O2 Refresh

[Anonymous]

I love the sound of Refresh but it seems abit to much for my Budget £30-35 Im wanting an iPhone 6 16GB with 2GB data but £38 with a bit upfront is too much. It is cheaper at Carphone Warehouse so heres my question.

Is O2 Refresh available at Carphone Warehouse?

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

No, it's only available from o2 directly.

[Bambino]

Remember that if you buy the phone from Carphone Warehouse you are locked into that phone on that contract for two years. The Refresh contract gives you more flexibility.

[Anonymous]

You need to weigh up between the two outlets regarding Contract type and Tariff costs.

The Refresh offers greater flexibility by paying off the handset plan ,and upgrading again or just cancelling.

With Carphone Warehouse they only offer 24 month standard O2 tariffs ,but can be bought out from by paying any remaining amount of months left in the tariff minus any bolt On's and insurance (if applicable) So in essence your not locked in ,but is An expensive avenue to choose.

Carphone Warehouse can offer sweeter deals as they I think pass on some of the kickback they get for opening a contract from the Network onto the Customer.

[viridis]

Even at cpw the cheapest is £39 plus some upfront.

[Bambino]

I'm not quite sure how, if the cheapest contract is £39, and you wanted to cancel after, say 6 months, but you would still have to pay out over £700 to get out of the contract that that isn't being locked in, but I guess my interpretation of English must be different to some others.

[Anonymous]

Hi Thanks for getting back to me

I understand completely now because it was confusing as everyone was saying that i could (Oh Well!)

If I went into the o2 store could i pay a bit more upfront to make it £33 a month?

I am only going with o2 just in case I have to cancel (Due to job or leaving the country) and I cannot afford to pay over £700 (Thanks to Bambino for that responce) 

[Anonymous]

Could i pay a bit more upfront to make it £33 a month?

[MI5]

You can only have the options that O2 advertise but the upfront fees to vary and the more you pay should reduce the monthly payment.

[jonsie]

Normally the tariff and upfront cost is fixed but speak to customer  service  to see if they are flexible.