Best Handset Deals
There are always new mobiles joining this fast-moving market and as such you can regularly find top notch offers to keep down the costs of investing in a sparkling new smartphone. Here is an examination of the best handset deals available at the moment from various network providers and retailers.
The Motorola RAZR, also known as the Spyder, is set to arrive in the UK in early November, bringing with it a 7.1mm build that makes all other smartphones look like chunky lumps and a 1.2GHz dual core processor which is about as powerful as anything else in its price category. You can pre-order this new Android smartphone for around £453 via retailer Clove, although a price drop just prior to its launch could well occur.
If you prefer a network contract with a free phone as opposed to a SIM free handset then the new Samsung Nexus Prime on Vodafone might be more your cup of tea. Rival networks including Three and O2 are also going to be partnering with Google to launch the phone in the coming weeks and contract prices should start from around £30, although you may have to pay upwards of £35 if you want to avoid any upfront costs for the handset itself.
Apple sold four million iPhone 4S handsets in the weekend following its launch and this number is set to rise in the run-up to Christmas, so if you want to invest in this phone then there are plenty of decent deals to be had. For £46 a month you can get the 32GB edition with 1200 inclusive minutes and unlimited texts along with 750MB of data allowance and have to pay just a penny under £80 to buy the phone itself. Alternatively a £36 pay monthly contract will up that one off cost to £100 but give you a lower spend over the lifetime of the deal with Orange.
At the more affordable end of the market is the HTC Wildfire S which you can pick up for as little as £150 online. It runs Android 2.3 and has the HTC Sense interface onboard to make social networking, homescreen customisation and app access much easier to achieve on your pocket-sized device.
Mainstream retailers have to compete with online-only firms, which means there is something of a price war going on in the mobile market in order to entice consumers to part with their cash. You can take advantage of this by using Comet vouchers to reduce the cost of buying your new handset, whether you want a range-topping smartphone or a bargain basement feature handset.
