NOW that Apple's new iPhone is out, you might well be thinking about buying one. I've been using them for a while now – read my iPhone 16 review – and I've spotted some cracking deals you might want to snap up. 3 The Sun's tech guru Sean Keach has been trying out the new iPhone models Credit: Sean Keach / The Sun 3 The new iPhone 16 is available in a dizzying range of attractive new colours Credit: Apple In The Sun's official review, we awarded top marks with a 5/5 score for the new model – with my personal favourite being the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
WHAT IS THE IPHONE 16? Apple unveiled four new iPhone models on September 9 at its Glowtime event. They are the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max. All four have an Action Button that you can assign to do almost any function on your phone – as well as a Camera Control for, well, controlling the camera.
Read more on Apple WATCH IT I'm too scared to take the new Apple Watch off – it's so good I'd pass up a Rolex AIR WE GO! I secretly wore new AirPods – phone call amazed me but ear-scan perk is best bit They're powered by the new Apple A18 chip (or A18 Pro on the Pro and Pro Max), which offers spectacular performance. But importantly, the A18 chips also help the iPhone serve up tremendous battery life. In fact Apple reckons the iPhone 16 Pro Max can deliver a ludicrous 33 hours of video playback on a single charge.
I was extremely impressed with battery performance in my review, so these new phones are a tempting upgrade if you haven't bought a new iPhone in a while. Most read in Tech TRAGIC FIND Body found in search for missing Channel 4 star as map reveals last sighting SMASH TRAGEDY Man, 32, killed in horror crash as Scots road set to be shut for hours SPUR OF THE MOMENT Rangers return for Ange Postecoglou 'in doubt' according to bookies ALL CHANGE Key Celtic duo posted missing from training as Brendan Rodgers ponders changes IPHONE 16 DEALS – THREE TEMPTING DEALS The first deal I've had my eye on is on the iPhone 16 with iD Mobile. It's owned by Currys and it piggybacks on Three's network.
I've been trying iPhone 16's new camera button and it has two shockingly handy perks This particular deal gets you 100GB of 5G data each month, plus unlimited minutes and texts. It's a 24-month contract for £35.99 a month – with a £99 fee upfront.
That means you're paying £863.76 over two years (plus £99, so £962.76), which is only slightly higher than the £799 cost of the handset.
So you're effectively paying just £6.83 a month for the cell service when you subtract the price of the iPhone 16 from the total cost above. iPhone 16 at iD Mobile for £35.
99 a month – buy here Another great deal is Vodafone's offer on the iPhone 16 Pro. This gets you 300GB of data plus unlimited minutes and texts for £44 a month. The upfront fee is £195, bringing the total two-year cost to £1,251.
3 The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max come in four stylish Titanium options This iPhone normally retails for £999, so the difference is £252. That works out at just over a tenner a month for the value of the cell service on top of the money you'd be paying for the phone. And it's a hefty amount of data.
iPhone 16 Pro at Vodafone for £44 a month – buy here But if you're a real gadget obsessive, you'll want the top model with unlimited data. IPHONE 16 PRICES – HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAYING? Here's what you need to know..
. iPhone 16: 128GB : £799 (UK) / $799 (US) 256GB : £899 (UK) / $899 (US) 512GB : £1,099 (UK) / $1,099 (US) iPhone 16 Plus: 128GB : £899 (UK) / $899 (US) 256GB : £999 (UK) / $999 (US) 512GB : £1,199 (UK) / $1,199 (US) iPhone 16 Pro: 128GB : £999 (UK) / $999 (US) 256GB : £1,099 (UK) / $1,099 (US) 512GB : £1,299 (UK) / $1,299 (US) 1TB : £1,499 (UK) / $1,499 (US) iPhone 16 Pro Max: 256GB : £1,199 (UK) / $1,199 (US) 512GB : £1,399 (UK) / $1,399 (US) 1TB : £1,599 (UK) / $1,599 (US) And for that, I'd say to look at Vodafone's £59-a-month fee on the iPhone 16 Pro Max. It costs £100 upfront, but you'll get unlimited 5G data, minutes, and texts.
Over 24 months, you'll be paying £1,516. The iPhone 16 Pro Max itself would normally cost £1,199 – so that's a difference of £317. So that works out at about £13 a month extra for the cell service.
Not bad when you consider it's unlimited 5G. iPhone 16 Pro Max at Vodafone for £59 a month – buy here OLDER IPHONE DEAL YOU SHOULDN'T IGNORE Of course you don't necessarily need the latest iPhone model. There are loads of great deals on older devices that you might want to snap up instead.
Costliest iPhone mistake you can make is scarily common – I'm shocked more people don't know as it saves you hundreds One of the best deals I've seen is an iD Mobile offer on last year's iPhone 15. You can bag it for £29.99 with a £69 upfront fee – getting you a fairly generous 500GB of data.
iPhone 15 at iD Mobile for £29.99 a month – buy here Of course all of the retailers are battling it out for your hard-earned cash right now. So you might find that prices drop on older models even more as the networks race to get rid of their stock.
And don't forget: we'll probably see some great iPhone deals around Black Friday 2024, so it might be worth hanging on until then. Read more on the Scottish Sun REALLY WILD School pupil allowed to identify as WOLF in first case of its kind in Scotland 'TOTAL CHAOS' Scots beauty spot CLOSED two days in a row as campervans gridlock narrow road All prices in this article were correct at the time of writing, but may have since changed. Always do your own research before making any purchase.
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