (bearing in mind T-Mobile doesn't seem to have 18 month deals, so you're stuck with this one for 24 months):
£25 a month gets you 100 mins, 100 texts and 500MB data with the iPhone costing £259, and £30 nabbing a £219 iPhone 4, 300 mins, 300 texts and 500MB.
For £35 and £40 deals, you get 500MB still, £189 and £129 for the iPhone 4 respectively, and 900/1200 mins with 500 texts.
And finally, you can pay £45 a month, with the iPhone 4 £59 and 1200 mins, 500 text and 750MB of data coming your way, or £60 to get a free iPhone 4 with unlimited (well, 3,000) minutes and 500 text and 1GB of internet.
Aaaand the iPhone 4 32GB
For the iPhone 4 32GB version the monthly cost to minutes/text/data allowance is the same, with the phone costing the following:
For £25 a month it costs £349, £30 and the iPhone costs £299, and for £35 a month you'll be paying £269.
£40 a month comes in at £229, £45 a month £159, and if you're desperate to pay £60 a month you still need to shell out £99 for the iPhone 4 32GB.
What's really odd is that these deals are much more expensive than competitors; for instance the iPhone 4 32GB only costs £29 on a £60 a month deal.
Admittedly you get a 'Flexible Booster' with the T-Mobile deals, so more calls or texts or data etc, but most people still look at the headline price when buying a phone.
T-Mobile is also offering the iPhone 4 on PAYG, but it's still £499 with £10-worth of credit.
Check out TechRadar's price guide to all the iPhone 4 tariffs to see which one works out for you if you haven't started crying at the sea of numbers.
Your comments (9) Click to add a new comment
pooty
September 8th 2010
9. The iPhone 4's signal reception is very poor on t-mobile. I live 500 metres from a t-mobile mast and even in central london the signal is flaky! I'm not tlking about the known issue where Apple recommend using a cover - the reception is bad all the time even when you are not holding it!
I hope the signal improves when t-mobile will be using the orange network as well as it's own.
Alert a moderator
nebulaoperator
July 9th 2010
8. It is not wise to spend 3oo pounds on old smartphone if you can get a new one for 4oo.
Alert a moderator
skunkmonkey
July 9th 2010
7. What you are failing to consider is that in 12-18 months time the phone will still be worth around £300. Taking this into account the cost of ownership is comparable to any other smartphone. This is not meant as a slight upon any other device or platform, just an economic truth. Personally, I as a tech fan, I'm glad we are living in a time where we have such choice and rather than dwell on the the limitations of any product we should extol the virtues of them all.
Alert a moderator
nebulaoperator
July 8th 2010
6. <romi> not to mention promotion deals like one i have for htc desire £20 per months 24 months.yes i paid for handset £49. I just don't get a think why i have to pay double money at LEAST for the phone like iphone which does pretty much same things as htc desire.they both great phones BUT i cant you still have to pay £219 and £30 a month!!! for 16GB version.I can afford money like this but my rational mind says IT IS A RIP OFF.Why would'nt you slap your self in the face and say thank you.
Alert a moderator
romi
July 8th 2010
5. Si Smith, is absolutely right, the HTC desire is a fantastically better value for money product and oozes android quality with impressive upgrades to each update of android OS. You can hold the phone anyway you like too without the appalling blunder of hw design blocking out reception.
Shopping around one can get get the phone FREE £25, 600xnet, 500 txt, Unlimited web, t-mobile.....you cannot do this on the iphone 4.
Alert a moderator
sam1990
July 8th 2010
4. Sigh... Yet more comments from people that haven't even used an iPhone 4. Please stop moaning and get back to your 'superior' phones and rest in your belief that you have saved money and have a better phone.
Alert a moderator
si_smith
July 8th 2010
3. iPhone4. Overpriced, underperforming when compared to a HTC Desire that costs half the price and is twice as good...
Alert a moderator
nitrofan
July 8th 2010
2. I am truly astonished that people are still queing outside phone shops to buy what is by its manufacturers admission a faulty product.
Apple admitted today that the antenna problem IS hardware related and will NOT be fixed by the forthcoming SW update.
Apple have said they will happily sell you a £25 plastic “bumper” that apparently shields the antenna allowing the phone to work as a phone!!!
And Apples response to those who dared complain that their £500 quid gimmick does not work very well when they hold it, were told and I quote "Don't hold it that way"!!!!!
Now even some of the Apple faithful are now saying Apple should be giving them away to iPhone Flaw owners for free.
Me thinks Steve and Apple may have tried to pull the wool over peoples eyes one time too many!
Alert a moderator
smokemonster
July 8th 2010
1. Why are people buying this thing? It's not the best at what it does and it's massively over priced for what it is.
Wake up people, there are other smartphones out there at a fraction of the cost but with at least as much functionality!
Clearly Apple are banking on public ignorance, so many reviews have rated this as an "ok" upgrade to the 3GS, but by no means is it the killer iPhone many hoped for.
Alert a moderator
Tell us what you think
You need to Log in or register to post comments